Tonight is the night! Now in the seventh year, the MFA Open Studio Night has become a beloved tradition—inviting the public into the artist and designers’ studios. The location of our new 38,000-square-foot space, conveniently located a block from the MCAD main campus and across the street from Mia, has made this a truly special place for [...]

On the first Friday of March this year, Open Studio Night 2016 marked the debut of the MFA program’s new home at 2201 First Avenue South. This expanded 23,000 square foot facility gives students room to really flex their creative muscles and supports the rigor and vitality that make MCAD’s MFA program one of the [...]

43 MCAD MFA graduate students have rocked the night! The 4th Open Studio Night featured the class of 2015 and 2016 with a wide range of majors, including animation, comics, drawing and painting, filmmaking, graphic design, illustration, installation, photography, performance, printmaking, paper and book-making, and sculpture. The MFA program sincerely appreciates your participating and support. [...]

Just two days away! The MCAD MFA 4th Annual Open Studio Night 2014 will be happening this Friday. The evening will include live student performances, music throughout the evening, and light refreshments.The public is invited to explore this creative oasis and meet the visual artists in their studio environments. Guests are encouraged to discuss the [...]

This year, Open Studio Night has a little something special in store for our visitors: a raffle! Buy a ticket (or few) and be entered to win either a unique piece of art from someone in the MCAD MFA program or a donation of their time and services. All proceeds will be going to make [...]

Forty-three artists and designers are forging the new face of contemporary art and design, investigating new approaches to their creative practices, and doing this in an environment that nurtures innovation, ambition, and dynamism across disciplines such as animation, comics, drawing and painting, filmmaking, graphic design, illustration, installation, photography, performance, printmaking, paper and book-making, and sculpture. [...]

Congratulations to all the 36 wonderful MCAD MFA graduate students from the class of 2014 and 2015 for putting on an amazing show! The work was high quality, the artists were engaging and the food was carefully prepared with a delicious aesthetic. The MFA community would also like to thank those who came out to [...]

Its that time of the year for the official MCAD MFA Open Studio Night! This year consists of 36 unique individual artists and designers who will be opening up their private space for the general public to step into and share their ideas. This event is open to everyone and anyone. We hope to see [...]

The MFA program had its first open studio night last year, entitled “Show and Tell”, which proved to be a great success. This years the event was entitled “Frank” but don’t let its ambiguity fool you, the event was more expansive than last year with various live performances including the Minneapolis improvisational group DKO (Featuring [...]