OCTOBER 2024

Women Rock Science

Wednesday, October 9

Institute of Science

The iconic Women Rock Science Gala is only a few weeks away. Get your tickets today.

Members-Only Preview: The Science of Archimedes

Saturday, October 19

Institute of Science

The preview Includes a showing of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

Halloween Science

Saturday, October 26 Sunday, October 27

Institute of Science

Join us for a weekend of ghoulishly good fun - costumes encouraged! 

ArtMember Preview Weekend: Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within

Saturday, October 5 and Sunday, October 6

Art Museum

Members receive special access to Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within.

ArtMember Opening Preview Party for Fall Exhibitions

Friday, October 25

Art Museum

Celebrate the opening of three new art exhibitions.

30th Annual Booster Club Golf Outing and Auction

Sunday, October 6 and Monday, October 7

Forest Lake Country Club



Enjoy golf, food, drinks, auctions, and more with Cranbrook Schools.

Cranbrook Schools Admissions Open House

Sunday, October 20

Schools



See the facilities and speak with teachers, students, parents, and administrators.

Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within

Opens to the public Wednesday, October 9

Art Museum

View a vast collection of Toshiko Takaezu's ceramic sculptures and acrylic paintings.

Subtleism: Neha Vedpathak with Agnes Martin

Opens to the public Saturday, October 26

Art Museum



New work from Neha Vedpathak will be showcased alongside canonical works by Agnes Martin.

How We Make the Planet Move: The Detroit Connection Part 1

Opens to the public Saturday, October 26

Art Museum



The inaugural exhibition in Cranbrook’s Detroit Collection series will focus on art form the 60s.

The Science of Archimedes

Opens to the public Sunday, October 20

Institute of Science



Explore Archimedes’ innovative discoveries and experience the ‘eureka effect’ for yourself.

Music, Mushrooms, Mechanisms: The John Cage Listens to John Cage 50th Anniversary

Friday, October 4

Art Museum

Experience a pop-up exhibition, live lecture, and performance.

The Mushroom Hunt

Saturday, October 5

Art Museum/Institute of Science

Learn about the mushrooms of southeast Michigan and responsibly forage for them on Cranbrook's campus.

Docomomo Tour Day: GM Tech Center at 68

Saturday, October 19

Center/Art Museum/Virtual

Join lectures and tours looking at Eero Saarinen’s GM and his work at Cranbrook.

Public Lecture: Charisse Weston

Thursday, October 3

Academy of Art/Art Museum



The first Academy lecture of the academic year will feature conceptual artist and writer Charisse Weston.

The Knoll Lecture in Design: Brian Graham

Thursday, October 24

Academy of Art/Art Museum



Brian Graham will share how his background in interior design shapes his approach to creating furniture.

New Educational Programs for the Whole Family

See website for schedule

Art Museum



Discover artmaking activities and workshops for preschoolers, teens, and the entire family.

Cranbrook House Tour

Collections Wing Tour

Frank Lloyd Wright Smith House Tour

Saarinen House Tour

Acheson Planetarium

Portrait Photos

"Cranbrook Academy of Art Announces Chris Wittney as Interim Director"

Christopher (Chris) Whittey has been named the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Interim Director of Cranbrook Academy of Art.

"Cranbrook Schools Artist in Residence Wins Emmy for Cultural Documentary"

Upper School Fine Arts teacher Senghor Reid received the award for Best Documentary – Cultural at the 46^th Annual Michigan Emmy Awards. 

Featured Things to Do Photo Credits

Toshiko Takaezu with works in Hawai‘i, 1987. Photo: Macario Timbal. Toshiko Takaezu Archives. © Family of Toshiko Takaezu

Installation view of Toshiko Takaezu: World's Within at Cranbrook Art Museum. Photo by Danielle deo Owensby.

Maya Stovall, 1862-1968 (1526 NASDAQ: FAANG), no. 9, 2019 – 2021. Collection Cranbrook Art Museum. Gift of Rose M. Shuey, from the Collection of Dr. John and Rose M. Shuey, by exchange

Exhibitions Photo Credit

Toshiko Takaezu, Double-Spouted Vase, c. 1957. Pier S. Voulkos and Daniel R. Peters Trust. Photo: Nicholas Knight. Courtesy The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum. © Family of Toshiko Takaezu

Neha Vedpathak, The more I learn the less I know (detail), 2021, Hand plucked Japanese handmade paper, acrylic paint, thread. Courtesy of the artist.

Gordon Newton, Structo-Vision #3, 1983. Canvas, paint, and wood. Collection Cranbrook Art Museum. Gift of Mr. John Hilberry.

Lectures

John Cage Listens to John Cage, 1974. Offset lithograph poster designed by Michael McCoy, with photography by Frances Greenberg. Printed at Cranbrook Press. (c) Michael McCoy. Photo courtesy Stephen Milanowski.

Photo: Stropharia rusgoso-annulata Farlow in Murrill, illustration by Lois Long for The Mushroom Book, 1972

General Motors Technical Center, Research Administration Building, Central Staircase. Photography by James Haefner; Courtesy General Motors Design Archive & Special Collections.

Charlisse Weston.

Brian Graham.

Photo by Austin Thomas Richey.

Tours & Portraits Photo Credits

Cranbrook House exterior. Photo by James Haefner. Courtesy Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research.

Frank Lloyd Wright Smith House exterior. Photo by James Haefner. Courtesy Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research.

Saarinen House interior. Photo by James Haefner. Courtesy Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research.

Portrait photo in the Cranbrook House Courtyard. Photo by Leon Halip Photography.

Plan Your Visit Photo Credit

Visitors in front of Steggy at Cranbrook Institute of Science.

Explore Cranbrook Membership Photo Credits

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

News Photo Credit

Orpheus Fountain at Cranbrook Art Museum. Photo by Ngoc Minh Ngo. Courtesy of FREDERIC.