Day of Design at Cranbrook

Join us for Design Day at Cranbrook Art Museum presented in partnership with Detroit Month of Design! Activities include hands-on artmaking for all ages, curator-led tours of the exhibition A Modernist Regime: Cuban Mid-Century Design and a discussion on graphic design; Cuban Poster Art and the Spirit of Revolution.   

Event Details 

September 21st from 11am - 3pm

• 11am-2pm: Drop in Zine Making Workshop for all ages.  
• 1:00-2:00pm: Curator Led Tours. Co-Curators Andrew Blauvelt, Director Cranbrook Art Museum, Laura Mott, Chief Curator, Cranbrook Art Museum, and Abel González Fernández will be stationed in the galleries to discuss the Cuban Modern Collection and The OSPAAAL Poster Collection.  
• 2:30-4:00pm: Panel Discussion: Cuban Poster Art and the Spirit of Revolution. This discussion begins with a presentation by scholar Lincoln Cushing who will examine the unique features of postrevolutionary Cuban poster art and the impact they had – and continue to have – in international social justice graphics, followed by a conversation with Assistant Professor of Graphic Design; and Danielle Aubert, Associate Professor of Graphic Design both at Wayne State University and Andrew Blauvelt, Co-Curator A Modernist Regime: Cuban Mid-Century Design and Director, Cranbrook Art Museum.  

This event is free with museum admission.  

Cranbrook Art Museum 

Cranbrook Art Museum is part of Cranbrook Educational Community, one of the world’s leading centers of education, science, and art. Comprising a graduate Academy of Art, modern and contemporary Art Museum, Center for Collections and Research, House and Gardens, Institute of Science, and Pre-K through 12 independent college preparatory Schools, Cranbrook welcomes thousands of visitors and students to its campus each year.    Founded by Detroit philanthropists George Gough Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth in 1904, Cranbrook’s 319-acre campus features the work of world-renowned architects such as Eliel Saarinen, Albert Kahn, Steven Holl, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, Rafael Moneo, Peter Rose, and sculptors Carl Milles, Marshall Fredericks and others. Critics have called Cranbrook “the most enchanted and enchanting setting in America” and in 1989, it was designated a National Historic Landmark.

RSVP Here: https://cranbrookartmuseum.org/events/day-of-design-2024/