Legacy
After a series of taped interviews (1989, 1994, 2000), Cranbrook Archivist Mark Coir urged me to put in my own words that which I had discussed with him. I have tried to do so on my website; my way of writing. As he was ending the last of the tapes, Mark posed a final question. He asked me, “How do you want to remembered; for what achievements?” I have been puzzling that question ever since…..
I thought of my days at the Corcoran and my achievements: ‘The American Collection’; exhibitions; publications; the creation and accreditation of a professional BFA program in the School. However, I knew Mark was asking specifically about my days at Cranbrook…….
Carl Milles: Orpheous Fountain, 1936.
figure (restored 1986)