Art Education Alum and Faculty Member Named 2025 Museum Educator of the Year

Meghan Collins, an MSU alum with a BFA in Art Education who is now the Museum Educator for K-12 and Family Programs at the MSU Broad Art Museum and an Assistant Professor of Art Education in MSU's Department of Art, Art History, and Design, has been selected by the Michigan Art Education Association (MAEA) as the 2025 Museum Educator of…

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Exhibition Features Work of Some of the Newest Faculty Members

The works of the newest faculty members to Michigan State University’s Department of Art, Art History, and Design (AAHD) are now on display in an exhibition, titled Vitalize, through Friday, Nov. 22, at (SCENE) Metrospace, located at 110 Charles Street in downtown East Lansing. An opening reception for the Vitalize exhibition is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 25, from 5 to 7 p.m.

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Professor Shines Spotlight on Women of Color with State and International Award-Winning Work

Teresa Dunn, a Mexican American artist and Professor in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at Michigan State University, is using her artistic talent to shine a spotlight on women of color who are often overlooked or diminished. Dunn is now being honored with statewide and international awards for this work.

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College Welcomes 41 New Faculty and Staff Members

This year the College of Arts & Letters welcomes 41 new faculty and staff members. These faculty and staff members were recognized during the College of Arts & Letters’ 2024 Faculty and Staff Welcome Reception on Sept. 30 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center.

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MSU Graphic Design Program Recognized as No. 1 in Michigan

Animation Career Review ranked Michigan State University’s Graphic Design Program No. 1 in Michigan two years in a row, and No. 9 in the Midwest in 2024, up from No. 11 in 2023. “Being recognized as the top Graphic Design program in Michigan allows us to keep pushing ourselves and our students, as we remain committed to ethical self-expression in…

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Stanley & Selma Hollander Visiting Artists, Designers, and Scholars Announced for 2024-2025

Each year, the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at Michigan State University offers a robust slate of lectures by internationally recognized leaders in the fields of art and design through its Selma & Stanley Hollander Artist, Designer, and Scholar Lecture Series, which aims to explore how visual representation in all its complex forms exists as a mode of inquiry.

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MFA Candidate Creates Immersive Digital Display Featuring the Art of Breaking

Morgan Reneé Hill, a Master of Fine Arts candidate in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at Michigan State University, has created an innovative art display that utilizes the 360 Visualization Room in the MSU Libraries Digital Scholarship Lab to offer a unique immersive experience into the art of Breaking (breakdancing).

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MSU Broad Art Museum Exhibit Chronicles More Than Six Decades of Alum’s Artistic Career

A multi-decade retrospective of one of the most important abstract artists of our time, who also is a graduate of Michigan State University, is now on display at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum (MSU Broad Art Museum) through Dec. 15, 2024. The MSU Broad Art Museum organized the exhibition, “Samia Halaby: Eye Witness,” which took more than two…

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Michigan Art Educator of the Year Began Career at MSU

Nathan Kukla, who graduated from Michigan State University with a BFA in Art Education and an M.A. in Teaching and Curriculum, recently was recognized at the national convention for the National Art Education Association as the Michigan Art Educator of the Year, an honor bestowed upon him by the Michigan Art Education Association in recognition of his outstanding 26-year career,…

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Student View: Celebrating Juneteenth Through Oil, Ink, and Memory

Morgan Renee Hill is a Master of Fine Arts candidate in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at Michigan State University and the winner of the 2024 Juneteenth poster design contest. Their work, “Black Banner,” is prominently featured in this year’s MSU Juneteenth Commemorative Celebration, which will take place on Friday, June 14.

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