Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 6 pm –Fri, Apr 14, 2023, 5 pm Main Gallery Gallery Exhibition Image Reception: Friday, March 24, 6:00–8:00 p.m., Awards ceremony at 7:00 p.m. This annual juried exhibition features the best work submitted by current MCAD students pursuing all degrees in design, fine arts, media arts, and entrepreneurial studies. This year students submitted over 350 works for the jurors’ consideration and 51 pieces were selected for exhibition. Awards will be announced Friday, March 24th during the opening reception. Participating Artists Josh Anstrand Hershel Auberon Gaby Beilke Katherine Bockelmann Rudy Brumm Skylar Bull Lyon Abriana Burns Sally Carr Charlie Douglas Tiff Dresher Sarah Dyar Nico Enstrom Jo Farley Sophia Fox Lauren Frontuto Kara Faye Gregory Link Guist Ren Harris Maz Hawj Yifei He Breanna Hickmott Caleb Kerkman Ian Kim Kassie Kodet Lokho Kotile Naoto Lichtbalu-tepley Avery Luthhardt Anna Lyle Ashley McNamara Claire McKevitt Nicholas Nicome David Okoronkwo Juliana Olave Abbey Owen Lyssa Owens Joanna Quick Reghan Sage Luke Smith Camryn Smith Wesley Speakman Kasandra Suarez Chance Tatum Shreya Tuladhar Kiaan Van Dusseldorp Vernon Vanerwood Fin Weber 2023 Made at MCAD Jurors Kehayr Brown-Ransaw is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, and educator based in Bde Óta Othúŋwe/Mnísota (Minneapolis/Minnesota). Brown-Ransaw’s practice engages in conversations of familial histories, concepts of gendered work, tradition, and Blackness/Black identity through quilting, weaving and printmaking. His curatorial and teaching practices are concerned with access, representation, and the presentation of marginalized communities. Brown-Ransaw received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Furniture Design from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. He has exhibited work at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, FilmNorth, Vine Arts Center, Soo Visual Arts Center, with public works at Franconia Sculpture Park. He is the recipient of a 2023 Center for Craft Curatorial Fellowship, 2020/21 Emerging Curators Institute (ECI) Emerging Curator Fellowship, 2020/21 Jerome Early Career Fellowship, 2021 Franconia Sculpture Park Mid-Career Artist Fellowship, and 2021 Artist-in-Residence at the Minnesota African American Heritage Museum & Gallery. He is the recipient of a FY2021 State Arts Board Creative Support for Individuals grant, 2020 Visual Arts Fund Community Relief Grant from Midway Contemporary Art on behalf of The People’s Library, and FY2020 Next Step Fund Award from the Metro Regional Arts Council. Jaś Stefański is a graphic designer and developer working out of Minneapolis, MN. He is ½ of Studio-Set, a collaborative practice with Lauren Thorson since 2013. Previously he was a digital designer at the Walker Art Center and a Designer-in-Residence at Virginia Commonwealth University. Many thanks to all who made this exhibition possible: Jordyn Brennan Kendall Dickinson Melanie Dowding Molly Froman Madeline Garcia Jamie Kubat Alicia Kuri Alamillo Melanie Pankau Sara Suppan MCAD DesignWorks MCAD Media Center