November 18-22

There’s no place like home.

Enjoy the elegant surroundings of Cranbrook House, the former residence of Cranbrook founders George and Ellen Booth, its Gardens and Holiday Tables to find inspiration for your own Holiday celebrations.

Cranbrook Institute of Science unveils its largest new installation in more than a decade when the high-tech Hall of Global Cultures and exhibit entitled The Story of Us opens to the public October 17. 

The Academy is participating  in Graduate Portfolio Days, a national recruiting event for students interested in attending art school. More than 130 schools of art and design join together each year to offer prospective students the chance to meet with faculty and representatives to learn about their graduate programs in one location. Upcoming dates and locations for Graduate Portfolio Days are: Saturday, November 8, hosted by School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. The Academys Assistant Director Sarah Turner, an alumna of the Metalsmithing Department will be meeting with prospective students to talk about the Academys studio-based graduate art and design departments as well as the ways in applicants can improve their portfolios.  http://www.gradportfolioday.org

The Academy launched an ambitious new lecture series this fall that features more than nine guest speakers from around the world speaking about art, architecture, contemporary theory, photography, print making and much more. The weekly lectures begin at 6 pm every Tuesday in the auditorium of the Institute of Science through December 8. Please visit http://www.cranbrookart.edu/Pages/CriticalStudies.html for the complete listing of speakers.