The annual Master of Fine Arts exhibition returns to the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University on March 8.
The 2025 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition is the culmination of the MSU Department of Art, Art History and Design’s three-year program in which artists explore their creative practice with the support of their faculty committee. This year the creative research of MFA degree candidates Claire E. Heiney, Morgan Reneé Hill and Megan Weaver will be celebrated.
The MFA candidate at MSU is characterized by a desire to push beyond the boundaries of existing art and design paradigms, whether focused within or across disciplines. Each person is encouraged to explore the parameters of their creative journey considering material investigation and conceptual questions. Each artist’s process of discovery is unique based on their own integrative media-focused or multidisciplinary inquiry. Under the guidance of a faculty committee selected by the candidate, they develop a rigorous studio practice that is informed by their curiosity of the world around them. While developing their thesis exhibitions, the MFA candidates work with their committees to refine their artistic goals and develop a deeper understanding of what it means to be a contemporary practicing artist.
This year the annual Master of Fine Arts Prize will be awarded by guest juror Jessica Hong, chief curator of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in St. Louis, Missouri. Writer and critic Dan Cameron was invited to serve as the 2025 Critic-in-Residence and contribute essays to the exhibition catalog.
Related events:
2025 MFA Exhibition opening reception
6 – 8 p.m., Mar. 29
Celebrate the creative and scholarly research of MSU Department of Art, Art History and Design Master of Fine Arts degree candidates Claire E. Heiney, Morgan Reneé Hill, and Megan Weaver.
Artist Talks: 2025 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
6 – 8 p.m., Apr. 16
Join MSU Department of Art, Art History and Design Master of Fine Arts degree candidates as they discuss their work included in the exhibition. Questions and answers with the artists to follow.
Learn more at the Broad Art Museum website.
