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Four women stand in front of a wall of art. Two women on the right look at two paintings stacked one above the other on the wall. The other two women look at another painting on the right, their heads are tilted in towards each other.The art of teaching the arts
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Portrait of MSU Assistant Professor Tim Conrad smiling. He's wearing a button down shirt and in the background are tree branches.English Professor Receives Midwest Book Award for Short Story Collection
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Woman in a long black winter coat and black knit hat carrying a fake fur covered purse and a cell phone looking at a wall of painted and drawn portraits at a gallery.Art Project Brings U.S. and Canadian Students Together
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Convergence: Fusing Arts and Sciences at MSU
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Photo of an outdoor stage performance with three actors in colorful costumes entertaining a seated audience. The stage is decorated with a brick backdrop, props, and a portrait of Shakespeare. Audience members, seated in lawn chairs, enthusiastically raise their arms in response to the performance.Summer Circle Theatre Returns June 5-22 for 2025 Season
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DJ Stacey Ask the Expert: How Detroit and Its People Are Integral to the Rise of Techno Music
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Creativity Meets Conservation: An MSU Alum’s Mission to Protect Our Great Lakes
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A woman with long, wavy brown hair smiles at the camera. She is wearing a deep burgundy blouse and posed against a dark gray background.Faculty Voice: Using Documentary Film to Reclaim Buried Stories
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Three people stand close together and smile at the camera in a gallery setting. The person on the left wears a blue, vertically striped shirt; the person in the middle has bright red hair and wears glasses and a colorful patterned shirt; the person on the right wears a light grey sweater and glasses. Artwork is visible on the walls behind them.MFA Exhibition Features Work of Three Artists/Scholars
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Faculty voice: I’m a maker and a storyteller
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Two young women stand on the Red Cedar River Trail engaged with their smartphones. One woman, wearing a light blue denim jacket and a white beanie, looks at her phone with a smile. The other woman, in a brown jacket and black shirt, adjusts her headphones while focusing on her device.Transforming the Everyday: Art Moves MSU
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A picture of a magazine cover, with Student-Produced Publication Wins International Award for Excellence
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Person smiling while painting the exterior wall of a building white using a roller brush. They are outdoors on a sunny day, with other people in the background also painting and working.Scientist. Artist. Activist. Global Spartan.
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Emily Sylman in a yellow shirt engages a group of young students sitting with sketchbooks, attentively observing an unseen artwork in an art gallery.Emily Slyman: Educator of the Future
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Morgan in a blue baseball cap darkens marks on Yupo paper.MFA Candidate Creates Immersive Digital Display Featuring the Art of Breaking
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Amaya Aten at a conference with three other students presenting a posterAmaya Aten: Art is Revolutionary
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Rodney WhitakerMSU jazz professor, Detroit jazz icon elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Portrait of Oscar Rodriguez QuirozGraduate Student Honored for Bringing Hispanic Golden-Age Drama to MSU
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Photo of Liv Furman wearing black in front of colorful quilt she created.Exploring Connections Within Teaching, Learning, and Quilt Praxis
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Two performers dancingAcross Oceans: Small Island Big Song’s Residency at Wharton Center
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Headshot of Abel KorinskyInternational artist visiting MSU for residency at intersection of art, science and technology
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Las Alas Invisibles exhibition recognizes migrant farmworkers
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Photo of red dress with sunlight shining through‘REDress Project’ comes to MSU
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Grace Krajewski dances in front of a projection art installation in the STEM buildingStudent view: Bringing STEM and the arts together
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University student lays on a sofa in an outdoor living room set up and throws football in the air.MSU explores intersection of arts and sports
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Graduate Katie Quinlan holds up a poster she designed herself at Ford FieldFrom a Spartan to a Lion
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Kelly Salchow MacArthur rowing with three other teammates.MSU professor and olympian part of Olympian Artists Program
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MSU Museum, Smithsonian partner to preserve work by African American artists
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MSU Broad Art Museum expands access to permanent collection with ‘The CORE’
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Expanding exhibitions at the MSU Broad Art Museum
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The MSU Museum is “rethinking its strategy and solidifying its place on campus”
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JudithCan the arts help us feel more connected to a place?
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Kota Ezawa, MSU Broad merges sports, art, and social justice
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A student studying at the Beal Botanical GardenArt and Nature in the Beal Botanical Garden
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Image of colorful abstract artwork on the wall in the College of MusicAt MSU, public art is essential
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Image of exhibition with timeline of information, Zaha Hadid designed chairs, and large abstract photo muralThe inspired mind of Zaha Hadid
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A photo of Beal Botanical Garden150 Years of connecting people, plants, and place
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QuiltQuilt gives peek into Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood
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