Exhibition

CREATE! Micro-Grant Virtual Exhibit Launches Displaying Winning Projects

December 10, 2020

The CREATE! Micro-Grant Program supported the launch of 12 student projects that analyze and respond to racial injustice and the struggles brought on by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. These projects, ranging from interpretive dance and musical performances to traditional Anishinaabe quill work, videos, podcasts, personal essays, and poetry, can now be viewed online through the CREATE! Micro-Grant Virtual Exhibit.

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Critical Race Studies Artist-in-Residence to Reimagine MSU’s Sparty Statue

November 24, 2020

As the 2020-2021 College of Arts & Letters’ Artist-in-Residence of Critical Race Studies, Young Joon Kwak is using multidisciplinary artistry to examine MSU’s Sparty statue in order to understand its deepest details and what lies beyond its symbolic skin.

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Who Is a Citizen? Contest Winners Announced

November 19, 2020

The Creative Writing and Film Studies programs within the Department of English held a literary and video contest this past spring calling for student submissions of short prose, poetry, screenwriting, and video works exploring evolving notions of citizenship in the United States by asking students to respond to the question, “Who Is a Citizen?” The works submitted focused on themes relevant to…

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Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry Events Scheduled for Nov. 19 and 20

November 9, 2020

The Department of English Creative Writing Program is pleased to co-host editors and contributors of The Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry. Online readings and panel discussions will take place via Zoom on Thursday, November 19, at 7:30 p.m. and Friday, November 20, at 2 p.m. The event is free, but registration is required. To register, please contact Department of English Professor Gordon Henry at henryg@msu.edu.

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MSU Musical Theatre Students Workshop New Show Virtually

November 2, 2020

Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre, in partnership with the Wharton Center Institute for Arts & Creativity, will premiere “Medusa: A New Musical Development Documentary” as part of the annual ĭmáGen program. Virtual screenings of the documentary will take place on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 8, at 2 p.m. The film, affectionately referred to by its…

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Goeringer Installation Featured in Science Gallery Detroit Exhibit

November 2, 2020

Anonymous. Taken near the location in which an unnamed transpersons body was found Professor Lyn Goeringer’s installation, Witnesses, is featured in the Science Gallery Detroit’s current exhibit, Future Present: Design in a Time of Urgency, which runs through December 11, 2020, and is open to the public. A composer and intermedia artist who works with video, sound, and light, Goeringer…

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College Welcomes Tim Fielder for a Series of Online Events

October 12, 2020

The College of Arts & Letters welcomes Tim Fielder, illustrator, concept designer, cartoonist, and animator, to Michigan State University for a series of virtual events being held this week.

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Professor Wins Grand Prize at Japan Media Arts Festival

June 22, 2020

Adam Brown, Associate Professor in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design, won the Grand Prize in the Arts Division at the Japan Media Arts Festival for his work, [ir]reverent: Miracles on Demand, which will now be part of a major exhibition at the National Museum in Tokyo later this year. His project was one of 3,566 overall entries from 107 countries in…

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Fiction Filmmaking Class Overcomes Many Obstacles to Complete Film

June 12, 2020

Resilient – that is the word to describe the students of the 2019-2020 Fiction Filmmaking Capstone class, who faced countless obstacles this past academic year, but each time they were knocked down, they stood up and figured out a way to move forward. Students in this capstone course spend the fall and spring semesters producing an original film in order…

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MFA Online Exhibition Showcases Artwork of 2020 Graduating Class

March 27, 2020

As the culmination of a three-year program through the Department of Art, Art History, and Design, Master of Fine Arts candidates traditionally have their work displayed at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum as part of the annual Master of Fine Arts Exhibition.