Great Lakes Art and Architecture

Connell: Gardens of ArtGardens of Art: The Sculpture Park at the Frederik Meijer Gardens

Edited by E. Jane Connell

With illustrations of both the works and the artists, this history of the famous sculpture park at Frederik Meijer Gardens gives valuable insight into how the garden was developed and the art that is displayed there.

Matuz: Albert KahnAlbert Kahn: Builder of Detroit

Roger Matuz

The story of Albert Kahn, a world-renowned architect. Written for readers aged 10+.

Johnson: Angels in the ArchitectureAngels in the Architecture: A Photographic Elegy to an American Asylum

Heidi Johnson

An intimate photographic journey into 115 years of history inside a nineteenth-century asylum.

Abt: A Museum on the VergeA Museum on the Verge: A Socioeconomic History of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1882–2000

Jeffrey Abt

Goes behind the scenes at the DIA to disclose the political, economic, and social forces that shaped the museum from its founding to the present day.

Abt: Up From the StreetsUp From the Streets: Detroit Art from the Duffy Warehouse Collection

Edited by Jeffrey Abt

A beautifully illustrated catalog highlighting the works of noted artists from Detroit’s Cass Corridor brought together for an exhibition in honor of Detroit’s 300th birthday.

Fisher: The Outdoor MuseumThe Outdoor Museum: The Magic of Michigan’s Marshall M. Fredericks

Marcy Heller Fisher  •  Illustrated by Christine Collins Woomer

An illustrated children’s book that helps young readers appreciate the work of a major sculptor, Marshall M. Fredericks (1908–1998).