This website has been going strong for over 10 years! But it is time for the MFA program to integrate into the MCAD communications universe! Please find all future posts – and all information about the MFA program – at https://www.mcad.edu/academics/graduate/master-fine-arts All content from this site will be available there, and redirects from URL’s on [...]

Rochester Art Center offers the opportunity for all people to understand and value the arts through innovative experiences with contemporary art. Ivonne Yáñez, ’23, received a joint award from the Rochester Art Center and the MCAD MFA Launch program for a financially supported solo exhibition last year. We had a brief interview with her to [...]

The MCAD MFA program maintains a full-time Visiting Faculty position as a core part of the teaching, programming and administration team of our program. Since fall semester of 2022, we have been extremely fortunate to host artist Ziba Rajabi in this role. Learn more about her, here, in a Q&A framed by multiple MFA students [...]

[Blanchard Dam in Royalton, MN, roughly one hour from Art In Motion on bicycle via the Soo Line Trail.] For the past 5 years, the MCAD MFA program has partnered with other arts organizations to co-sponsor funded MFA Launch programs, providing opportunities for MFA students and alumni to create new work. This past summer, as [...]

MCAD MFA Professional Practices Series Presents: Art of Collaboration Panelists: Preston Drum, Kayla Campbell, Shun Jie Yong When: January 24, 7:00-8:30 PM Where: MFA Classroom and online Google Meet link: meet.google.com/oos-bpxi-pbw MFA Studios and Gallery: 2201 1st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404

It’s time to introduce and welcome our wonderful Spring 2024 MFA Faculty! Learn more about each of them, below. **** Teaching in Higher Education Preston Drum (he/him) MFA – Minneapolis College of Art and Design BFA – Memphis College of Art Preston Drum was born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. He earned a BFA [...]

For the past 5 years, the MCAD MFA program has partnered with other arts organizations to co-sponsor funded MFA Launch programs, providing opportunities for MFA students and alumni to create new work. This past summer, as part of the Launch program at Art in Motion, Holdingford MN, Liz Hilliard, MFA ‘24 and Malini Basu, MFA [...]

For the past 5 years, the MCAD MFA program has partnered with other arts organizations to co-sponsor funded MFA Launch programs, providing opportunities for MFA students and alumni to create new work. This past summer, as part of a new Launch program at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts (thanks to Anika Schneider, MFA ’19), [...]

Join us on Friday, December 8th from 6-9pm for Open Studio night in the MCAD MFA Studio Building. Explore the studios and chat with artists in their own spaces while enjoying light snacks. Origami and other surprise activities TBD! Free and open to the public. Location: 2201 1st Ave S, MPLS 55404   [Artwork by: [...]

The MCAD MFA Program invites you to our Public Research Presentations on Monday, December 4, from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. CT. Each second-year MFA student will present a ten-minute summary of their recent research, which will be followed by five minutes for question and answer. Take this opportunity to learn more about the ideas and contexts [...]