List of Cranbrook Academy of Art alumni and faculty
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This is a list of notable people from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Notable alumni
Artists
Ceramics
- Richard DeVore – ceramicist
- Leza McVey – studio potter
- Annabeth Rosen - ceramic sculptor [1]
- Monica Rudquist – ceramic artist
- Stacy Jo Scott – ceramic artist, digital fabricator arts educator, writer[2]
- Toshiko Takaezu – ceramic artist
Mixed media
- Olga de Amaral – (B.F.A. Textiles)[3]
- Nick Cave – fabric sculptor, performance artist
- Diana Guerrero-Maciá – visual artist
- Anne Wilson – visual artist, mixed media
Painters
- Marc Awodey – contemporary artist, painting and poetry
- Shiva Ahmadi – painter
- Frederic James – painter
- Judith Lodge – painter
- Fred Mitchell – painter
Printmakers and book artists
- Walter Hamady – artist, book designer, papermaker
- Stephanie Pogue - artist and art educator
- Roland Poska – papermaker, printmaker
- Ron Kowalke - artist and art educator
Sculptors
- Susan Aaron-Taylor - sculptor
- Barbara Cooper – artist, sculptor
- Paul Granlund – sculptor
- Waylande Gregory – art-deco ceramics sculptors
- Duane Hanson – artist, sculptor
- Tony Rosenthal – sculptor
- Susan York – artist, sculptor
Designers
Architecture
- Ed Bacon – urban planner, architect
- Peter Bohlin – architect
- Theodore Galante – architect
- James Hubbell – artist, architect, sculptor, founder of the Ilan-Lael Foundation
- Fumihiko Maki – architect
- Gyo Obata - architect
- Ralph Rapson – architect
- Eero Saarinen – architect, industrial designer, and furniture designer. Designs include the Tulip group, Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri and the main terminal of Dulles International Airport
- Joseph Allen Stein – architect
- Harry Weese – (Fellowship Urban Planning 1938–1939) architect[4]
- Hani Rashid – (M.A. Architecture 1985) architect[5]
Furniture design
- Harry Bertoia – artist, sound art sculptor, modern furniture designer
- Charles Eames – architect, furniture designer; designer of the Eames Chair (see Ray Kaiser, below)
- Ray Kaiser Eames - abstract artist and furniture designer who married Charles Eames in 1941 and collaborated on most of the Eames designs
- Florence Knoll – architect, furniture designer
Graphic design
- Ed Fella – graphic designer, artist, educator
- Jeffery Keedy – graphic designer, type designer
- P. Scott Makela – graphic designer, type designer
- Nancy Skolos – (B.F.A. Design, 1977) graphic designer[6][7]
- Lorraine Wild – (B.F.A. 1975) graphic designer[8][9]
Industrial design
- Niels Diffrient – ergonomics designer, industrial designer[10][11]
Textile design
- Ruth Adler-Schnee – (M.F.A. 1946) textile designer and first female architecture graduate student from Cranbrook[12]
- Jack Lenor Larsen – (M.F.A. 1951)[13] textile designer.
- Bhakti Ziek – (M.F.A. Fiber, 1989)[14] contemporary textile artist.
- Carolyn Crump - 3D quilt maker
Other design
- Chunghi Choo – jewelry designer and metalsmith
- Wu Liangyong – urban planner
Notable faculty
This is a list of both current and past notable faculty and visiting artist-in-residence, listed in alphabetical order by last name.
- Marshall Fredericks – sculptor
- Maija Grotell – ceramics
- Keith Haring – artist-in-residence and mural installation in 1987.[15]
- Ken Isaacs – head of the Design Department from 1956–1958, known for matrix-based modular system to build living structures.
- Daniel Libeskind – architect
- Carl Milles – sculptor-in-residence
- Eliel Saarinen – Finnish architect known for his work with art nouveau buildings.
Presidents and directors
- Eliel Saarinen, President, 1932–1946[16]
- Zoltan Sepeshy, President, 1946–1966[17]
- Glen Paulsen, President, 1966–1970[18]
- Wallace Mitchell, 1970–1977[19]
- Roy Slade, 1977–1994[20]
- Susana Torre, Director, 1994–1996[21]
- Gerhardt Knodel, Director, 1997–2007[22]
- Reed Kroloff, Director, 2007–2014[23]
- Christopher Scoates, Director, 2014–2018[24]
- Susan Ewing, Director, 2019–present[25]
References
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- ^ "Students Receive More than $100,000 in Grants at Cranbrook Art Academy Awards". Patch. 2012-05-18. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ "2019 Lifetime Achievement Honoree: Olga de Amaral - News". Latin American Masters. September 30, 2018. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ Sharoff, Robert. "On the Life and Work of Chicago Architect Harry Weese". Chicago magazine. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ "Dean's Lecture Series: Hani Rashid". IIT College of Architecture. 2017. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ "Nancy Skolos Archives". Cranbrook Academy of Art. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
- ^ "2017 AIGA Medalist Nancy Skolos and Thomas Wedell". AIGA. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ "2006 AIGA Medalist: Lorraine Wild". AIGA. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ Sandhaus, Louise (Summer 2000). "Reputations: Lorraine Wild". Eye Magazine. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ Capps, Kriston (June 11, 2013). "Humanscale Designer Niels Diffrient Dies at 84". ArchitectMagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ "Niels Diffrient, Father of Ergonomics, Dies at 84". Metropolis. 2013-06-12. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ "Ruth Adler Schnee - A Selection of Printed Drapery Fabrics | Cranbrook Art Museum". Cranbrook Art Museum. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
- ^ "Jack Lenor Larsen". Craft in America. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
- ^ "Bhakti Ziek - Artists". BigTown Gallery. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
- ^ "Keith Haring - Biography". Renoir Fine Art Inc. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
- ^ Dorman, John L. (2017-10-06). "Eero Saarinen's Michigan". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ Greenwold, Diana; Arauz, M. Rachael (2019). In the Vanguard: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, 1950-1969. University of California Press. p. 173. ISBN 9780520299696.
- ^ "Glen Paulsen: 1917-2012". TMP Architecture. 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ Design in America: The Cranbrook Vision, 1925-1950. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1983. pp. 272. ISBN 9780810908017.
- ^ "Corcoran Chief Resigns, To Head Cranbrook". The Washington Post. 1977-03-15. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ "Susana Torre, architect (*1944)". ArchInForm.
- ^ "Gerhardt Knodel". American Craft Council. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ "Cranbrook Director Reed Kroloff Moves to Part-Time Role". Contract Design. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ Greenberger, Alex (2018-03-29). "Christopher Scoates Appointed Director of Museum of Arts and Design". ARTnews. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
- ^ "Cranbrook Academy of Art Names Susan R. Ewing Director". Artforum.com. January 25, 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-01.