2021–22 Annual Report | Minneapolis College of Art and Design

2021–22 Annual Report

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Dear Friends
and Supporters,


I’m excited to share MCAD’s 2021–2022 Annual Community Report with you. This past year has been one of both reflecting on the past and envisioning a bright future for the college. In planning for the years ahead, we must build upon the institution’s solid foundation, strengthened over more than a century, while also transforming and growing. We must embrace accessibility and practice adaptability to ensure that our students are well-equipped to meet the ever-changing needs of our world.

Higher education has faced ground-shifting challenges over the years, but the pandemic accelerated the need for deeper change. As today’s students plan their post-high school education, their priorities are changing. So must MCAD. Affordability, safety, career support, personalized learning, wellness, and social justice are just a few of the important aspects incorporated into the holistic student experience offered at MCAD.

Your continued support makes a tremendous difference as we design and build our path forward. With more than 97% of MCAD students receiving some form of financial aid, donor support is crucial in all that we do for them. Almost one quarter of our students are the first in their family to attend college. I am proud and grateful to say that this fall more than 250 students received a donor-funded scholarship with an average award amount of $4,700.

Your generosity towards MCAD has a real and direct impact on the lives of our community. Please take a few moments to peruse our Annual Community Report. You will quickly see how all you have helped make students’ goals a reality. We are so grateful for your ongoing care for MCAD.

sanjit sethi

Sanjit Sethi
President

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MCAD's morrison building

“With this scholarship, you are supporting the goals of an entrepreneur who is a first-generation college student. I cannot express my gratitude enough for this thoughtful investment in my education. My dream is to create a business that supports myself, my family, and the greater goals of giving back to my community and inspiring positive change. Thank you for making that possible.” –Zamira Mendoza ’23

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Our Guiding Principles

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Vision

MCAD emboldens creative leaders to collaboratively transform society through equity, empathy, and imagination.

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Mission

MCAD provides a transformative education within a community of support for creative students of all backgrounds to work, collaborate, and lead with confidence in a dynamic, interconnected world.

Values

  • Transformational Ideas and Actions that emerge from the intersection of creativity, culture, and equity.
  • Collaborative Community that supports both independent achievements and collective successes. Empathetic
  • Leadership that integrates humility, inclusivity, curiosity, and foresight to fuel change.
  • Multifaceted and Complex Identities that embody diverse social, cultural, and economic backgrounds.
  • Experiential Learning that embraces generative processes, critical discourse, and an iterative methodology to achieve academic, institutional, and individual excellence.

MCAD Students Become

  • Accomplished makers and scholars
  • Equity-minded problem solvers
  • Critical, conceptual thinkers
  • Inclusive, collaborative partners
  • Empathic listeners
  • Creative storytellers
  • Engaged citizens within a global context

What is a Creative Leader?

MCAD's creative, cultural leaders

Creative Leadership unleashes the power of all art and design practitioners to change society by imagining what’s possible through new ideas, creative expression, experimentation, collaboration, and action.

Cash Gifts

Thank you to our generous donors who support MCAD students by funding academic programs and scholarships. More than 97% of MCAD students rely on financial aid, including scholarships, to make ends meet. Donors strengthen the MCAD educational experience by increasing financial support, enhancing our facilities, providing the best learning environment possible, and emphasizing our vision of transforming the world through innovation, collaboration, and creativity.

*Gifts noted below were received June 1, 2021, through May 31, 2022*

MCAD professor with students

$100,000 +

Don Bajus MCAD Animation Innovations Program - Bev and Don* Bajus ’54
Calmenson Foundation - Susan Calmenson
Cy DeCosse ’52 and Paula DeCosse

Jerome Foundation
McKnight Foundation
Corey Sauer

$50,000–
$99,999

Alliss Educational Foundation
Best Buy

$25,000–
$49,999

Rebecca J. and H. Steven Alm
Gail S. Blake
Charles M. Schulz Scholarship Fund of the Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation
Elayne Hengler*
Janet Jones
Monica L. Little '78 and Mark B. Abeln '81

Minnesota Private College Fund
Alice D. Mortenson
Richard and Jean Coyne Family Foundation
Rachael Scherer and Steve Imholte
Target

$10,000–
$24,999

Mark Addicks and Tom Hoch
Mary and Bruce W. Bean
Best Buy Corporation
Sarah Borchers and Brian Kingsley
Clinton Morrison Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation
Tim Larsen and Kay Dixon
Head Family Foundation

Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation
J.E. Dunn Construction
M.E. and Chris Kirwan
Heather and Richard Mattera
Leni and David E. Moore, Jr.
Larry Schoenecker

$5,000–
$9,999

A2 Art Storage & Services
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP
Bank of America
Margot and Chris Barry
Susan Calmenson
Liz Barrere and Dennis Cass
Cuningham Group Architecture
Dalana Space - Tara K. and Sundeep Dev
Martha B. Dayton and Thomas Nelson
Faegre Drinker
Dean and Alice Fjelstul '96, MFA
Kathryn and James Ganley
Elizabeth and Michael Halvorson '66
Cindy and Greg Heinemann
Kirsten Brady and Greg J. Hoffman '92
KNOCK, inc.
Larkin Hoffman
Sarah '82 and B. John Lindahl, Jr.
D. Kenneth Lindgren*
Little & Company
Teri and Robert Crosby - The Longview Foundation
Mary C. Dolan - The Longview Foundation

Jane and Reed K. Mackenzie
Keith Martinsen
Mayo Foundation for Medical and Educational Research
The Open Door Foundation - David Hartwell
Drs. Marion and D. Wilkin Parke
Lisa F. Fredrikson and Todd R. Paulson
Amy and Mark Pihlstrom
PKA Architecture
RBC Wealth Management
Terry Saario and Lee Lynch
The Smaby Family Foundation - Nanci and Gary Smaby
Mary K. and Gary Stern
Karen Bohn and Gary Surdel
Priti and Rajiv Tandon
Missy Staples Thompson and Gar Hargens
Laura and Greg Van Bellinger
Walser Foundation
William Boss Foundation
Karen M. Wirth
Hunter Palmer Wright and Adam Wright

$2,500–
$4,999

Anonymous
Laura and J.J. Austrian
Blu Dot
Judy and Edward Cannon
Stephanie and Brian Childs
Cy DeCosse Photography, LLC
Caroline Dayton
Greg Downer
Michael Erickson
Christine and Ron Frisk
Nayana Jha and Michael Cain
Willow and Josh Kreibich
Ginny and Henry C. Llop
Carol and Aaron Mack

Mitzi and Brent Magid
Mary M. McVay
Lucy C. Mitchell - The Longview Foundation
Tiffanea and Jeff Mulder
Julia Morrison Palmer and Brian Palmer
Revere Auctions
Andrea Eis '81 and Steven Rost '80
Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation
Rebecca and Mark Sorenson
Judy Swanson
Roman J. Verostko
David Washburn
Jessica and Bryan Wilkinson

$1,000–
$2,499

Anonymous (2)
Acorn Mini Storage
Ta-coumba Aiken
Alerus
Kristine and Tom Anderson
Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation
Kevin Armstrong and Lisa Goldson-Armstrong '04
Jennifer Scruton and Bradford Berling '99
Anne and Rob Birdsong
Sally and Maurice Blanks
Mary C. and Fredrick Bliss
Allison Bonnett
Beth Boyd
Diana Walton Brashears
Alison and Owen Brown
Buhl Investors
Capsule
Marty Friedman and Peggy Casey-Friedman '84
Erica Berven, MD and Ed Charbonneau '06, MFA
Megan Clawson and Scott Henderson
Georgia and Patrick Cochrane
Craig Fields and Debra L. Cohen '78
Cinda J. Collins
Teresa Coryell House and Charles House
Creative Fundraising Advisors
Devon and James Diebel
Robert Dingmann and Ethan Reynolds
Kirsten and Jack Driscoll '86
Dutton Brown Design
ECOccasion - Kristen (Borders) Nottingham '97
Karla Ekdahl and Peter Hutchinson
Kerry and Sky Fauver
Elliot Felix
Beverly and Richard Fink
Foundation Technologies
Emily Galusha and Donald McNeil
Tracy Gliori
Toni Glotter '78
Heather Haeg
Nina Hale and Dylan Hicks
Renee and John Hallberg
Emily V. Harris
Meredith and Mark Heithoff
Christopher Hermann and Brian Pietsch
John F. Hick
Antonia and Peter Hommeyer
Glen Hoover '63
Jenny and Win Hornig
Lizzie and Greg Horvitz

Alicia and Aaron Howe
Melissa and Matthew Huybrecht
JDD Studio
Phyllis Karasov and Alan Olstein
Cheryl and David Kelsey
Merle Janis Kieper '96, MFA
Allan T. Kohl
Kathryn and Dean Koutsky '57
Sarah and Nathan Kreykes
Searcy T. and John C. Lillehei
Caroline B. and James B. Loken
Ellie Crosby - The Longview Foundation
James Bremer and Timothy Manning
Betsy and John Massie
Robert and Barbara A. McIlrath '96
Jennifer Melin Miller and David Miller
The Minneapolis Foundation
Dania and Noah T. Miwa '08
Kate and David Mortenson
Ellen Mueller and Phil McCollam
Katherine B. Murphy
Cindy and Jim Murphy
Monica and David Nassif
Nancy Nelsen-Flom and Eric Flom
Katherine and Stuart Nielsen
North Bay Companies
Julia and Peter Offenhauser
John Ollmann
Oxbow Industries
Rowena and Charles Pitschka
Paula Roe
Megan and Jonathan Rogers
Doris Engibous and Cathy Ryan '07
Debra and James Ryman '65
Cristin McKnight Sethi and Sanjit Sethi
Jori and Rob Sherer
Linda and Jesse Singh
Marcelyn J. and William B. Smale, Jr.
Streeter & Associates
Mark Taylor
Carolyn Taylor
Cindy Theis
Kay Touchette
Melissa and Douglas Van Ornum '93
Houston White - Camdentown
Neil White
Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation, Inc.
Frederick and Eleanor C. Winston
Sue Zelickson

$500–
$999

Anonymous
Ameriprise Financial
Kari Benson
Kimberly and Robert Boisvert
Peggy and Fred Borstad
Aaron Brown
Linda and George Chryssomallis
Sally and John Cuningham
Edward and Sherry Ann Dayton
Danny Della Lana
Hilarie Dorsey
Jenny and Chris Ede
Shannon Evenstad
Barry Fick
Megan and Drew Gaillard
Dorie Rae Gallagher '66
Kirk Gelatt
Scotty and Peter Gillette
Annie Gillette Cleveland and Fritz Cleveland
Susan Gilmore and John Lauenstein
Alice and Gregg Goldstone
Bill Griffith
Cindy and Jason Harlem '76
Elizabeth and Van Z. Hawn
Katie and Matt Hedman
Mary Ann Heine
Tom Hendrickson
Laurel and Thomas Hendrickson
Carrie and Rich Higgins
Highpoint Center for Printmaking
Aneela Idnani
Mari Ito
Daniel Jacobsen
D. B. Kim '86
Benjamin D. Kjos '11
Carrie and Louis Lambert

Annie Lebedoff
Sarah W. Lehmann
Vince Leo
Andrew J. Maniotes '00, MFA
Batala McFarlane
Tony Miner
Virginia and Stephen Muehlberg
Amanda and Ravi Norman
Jennifer Ann O'Brien '98 and Paul Bastyr '98
Judy and Burt Onofrio
JoAnne Pastel
Nicola Peterson
Stephanie M. and Thomas A. Peterson
Jill and Jason Pflaum
Sharon K. Phillips
Mary Beth and Tim Puder
Dr. Melissa Rands '97 and Bartholomew Phillips
Robert Ransick
Kendra and Ben Reichenau
Stevie Rexroth
Sandra and David Rieger
Dr. Suzanne Rivera
Pamela Ross
Lara Roy
Jim Rustad and Kay Thomas
Grace D. Sferra
Roderic Southall
Ellie and Ken Sparling
Susan Stephenson
Jenner Stevens
Catherine Thies
AnnMarie Thomas
Janine and Thomas B. Heffelfinger
Winter Seminar
Jennifer Zuccola

$250–
$499

Anonymous
Samantha G. Aburime
Autumn Amadou-Blegen
Ann Anderson
Sara and Mitch Anderson
Nancy Werner-Azarski and Jim Azarski
Tom and Mary Pat Bailey
Jane Behrends
Cyndy and John Bowlsby
Erin and Jason Brass
Betty Bright
Minna and Colin Brooks
Mathea and Kristofor Bulander
Bridget Burke
Victoria S. Cabrera '02
Anne M. Cashill
Keith A. Christensen '95, MFA
Kerry and Jeff Ciardelli-Chavelier
Jeanne Corwin
Joanna Curry
Nicholas Dahl '10
Patrick Delmore '73
Jonathan Despotes-Tourdot
Julie Drysdale
Samuel Dudley
Alexis Easley
Marjorie Eberts
Jane Emison
Benigno Aguilar and Gerald Erickson Jr.
Peter J. Erickson
Ashley Fifield
Lisa Giles
Jennifer Gross
Sarah and Brent Hall
Elizabeth Hudson
Heather and Matthew Hunt
Scott Hfidsten
Molly and Ted Irgens
Joe's Chicken Shack
Julie A. Jurrjens
Henry L. LaBounta '82 and Barbara LaBounta
Anne Labovitz
Mary A. and James R. Lande
Colles B. Larkin
James R. Larson, MD
Rick Laudon '79
Heidi Lee
Deborah Dillaway and Alan Lifson
Ben Lifson '13

Anna and Chris Lyon
Matthew Mansh
Michelle McCreery and Mark Duff
Lisa McGowan
Teresa McLean
Medtronic
Ann Marie Merrill '83 and Dan J. Jurgens '81
Michael Meyer and Donna Lewis-Jones '85
Christine and Thomas Milbrath
Jerry Miner
Justine Mishek
Ella Mitchell
Preston Moerke
Gretchen Moore
Martha A. Nash
Jennifer and Tom Nowak
Jayne Olson
Kate Pfaffinger
Anne and Scott Pollock
Ginger Porcella
Abigail Power
Stella and Thomas Press
Bryce Quinn
Linda and Peter Quinn
John S. Reay
Anne and Patrick Regan
Brian and Dawn Reid
Jeffrey Roby
Margot and Alexander Rosenstein
Adam Ruben
Stephen Rueff
Trisha and Mark Sandau '91
Miriam A. Seim
Steven J. Shapiro
Susan D. Shields
John Spiak
Miriam Stake
Scott E. Stein '84
Karen S. Stockert '85
Diane and Eric Timba
Benjamin G. Warde '96
Wells Fargo Corporation
Susan and Robert W. White
Frances and Frank S. Wilkinson, Jr.
Nicole Williams
Brandon Witzel
Mark Young
Elliott Zell

$1–
$249

Anonymous (3)
Khalid Adam
Trisha Adamson
Catherine Ahlin-Halverson
Dr. Simone Ahuja
Christine Albertsson
Daniel Alexander
Zoe Zepp Alfveby '81
Richard K. Allendorf and Paul W. Markwardt
AmazonSmile Foundation
Judith Amdur '74
Philip R. Anderson
Shanna Apitz
Gia Arciero
Anastasia Faunce and Dean Arnold '99
Pamela Arnold
Reed Aronow
Julie Backer
Andy Baird '76
Amy and Stan Baratz
Debby and Dana K. Barnes
Kyle Barron-Cohen
Melissa and James Baxter
Melissa C. Bean '76 and Scott R. Bean '72
Jeff Beck
Nancy Reynolds and Jack Becker '76
Martha L. Beery Milbery and Kevin Milbery
Jenifer Bellefleur and Miguel Granger
Kay Bendel
Karna Berg
Annika Bergen
Leslie J. Berkshire
Madeline Betsch
Barbee D. Bigger
Conni and Norman Bjornnes
Gary Boatman
Marcella J. and Frank D. Bode
Anthony Bosca
Margaret L. and Allan G. Bostelmann
Bridget Brackin
Justin T. Braem
Melissa Brass
Kathryn M. and Marvin R. Braun
BRD Foundation
Carole Brossart
Virginia Brown
Barbara A. Brust '81
Marsha Burgeson
Chad Busch
Jane and Edwin Butterfoss
Bonnibel and Bill Byars
Susan and Jeff Byers
Marin J. Byrne
Eric Caille
Chris Campbell
Jeanne and Warren Candy
Christopher Carlisle
Joan and George Carlson
Katherine Meehan and Emmett F. Carpel
Michael A. Carroll '68
Jennifer A. Caruso
Brianna Chamberlin
Carly Charlson
Joel Chechik
Luke Chen '15
Perci Chester and Mitchell E. Bender
Caroline Chosid
Bob and Nancy Christensen
Ryan Clanton
Chris Claude
Alison Coffey
Caitlin Colegrove
Kathryn Lloyd Compton '74 and Michael Compton '74
Joshua Conner
Melissa Cooke Benson
Tara Corbett
Kitty Crain
Emily Crawford
Gayle Crose
William A. Crosley
Cynthia "Syd" Crow '91
Shelly Crowley
Christiane Grauert '99, MFA and Santiago H. Cucullu '99, MFA
Jean Cunningham
Elissa Cedarleaf Dahl '07, MFA
Greg Dahl
Luciano Daitzchman '93
Wendy Dankey
Mary Anne Dass
Suzanne and David Davison
Peggy DeVaan
Paul Dominski
Claire Dooley
Elizabeth Doran
Alex Doty-Harper '14
Nancy Doyle
Robert Droddy
Eric D. Drommerhausen '07
Mekea Duffy
John Durfey '70
Julie DuRose
Matt Dyer
Heather Edelson
Diana Eicher
Samantha Ellingson
Amelia J. and John G. Engberg
Nancy and Rolf Engh
Kathleen Enzler
Nicole Erdmann
June Robinson Evens '90
Laurie Everett
Judith and Wendy S. Fairbrother
JoAnn and Gary C. Fink
Carole Gorney Fisher '64
Shannon Fleck
Sheila and John Folkestad
Frank Fredrickson and Susan Elaine Fredrickson '68
Hal B. Freshley
Laura L. Fulk
Frank Gaard
Tessa Ganser
Dolores and Jim Garbarini
Kathleen A. and Vincent F. Garry
Kristin Garwick
Sue Maberry and Cheri Gaulke '75
K. Giblin '71
Milla Kicilinska Gibson '21
Mark L. Gilberstadt
Ann Gilligan
Shannon Giron
David Goldes
Gail M. Good (Samsa) '82
Fontaine Goorwitch
Kimberely Gorman
Myra and Roger Greenberg
Mary Grogan
Teresa Groth
Tom Grue
Liv Guillaume
Julie A. Gunnerud
Matthew Gunzenhauser
Kari Haanstad
Paula M. Habib
Jason Hagen '02
Susan Elizabeth Hagen '80
Bonita Hammel and James Burpee
Catherine Hansen
Viera Hartmannova '00, MFA
Paula Jean Havranek
Katharine and Peter C. Hawthorne
Dana Hazel
Donald J. Heffron '80
Justin P. Heideman '04
Anne C. Heintz
Martha Herfurth
Michael Hess
Joan Higinbotham
Susan and James Hoseth
Dakota C.M. Hoska '12
Jason Howard
Sherry Huang
Aimee G. Hucek '84
Nancy B. Hylden
Denise Ingram
Shermin Islam
Ian Jackson
Andrew Jacob
David R. Jacobs, Jr.
Antra Jansons-Pakalns '65
Anna Jenks
Daniel Jensen
LeAnne Johansen
Ezra Jude Johnson
Lynn Johnson
Susan Johnson
Thomas Johnson
Katherine Jones-Jirka '79 and Brad P. Jirka '76
Erin Jordahl
Jeff JulkowskiI
Susan and Ken Kahn
Elena Kalogeropoulos
Natalie J. Kantor-Frank
Shana Kaplow
Linda Solovic and Gary Karpinski
Tanya Karpitskiy
Michael Kasse
John Katuska
Mary M. Kazura '99 and Chris M. Gerber '02
Patricia Kehn
Guthrie Kellom
Susan C. and Justin Kelly
Sheila Kennedy
Margaret Mousley Kielty '68
Molly and Ron Kinney
Roberta Kitlinski
Jessica Klobucar
Sheryl Fay Knutson '66
Mary T. Kokernot
Amy J. and Peter M. Koltun
Edward F. Koss
Kay A. Kroeff-Streng
Lucy Kruesel
Tempest (Baker) Kuykendall '71
Jonathon Lacher
Melodie Lane
Amy Langer
Elizabeth and Jed Larkin
Nicholas Larkins
Elizabeth Larsen and Walter Schleisman
Heidi Larson
James Larson
Rod and Jan Larson
Todd L. Larson '88
Colton Lasater
Ann Laurent
Tanya M. Lee '81
Kerry Leehan

Deborah Lefebvre
Linda and Ross Lewton
Michelle Lichtig and Kevin Byrne
Mary A. Lippay
Ms. Jean Ljungkull
Michelle A. Lobsinger
Marsha and Daniel Loewenson
Mary Looney
Katrin Loss '00
Nancy Lunning
Gerold and Gunda Luss '66
Alissa Lyon
Charles Lyon '99, MFA
Krisna MacDonald
Colette MacIver
Hannah Mack
Cynthia and Donald MacMillan
Randi L. Madden '98
Helmut and Mary Maier
Jeffrey Mandyck
Melissa Mann
Jane A. and James F. Martin
Peter L. Martin
Maria Matlin
Katharine Mauer
Noelle L. McCleaf
Michael A. McClure
Gregory L. McDaniels '68
Abby McDonald
Mellisa McGee
Kathleen A. McKenzie
H.G. McNeely, Jr.
Christa Meland
Janet and Marty Merkt
Cynthia Michaelson and Michael O'Donnell
Steven R. Mignone '76
John Mihalchick
Molly Milbert-Hinz
Herman J. Milligan
Karina Milosovich
Sam Mischke
Aaron K. Monson
Kirsten Montgomery
Kristin Moomey
Linda Moore
Nathaniel Moore
Keith Morancie
Bonnie J. and Jonathan C. Moren
Allison Morgan
Kerry Morgan and Michael Gaudio
Ms. Mary and Mr. Leslie Morris
Nancy G. Morrison
Leigh Mullinix
Keith Mumma '76
Calla Murphy
Don Myhre 1961
Jody Nahlovsky
Lisa Nebenzahl '79
Cathy L. Nelson and Janine S. Hradsky
Katie J. Nelson 06' and Michael P. Nelson '05
Mark D. Nelson
Peter C. Rech and Deborah J. Nelson '74
Allison Nielsen
Wanda Lee W. Norby '52
Lyse Norian and Michael McClaflin
Deborah A. and David H. Novak '76
Aidan O'Connor
John P. O'Leary
Steve and Tamrah Schaller O'Neil
Woody Olsen '76
Patricia Lynn Olson '98, MFA
Will Oosterman
Joanne Opgenorth
Suzanne and David R. Orenstein
Jodi Owens
Jane Paradise
Michelle Parks
Kristen S. Paulsen
Kari Paulson
Carli Pearson
Laura Antognozzi Peck
Linda and Gary Peck '69
Luciana and Giuseppe Pellizzer
Claudia and Michael Pennella
Jean Peters
Jeffrey T. and Mary J. Peterson
Joshua Peterson
Mary Peterson
William Peterson
Pamela and Ross Phelan
Michelle Piontek
Susan Plahn
Jay Coogan and Kathleen Pletcher
Sally V. Polk
Carol A. Poulson
Robin Preble
Ruth A. Premer
Carrie Price Schwert
James Proescholdt
Kevin Raff
Janice Storebo and James Randers '71
Katherine Rassouli
Rinal Ray
Jodi Reeb '95
Jennifer Ford Reedy and Christopher Reedy
Katherine Rhoades
Roger A. Rich '65
Ann Rillera
Daniel E. Ringold
Robyne Robinson
Monica Rockwell
Laura Roepke
Debbie and Chris Rohrer
Gerald Ronning
Andrew Rorvig
Karen Rose
Peter G. Rose '72
Nancy Rosenberg
Luann and Paul Rosenthal-Erickson
Cici and Bill Rude '96
Kari Rueckert
Ann and Stephen Russell
Melissa G. Saldana
Todd J. and Lisa A. Sammon '86
Amy Sands-Mathiason
Victoria Sass
Barb Savis
Marietta C. and Robert A. Saxon '65
Kathryn Schadendorf
Anna Schaefer
Linda and Leonard D. Schloff
Heidi Schmidt
Jessica Schmidt
Lisa Schmitz
Carolyn A. Schoenig and James A. Trithart
Carolyn Schroeder
Luke Scott
Katie Searl
Eileen and Michael Secord
MaryAnn and Morry Shapiro '75
David Shea
Lewis E. Shealy
Nathan Shepherd
Amber Shimpa
Aika Shoo
Audrey Singer '78
Ginger L. Sisco
Sandra Smalley-Fleming
Elizabeth Smith
Rebecca L. Smith '00
Toni S. Smith
James Snustad
Michael Sommerness
Nadege Souvenir and Joshua Dorothy
Susan Spray
Richard K. Stanley '66
John and Annie Stanoch
Anna Stark
Jason Steen
John and Andrea Stein-Manning
Cassidy and Andrew G. Steiner
Christopher Stevens
Cass and Andy Stillman
Robert Strange
Lauren Sundick
Candace Surcey
Sonja Sutter
Diana R. and John H. Swanson
Suzanne Swanson
Rebecca Swartz
Mary Kay Swindlehurst
Carolyn J. Swiszcz '94 and Wilson R. Webb '95
Elizabeth Tarney
Smitha P. Tassone
Barbara Taylor
Paul Thissen
Shirley A. and Richard D. Thompson
Ellen Thomson '19, MA
Jean Thomson
Eyglo Thordardottir
Jessica Tibiatowski
Kelly Tiedemann
Angel A. Tilsen
Scott E. Tomechko '96
Alicia Luther Toms
Paige Van Pelt
Angela and Andrew Varpness
Mary W. Vaughan
Christopher Vaughn
Tammy Rae Verchota '82
JoNae Villeneuve
Justin James Wagle '05
Alexis A. Walsko
David C. Warner
Kristi Wasmer
Mark and Cheryl A. Watson '77
Amy Webster
Michelle Webster
Catherine Weger
Christine Weger
Peter Weidner
Rich Bleyhl and Mary Welke '77
Fritz and Brenda Westphal
Catherine Weyerhaeuser
Nancy N. Weyerhaeuser
Roberta Whiteaker
Amanda Wigen
Karen Wilcox '01
Nicki Williams
Bonnie Wittenburg and Steven Suppan
Laura Wolff
Joe Woodside
Amy Sue Zakaib
Angela M. Zammarelli '07, MFA
Linda and Charles Zanders
Tianrui Zhang '15, MFA

*Deceased

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Auction Artists 2022

Students drawing a live model

Thank you to the artists who have generously chosen to donate the proceeds from their artwork sold at The Auction @ MCAD to the scholarship fund.

Ann
Aspinwall •
Julie
Baugnet ’95, MFA •
Kristin
Bickal •
Owen
Brown •
Dan
Bruggeman •
Julie
Buffalohead ’95 •
Cole
Case •
James
Casebere ’76 •
Genie
Castro •
Cy
DeCosse ’52 •
Lisa
Elias •
Gregory
Euclide, ’05, MFA •
Nathanael
Flink ’94 •
Isa
Gagarin ’08 •
Kim
Heidkamp •
Heidi
Libera ’83 •
Ashley
Mary ’18, MA •
Patrick
Maun •
Derek
Meier •
Lucy
Mink ’95, MFA •
Shelly
Mosman ’95 •
Lee
Noble ’20, MFA •
Teresa
Paschke ’85 •
Jesse
Matthew
Petersen •
Mark
Rode •
Bobby
Rogers ’14 •
Madison
Rubenstein ’13 •
Mark
Schoening •
Tal
Shpantzer ’96 •
Alec
Soth •
Xavier
Tavera ’14 •
Timmreck •
Jared
Tuttle ’14 •
Roman
Verostko •
Jeralyn
Victoria ’06 •
Michon
Weeks •
Kit
Wilson •
Karen
Wirth •
Seth
Wolk

Alumni Roll Call

Thank you to our devoted alumni volunteers who gave their time and talents in support of the MCAD community this year. Your efforts are integral to the success of MCAD students.

Taylor
Baldry ’07 •
Luke
Chen ’15 •
Carly
Haack ’18 •
Katrin
Loss ’00 •
Taylor
Mund ’15 •
Rhea
O'Connor ’08 •
Dan
Ploof ’17 •
Nancy
Rice ’70 •
Steve
Stenzel ’05
, MFA •
Guy
Wagner ’10

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“Your generosity has inspired me to help others and give back to the community. I hope one day I will be able to help students achieve their goals just as you have helped me.” –Sarah Longfield ’23

Honor and Memorial Gifts

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Thank you to our donors who created a meaningful tribute to a friend, family member, or loved one. This is a profound way to honor a special person while supporting MCAD’s mission.

In Honor of Rebecca Alm
Pamela Arnold

In Memory of Norman Andersen
Susan Elizabeth Hagen '80

In Memory of Don Bajus ’54
Beverly Bajus
Madeline Betsch
Nancy and Robert Christensen
Jean Cunningham
Hilarie Dorsey
Marjorie Eberts
JoAnn and Gary C. Fink
Sarah and Brent Hall
Kathryn and Dean Koutsky '57
Mary A. and James R. Lande
Caroline and Jim Loken
Cathy L. Nelson and Janine S. Hradsky
Claudia and Michael Pennella
Stephanie M. and Thomas A. Peterson
Carol A. Poulson
Katie Searl
Toni S. Smith
Miriam Stake
Susan Stephenson

In Honor of Parker Boisvert
Kimberly and Robert Boisvert

In Memory of Jacki Chestnut
Victoria S. Cabrera ’02
Susan Calmenson

In Honor of Cy DeCosse ’52
Susan Gilmore and John Lauenstein

In Memory of Crist Delmonico
Roberta Kitlinski

In Memory of Rob Dewey
Beth Boyd
Alic and Gregg Goldstone

In Memory of Gregory Garwick
Kristin Garwick

In Memory of Janice P. Gelatt ’64
Kirk Gelatt

In Memory of Aurora Gregoire
Bonita Hammel and James Burpee

In Honor of Cynthia Hendricks
Dr. Suzanne Rivera

In Memory of Seth Huntington
Mary Anne Dass

In Memory of Halyna Hutchins
Luke Chen ’15

In Honor of Dale K. Johnston
Richard K. Stanley ’66

In Memory of D. Kenneth Lindgren
Charles Lindgren

In Memory of Kelley Lynch
Diana Walton Brashears

In Memory of Lars Mason
Jay Coogan and Kathleen Pletcher
Elissa Cedarleaf Dahl '07, MFA
Fontaine Goorwitch

In Memory of Aldo Moroni ’76
Caroline Chosid

In Memory of Christine Ralphs
Susan and Robert W. White

In Memory of Valerie Reeves
Adam Ruben

In Memory of Judith Roode
Anonymous

In Honor of Rik Sferra
Grace D. Sferra

In Memory of Former MCAD President G. Richard ‘Dick’ Slade
Ms. Jean Ljungkull
H.G. McNeely, Jr.
Jane Paradise
Jeffrey T. and Mary J. Peterson
Sally V. Polk
Carolyn Schroeder
Missy Staples Thompson and Gar Hargens
Mary W. Vaughan
Nancy N. Weyerhaeuser

In Memory of John Slorp
Susan and James Hoseth

In Honor of Cindy Theis
Karla Ekdahl and Peter Hutchinson

In Honor of Roman Verostko
Marsha and Daniel Loewenson

In Honor of Deb and Bernie Weiss
Susan and Ken Kahn

In Memory of Peter Williams ’75
Susan Elizabeth Hagen ’80

In Honor of Karen Wirth
Betty Bright

Matching Gifts

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Thank you to the following companies who support their employees through a matching gift program. These contributions maximize individual gifts to MCAD.

Best Buy
Disney
Faegre Baker Daniels Foundation
Hormel Foods
IBM

Medtronic
Optum
Securian Financial Services
Target

In-Kind Gifts

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Donations of goods and services help to relieve MCAD’s annual budget. Thank you to the individuals and businesses who have made a gift to MCAD.

Andrew C. Allen
Bacardi
Karen Ruskin Brong
Chamonix Snowboards
Brian and Stephanie Childs
Cy DeCosse '52 and Paula DeCosse
Dreamsong
Dean and Alice Fjelstul '96, MFA
Fulton Brewing
Hair + Nails Gallery
Haskell's Wine
Parker Fox Heiderscheidt
Christopher Hermann and Brian Pietsch
Teresa Coryell House and Chip House
Icehouse
Ross Jackson
Catherine Jann
Pam Lott
Heather and Rich Mattera
Carla McGrath and Cole Rogers

Lois E. Meisch '78
Bob Mersky
Mpls. St. Paul Magazine
Nixta Tortillaria
Omnistation Inc.
The Orange Advisory - Rob Sherer
Zachary Quinn
Geri and Dar Reedy
Saturday Dumpling Club
Softline Brand Partners
Target Corporation
Missy Staples Thompson and Gar Hargens
Union Hmong Kitchen
Gary Vars
Weinstein Hammons Gallery
Karen M. Wirth
Michael and Valerie Woiak
Hunter Palmer Wright and Adam Wright

Named Endowment Funds
for Programs and Operations

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Distinguished Benefactors
Funds of $2,500,000+

Dorothy M. Lindeke Fund
Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Trust
Ralph Whelan Trust

Leadership Benefactors
Funds of $1,000,000 +

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fund
Elbridge Cooke Trust
Ford Foundation Faculty Development Fund
John R. Van Derlip Trust
Thomas F. Wallace Memorial Fund

Major Benefactors
Funds of $500,000–$999,999

Jean B. McHugh Fund
Minneapolis Clearing House Association Fund

Patron Benefactors
Funds of $250,000–$499,999

Anonymous Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Bennett Fund
Alden C. Buttrick Fund
Richard and Isobel Gale Fund
Eleanor F. Pillsbury Fund

Benefactors
Funds of $100,000–$249,999

3M Foundation Fund
Anne and Hadlai A. Hull Fund
Cargill Foundation Fund
Carolyn McKnight Christian Fund
Mrs. John H. Daniels Fund
John S. Slorp Teaching Fellowship Fund
Putnam D. McMillan Art School Fund
Star Tribune Fund
Target Foundation Fund
William Randolph Hearst Foundation Fund

Associate Benefactors
Funds of $50,000–$99,999

Betty Bean Flinsch College Convocation Fund
Don Bajus MCAD Animation Innovations Program**
Elizabeth Hale Fund
Elizabeth H. Washburn Fund
Elsie and Mauritz Westmark Fund
F. A. Bean Foundation Fund
Fjelstul ’96 Visiting Artist Fund
Gary L. Rockler Endowed Equipment Fund
George H. Christian Memorial Fund
Grace Bliss Dayton Fund
Gretchen Field Pillsbury Fund
Honeywell Foundation Fund
Mary R. Slater Fund in Memory of Wallace and Lillian Reinhardt
Mr. and Mrs. John Cowles Sr. Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Pillsbury Fund
Northwestern Bell Telephone Fund
Phillips Family Foundation Fund
Southways Foundation Fund
Stanley W. Dwinnell Fund
Stella J. Hawkinson Fund
Sumner T. McKnight Foundation Fund
Target Corporation Fund
Virginia and James H. Binger Fund
West Photo Fund*
Xcel Energy Fund

Patrons
Funds of $25,000–$49,999

Edith E. Johnson Fund
Leonard G. and Geraldine Carpenter Fund
Munsingwear Inc. Fund
Piper Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Maslon Fund

Named Endowment Funds For Scholarships

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Leadership Benefactors
Funds of $1,000,000 +

MCAD Associates Scholarship Fund
Winifred and Atherton Bean Leadership Scholarship Fund

Major Benefactors
$500,000–$999,999

Class of 1978 Merit Scholarship Fund
Dean Wilson Art of Making Scholarship Fund
Donna and Cargill MacMillan Jr. Scholarship Fund
Ford Foundation Scholarship Fund
Friends of the College Scholarship Fund
Roy B. Justus Scholarship Fund

Patron Benefactors
Funds of $250,000–$499,999

Athwin Foundation Bachelor of Science Scholarship Fund
Clinton and Mary Morrison Leadership Scholarship Fund
George H. Halpin Memorial Fund
Ida Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund
Jean and Glenn Brooks Scholarship Fund
Lee Lynch and Terry Saario Entrepreneurial Studies Scholarship Fund
MCAD Art Sale Scholarship Fund
Paula and Cy DeCosse ’52 Scholarship Fund
R. Thomas Gunkelman and Gaylord Benson Scholarship Fund
Virginia M. Binger Merit Scholarship Fund

Benefactors
Funds of $100,000–$249,999

Alice Batzli Scholarship Fund
Andrea Thoe Nasset Memorial Scholarship Fund
Beth Ann Lundin ’93 Memorial Scholarship Fund
Charles Bell Fund
Corey Sauer Scholarship Fund*
David and Debra Andreas Scholarship Fund
Ella Pillsbury Crosby Scholarship Fund
Frank Austin Carl Memorial Scholarship Fund
Gary L. Rockler Scholarship Fund
General Scholarship Fund
John Garrigan ’62 Scholarship Fund
Kinji Akagawa Fund for Interdisciplinary Studies
Larry Schoenecker Scholarship Fund
MacMillan Scholarship Fund
Michael Guy Sweet ’89 Scholarship Fund
The Open Door Scholarship Fund
Patricia B. Saunders Scholarship Fund
Roberto Matta Scholarship Fund
Roman and Alice Verostko Scholarship Fund
Shirley and Miles Fiterman Scholarship Fund
Tom and Phyllis Colwell Mentoring Scholarship Fund

Associate Benefactors
Funds of $50,000–$99,999

Abby Weed Grey Scholarship Fund
Alexei Tylevich ’94 Scholarship Fund
Bob and Gerry Nehotte ’62 Scholarship Fund
Business and Industry Scholarship Fund
Darwin and Geri Reedy Scholarship Fund
Edmund J. Phelps Scholarship Fund
Edward M. Johnson Art Scholarship Fund
F. McGovan Scholarship Fund
Gail Blake Scholarship Fund
Gary and Mary K. Stern Supporting Scholarship Fund
Jean Bender Schutz ’61 Scholarship Fund
Karen M. Wirth Scholarship Fund*
Kate O’Rourke Memorial Scholarship Fund
Kent and Judy Hodder Media Scholarship Fund
Little & Co. Merit Scholarship Fund
MCAD Alumni Scholarship Fund
Mrs. Paul A. Brooks Fund
Next Generation Scholarship Fund
President Michael O’Keefe Scholarship Fund
Robert L. and Sharon G. Ryan Scholarship Fund
Sharon Baver ’76 Scholarship Fund
Susan Calmenson Scholarship Fund
Thomas White ’90 Memorial Scholarship Fund
Travelers Inc. Scholarship Fund
Virginia M. Binger Arts Scholarship Fund
Warren Moen ’49 Scholarship Fund
Winton Jones Scholarship Fund

Patrons
Funds of $25,000–$49,999

Anonymous Scholarship Fund
Aribert and Joan Munzner Scholarship Fund
Arthur R. Gruber ’32 Scholarship Fund
Birney Quick ’51 Scholarship Fund
Black Leadership Award
Bruce and Mary Bean Sustaining Scholarship Fund
Gary Fink Fine Arts Scholarship Fund
George Morrison ’43 Memorial Scholarship Fund
John and Betsy Massie Scholarship Fund
Kelley Lynch Eternal Optimist Scholarship Fund
Lois J. Simon Memorial Scholarship Fund
Mark Addicks and Tom Hoch Scholarship Fund
MFA 2020 Scholarship Fund
New Horizon Scholarship Fund
Patricia Kennedy Crump Memorial Scholarship Fund
Paul Olsen Scholarship Fund
Peter J. Lindahl Scholarship Fund
Rebecca Alm Scholarship Fund**
Vince Leo Scholarship Fund

*Fund has moved up in value category
**Newly established fund

Trustees

President Sethi with a person showing framed artwork

Board of Trustees

Greg C. Heinemann, Chair • Tara K. Dev, Vice Chair • Mark D. Pihlstrom, Vice Chair • Bruce W.
Bean, Immediate Past Chair • Liz Barrere •
Chris
Barry • Martha Dayton • David Hartwell • Greg
Hoffman ’92 •
M.E.
Kirwan • Marion Parke • Todd Paulson • Elizabeth Sarquis •
Gary M. Surdel • Rajiv
Tandon •
Greg Van Bellinger •
Hunter
Palmer
Wright


Trustees by Virtue of Office
Sanjit Sethi, President

Life Trustees

Bruce W.
Bean •
Susan
Calmenson • Cy DeCosse ’52 • Clinton H. Morrison • Atherton
Bean* • Charles
Bell* •
Philip
Harris* •
Clinton
Morrison*


Trustees Emeriti

David Andreas* •
Gail
Blake •
Patricia
Bratnober
Saunders • William Byars • Thomas
Colwell •
John
Cuningham •
Sheridan Fenwick* • Shirley
Fiterman •
Michael
Halvorson ’66 •
Paul
Hile •
Kent Hodder •
Wayne
Huelskoetter •
Dean
Koutsky ’57 •
Larry
Lamb • James
Larson • Mary
Ash Lazarus •
B. John
Lindahl • Ken
Lindgren* • Lee Lynch •
Betsy Massie •
Bradley
Nuorala •
Dwight Oglesby • Brian Palmer • Paul
Pesek • Craig
Rice •
Jim
Ryman ’65 • Terry
Saario • William
Sands • Diana
Scheff • Rachael
Scherer • Gary
Stern • Missy
Staples Thompson •
Hideki
Yamamoto • Sue
Zelickson

*Deceased

Professors Emeriti

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Kinji Akagawa ’68 • Jerry Allan • Patricia Allred •
Rebecca
Alm •
Philip R. Anderson •
Hazel Belvo • David
Nye Brown* • Kevin Byrne • Tom
DeBiaso •
Frank W.
Dreisbach •
Elizabeth
Erickson • Carole
Fisher ’64 •
Hazel K.
Gamec ’67 • Tom
Garrett ’79 •
David
Goldes •
Phebe D.
Hanson* • Phil Larson • Vince Leo • Frenchy
Lunning •
Mary McDunn •
Lynda Monick-Isenberg • Russell Mroczek* • Ari P.
Munzner • David H.
Novak ’76 •
Paul R.
Olsen ’48* • Thomas Pope • Birney Quick ’51* • Peter
Seitz • Dick O.
Shaw • Roman J.
Verostko •
Ruth Voights •
Dean Wilson • Karen M. Wirth

*Deceased

“With more time to focus on my education, I am excited to have the opportunity to live a life filled with purpose, doing something that means the world to me. There are no words to describe how grateful I am. Thank you.” –Elyse Rennhack ’23

Gifts 2021–22

Gifts by Source

Family funds 12%; Trustees 12.1%; Degreed alumni 3.5%; Parents and friends 6.8%; Event income 26.4%; Foundations 31.1%; Corporations/Organizations 8%

Giving by Area

Unrestricted 21.8%; Annual scholarships 35.1%; Artist fellowship program 23.5%; Programs 19.6%

Thank you

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MCAD acknowledges the preceding donations and support received between June 1, 2021, and May 31, 2022. Every attempt has been made to be accurate. If you discover omissions, misspellings, or other errors, please accept our apologies and bring the error to the attention of the Institutional Advancement Office by emailing Becky Patton at bpatton@mcad.edu.

For information about MCAD’s giving programs, please contact the Institutional Advancement Office at 612.874.3789 or visit mcad.edu/support.

To make an online gift, please visit donate.mcad.edu.