List of Cranbrook Academy of Art alumni and faculty

This is a list of notable people from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Notable alumni

See also: Category:Cranbrook Academy of Art 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
• Sonya Clark – visual artist, mixed media
• 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
• Beth Katleman – sculptor
• Tony Rosenthal – sculptor
• Sherri Smith – (M.F.A. 1967) fiber artist, sculptor, and professor ^[4]
• 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 ^[5]
• Hani Rashid – (M.A. architecture, 1985) architect ^[6]

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
• Jay Sae Jung Oh – artist and 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 ^{[7] [8]}
• Lorraine Wild – (B.F.A. 1975) graphic designer ^{[9] [10]}

Industrial design

• Niels Diffrient – ergonomics designer, industrial designer ^{[11] [12]}

Textile design

• Ruth Adler-Schnee – (M.F.A. 1946) textile designer and first female architecture graduate student from Cranbrook ^[13]
• Mary Balzer Buskirk – (M.F.A.) mid-century modern fiber artist ^[14]
• Carolyn Crump – 3D quilt maker ^[15]
• Jack Lenor Larsen – (M.F.A. 1951) ^[16] textile designer.
• Mary Walker Phillips – (M.F.A. 1963) popularized contemporary hand knitting ^[17]
• Bhakti Ziek – (M.F.A. fiber, 1989) ^[18] contemporary textile artist

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^{[ citation needed ]}
• Maija Grotell – Artist-in-Residence, Ceramics Department^{[ citation needed ]}
• Keith Haring – Artist-in-Residence and mural installation in 1987. ^[19]
• David Hilliard – Artist-in-Residence, Photography Department, 2007–2008. ^[20]
• Ken Isaacs – head of the design department from 1956–1958, known for matrix-based modular system to build living structures.^{[ citation needed ]}
• Jane Lackey – textile and fiber artist ^{[21] [22]}
• Daniel Libeskind – architect^{[ citation needed ]}
• Michael McCoy – Co-Chair, Design, 1971–1995 ^[23]
• Katherine McCoy – Co-Chair, Design, 1971–1995 ^[23]
• Carl Milles – Artist-in-Residence, Sculpture Department^{[ citation needed ]}
• Eliel Saarinen – Finnish architect known for his work with art nouveau buildings. ^[24]

Presidents and directors

• Eliel Saarinen, President, 1932–1946 ^[24]
• Zoltan Sepeshy, President, 1946–1966 ^[25]
• Glen Paulsen, President, 1966–1970 ^[26]
• Wallace Mitchell, 1970–1977 ^[27]
• Roy Slade, 1977–1994 ^[28]
• Susana Torre, Director, 1994–1996 ^[29]
• Gerhardt Knodel, Director, 1997–2007 ^[30]
• Reed Kroloff, Director, 2007–2014 ^[31]
• Christopher Scoates, Director, 2014–2018 ^[32]
• Susan Ewing, Director, 2019–2021 ^{[33] [34]}
• Paul Sacaridiz, Director, 2022–Present ^[35]

References

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