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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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Lasting Impressions
An exhibition featuring works created by MSU Art, Art History, and Design students who attended the Ceramic Arts in Greece Study Abroad Program August 31-October 3 | Reception: September 19, 11am-1pm MSU Union Art Gallery | 42 Abbot Rd. East Lansing As a soft and malleable material, clay naturally takes the impression of the people and things that touch it. Often this is intentional—from stamps, to surface textures, ceramic objects are often designed to display the marks of their makers. Other times, such signs are less deliberate—traces of fingerprints and other marks from the moment of creation become permanent parts of a clay object’s history. What is more, over time,
Cursed Objects Exhibition
Juried by Hailey Becker August 28-October 18 | Reception: October 16, 5-7PM SCENE Metrospace | 110 Charles St. East Lansing, MI The artists in this show were tasked with responding to the question, “What does it mean for something to be cursed in 2026?” Cursed objects do not start out cursed; they are typically mundane objects that collect stories as tragedy strikes. Curses become a device for remembering those stories. The pieces in the show carry themes centered around illness, labor, generational curses, and cursed landscapes and space. At first glance, some of the works may seem like typical cursed objects (in
Coalesce: All MFA Exhibition
Kresge Art Galleries 101 + 114 | 600 Auditorium Rd, East Lansing August 27-September 23 Coalesce, this year’s All MFA Exhibition, is coming soon to the Kresge Galleries 101 and 114. This exhibition features creative research from Art, Art History, and Design’s MFA Candidates: Jacob Ashba, Sam Axtell, Colin Day, Shelby Freehling, Madison Higgs, Sophia Hoersten, Mahbube Parnian, Charlie Reed, Daniel Roșca Jaelene Tatum