Laura Billings Coleman
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Written for the 2025 edition of MCAD's CUT/PASTE To celebrate her sixtieth birthday, Patricia Olson ’98, MFA, painted a self-portrait in...

Written for the 2025 edition of MCAD's CUT/PASTE Gina Louise ’94  makes sculpture on a grand scale, from recreating the geology of...

Written for the 2025 edition of MCAD's CUT/PASTE In the arts you’re taught to have a high tolerance for risk and uncertainty, which is...

Written for the 2025 edition of MCAD's CUT/PASTE As a member of the Prairie Island Indian Community, Cole Redhorse Taylor ’17 believes...

“People still like to romanticize the idea that ‘If you build it, they will come,’ but that never works,” says creative place-making...

Written for the 2025 edition of MCAD's CUT/PASTE A celebrated member of the Pictures Generation, James Casebere ’76 is renowned for his...

Duke divinity school professor, author and podcaster Kate Bowler, ‘02, takes aim at our cultural obsession with perfection and toxic...

As the number of migrants crossing the border from Mexico into the US surged in 2023, so has the American public’s concerns about...

Incoming President Brian Voerding shares the Initiative Foundation’s vision for building community through solutions-based programs,...

With playful persistence, award-winning puppeteer Chris Griffith, '92 is working to keep the Cherokee language alive On a Saturday...

With frequent TikTok posts about her tireless quest to win the Federal Duck Stamp Competition, Kira Sabin   ‘21 has amassed an...

Featured in MCAD's CUT/PASTE 2024 How do you teach photography when everyone’s got a camera in their pocket? For photographer Xavier...

Featured in MCAD's CUT/PASTE 2024 Painting can be a solitary pursuit, but not the way Leslie Barlow ‘16 practices it. From her...

The first Black president of the Minnesota Senate, Bobby Joe Champion wants people of color to see themselves in politics North...

Infodesigner Arlene Birt ‘02, inspires action by humanizing hard data Written for MCAD’s CUT/PASTE, Spring 2023 The United Nations...

For actor, dramaturg, and arts leader Faye Price ’77, theater can play a leading role in promoting social justice. By Laura Billings...

The artist known as HOTTEA, ‘07, looks for new ways to build on the beauty of impermanence Since graduating from MCAD with a degree in...

Lane Bunkers (B.A. ’85) lives just a few miles from his desk at the Kenyan headquarters of Catholic Relief Services, but some days he...

With a reality star in the White House and late-night comedy ratings soaring, Ariel Dumas ’05 has found the perfect time to succeed in...

Few people have studied the optics of abortion as closely as Amy Hagstrom Miller ’89, which is why she put on a bright purple suit the...