Jacob Yeates ’17, MFA recently presented what do you grow? at Mirror Lab. Created with support from a 2025 Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the exhibition features a new body of drawings and collages reflecting on the violent ideologies and state-sanctioned responses surrounding ongoing climate change and ecological collapse.

Anthony Haden-Guest wrote his thoughts on The Open Eye, an exhibition by the late Wayne Ensurd ’56. His paintings span the wide breadth of his artistic career, and from his start at MCAD.

Haden-Guest notes the early influences of Oskar Kokoshka, who was a guest speaker at MCAD, and his influence on Ensurd’s work. Ensurd went on to not only continue making paintings, but stayed in dialogue with Kokoshka and wrote two books about their process, The Kokoschka Influence and The Kokoschka Legacy.

Jeralyn Victoria ’06 has a new set of watercolors repeating wallpaper patterns available in Area Environments 2026 Spring Collection. Her work features insect and botanical imagery, including moths, lady bugs, butterflies and grapes.

The Minneapolis College of Art and Design is pleased to announce the welcoming of five new candidates to serve on the Board of Trustees; Kerry Fauver and Kate Sherburne.

Karla Mellett ’21 sold five works at the Fandi Mata exhibition, curated by the Ovano Agency. Though they graduated with a degree in 2D and Stop Motion animation, they're an interdisciplinary artist who has expanded into the New York improv and comedy scene.

Their surreal work blends humor and philosophy that reflects the human condition. Their practice connects visual art and storytelling through a surreal, human-centered lens.

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Greg Carideo ’08 recently presented Bottle and Hole in the lower level of the Bureau Gallery. The exhibition, which featured three new sculptures, a light installation, and a custom built pedestal, reflects on unnoticed urban elements and discarded objects.

Sarah Nicole ’18 is showing a new piece, Water Angel Bloom, in an exhibition titled In Full Bloom. The acrylic on raw cotton canvas paintings is also for sale and includes a certificate of authenticity.

Jared Tuttle ’14 designed the logotype for Skydance’s newest animated feature, Swapped featuring Michael B Jordan, Juno Temple and Tracy Morgan. The film follows two mythical creatures who accidentally swap bodies, and learn more about each other and themselves.

The film is available to stream on Netflix, and debuted May 1.

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