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Faculty Voice: I’m a Maker and a Storyteller

February 14, 2025

Teresa Dunn is a Mexican American artist raised in rural southern Illinois. Her identity life and art are influenced by her racial and cultural heritages and the complexities of being a brown woman in the Midwest. She's a Professor of Painting and Drawing in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design in the College of Arts & Letters. Dunn wrote the…

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

October 3, 2024

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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Art, Art History, and Design Faculty Triennial Exhibit Runs Through July 21 at MSU Broad

February 5, 2024

The works of 22 Department of Art, Art History, and Design (AAHD) faculty are now on display through July 21, 2024, at the MSU Broad Art Museum as part of an exhibition that highlights the diverse, experimental, and interdisciplinary creative practices of these talented and internationally recognized artists/educators. The 2024 Art, Art History, and Design Faculty Triennial exhibition offers a…

Faculty / News

Faculty Promotions for 2022

December 1, 2022

The College of Arts & Letters is pleased to recognize the faculty members who recently were promoted to full professor, associate professor, or associate professor-fixed term.

Alumni / News

Alumna Completes an Art Project Every Single Day of the Year

August 9, 2021

Jill Hakala, artist, painter, and alumna of MSU’s Department of Art, Art History, and Design, has taken a unique and creative approach to art through her 365 projects, a series of original works created by Hakala for each day of the year. “I have had a passion for art ever since I could hold a crayon,” said Hakala, who earned…

a women with long dark hair wearing a white smock painting a picture with no hands

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / News / Student

No Hands, No Limits, No Problem for Graduating Studio Art Senior

December 11, 2018

Born with no hands and missing her big toes and supporting bones on each foot, Kathryn Bailey hasn’t allowed her quadrilateral limb deficiency to keep her from living a “normal” life and now is about to graduate from Michigan State University with a degree in Studio Art and a concentration in Painting and Graphic Design from the Department of Art, Art…

Photo of teal ribbon art installation on chain link fence

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Citizen Scholars Install Sexual Assault Awareness Public Art

May 2, 2018

Students from the College of Arts & Letters Citizen Scholars Program recently proposed and installed a public art piece, titled Reweaving our Social Fabric: Fiber Installation to Promote Sexual Assault Awareness and Healing, in downtown East Lansing’s Valley Court Park. The installation incorporates fabric strips woven into a chain link fence in the park. Some of the strips of fabric include positive affirmations,…