MCAD student Nina Rivera was recently featured in Sahan Journal for their exhibition Default Mode Network, which is currently on view at the Create Change Gallery. Her work explores the pervasiveness of technology in her life at a young age, as well as the intrusiveness of it in our everyday lives. Her sculpture practice turns the hours they’d spend on their phone into a tangible and impactful work of art.

MCAD MFA alumni Zoe Cinel ’18 is presenting their newest curated experience, Extraordinary Elsewhere, which features numerous MCAD MFA alumni, mentors, and instructors, including Peng Wu, Mayumi Amada, Shafrin Islam ’24, and Ivonne Yáñez. The exhibit's reception on August 23 featured an interactive tour of the exhibit with the curator and artists, followed by an interactive art activity in the studio classroom by Ivonne Yáñez that explored global narratives and artistic expression.

The Star Tribune recommended the reception of MCAD’s main gallery show Peter Williams: Homegoing–A Call and Response, on September 5. The exhibition, which is a celebration of MCAD alumni Peter Williams ’75, who passed in 2021, includes his work alongside the work of other Black creatives.

Photographer and faculty member Luke Erickson will showcase five of his works in the upcoming exhibition Eternal Construction: Photographic Perspectives on Southern California’s Built Environment. The show is part of the museum’s highly anticipated annual Art + Nature event.

Eternal Construction explores the evolving relationship between architecture and landscape in Southern California, highlighting the visual intersections of urban development and natural surroundings through the lens of contemporary photography.