Ask the Expert: How Does Black Horror Help Us Understand Cultural Anxieties?

The genre of horror, and specifically Black horror, has been gaining attention in mainstream media in the last decade. Films by Black writers and directors featuring Black actors — think “ Us” and “Get Out” by writer and director Jordan Peele — are exploring themes of race and gender through a different lens while opening larger dialogues about belonging and…

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From Theory to Practice: Scene Shop Hosts Technical Seminar for Students

Before its closing performance, Department of Theatre students had the opportunity to closely examine the incredibly technical set for the production of Clue during an all-day seminar led by three faculty members from the Scene Shop Teaching Lab. The technical seminar was the first of its kind presented by the Theatre Department, which is looking to offer other seminars like…

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Spanish Major Wins Internship Contest, Flown to New Jersey to Present at National Meeting

With knowledge gained from her MSU education and experiences, Hannah Diggs-King, a senior who is double majoring in Marketing and Spanish, won an internship competition for which she was flown to New Jersey to meet with the company CEO and co-presented with him at a national meeting.  This past summer, Diggs-King worked as a Corporate Marketing Intern for Stryker, a medical technology company headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with locations around the…

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MSU Excavations at Isthmia to Use Radio Wave Tracking for Its Collection

The MSU Excavations at Isthmia, led by Jon Frey, Associate Professor in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design, will soon become one of the first archeological sites in Greece to use Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to digitally track its collection. RFID is a wireless technology that uses data transmitted via radio waves to identify objects. It is used…

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Exhibition Features Work by Ceramic Arts in Greece Study Abroad Students

Inspired by the culture and history of Greece and the many ancient artifacts at the MSU Excavations at Isthmia, the Michigan State University students who were part of the 2023 Ceramic Arts in Greece Study Abroad used this experience to create their own works of art, which are now on display through Friday, Oct. 27, at the MSU Union Art…

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NEH Grant Supports Rehousing Apparel and Textile Design Collection

Michigan State University has received a $10,000 Preservation Assistance Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to rehouse portions of the MSU Museum’s apparel collection acquired from the Department of Art, Art History, and Design’s Apparel and Textile Design Program.In 2017, the Michigan State University Museum acquired the teaching collection of the Apparel and Textile Design Program, which…

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Apparel and Textile Design Student Helps Start-Up Company While Gaining Valuable Experience 

MSU sophomore Lily Stroup used her skills as an Apparel and Textile Design major to help a start-up company that specializes in designing matching outfits for humans and their pets.  As an intern for the pet lifestyle brand My Unleashed Life, Stroup helped establish and grow the company’s social media presence and used her expertise gained from her Apparel and Textile Design classes to design graphics and merchandise for the new company. …

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2023 CREATE! Micro-Grant Winners Announced

Encouraging critical engagement through art with the past, present, or future, the CREATE! Micro-Grant program recently awarded $500 grants to 13 Michigan State University students to fund their proposed creative projects, which represent a variety of disciplines and mediums, including poetry, painting, music composition, screenplay, and sculpture. Offered by MSU’s College of Arts & Letters and facilitated by the Dean’s…

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MSU Theatre Presents Hilarious Whodunit Inspired by Iconic Movie and Game ‘Clue’

Drawing inspiration from the beloved 1985 Paramount Pictures motion picture and the classic Hasbro board game, Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre presents "Clue" on Oct. 6-8 and Oct. 11-15 at the Pasant Theatre in the Wharton Center for Performing Arts.  

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