Interview conducted by Kay Heino ’23.  I have been in contact with Don Porcella – it has been such a pleasure. I was able to ask a few questions to get to know him better, and it was so nice to learn more about his work and his past. These are the great responses I received from [...]

Check out our interview with current mentor Melissa Borman! Thanks for being a part of the MFA program! Can you tell us a little bit about your creative practice? Thank you! I am a Minneapolis-based photographer and installation artist. I use images, text, and objects to address the interconnected relationship embedded in using landscape elements [...]

Check out our interview with current mentor Dana Koehler who is also a 2017 alum! Thanks for being a part of the MFA program! Can you tell us a little bit about your creative practice? I am a designer and illustrator with a focus on children and families. All of my work is guided by [...]

Check out our interview with current mentor Anne Labovitz! Thanks for being a part of the MFA program! Can you tell us a little bit about your creative practice? I am a contemporary artist dedicated to making artworks that are urgent, participatory and unrepentantly beautiful. I work in a variety of mediums and make artwork [...]

MFA Mentor Ryan Peltier created an illustration for “Citizenship Is A Myth,” an article in Noema magazine. Noema, based in Los Angeles, seeks a deeper understanding of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century. “It is dysfunctional to think of citizenship as a form of blanket membership in a national club; instead, citizenship has grown [...]

“Response investigates the intimacy of color and space. For me, color is a personal reflection, a language that crosses boundaries and can connect us. I believe color is a life force. These works are about hope for the future; for a connection between people as we struggle through current complexities.” – Anne Labovitz, 2020 Current [...]

Mending, a mobile art exhibit and conversation of a world in crisis, will be on view in the ArtReach St. Croix Mobile Art Gallery this summer and will be located: The Brown’s Creek Trail near the Zephyr Theatre in Stillwater on July 31-August 2 Afton State Park on August 21-23 Lake Elmo Regional Park Preserve [...]

Rosalux Gallery is Minnesota’s longest running collective art gallery, which was originally founded in February 2002. Rosalux is home to a roster of 24 contemporary visual Minnesota artists, and has recently closed its physical doors, while opening up a new online programming initiative consisting of a series of special exhibitions, interviews and tours designed to share [...]

We interrupt our Mid-Program reviews coverage to share, MRAC has announced its 2020 Next Step Fund Recipients, which includes Hallie Bahn MFA ’19, Ellina Kevorkian (current mentor), Regan Golden (MFA faculty member)! We’re so proud to have you all in our MCAD MFA community!

Ryan Peltier is an editorial illustrator who currently mentors three students from the MFA program. With a prolific editorial illustration practice, his clients include The New York Times, The New Yorker, Apple, The Wall Street Journal and TIME Magazine among many others. Peltier started out as a character designer but has found his way to the centre of [...]