The 2026 Department of Art, Art History, and Design Undergraduate Exhibition at Michigan State University features the work on 64 students created in Department of Art, Art History, and Design courses during the past year. This juried exhibition runs March 26 through April 24 at (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles Street, East Lansing, Michigan. Gallery hours are noon-5 p.m. Thursday-Sunday. An exhibition reception is scheduled for Friday, April 10, from 5 to 7 p.m., during which the Best of Show and Honorable Mention awards will be presented at 5:30 p.m.
This annual exhibition celebrates the work created by undergraduate students in AAHD classes. It features coursework from Apparel and Textile Design, Ceramics, Comic Art and Graphic Novels, Drawing, Electronic Art and Intermedia, Graphic Design, Photography, Painting, Printmaking, and Sculpture.
All Michigan State University undergraduate students, regardless of their major, were invited to submit up to five works created in any Apparel and Textile Design, Graphic Design, and/or Studio Art courses during the academic terms beginning in late Spring 2025 through Spring 2026. These courses are centered in a learning environment that values the development of personal vision, critical inquiry, and philosophical reflection, allowing undergraduate students across all disciplines to make intellectual and artistic discoveries.
The student work selected for this year’s Undergraduate Exhibition were created by the following students whose primary majors also are listed:
- Jade Alexander, Graphic Design
- Joumi Andrus, Graphic Design
- Johanna Aquilina, Art Education
- Hayley Asai, Graphic Design
- Jake Barnes, Graphic Design
- Lara Baroudi, Studio Art
- Vanessa Betancourt, Studio Art
- Hannah Bigsby, Studio Art
- Avary Black, Creative Advertising
- Liam Bordoni, Graphic Design
- Hannah Boucha, Art Education
- Michael Boughton, Studio Art
- Julianna Chan
- Bella DiPonio, Studio Art
- Keana Dong, Graphic Design
- Sarah Emmendorfer, Studio Art
- Tylor Ewert, Arts, Cultural Management, and Museum Studies
- Benjamin Fajardo, Graphic Design
- Caleb Fiero, Graphic Design
- Ezekiel Gross
- Elizabeth Hofer, Art Education
- Lyle Hoffman, Graphic Design
- Sid Hogge, Art Education
- Avery Hughes, Graphic Design
- June Johnston, Games and Interactive Media
- Caitlin Jones, Graphic Design
- Keir Thomas, Studio Art
- Jillian Kelly, Apparel and Textile Design
- London Kloehn, Studio Art
- Juno Krumrey, Graphic Design
- Ashton Kushner, Computer Science
- Sierra Lamphier, Art Education
- Tristian Laney, Apparel and Textile Design
- Sophie Lewis, Graphic Design
- McKenna Long, Graphic Design
- Kathleen Loria, Apparel and Textile Design
- Emma McCrorey, Art Education
- April Montoye, Art Education
- Henna Nellis, Graphic Design
- Alina Nitchenko, Experience Architecture
- Rachel Owen, Art Education
- Rey Palacios, Art Education
- Allyson Pollitt, Apparel and Textile Design
- Lauren Rader, Art Education
- Ryleigh Rahman, Graphic Design
- Amanda Roberts, Studio Art
- Ella Rodriguez, Art Education
- Genevieve Rogers, Studio Art
- Ashley Romo, Philosophy
- Ashley Romps, Studio Art
- Emma Sambaer, Art Education
- Emily Schneider, Studio Art
- Elise Shulick, Art Education
- Austin Smith, Graphic Design
- Nikki Smith, Studio Art
- Sneha Stanley, Graphic Design
- Campbell Stinson, Studio Art
- Morgan Thomas
- Holly VandenBussche, Apparel and Textile Design
- Coen VanScoter, Studio Art
- Maria Watkins, Graphic Design
- Laura Woolcock, Apparel and Textile Design
- Evan Yalowitz, Studio Art
- Sherrye Zhong, Graphic Design
These students continue a long history preceded by thousands of alumni who have shown in past Undergraduate Exhibitions at MSU.
This year’s student work was critiqued by guest juror Ekaterina Popova, a Russian-born artist whose contemporary oil paintings explore themes of home, belonging, and identity. After earning her bachelor’s degree in Fine Art from Kutztown University in 2011, she has continued to develop her studio practice and share her work through exhibitions across the United States and internationally. Her work has been featured in galleries around the world including Cohle Gallery in Paris and Menorca, The Painting Center in New York, James Oliver Gallery, Paradigm Gallery, and more. Based in Philadelphia, Popova also is the founder of Create! Magazine and Art Queens and the host of the Art & Cocktails podcast. She has co-authored The Complete Smartist Guide and The Creative Business Handbook, helping artists build sustainable art careers.
Popova also will deliver a lecture on Thursday, April 9, at 6 p.m. in South Kedzie Hall, Room 107, as part of the 2025-2026 Stanley & Selma Hollander Artist, Designer, and Scholar Lecture Series.
By Kim Popiolek
