Some images from first year final critiques

Derya Hanife Altan presenting her work.

Ema Ishii with part of her installation.

Rosemary Dardick with her work on the window.

Emily Nachison with her sculpture / installation.


Casey Droege with her prints.


Ashley Allen Short's work.

Rose Pink's critique of her sound piece.


Tricia Stackle with her work.

Third Semester Reviews

December 8-12 brought us Third Semester Reviews which are the old fourth semester reviews moved from February to December. I think I wrote about these last year, but just in case, the reviews are meetings between each student and five Artists in Residence (AIRs). Each student meets with their assigned AIRs throughout the day. They meet and share discussions about the work the students have been doing and how they might move forward. It is a very exciting time because all of the work that has been done by the second year students is on view so the whole community gets to see what is going on and because the students are interested in hearing feedback from the AIRs from other departments. Fiber and Sculpture presented on Thursday and all six of the second year students did very well. I think they also gathered new insights and questions that will propel their work in interesting directions for their degree show and future beyond Cranbrook.


above from Amy DiPlacido's review.



from JaYoung Yoon's review.

Emily's new work

Emily Nachison is one of the first year students and these are images of one of her sculptures and a drawing from a recent critique.

Collaboration at Cranbrook

The intimate size and nature of the Academy and campus helps foster a sense of community and active dialogue between departments within the Academy and projects that connect us to the other parts of the educational community(as evident in the two prior posts). On occasion students discover similar concerns and goals with students from other departments and set about to make work together. Last month Tricia Stackle (Fiber) and Andrew Kline (Architecture) began such a venture that resulted in a large scale project being installed temporarily on the campus. Below are a couple of photos of their nest made of red hand made felt.


To see more images you can check out Andrew's website:

http://web.me.com/andrewkline/Andrew_Kline.com/Work/Pages/Nest.html

Insert Color Here

On November 20 the Fiber Department opened a show of work at the Kingswood Gallery on the Cranbrook campus. The show, "Insert Color Here," is part of the exchange between the Academy Fiber Department and the Weaving Studio at Kingswood mentioned in the earlier post about workshops the Academy students are teaching.
Here are some photos from the opening.