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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Three Graduating Seniors Honored as Louis B. Sudler Prize Winners

Three graduating seniors were awarded this year’s Louis B. Sudler Prize, which recognizes outstanding achievement in the performing and creative arts, including fine arts, music, creative writing, theatre, and electronic/photographic arts. Presented each year by the College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University, recipients of the Louis B. Sudler Prize must be members of the senior graduating class and demonstrate...

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New Critic-in-Residency Program at MSU Amplifies MFA Student Work

The Department of Art, Art History, and Design (AAHD) has created a new Critic-in-Residency program to enhance discourse around the work of graduating MFA students. The program’s first resident, Thea Quiray Tagle, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston in the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and the Critical Ethnic & Community Studies Program.  “The Critic-in-Residence…

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Critical Race Studies Artist-in-Residence Program Enters Its Fifth Year

MSU’s College of Arts & Letters’ Critical Race Studies Artist-in-Residence program is bringing two dynamic artists to campus for the 2021-2022 academic year to enrich the life of the greater Lansing community by cultivating diversity and facilitating practices of inclusion through art and design.  This year’s Critical Race Studies Artists-in-Residence are:  Dan Paz, visual artist  Elka Stevens, textile and mixed media artist  2021-2022 Critical Race Studies Artists-in-Residence Dan…

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New Department of Art, Art History, and Design Chairperson Appointed

Tani Hartman has been appointed Chairperson of the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at Michigan State University, effective July 15, 2021. She currently serves as Chairperson of the Department of Visual Art at the University of Kansas, where she also is Co-Director of the School of the Arts and a Professor of Painting and Drawing.  Hartman has worked at the…

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