This summer, Ali Yager ’23 (she/her) traveled to Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. This was a part of the MCAD/Arrowmont University Fellows Matching Scholarship, supported by the Windgate Foundation. This is a unique program in which two MFA students are awarded a free week-long summer workshop, plus room, board, and a travel stipend. This program [...]

This summer, our recent alum Shirin Ghoraishi ’20 traveled to Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. This was a part of the MCAD/Arrowmont University Fellows Matching Scholarship, supported by the Windgate Foundation. This is a unique program in which two MFA students are awarded a free week-long summer workshop, plus room, board, and a travel stipend during [...]

This summer, our recent alum Alonzo Pantoja ’20 traveled to Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. This was a part of the MCAD/Arrowmont University Fellows Matching Scholarship, supported by the Windgate Foundation. This is a unique program in which two MFA students are awarded a free week-long summer workshop, plus room, board, and a travel stipend during [...]

This summer, our recent alum Anika Schneider ’19 traveled to Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. This was a part of the MCAD/Arrowmont University Fellows Matching Scholarship, supported by the Windgate Foundation. This is a unique program in which two MFA students are awarded a free week-long summer workshop, plus room, board, and a travel [...]

Hello MCAD MFA Community, I hope everyone is healthy, safe, and finding what they need this summer. First, congrats to the class of 2022! They had a beautiful Thesis Exhibition with accompanying thesis essay written by Juleana Enright. We also held a beautiful graduation reception to celebrate all this success. Second, congratulations to our spring [...]

Written by Kay Heino In the MCAD Library we have an interactive installation art work created by Anda Tanaka ’22 and Genie Hien Tran ’22. The name of this exhibition is called I’ll Meet U There. It’s filled with many different mediums ranging from fibers, ceramics, drawings, paintings, installations and even a Dinosaur! This installation [...]

Hello MCAD MFA Community, I hope everyone is safe and finding what they need this fall.  In exciting news, we have welcomed our new visiting faculty member Gonzalo Reyes Rodriguez, who has been fantastic to work with. Gonzalo is just one of our several excellent MFA faculty this fall, and you can read more about [...]

For the past few years, the MCAD MFA Program has been collaborating with a variety of partners to provide pivotal funded opportunities to our students and recent graduates (up to two years post-graduation) with a special emphasis on networking and resume-building. We call this our Launch Programming. These programs help strengthen students’ records of achievement, [...]

Second year MFA student Roshan Ganu ’20 has had a busy couple months. A miniature artist, illustrator and storyteller, her work was selected by the SooVAC Gallery in Minneapolis for a solo show which opened on February 15th 2020. The selection was done by juror Esther Callahan who is an independent curator in the Twin Cities, [...]

Situated within our interdisciplinary MFA structure, students employing drawing and painting are recognized for their excellence and openness to diverse approaches. Our graduates have access to a wide range of mentors with expertise in contemporary expanded practices, as well as traditional methods.  Students have the ability to audit undergraduate courses, and the opportunity to work [...]