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Cranbrook Academy Of Art

art & design college · Active
last checked 2026-05-29

As archived

Program began
1939

Degrees
M.F.A

Now (checked 2026)

Status
Active

What happened
Continuation. The archived record's "Gary S. Griffin 1984 to present" is outdated — Griffin led Metalsmithing through 2006, when Iris Eichenberg took over as Artist-in-Residence/Head. She remains in that role through 2024-2025 with no closure, merger, or rename. The MFA-in-Metalsmithing structure within Cranbrook Academy of Art is unchanged since ~2014.

Link
cranbrookart.edu/departments/metalsmithing/

People

Faculty
Gary S Griffin · 1984 to presentHarry Bertoia · 1939 to 1943Richard Thomas · 1948 to 1984

Trained here

Alvin A. PineAna M. LopezAnne FialaBeverly SeleyBrian MeekChunghi ChooEarl KrentzinErin M. RiceFred FensterFred WoellHaley BatesHarry BertoiaHiroko Sato PijanowskiJohn M. ChurchJohn WittersheimJon HavenerJosefa FilkoskyJustin McginnisL. Brent KingtonLisa NortonMarilyn KochMark BaldridgeMary Lee HuMyra Mimlitsch GrayRichard ElaverRichard ThomasRobert CooganStanley LechtzinThomas BambasVal J. Link

Sources

https://cranbrookart.edu/departments/metalsmithing/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranbrook_Academy_of_Arthttps://artjewelryforum.org/schools/cranbrook-academy-of-art/https://center.cranbrook.edu/surface-levelscranbrook-new-work-cranbrook-academy-art-metalsmithing-department

From the original Tyler “Academic Metals Directory” (≈2014), brought current in 2026.

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