Ask the Expert: How can the arts help us feel more connected to a place?

As the university announces a unified approach to the arts with Arts MSU, Judith Stoddart, Vice Provost for University Arts and Collections at Michigan State University and an Associate Professor in the Department of English, explains how the arts can help us feel more connected to the places we inhabit by looking at how the arts are interconnected and contextualized by MSU’s campus.

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CREATE! Micro-Grant Virtual Student Exhibition Launches

The 2022 CREATE! Micro-Grant Student Exhibition is now live! This virtual exhibit showcases the 12 student projects that were created based on the winning proposals that earned them $500 in micro-grant funding.  The CREATE! Micro-Grant initiative encourages students to…

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Studio Art Student Uses CREATE! Micro-Grant Funds to Produce Sculpture of Balisong Knife

As a 2022 CREATE! Micro-Grant recipient, Ryan Freund, a junior majoring in Studio Art, produced a sculpture featuring a single, manipulated Balisong knife. Titled Intersection, Freund utilized the knife's four handle scales…

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CREATE! Micro-Grant Used to Produce Sculpture Representing Lives Lost to COVID-19

Apparel and Textile Design major Gwen Pinger used a $500 CREATE! Micro-Grant to build a sculpture consisting of thousands of glass beads that hang from elastic strings, each representing a life lost from COVID-19 in Michigan.  “The sculpture functions as a sort…

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