Engaged and Public Arts | Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Engaged and Public Arts

Imagination and Craft
in Collaboration

MCAD’s Engaged and Public Arts minor combines the power of liberal arts and studio practice to inspire imagination, elevate your craft, and share skills in the public sphere. Through research, fieldwork, and scholarship, students bring to life public-art projects or community-based projects, always coming from an informed understanding of the shared space and relationship with the community.

Engaged and Public Arts Minor Hero Image: CE/PCSS photography of a group of students on a field trip

As a Engaged and Public Arts minor, you will:

  • Gain critical insight into collaborative practices that support public or socially engaged art.
  • Broaden your cultural knowledge.
  • Determine your unique value as a public/community art maker.
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Class Highlights

This minor emphasizes a collaborative process of working on teams with students from all MCAD majors.

Required classes include:

  • Art in Community
  • Arts in the Cities
  • Ethnography for Artists and Designers
Degree Information

After MCAD

There are many paths to explore with a minor in Engaged and Public Arts.

Potential careers include:

  • Public Arts Administrator
  • Public Relations
  • Community Organizing
  • Arts Education
  • Cultural Resource Management
  • Public Artist
Additional Careers

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The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) acknowledges it is located on traditional, ancestral, and contemporary lands of Indigenous people. This is the ancestral homeland of the Dakota and Ojibwe people, who were forcibly exiled from the land because of aggressive and persistent settler colonialism. We recognize that this place has a complex and layered history. As a community dedicated to creativity, MCAD is committed to ongoing efforts to support and advocate for American Indian Nations and peoples.


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MCAD admits students of any race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, or marital status to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, or marital status in the administration of its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.