Cranbrook Educational Community
Iris Eichenberg is a Professor and Artist in Residence in the Metalsmithing Department at Cranbrook Educational Community, a position held since September 2006. Eichenberg has extensive experience in academia, having served as a visiting professor and lecturer at several institutions, including the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Bowling Green State University, Oregon State University, and the Rhode Island School of Design, among others, during various years in 2010 and 2009. Additionally, Eichenberg held a role as a workshop instructor at Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School in Florence, IT, and has lectured at Fachhochschule Trier and Saimaan ammattikorkeakoulu - Koru 3 in Finland. Iris Eichenberg graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, completing studies between 1988 and 1994.
Cranbrook Educational Community
Located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Cranbrook Academy of Art offers astellar artistic education to students looking to secure a master’sdegree in various concentrations.Cranbrook offers its degrees through 10 departments of study: * 2D Design * 3D Design * Architecture * Ceramics * Fiber * Metalsmithing * Painting *Photography * Print Media * SculptureStudents explore different styles, technologies, equipment and materials.Electives are offered to accommodate different techniques, andArtists-in-Residence mentor and encourage students to develop theirindependent style.Cranbrook Academy of Art is an independent graduate degree-grantinginstitution offering an intense studio-based experience whereartists-in-residence mentor students in art, architecture and design tocreatively influence contemporary culture.Cranbrook Art Museum is an educational institution that provides directexperience with modern and contemporary art, architecture and design, andpromotes an understanding of their relevance and contribution to society.As a partner of Cranbrook Academy of Art, Cranbrook Art Museum is awindow to the Academy and the Academy’s window to the world.Cranbrook Academy of Art is accredited by the North Central Associationof Colleges and Schools and the National Association of Schools of Artand Design (NASAD). The Architecture program is not professionallyaccredited.