Tour One: Private Art Collection and Cranbrook Academy of Art
Thursday, September 19, 2024, 9:00am (depart Somerset Inn) – 4:00pm (return to Somerset Inn)
$124 tour fee, includes box lunch
Unfortunately, Frankel Private Collection Tour portion of this tour has been cancelled. We do have the opportunity to see another excellent private collection from a patron nearby.
Private Home Collection Tour
Beautiful contemporary home flush with all types of art work, tastefully collected over years of travel with in the US and all over the world. The home is surrounded by lush gardens and a koi pond. Guests must be able to climb stairs.
Cranbrook Academy of Art
The Cranbrook Educational Community is an education, research, and public museum complex. This National Historic Landmark was founded in the early 20th century by newspaper mogul George Gough Booth. Cranbrook is renowned for its architecture in the Arts and Crafts and Art Deco styles. The chief architect was Eliel Saarinen while Albert Kahn was responsible for the Booth Mansion. Sculptors Carl Milles and Marshall Fredricks also spent many years in residence at Cranbrook. On this 2.5 hour tour you will see the founding director’s home, which is restored to its original condition, the museum’s grounds and our fantastic visible storage and contemporary art collection.
Tour Two: Cultural Tour of Detroit, Michigan
Friday, September 20, 2024, 8:00am (depart Somerset Inn) – 4:30pm (return to Somerset Inn)
$124 tour fee, includes box lunch
The Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA) invites you to “the Motor City” that is Detroit.
Detroit contains an amazing collection of public art where mosaics play an important role. The
city was established on Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River, which connects Lake Huron and
Lake Erie. Originally settled by the French in the early 18th century—Detroit is French for “the
straight”—it was immediately established as a trading post and the city and region grew. By the
late 19th century, the industrial shift started to emerge, and Detroit became the automotive
manufacturing capital of the world and has maintained that title since. Every destination and
mosaic project in these tours was chosen to showcase artists as well as points of interest in
Metro Detroit.
On this tour you will see several cultural icons of Detroit. The icons that make the Motor City an
arts destination. A visit to the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) for a private tour and a stop at The
Shephard which is a new art gallery that has been created in a former church. Additionally, you
will witness several mosaic installations, many with the famous Pewabic Pottery tiles and a visit
to the Detroit Library.
