APRIL 2024

OPEN STUDIOS

Saturday, April 20, 2024

1:00pm - 5:00pm

Explore the studios of Cranbrook Academy of Art graduate students and purchase work from emerging artists!

On this day, general admission to Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook House, Cranbrook Institute of Science, and Saarinen House is free. There will also be food trucks and hands-on art activities for children.

2024 Knoll Public Lecture: John Edelman

Thursday, April 4, 2024

6:00pm

Join us for this year’s free annual Knoll Lecture in Design, A Conversation with John Edelman: The Culture and Business of Design.

2024 Graduate Degree Exhibition of Cranbrook Academy of Art ArtMembers Preview Party

Saturday, April 6, 2024

6:00pm - 9:00pm

The Degree Exhibition showcases pieces that are the culmination of two years of studio work from a diverse group of graduates as they launch their careers.

Free Third Thursday -- The Warm Up: Watercolors

Thursday, April 18, 2024

3:00pm - 7:30pm

Explore watercolor painting techniques, taking inspiration from nature, from both supplies and subject matter!

FIKA Café at Cranbrook Art Museum Now Open!

Open during regular museum hours

Join us in the lower Collections Level at Cranbrook Art Museum for something new—coffee and tea are now available for purchase at the FIKA Café.

Speaker Series: Dr. Paul Sereno, Hunting Feathered Dinosaurs and Colossal Crocs

Thursday, April 25, 2024

6:00pm - 9:00pm

Discover the journey of an explorer who has discovered dinosaurs across five continents, including a 40-foot-long SuperCroc! Explore the extinct castaways Dr. Sereno has unearthed across the world.

Women in Science Speaker Series: Dr. Cathy Olkin, NASA’s Lucy Mission to Explore the Trojan

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

5:00pm - 8:00pm

Join Cranbrook Alum, Dr. Olkin, to learn more about her work on NASA’s Lucy Mission which was the first spacecraft to visit the Trojan Asteroids.

Galileo: Scientist, Astronomer, Visionary

Through Sunday, June 2, 2024

Open during museum hours

Explore how Galileo’s fearless work has shaped our world through interactive experiments that will reveal the secrets of his groundbreaking science! 

Uncovering Cranbrook: Researching Studio Craft at the Frank Lloyd Wright-Designed Smith House

Thursday, May 2, 2024

6:30pm - 7:45pm

Join art historian and former Center Collections Fellow Nina Blomfield virtually on this deep dive into the art and architecture of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Smith House. 

Stonelea Architect Lecture Series

Mondays, April 8 & 29, and May 6 & 13, 2024

5:00pm

Learn about the four firms under consideration to design a new home for Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research.

A House Party at Cranbrook: Celebrating the Legacy of Music

Saturday, May 18, 2024

6:00pm - 11:00pm

Celebrate the legacy of music at Cranbrook in the 1950s on the beautiful grounds of Thornlea House during our annual fundraiser.

Portrait Photos

Now booking through August

See website for schedule

The scenic grounds at Cranbrook Gardens are now available as an unforgettable backdrop for your engagement, family, graduation, senior, wedding, and other portrait photos!

Steinway Piano Recital: Aaron Berofsky and Christopher Harding

Sunday, April 14, 2024

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Experience a performance by violinist Aaron Berofsky and pianist Christopher Harding in the Cranbrook House Library. 

Cranbrook House Tour & Tea: Mother's Day at the Manor

Saturday, May 11, 2024

1:00pm - 3:30pm

Celebrate Mother’s Day early with a guided tour of Cranbrook House followed by an elegant high tea in the Library. 

Cranbrook Conversations: Monique Gray Smith

Watch this recorded “walk and talk” conversation about the land Cranbrook sits on, the meaning of “reciprocity” with nature, and how we can be responsible care takers of the land and be in community with our Indigenous neighbors.

Cranbrook Academy of Art Photo Credit

OPEN Studios at Cranbrook Educational Community. Photos by Sarah Blanchette.

Photo of John Edelman.

Cranbrook Art Museum Photo Credits

2024 Graduate Degree Exhibition of Cranbrook Academy of Art. Photo by Sarah Blanchette.

Fika Cafe. Photo by Danielle deo Owensby. 

Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research Photo Credits

Portland Japanese Garden. Photo by James Florio. Courtesy Portland Japanese Garden.

Aerial photograph of Stonelea by James Haefner. Courtesy Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research.

Center Collections Fellow Nina Blomfield cleans a multimedia screen by artist Glen Michaels, October 2023; Photography by Kevin Adkisson, Courtesy of Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research.

Photograph from a previous House Party fundraiser. Photo by Tryst Mallette.

Cranbrook House & Gardens Photo Credits

Spring portrait photo by Nicole Rollin Photography.

Explore Cranbrook Membership Photo Credits

Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook House, and Cranbrook Institute of Science photos by James Haefner.