Publications

The Best of Friends

To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Friends of Kresge Art Museum and timed to correspond with a large, new exhibition of the same title that opened in January, 2011, the Friends of Kresge Art Museum present the The Best of Friends: The Friends of Kresge Art Museum. The 80 page full-color book contains images of 40 works of art from the museum collection, purchased by the Friends of Kresge since 1975, and "the story of the people, activities and achievements of this organization and within that context, of the art gallery and museum which so inspired their efforts." Bonney Mayers, author.

The Best of Friends: The Friends of Kresge Art Museum is available for $10 plus tax. It is free to current and newly joined Friends of Kresge.

SPECIAL OFFER -- LIMITED EDITION LITHOGRAPH
Cosmic Remnant, a limited edition lithograph by famed Native American artist Kay WalkingStick, is available through the Kresge Art Museum.

The following publications are available from Kresge Art Museum. Click on the cover or link to view details.

The Best of Friends: The Friends of Kresge Art Museum Exhibition catalogue, 80 pages Full Color Author: Bonney Mayers 2010 Price: $10.00
Designing Women of Postwar Britain: Their Art and the Modern Interior Exhibition catalogue, 74 pages full color Curated by Shanna Shelby and Tariana Navas-Nieves for the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center 2008 Price: $15.00
American Modernism, 1920s–1940s Exhibition catalogue, 28 pages Author and curator: Susan J. Bandes 2010 ISBN #978-1-879147-19-1 Price: $5.00
Michigan Masters Invitational Exhibition catalogue, 68 pages (30 color images) Curator: April Kingsley Essay: Roger Green 2009 ISBN #978-1-879147-18-1 Price: $10.00
Pewabic: A Century of Michigan's Art Pottery Exhibition catalogue, 28 pages (8 page color insert plus color cover) Editor: Susan J. Bandes Authors: April Kingsley and Thomas W. Brunk 2005 ISBN #978-1-879147-17-1 Price: $20.00
The Tasteful Palette   Bonney Mayers, editor Price: $20.00
Pursuits and Pleasures   Susan J. Bandes Price: $5.00
Islamic Art in MI Collections   Alan Fisher, Carol Garrett Fisher, editors Price: $5.00
Expressions of Africa   Raymond A. Silverman Price: $5.00
Brocade of the Pen: The Art of Islamic Writing   Carol Garrett Fisher, editors Price: $5.00
The Prints of John S. deMartelly, 1903-1979   Bill North, editor Price: $5.00
Other Publications on Sale:
Early Michigan Paintings
Henricksen 1907-1975
Takal Raisonne – Prints of Peter Takal
The Michigan Experience
Affordable Dreams: The Goetsch-Winkler House and Frank Lloyd Wright

EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS

• Teacher's Packet: Affordable Dreams, 1990, $4.00
• Teacher's Packet: K-12, $4.00

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

• Friends of Kresge Art Museum Newsletter. The KAM Newsletter, published five times annually, includes information on exhibits, lectures, programming, and museum news. The newsletter is available only by joining Friends of Kresge Art Museum.