Mechanical/Botanical

A group exhibition at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, March 20 – April 30 2026, featuring artists from the Ceramics Department at Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Works by Artist-in-Residence Ian McDonald and five recent alumni — Erika NJ Allen, María Cecilia Ferrer, Michael Takahata, Mark Vander Heide, and Lisa Farris — explore issues surrounding the control of nature and its limits.

-Photography by Daniel Ribar, courtesy of Ian McDonald.