MARCH 9 – MAY 26, 2024 ELI & EDYTHE BROAD ART MUSEUM

MFA TALKS: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 I 6 PM
RECEPTION: SATURDAY, APRIL 6 | 6 – 8 PM

Please join the MSU Department of Art, Art History, and Design and the Broad Art Museum at MSU as we open to the public the 2024 MFA Exhibition on Saturday, March 9 . This year’s show will be celebrated with a public reception on Saturday, April 6 from 6-8 pm. Our exhibiting artists will be offering a joint public artist talk on Wednesday, March 20 beginning at 6pm in the Education Wing at the Broad Art Museum at MSU, please arrive early to see the work in person prior to the start of the talks.

The MFA candidate at Michigan State University is characterized by a desire to push beyond the boundaries of existing art and design paradigms, whether focused within or across disciplines. Each person is encouraged to explore the parameters of their creative journey considering material investigation and conceptual questions. Each artist’s process of discovery is unique based on their own integrative media-focused or multidisciplinary inquiry. Under the guidance of a faculty committee selected by the candidate, they develop a rigorous studio practice that is informed by their curiosity of the world around them. While developing their thesis exhibitions, the MFA candidates work with their committees to refine their artistic goals and develop a deeper understanding of what it means to be a contemporary practicing artist. The MSU Department of Art, Art History, and Design celebrates the creative research of Shirin Abedinirad, Gustavo Uriel Ayala, Emily J. Burkhead, Adeline Newmann, and Patrick N. Taylor as evidence of their achievement and continuing artistic, scholarly, and professional promise.

This year the annual Master of Fine Arts Prize will be awarded by guest juror Teréz Iacovino, Assistant Curator of the Katherine E. Nash Gallery at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Journalist Hilarie M. Sheets was invited to serve as the 2024 Critic-in-Residence and contribute essays to the exhibition catalog Designed by Design Center.

The 2024 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition is organized by the MSU Department of Art, Art History, and Design and the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, with curatorial oversight provided by Dalina A. Perdomo Álvarez, Assistant Curator. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Graduate School at MSU and the John and Susan Berding Family Endowment.