Upcoming Events for Alumni and Friends
Stay up-to-date on all of the great accomplishments and happenings within our alumni network and track all of our upcoming events for alumni and friends.
Drawn Together: An Illustration Alumni Meetup
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
CCS — Walter B. Ford II Building
Design Journey Home: China and Back – CCS Community Opening Reception
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Ideation Orange
Shuttle for Alumni & Friends to Eastern Market After Dark
6:00 pm - 10:30 pm
College for Creative StudiesEastern Market
CCS Night at DCFC
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Detroit City Football Club
Alumni Reception in Brooklyn, NY
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Randolph Beer – DUMBO
Alumni Reception in Pasadena, CA
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Yard House
WatsonCon 2025
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
CCS — Knight Gallery, A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education (11th Floor Auditorium)
Upcoming Activities
Free Drawing and Painting Sessions
Free Drawing and Painting Sessions
Attention Peacocks…join us for FREE drop-in figure drawing/painting sessions! Hosted by Oliva Beebly, an adjunct professor in Illustration and CCS Alumna (’19, IL), the sessions take place on Saturdays from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. in Room W309 Floor of the Walter B. Ford II Building.
Poses vary from long to short and nude and costume poses alternate every other week. Digital and traditional mediums are welcome for this non-instructed offering. Drawing horses, easels, and boards are available for use. Free parking is available in the CCS structure located on Brush St. for alumni.
Come back and paint and draw with us!
Saturday Sessions run weekly through May 3, with a break during the Student Exhibition. They resume on June 7, with no session on July 5.
Follow @ccssaturdayfigure for the full schedule and updates.
Location: Room W309, 3rd Floor – Walter B. Ford II Building
Time: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
No pre-registration required. Alumni can stop by the Security Office for a temporary badge and sign in using the QR code in the classroom.
Alumni News
Find some of the latest Alumni news here. Want to keep CCS up-to-date on what’s new with you? Let us know by updating your information.
Winter 2025 Sponsored Projects at the College for Creative Studies
During the Winter semester, the College for Creative Studies hosted 14 sponsored projects, including a diverse range of sponsored projects and competitions that engaged a variety of academic departments.
Alumna Bo Shepherd ’12 Transportation Design Featured on Proven Not Perfect Podcast
From Car Interiors to Vintage Finds and Home Design, a story in progress with Woodward Throwback’s co-founder and head of design, and CCS alum, Bo Shepard.
Tim Flattery, CCS Provost & Renowned Concept Designer, Retires
Tim Flattery, Provost, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer for the College for Creative Studies (CCS), is retiring, effective June 30, 2025.
Alumna Elizabeth Salonen Creates Large-Scale Works for Bernhardt Design’s NeoCon Showroom
CCS alumna Elizabeth Salonen is making waves at NeoCon 2025, partnering with Bernhardt Design to create a captivating experience in their showroom, Space 320 at The Mart. Salonen, a distinguished multidisciplinary artist-designer, has unveiled “Meditations on Canvas,” a series of seven meticulously hand-stitched large-scale works that truly embody her unique Finnish design ethos: functional beauty intertwined with a deep connection to materiality.
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