15-05-2025
Detroit's College for Creative Studies to mark 100th student exhibition
Detroit's College for Creative Studies (CCS) has been sending gifted artists out into the world for over a century, and on Friday, May 16, the institution will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its annual Student Exhibition Opening and Reception.
Boasting more than 3,000 pieces of art and design across creative disciplines, the 6-10 p.m. event will feature live entertainment, hors d'oeuvres and drinks.
'We have transportation design, game design, fashion design,' said CCS president Don Tulski. 'We also have interior design now. We have interdisciplinary art and design as well as communication design, product design, in which you'll see a lot of really cool stuff. You'll also see animation and film, photo, a lot of arts and crafts. We have glass blowing, metalsmithing and jewelry, which informs our fashion program.
'We're one of the few colleges that has that range of art and design. That we're pretty proud of, and we do it at a high level. Our quality is really good. Our students go on to show work in galleries around the world, around the United States, and our designers go on to work for General Motors, Ford, Stellantis, the fashion brands you might think of like Stuart Weitzman, Louis Vuitton, Coach. We have our alums who do animation and film and go on to work in Hollywood on shows like 'The Mandalorian,' or creating their own shows. And we have alums that are now working at Boston Dynamics as robot designers, which is part of the future.'
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The 2025 Student Exhibition will have displays at both the A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education and the Walter and Josephine Ford Campus. Free parking will be available on both campuses with a complimentary shuttle service to and from either campus.
'It's really a big celebration for creativity in Detroit,' said Tulski, 'and it starts right here at CCS.'
Tickets for the Student Exhibition Opening and Reception start at $50 (or $30 for alumni) and can be purchased at
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