Cranbrook
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- persona_non_grata0
yes honestly have never heard of this school, but will check it
out. too piggy back off of what fiver is saying. Detroit
notwithstanding- detroit takes time for you to appreciate it.doesnotexist
- understood. Bourdain went there I think - ill have to check the episodepersona_non_grata
- d_rek0
@persona,
I'm simply saying that for a person to wonder how a city like Detroit can exist in the western world is a bit naive. Yes - I'll be the first to admit Detroit can be a pretty fucked up place but hey, don't all major cities have some pretty fucked up areas?
- and thank you for your comment about the folio :Dd_rek
- not that fucked up. never felt afraid here in ny as I have in the ddoesnotexist
- I don't feel afraid in the D at all... it's mostly having that attitude that keeps you safe anyway.d_rek
- right, but after living in the D nothing is as scary. the D is scarier than most places.doesnotexist
- d_rek0
The reality is Cranbrook is located in the burbs of Detroit - and some of the richest ones at that. Relatively speaking it's not terribly close to downtown or near any truly slummy/post-apocalyptic areas. If you are thinking cranbrook is located in the heart of the city well you'd be wrong.
- no we know, but would be nieve to believe you could go to school their and just avoid the major city - centerpersona_non_grata
- sure you could- it's a good 30 minutes away and royal oak is nearbydoesnotexist
- ok well fuck me thenpersona_non_grata
- fiver0
good experience?
- d_rek0
I met Ed Fella at CCS when they awarded him the AIGA fellowship... was a pretty nice guy I remember.
- inhaler970
I went. It was good if you want to be left alone and do work for two years, and be surrounded by some talented people. Also depends what dept. you go into. 2-d is pretty sweet.
- d_rek0
I know a few alum who were instructors at my alma mater.
- boobs0
Most people rave about the experience. I went to Cranbrook for High School, so I knew people who went to the Art Academy years ago. Cranbrook is a great place and a wonderful atmosphere.
Over the years I've met some great artists there, like Ralph Gibson, Duane Michals, Robert Heineken, and quite a few others.
I even met Yoko Ono there!
So, if you can swing it financially, go!
- fiver0
what's the surrounding area like? i mean, i'm sure you're nose down in work, but i've never been to michigan, so.........
is it worth going there if you're eventually looking to teach, or more for personal creativity and gain?
- Douglas0
From what I gather having grown up in the Detroit area, having worked with Cranbrook grads in the past, and having worked with many other MFA's of most other programs in the USA, while studying/practicing at Cranbrook, you are going to get a more holistic approach to art and design than other schools can offer. You should already have a very strong formal grasp on the area of you will be applying to, combined with being a great thinker to back up and talk about your work. All of those qualities are going to be pushed to their fullest extent in finding your own voice as an artist. One might compare it to more of the free thinking approach of a school like CalArts. You have better odds of coming out of Cranbrook being a very well rounded artist, rather than having a practical portfolio ready to enter the job market in a particular field, though I suppose it's how you play your cards.
- boobs0
Cranbrook is in the middle of the fanciest, most expensive old-money suburb in Detroit. So, the surrounding area is beautiful.
- francoisfido0
What am I to take from the curt Mr. gramme—does he not care for the style of education and/or the work coming from Cranbrook?
Agog in Amsterdam,
- SAS0
I went, graduated recently. Amazing experience, nose down in the studio for two years. Great creative people in ten departments.
Dont go if you want to teach, there is no undergraduates to get teaching experience with. Although for 2-d this might not be as big of a deal.
The campus is beautiful, like harry potter for artists. Posh residential neighborhood surrounding. Detroit is about 15/20 minutes away, in all its post-apocalyptic glory. Pontiac, equally desolate, is just 10 min north.
Its cold, but the studios are heated.
Which department are you planning on applying to?
- fiver0
2D
- persona_non_grata0
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddi…
thought this was somewhat relevant- may not be thopersona_non_grata
- Possibly the best thread about a city I've ever read. THANKS!dMullins