Sat, Sep 19
|Cranbrook Art Museum
Artist Talk: Cody Norman
Time & Location
Sep 19, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Cranbrook Art Museum, 39221 Woodward Ave, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304, USA
About the event
In celebration of Detroit Month of Design, join us for an artist talk by Cody Norman (CAA MFA 3D Design '20) followed by a conversation with Andrew Satake Blauvelt, Director of Cranbrook Art Museum.
Cody Norman (b. 1992) is a Chicago-based artist, designer, and educator. He currently serves as part-time faculty in the Sculpture and Designed Objects departments at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He graduated with a BFA from SAIC in 2016 and earned an MFA in 3D Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2020. Norman works with both digital and analog fabrication processes to transform recycled and bio plastics into functional art objects. Creating enigmatic forms that feel at once familiar and foreign, Norman’s process physically blurs the line between digital and hand craft.
Norman’s forms are inspired by biomimicry and sustainability. He designs, builds, and creatively misuses his own tools, such as…