Brian Wiley ’12, MFA, professor at Boise States School of the Arts, assisted senior graphic design student Amber Jansson with installing window decals at their school’s library. The project, which was a collaboration between the school, the city of Boise, and the Intermountain Bird Observatory, will help prevent birds from colliding with the large library windows, since they struggle to differentiate reflections with open sky.

A new large-scale mural by Qatari contemporary artist and current MFA student Mubarak Nasser Al-Thani is bringing the legacy of the Qatar–USA 2021 Year of Culture to the Twin Cities. Completed this month, the work reimagines iconic Minneapolis–St. Paul landmarks through a bold, geometric visual language that reflects both Middle Eastern and Midwestern influences.

Minneapolis College of Art and Design faculty members Nick Chatfield-Taylor and Piotr Szyhalski recently collaborated on Metrodome, an immersive sound sculpture that transforms vintage speakers and stereo components into a participatory sensory environment.

Created by Chatfield-Taylor, Metrodome is the third and largest iteration of a project he has been developing for more than a decade. Built from dozens of reclaimed speakers, the thirteen-foot-wide dome is designed to host collaborative “activations” by other artists.