Jamie Kubat

Senior, Fine Arts Studio
Class of 1978 Senior Merit Award $4,000
Liberal Arts Merit Award $2,000
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What kind of work are you excited to make next?

More books, more paper, more installations. I'm also excited to examine the notion of the traditional gallery space and its relationship to viewers.

What are your hopes/goals for your senior year? And beyond?

I'm looking forward to earning my teaching artist minor and refining my studio practice. Beyond? I can't wait to adopt a cat, travel, and make art out in the world.

Best thing you ever got on the free shelf?

A really nice knit sweater-poncho (perfect for surviving these cold Minnesota winters) and a pair of ripped jeans that fit me—and my aesthetic—perfectly.

Teaching Artist Practicum Biography

Jamie Kubat is a Minneapolis based artist who earned their BFA in Fine Arts Studio (concentration in PrintPaperBook), with minors in both Art History and as a Teaching Artist. Their books, printmaking, and sculpture centers the narrative potential and materiality of handmade paper, fiber, and found or gathered resources from nature to create beauty and connect viewers to stories of love, loss, disruption, and healing told through a queer lens.

Jamie’s goal as an educator is to foster a supportive and nonjudgmental space for people to be creative without having to ask the question why. They believe in affording people the safety to explore and be messy as a natural part of the process of gaining experience.

After MCAD Jamie plans to expand their studio and teaching practices through residencies and workshops, and eventually pursue a master’s degree.

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