DaimlerChrysler Financial Services and Cranbrook Academy of Art Help Kick Off Grand Opening of the Anton Art Center with 'ArtWorks ... in Macomb'

WHAT: DaimlerChrysler Financial Services, the world-wide vehicle financing unit of DaimlerChrysler, and Cranbrook Academy of Art, the internationally- acclaimed graduate program in art, architecture and design, have joined forces to support the September 21, 2006 grand opening of the Anton Art Center in Mount Clemens, Mich.

Visitors to the brand new Anton Art Center will experience "ArtWorks ... in Macomb" a collection of works by recent graduates of Cranbrook Academy of Art as selected by employees of DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Americas in Farmington Hills, Mich.

  WHO:
  *  Gabe Anton, Mount Clemens Donor and Businessman;
  *  Barbara Dempsey, Mayor of Mount Clemens;
  *  Denise Schinella, Real Estate Specialist, DaimlerChrysler Financial
     Services;
  *  Michael Gielniak, Executive Director for Macomb County's Center for
     Creative Learning and Teaching.

  WHEN: Thursday, September 21 at 5 p.m., Ribbon Cutting Ceremony;
        5:30 p.m. exhibit opens; 6 - 8 p.m. ArtParty

  WHERE: 125 Macomb Place, Mount Clemens, MI 48043 (Downtown Mount Clemens)

OTHER: Each year, 30 employees from DaimlerChrysler Financial Services visit the Academy to select a collection of art created by Cranbrook's graduate students that is then installed in the headquarters building of the Americas operations for a year. The new Anton Art Center will be receiving the most recent installation. These works represent the work from many departments of the Academy which include: 3D Design, 2D Design, Ceramics, Sculpture, Print Media, Painting, Photography, Fiber and Architecture.