BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI.- Three celebrated members of the Academy’s faculty and three Detroit Metro-based alumni of the Academy each received a Visual Arts Fellowship Grant from The Kresge Foundation. The Academy’s Head of Photography, Liz Cohen; Head of Sculpture, Heather McGill; and Head of Fiber, Mark Newport (all residents of Bloomfield Hills) join a class of 12 Kresge fellows that also includes Academy alumni Corrie Baldauf (Fiber ’09), Laith Karmo (Ceramics ’06, West Bloomfield resident), and Gina Reichert (Architecture ’03). The Kresge grants are designed to reward artistic excellence, nurture metro Detroit’s artists, and raise public awareness of the artistic talent in the city. This sweep by six Academy artists of these prestigious awards, which rank among the country’s most lucrative — $25,000 apiece, no strings attached — further recognizes the enormous depth of talent and creativity of Cranbrook’s artists. The Troy-based Kresge foundation received more than 450 appli