Cranbrook
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- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- fiver0
thanks for all of the input... sounds interesting. might have to check it out.
- doesnotexist0
it's a great school- aren't most college level classes grad only? I know the architectural course is.
I've spent numerous hours on the campus, it's truly beautiful. surrounding area is nice and quiet, quite a departure from downtown Detroit, where I did attend school at lawnrence technological university.
lots of famous people attended/taught there. the eames.
if you can do it, do it.
- hellogrid0
I believe Matt Owens from recent "High production value royalty-free design assets" went there.
- dMullins0
This song's for you, Derek—
- inhaler970
Plus the buildings were designed Eliel Saarinen, and its pretty much a sculpture garden filled with Carl Milles statues. I mean, its pretty wonderful to visit. I would recommend just visiting and meeting Elliott Earls, and you will know your answer, if you can't visit, call and call until you can speak with him and ask him questions. If you are completely serious about going, meeting him will help your chances immensely.
One last thing, Earls is a cool dude, but he's also very eccentric, and if you think about it, you're gonna spend two years under that guys thumb, just make sure you click.
- inhaler970
FIver, Cranbrook is in a beautiful location, one of the richest areas of the US, and you will have the oppurtunity to meet these people, because Cranbrook allows to bridge the gap between the patrons and artists. But patrons being patrons, they can be a bit irritating, or a LOT of fun.
Anyways, when you see Cranbrook, its totally isolated if you dont have a car. Detroit and its suburbs is CAR CENTRAL, Public trans. sucks, and if you need to get materials to do work, without a car, its a pain. But Cranbrook is also the kind of place that if you needed to borrow the schools pickup truck, the school will help you facilitate it.
- I didn't go there but used to spend a lot of time on the campus -- it's such a beautiful place.Josev
- d_rek0
@persona,
I commute to Downtown Detroit 5 days a week. The downtown area of Detroit is mostly a safe place, although the outlying sprawl is where the worst of it is. In any direction immediately outside of the downtown area it gets pretty bad. Like any major city you learn which parts to avoid. I'm not denying the truth of that comment, but to ask how a city like that can even exist in the western nation well... Detroit's certainly up there with it's less desirable qualities... but so is every other major city in the US.
- cool story brah... no disrespect but your wrong - atlanta baltimore DC New York Boston...nothing like detroit - not even closepersona_non_grata
- uhm, quite sure all of those cities have slums and/or ghettos of some sort.d_rek
- All respectfully their own, of coursed_rek
- o some sort yes - end of the similarity. But no ur right; every major city in America is as bad as detroitpersona_non_grata
- I didn't say 'as bad as'... i just said they all have their problems.d_rek
- come on... then what are u saying? U got some good work in your portfolio thopersona_non_grata
- 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
- 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,
- d_rek0
I met Ed Fella at CCS when they awarded him the AIGA fellowship... was a pretty nice guy I remember.
- francoisfido0
...links to recent grads work online?
curious in calcutta,
- fiver0
2D