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Innovation Meets Inclusion: MSU Students Design Adaptive Fashions for New York City Runway

October 30, 2025

Four Michigan State University students stepped into the spotlight in New York City as featured designers at the 2025 "iCAN Do Anything" Fashion Show hosted by the International Institute for the Brain (iBRAIN) to celebrate and promote adaptive and inclusive fashion. The MSU students — Jillian Kelly, Tristian Laney, Rico Seatts, and Reagan Wiley — all majoring in Apparel and Textile Design (ATD), were among a select group of designers who created custom adaptive garments for students with brain-based disabilities.

Several College Projects Supported by HARP Development and Production Awards

December 13, 2024

Projects by College of Arts & Letters faculty, ranging from a linguistic course, to traveling exhibitions, to books on a range of subjects, received support this year from Humanities and Arts Research Program (HARP) Development or Production Awards. Funding for these HARP Grants is provided, in part, through the Michigan State University Research Foundation.

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PART of the MATTER

October 17, 2024

Elizabeth Barick Fall MSU Union Art Gallery October 28-December 7 | Reception Tuesday, October 29, 5-8PM As a mixed media assemblage artist, much of my work incorporates my photos with…

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VITALIZE

October 17, 2024

(SCENE) Metrospace | October 25-November 22 Reception: Friday, October 25, 5-7pm Vitalize features works by the most recent additions to our faculty in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design…

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Creativity in the Time of Covid-19

September 26, 2024

(SCENE) Metrospace | September 13-October 11 Receptions: October 10 & 11, 5-8pm Creativity in the Time of Covid 19: Art as Medicine is an exhibition that showcases the role creativity…

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A Present Past, A Passed Present

August 27, 2024

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there" --L.P Hartley MSU Union Gallery August 26-October 4 Reception September 15, 11am-1pm In addition to a change of place,…

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Two-Time Fulbright Scholar Pursues Her Art Across the Globe

June 28, 2023

Born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, Michigan State University Professor Jae Won Lee returned to her native country as a Fulbright Scholar during the 2022-2023 academic year to further…

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Graphic Design Professor Receives International Award for Voter Participation Campaign

June 21, 2023

Kelly Salchow MacArthur, Professor of Graphic Design in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at Michigan State University, is the 2023 recipient of the International Institute for Information Design (IIID)…

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MSU Graphic Design Graduate Crowned Miss Michigan 2023

June 20, 2023

Maya Schuhknecht, a Spring 2023 Michigan State University graduate with a BFA in Graphic Design, was crowned Miss Michigan 2023 on Saturday, June 17, at the Frauenthal Theater in downtown Muskegon following a three-day competition. Along with the crown, sash, and Miss Michigan 2023 title, Schuhknecht, who is from Buchanan, Michigan, received $10,000 in scholarships.

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Celebrated Iranian Visual Artist Pursues Master’s Degree at MSU

April 20, 2023

Born and raised in Iran, Shirin Abedinirad’s first art piece she ever created was an illustration of her hometown of Tabriz. Quickly mastering the mediums of pencil and paint, her parents encouraged…