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Woodward Lecture Series

Established through a generous endowment by an anonymous donor, the Woodward Lecture Series annually brings six renowned artists to CCS for free public lectures, and learning sessions with CCS students. Spring and fall series each feature three visiting artists.

Past Woodward Lecturers include video artist Steina Vasulka; photographers Emmet Gowin and Duane Michals; painters Brenda Goodman and Elizabeth Murray; sculptors Larry Bell, Leonardo Drew, Forrest Myers, and Dennis Oppenheim; glass artist Dale Chihuly; installation artist Petah Coyne; and public artists Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel.

The Woodward Lecture Series is made possible by a generous endowment gift from an anonymous donor.

All lectures are free and open to the public.
Seating and parking are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Free parking available in the CCS Parking Structure, located on Brush Street, just north of Frederick Douglass.

News

  1. 06 Dec 2011 Video art provocateur and art world sensation Ryan Trecartin is coming to CCS

    Video art provocateur and art world sensation Ryan Trecartin comes to CCS as Center Galleries presents the exclusive Detroit premiere of the LA-based artist's head-spinning, lavishly colored video series "Trill-ogy COMP," direct from his MoMA-PS1 exhibition "Any Ever."

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  2. 11 Apr 2011 As a part of the Woodward Lecture Series, CCS welcomes the Bruce High Quality Foundation's "Teach 4 Amerika" Road Tour on Tuesday, April 12 at 7:00 p.m.

    The Bruce High Quality Foundation’s (BHQF) Teach 4 Amerika tour is a five-week, 11-city, coast-to-coast road trip that crosses state lines and institutional boundaries to inspire and enable local art students to define the future of their own educational experience.

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  3. 31 Mar 2011 As a part of the Woodward Lecture Series, CCS welcomes Andrea Zittel on March 31 at 7:00 p.m.

    As a part of the Woodward Lecture Series, CCS welcomes Andrea Zittel on March 31 at 7:00 p.m. at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

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  4. 17 Nov 2010 As a Part of the Woodward Lecture Series, CCS welcomes Elizabeth Dee on Thursday, November 18 at 7:00 p.m.

    As a Part of the Woodward Lecture Series, CCS welcomes Elizabeth Dee on Thursday, November 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the Wendell W. Anderson Jr. Auditorium, Walter B. Ford II Building, Walter and Josephine Ford campus.

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  5. 28 Oct 2010 CCS's Woodward Lecture Series would like to welcome Leon Johnson on Thursday, October 28 at 7 p.m.

    As a part of the Woodward Lecture Series, the new Chair of CCS's Fine Arts Department, Leon Johnson, will discuss his vision for connecting art and community. The lecture is October 28, 7 p.m., held in the Wendell W. Anderson Jr. Auditorium in the Walter B. Ford II Building on the Walter and Josephine Ford Campus.

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  6. 02 Dec 2009 CCS's Woodward Lecture Series welcomes painter Joan Semmel on Thursday, December 3 at 7:30 p.m.

    CCS’s continues its popular Woodward Lecture Series with a talk by painter Joan Semmel on Thursday, December 3 at 7:30 p.m.

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  7. 11 Nov 2009 CCS's Woodward Lecture Series welcomes painter Katharina Grosse on Thursday, November 12 at 7:30 p.m.

    CCS’s continues its popular Woodward Lecture Series with a talk by painter Katharina Grosse on Thursday, November 12 at 7:30 p.m.

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  8. 29 Oct 2009 CCS's Woodward Lecture Series welcomes painter April Gornik on Thursday, November 5 at 7:30 p.m.

    CCS’s continues its popular Woodward Lecture Series with a talk by painter April Gornik on Thursday, November 5 at 7:30 p.m.

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  9. 04 May 2009 CCS’s Woodward Lecture Series 10th Anniversary Season concludes on Thursday, May 7 with legendary artist Ed Ruscha

    The CCS’s Woodward Lecture Series concludes its 10th Anniversary Season with one of the most consistently inventive artists of the contemporary period Ed Ruscha on Thursday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m.

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  10. 17 Mar 2009 CCS’s Woodward Lecture Series welcomes poet Anne Waldman on Thursday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m.

    CCS’s Woodward Lecture Series is continuing its 10th Anniversary Season with a lecture by internationally known poet, performer, and professor Anne Waldman on Thursday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m.

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