With eyes opened : Cranbrook Academy of Art since 1932 / Andrew Blauvelt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blauvelt, Andrew, 1964- author.

Contributor:

Wittkopp, Gregory.

Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Cranbrook Art Museum

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cranbrook Academy of Art--History--Exhibitions.

Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Design--Michigan--Bloomfield Hills--History--20th century--Exhibitions.

Design.

Art, American--Michigan--Bloomfield Hills--20th century--Exhibitions.

Art, American.

Art schools--Michigan--Bloomfield Hills--Exhibitions.

Art schools.

Michigan--Bloomfield Hills.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

History.

Physical Description:

623 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 26 cm

Edition:

First edition

Place of Publication:

Bloomfield Hills, MI : Cranbrook Art Museum, [2020]

Summary:

"With Eyes Opened: Cranbrook Academy of Art Since 1932 is the first book to expansively chronicle the history of this influential and singular art school. Opened in 1932, the Academy offered a revolutionary approach to art education in America, profoundly affecting the worlds of architecture, art, craft, and design. Remarkably, its radical approach to learning—which centered both artists and students—continues today, decades after other progressive art schools such as the Bauhaus and Black Mountain College have closed. The book includes profiles of 200 artists associated with the Academy over more than eighty years. The culmination of a four-year research project, With Eyes Opened, includes not only those architects and designers who have long been associated with the Academy’s rightful designation as the ‘cradle of mid-century modernism,’ but also recuperates those voices—especially women and artists of color—who have added immensely to the fields of art and craft, in particular. With contributions by more than 40 curators, critics, and historians, it features an illustrated chronology of the Academy drawn from the archives with short stories of key moments and colorful episodes in the school’s history." -- publisher's website

Contents:

Director's foreword / Andrew Blauvelt

A community of makers: Cranbrook's arts and crafts studios, 1927-1933 / Gregory Wittkopp

With eyes opened: Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1932-1995 / Andrew Blauvelt.

Notes:

Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name held at Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, June 18-September 19, 2021.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781733382410

1733382410

OCLC:

1241256068