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.
Designing Detroit
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
CCS — Valade Family Gallery, A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education
Design by Desire
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
CCS — Center Galleries
Design Journey Home: China and Back – CCS Community Opening Reception
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Ideation Orange
Design by Desire: Design Visions Forecast & Exhibition Discussion
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
CCS — Wendell W. Anderson Jr. Auditorium, Walter B. Ford II Building
Shuttle for Alumni & Friends to Eastern Market After Dark
6:00 pm - 10:30 pm
College for Creative StudiesEastern Market
Remix the Palette: Michael Ford Workshop
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
CCS — Taubman Center, Room 280
Toyota Lecture Series: Michael Ford
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
CCS — Wendell W. Anderson Jr. Auditorium, Walter B. Ford II Building
CCS Night at DCFC
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Detroit City Football Club
Woodward Lecture Series: Carlos Diaz
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
CCS — Wendell W. Anderson Jr. Auditorium, Walter B. Ford II Building
When The Land Speaks: Carlos Diaz
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
CCS — Center Galleries
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
Woodward Lecture Series: Dr. Kellie Jones in Conversation with Zoë Hopkins
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
CCS — Wendell W. Anderson Jr. Auditorium, Walter B. Ford II Building
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.
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