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Our MFA program seeks to expand our empathic understanding, cultivate the voices of underserved populations and ideas, and mitigate and critique damage done to ecologies, marginalized cultures, and the environment brought about by several centuries of colonialist pursuits.
new program studies race through art
We have established a Critical Race Studies Residency Program that will bring an Artist-in-Residence and a Designer-in-Residence to campus to enrich the life of student experiences and the greater community by facilitating practices of inclusion through art and design as part of the Department of Art, Art History, and Design.
SPARTAN'S JOURNEY OF DETERMINATION
Born with no hands and missing her big toe along with the supporting bones on each foot, Kathryn Bailey, a 24-year-old Studio Art graduating senior hasn’t allowed her quadrilateral limb deficiency to keep her from living a “normal” life and now is about to graduate with a degree in Studio Art and a concentration in Painting and Graphic Design.
MFA in Art, Art History, and Design
The Master of Fine Art program seeks highly motivated students who have the artistic and scholarly vision to guide us into equitable, sustainable, and creative futures. We encourage new and rigorous forms of artistic expression and design innovation that transcend typical constraints to make meaningful contributions to the world. A 100% funded program, your able to customize your student experience at one of the leading research institutions in the world.
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MSU Alum Explores Nature, Travel, and Imagined Worlds in Union Art Gallery Exhibition
An exhibition at Michigan State University’s Union Art Gallery featuring the work of MSU alum Kristen Duckworth invites visitors to explore the intersection of nature, the human body, and imagination through artwork that transforms familiar landscapes and biological forms into otherworldly environments. The exhibition, “Tracing the Earth,” on display through Saturday, Dec. 12, brings together Duckworth’s interdisciplinary artistic practice, integrating fiber art, drawing, wearable art, and installations to explore relationships among place, environment, and imagined worlds. Travel and field research play a central role in Duckworth’s creative practice. She has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East, Asia, Europe, Antarctica,
Tracing the Earth
An exhibition by Kristen Duckworth MSU Union Art Gallery | 49 Abbot Rd. East Lansing, room 230 October 19-December 9 | Reception: November 13, 4-6pm, artist talk at 5pm My studio practice integrates fiber art, drawing, wearable objects, and large-scale installation as interconnected ways of exploring place, environment, and imagined worlds. Travel and the experience of encountering unfamiliar landscapes, cultures, architecture, plants, and ecosystems are central to my research. As I move through new places, I collect photographs, sketches, patterns, textures, colors, and observations that become an evolving visual archive. These experiences provide a foundation for imagining environments that
Threshold 32°F
SCENE Metrospace | 110 Charles St. East Lansing November 5-December 13, Reception November 6, 5-7pm | Artist Talks at 6pm Threshold 32°F, by artist Klara Maisch, writer Debbie Clarke Moderow, and ecologist Rebecca Hewitt, is a multidisciplinary narrative about change in the boreal forest. Together, the voices of Maisch, Moderow, and Hewitt take the audience on a journey that unfolds in a sequence of paintings and poems, accompanied by scientific field notes. ABOUT THE COLLABORATION On a warm September morning in Interior Alaska, an artist, a writer, and an ecologist wander through the boreal forest. As they move among