On April 11, Lee Noble ’20 did a sound performance live on the Hair+NailsTV vimeo channel. From Noble’s description of the event: “The Nightmare World turns on and we’ve got to keep ourselves busy with new content. Performance for tape loops / voice / modular synthy / Casio Sk1, in the blue blue installation by [...]

Our newest faculty member Zoe Cinel ’18 kickstarted the semester with an engaging field trip to the Rochester Art Center with the first year students of the MFA program. Students were given a gallery tour by Chris Rackley who then participated in an insightful discussion with the first year cohort. Students got a chance to [...]

The first year MFA students are a passionate group of emerging artists. This past month their cohort got together to present a show titled Body Embodied in Gallery 148 on the MCAD main campus. The concept was driven by each artists interpretation of the ‘body’ which came together in the form of a multimedia exhibition [...]

December ’19 – January ’20 witnessed the inaugural Wisher Residency in Park Rapids, Minnesota as a part of MCAD MFA Launch Programming. The residency is the brainchild of MFA program director Ellen Mueller in collaboration with artists Rob Fischer (BFA ’93) and Aaron Spangler (BFA ’93). Housed in Rob Fischer’s summer house which is a [...]

This January, our current student and Fulbright Fellow Camilo Aguirre conducted a workshop at the Fantasmita workshop space, in Bogota, Colombia. The theme was documentary comics, one that forms a large part of his artistic practice. “During this workshop the students presented documentary comic projects with the intention of thinking about subjectivity, when drawn in [...]

Friday December 6, MCAD MFA building was abuzz with the annual Open Studio Night hosted by the MFA students and Director Ellen Mueller. This event that ran from 6-9pm, saw an array of activities from performances and workshops to studio walk-throughs, a gallery show, as well a Reading Corner for zines and comic artists. This year [...]

This week marked the culmination of the Research Presentations by second year MFA students, who have been incredibly busy this semester with thesis and critique among other professional activities. Each student successfully presented and defended their topic of research before an audience. With this they advanced into the next phase of the thesis experience which [...]

November second week marked this year’s Illustration Week which takes place in New York City every year. This year MFA Mentor and editorial illustrator Ryan Peltier ushered his 3 mentees to the Illustration Week for a professional field trip. The highlight of the visit was the Illustration Week Party that is celebrated for its high [...]

The moment is finally here! Tomorrow, Friday at 6pm, the MFA program opens its doors to the public for their Open Studio Night 2019. Students have been on their toes all month organising and preparing spaces within the building for people to come experience high caliber artwork made by our MFA candidates, right here in [...]

First year MFA student Alondra Garza just got back from a residency at RDG Planning & Design, in Des Moines, Iowa. The residency ran from November 5th through 8th with an open house presentation on the last day. The focus during this time was a restoration project of the Douglas Avenue Corridor whose quality has declined [...]