Valade Speaker Series: Ann Hamilton

Wendell B. Anderson Auditorium, CCS Ford Campus

Ann Hamilton is a visual artist whose practice centers in the metaphorical structures and material processes of textiles and takes form as large-scale site-responsive installations, performance collaborations, print media, and public projects. Inspired by histories and geographies of place, the work’s multiple forms often juxtapose expressions of language and tactile materiality to explore relationships between […]

Earn CCS Credit While in High School

Virtual Event

Register here High school students can get a head start at CCS by taking college-level courses that will apply to their future degree program. This presentation will explain the benefits of dual enrollment at CCS, and will walk you through the course options, cost, and how to sign up to participate. Students who complete dual […]

Open House & Tour – March

Walter B. Ford II Atrium, Ford Campus 201 E. Kirby St.,, Detroit, MI

Register here Come see why CCS outshines the rest! Our Open House & Tour events are the best way for prospective students to experience our nationally recognized and highly ranked art and design programs. * Tour Campus * Meet Faculty * Get Admissions, Financial Aid, Careers, Student Life Information * Meet Current Students Best way […]

City of Design Challenge – Applications Open January 20, Due March 19, 2023

Learn More and Enter Here Design Core is launching a new City of Design Challenge to explore ways to increase community connections and unify residents in times of disruption. The 2023 Detroit City of Design Challenge is led by Design Core Detroit, in partnership with Community Development Advocates of Detroit (CDAD) and CultureSource, and made […]

Scott Hocking: Detroit Stories Exhibition – (Nov. 5, 2022- March 19, 2023)

Cranbrook Art Museum 39221 Woodward Ave Box 801 , Bloomfield Hills, MI, MI

Alumnus Scott Hocking (‘00) will be exhibiting “Scott Hocking: Detroit Stories,” the museum retrospective of the artist at the Cranbrook Art Museum. The exhibition will include work spanning sculpture and installation, photography and video, and is known for its repurposing of existing materials and found objects, which Hocking uses in site-specific projects that delve into […]

CCS Housing: From the Inside

Virtual Event

Register here Join us for a lively Q&A with CCS Housing Director Ryan Harrison and CCS Resident Assistants, and Current Students for insights on living on-campus. Learn about our dormitories, the housing application process, student activities, what to bring, how to connect to your roommates and more! Once you RSVP, you will get a link […]

How Revolutionary Counter-Moods Are Made (Online Event)

Join the Zoom Event Here In this talk, Jonathan Flatley will examine the function of the “exposure” — descriptions of concrete and particular but also paradigmatic abuses of power – in the creation of revolutionary counter-moods, those moments when discouraged, cynical, alienated or otherwise disconnected people come together in solidarity to form energetic, hopeful, and […]

Woodward Lecture Series: vanessa german

Wendell B. Anderson Auditorium, CCS Ford Campus

vanessa german is a self-taught citizen artist based in Pittsburgh, working across sculpture, performance, communal rituals, immersive installation, and photography. Her practice proposes new models for social healing, utilizing creativity and tenderness as vital forces to reckon with the historical and ongoing catastrophes of structural racism, white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, resource extraction, and misogynoir. german’s artistic […]

Campus Life at CCS

Virtual Event

Register here Join current students and our Director of Student Engagement Katie Gaither for insights into campus life at CCS. Whether it’s yoga, movie nights, Geek Week or puppy visits during midterms and finals, we know that balancing hard work with opportunities to breathe, unplug, decompress are important for maintaining your whole-being balance. We will […]

Industry Day 2023

A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education 460 West Baltimore Street, Detroit, MI

An Exhibition Highlighting the Work of Several CCS Design Departments RSVP HERE by March 22 BFA and MFA students will be available to discuss their work and projects covering a wide range of design practices. Participating departments include: BFA Communication Design Entertainment Arts Film Illustration Photography Select students from Advertising Design MFA Systems Design Thinking […]

Toyota Lecture Series, Art and Design Symposium 

College for Creative Studies - Taubman Center 460 West Baltimore Street Detroit, MI 48202 - 11th Floor - GM Auditorium

Register Here Please join us for inspiring and stimulating presentations led by several influential leaders from user experience, motion graphics, branding and game development fields.  Additionally, prominent creative professionals will participate in a panel discussion about the future impact of emerging technologies such as AR, VR, CGI and other digital tools across many sectors of […]