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Fall 2023 MFA Faculty

Fall 2023 MFA Faculty

September 7, 2023

Welcome to our fantastic Fall 2023 MFA Faculty! Learn more about each of them, below. **** Community & Context Anniessa Antar (she/her and they/them) MA, Education – University of Minnesota, Twin Cities BA, Philosophy & Arabic – McGill University Anniessa is an educator, cultural organizer and software engineer living in Bde Ota Otunwe, so-called Minneapolis. [...]

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MCAD MFA Professional Practices Events Fall 23

MCAD MFA Professional Practices presents four events in Fall 2023. Time Management for Artists Presented by MCAD Learning Center September 13, 6:30 – 7:30 PM, Online via Google Meet Google Meet Link: meet.google.com/vuh-epkd-bdg Artist Websites Presented by Dana Sikkila September 20, 7-8 PM, Online via Google Meet Google Meet Link: meet.google.com/jwi-mkrb-yhh Artist Residency Presented by [...]

Fall Show 2023: MFA Exhibition

The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) Master of Fine Arts program is pleased to present Fall Show 2023, showcasing the work of first- and second-year MFA students. Presenting 34 creatives working in wide-ranging disciplines, the exhibition will include painting, design, sculpture, video, drawing, photography, installation, illustration, printmaking, mixed media, and animation. It will [...]

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Less is Enough: MCAD MFA Alum Zoe Cinel’s Solo Exhibit

MCAD MFA 2018 alum and former program faculty Zoe Cinel has a solo exhibition at Second Shift Studio, part of their year-long residency with the gallery. Less is Enough features multimedia artwork that explores Zoe’s experience with chronic illness and care through an individual and community lens. I caught the opening reception at the Second [...]

MFA ’23 Thesis Reception: Tomorrow!

Reminder: join us in the MFA gallery tomorrow evening, 6-9pm, for the Class of 2023 Thesis Exhibition Reception. We look forward to seeing all of you and celebrating with our newest graduates! MCAD MFA Studios + Gallery⁠ 2201 Stevens Avenue South⁠ Minneapolis, MN 55405⁠ MCAD Main Building ⁠ Gallery 148 & Morrison⁠ 2501 Stevens Ave⁠ [...]

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Thesis 2023 / Ivonne Yáñez

I´m an interdisciplinary artist originally from Mexico City working between soft sculpture, installation, illustration, and painting who utilizes dreams as the medium to represent an ephemeral view of reality. I explore the subjects of dreams and surrealism via different mediums, ranging from watercolor painting to installation art and soft sculpture. Over the past 18 months [...]

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Thesis 2023 / Ali Yager

Thesis 2023 / Ali Yager

April 22, 2023

My final thesis installation, Untitled, is a 25’x12’ gallery wall covered in approximately 2800 squares of 9”x 9” acetate screen, individually painted in a variety of colors and hues, and arranged on a geometric grid. This work is a culmination of previous works, and expands on a smaller installation using the same materials that I’ve [...]

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Thesis 2023 / Angela St. Vrain

Common spaces in apartment buildings are breeding grounds for awkward encounters with neighbors, as we reluctantly greet and narrowly squeeze past each other while dodging swinging doors. Living in an apartment only provides residents with semi-privacy in both the individual unit and in the shared transitional areas. Representations of architectural close-calls – like a door [...]

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Thesis 2023 / Emmy Smith

Thesis 2023 / Emmy Smith

April 22, 2023

The Sun Hovers Horribly at Low Angles Like a Slow Plane was crafted through my embodied experience of the stagnancy of winter, poisoned by a dream about eating vile street snow. A need for deep blue began to glow inside of me, like a need for nutrients, replacing the usual need for the presence of [...]

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