Christina deRoos, a driving force behind Kresge Arts in Detroit (KAID) for over a decade, recently stepped down as director of the program renowned for its robust, innovative, and steady support of individual artists. She leaves a legacy of increasing opportunities for artists and advancing equitable funding in Detroit.
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.
Kresge Arts in Detroit announced the 2025 Kresge Artist Fellowships and Gilda Snowden Emerging Artist Award recipients. Twenty-five artists received the no strings attached prize from the program, administered by the College for Creative Studies (CCS) on behalf of The Kresge Foundation.
Hidden Gems: Meet Meredith Fleischer of The MF Gallery
Kresge Arts in Detroit presents Counterspells, a digital exhibition featuring the 16th cohort of Kresge Artist Fellows and Gilda Award recipients.
CCS’s 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, Sabrina Nelson, ’91 Fine Arts, will never forget her first visit to College for Creative Studies.
Taking place at the historic General Motors Design Dome, this year’s theme for The Show is “Icons,” paying homage to the individuals and cultural movements that make the city legendary
College for Creative Studies has been designated as an Opportunity College and University the Carnegie Classifications, recognizing CCS as an institution that can serve as a model for studying how campuses can foster student success.
CCS is proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Publishing Awards, honoring the impactful scholarly and creative contributions of our faculty and staff.
Now through January 16, 2025, metro Detroit artists can apply for a Kresge Artist Fellowship.Kresge Artist Fellowships are $50,000 each for 15 artists residing in Wayne, Oakland, or Macomb county. Eligible artists are invited to apply for these no strings attached awards. See guidelines for eligibility requirements.
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