Honoring the Spring 2024 graduates; the Spring Commencement Ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 11 at 3:00 pm at the Children’s Theatre Main Stage (2400 3rd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404). Following the ceremony, please join us for the Commencement Exhibition Reception in MCAD's Main Gallery, where work by graduating BFA and BS students is on display.
Due to limited seating, tickets are required for admission to the ceremony.
Commencement Ceremony
2024 Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Awards
MA of Sustainable Design
Michele Moore
MA of Graphic and Web Design
Dani Sundelle
Master of Fine Arts
Victor Sánchez
Fine Arts
Max Paulin
Media Arts
Hollie Legget
Design
A. Simone
Creative Entrepreneurship
Erin Hattenberger
Commencement Address: Seitu Jones
Artist and advocate Seitu Ken Jones has been tending the soil of community through art for more than 40 years. He has harnessed the tools of visual art, infrastructure, and civic engagement that links history to the present and honors the community’s historic figures, natural resources, and cultural traditions. Jones’ large-scale sculptural installation Turnip Greens was dedicated in 2019 in the Nashville Farmers Market, inspired by its bounty of food and Black culture. In 2014, he convened A Community Meal for two thousand people over dinner at a table in St. Paul. His site-specific installations for the Twin Cities Light Rail Transit system blend visual beauty with local history. In 2013, he co-founded Frogtown Farm, an urban garden created with and for neighborhood residents. A retired faculty member of Goddard College in Washington State, Jones holds a BS degree in Landscape Design and MLS degree in Environmental History from University of Minnesota. He has been a Senior Fellow in Agricultural Systems at University of Minnesota and a member of the board of managers for the Capitol Region Watershed District.
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Grey Anderson, Animation
grey-arts.com | @grey.animation
Ellis Anderson, Comic Art
kazeryve.wixsite.com/kazeryve | @kazeryve
Isadora Androff, Animation
@iamppe57
Michael Arachikavitz, Animation
linktr.ee/ekrixart | @ekrixart
(Taha) Tahatunhahelahawi Rayan Arnold, Comic Art
tahabiscuits.carrd.co | @taha_biscuits
Paige Arnold, Animation
@pumpkin_python
Emily Augustin, Graphic Design
emilyaugustin.cargo.site
Abriana Simone, Illustration
asimone.net/ | @asimoneillustration
Hannah Rae Butala, Print and Paperbook
@hannahrae.art
Niika Caine, Graphic Design
niikacaine.cargo.site | @seraphinacaine
Andy Carey, Animation
Tenaya Coles, Animation
tcoles.myportfolio.com
Emma Crosby, Drawing and Painting
emmacrosby1.wordpress.com | @ybcrosby.art
Charles Branch Davis III, Comic Art
@charles_b_davis_iii
Emma Domen, Illustration
emmadomen.cargo.site | @emmajdomen
Charlie Douglas, Product Design
instagram.com/cdouglas_designs/
Lilly Drew, Filmmaking
http://ldrew072c.myportfolio.com http://www.instagram.com/_dr3wdraws/
Michael DuFresne, Comic Art
Nico Enstrom, Fine Arts Studio
nicoenstrom.myportfolio.com | @nicosart_nicosart
Payton Felper, Print and Paperbook
@sillyw0rmz
Indigo Felton, Comic Art
indigomoon14.wixsite.com
Richard Flores, Drawing and Painting
@tallgnome
LOTTIE FRAASE, Graphic Design
monolarkey.com | @monolarkey
Isaac Furey, Graphic Design
isaacfurey.com | @isaacfurey
Rhys Gaer, Illustration
artstation.com/homemade_salt_art | @homemade.salt
Connor Gibb, Product Design
connorgibbdesigns.weebly.com
Taylor Goetsch, Illustration
tgoet.myportfolio.com | @tayburskunst
Joella Goyette, Animation
jgoyette.myportfolio.com | @goyejo
Lillian Graupman, Graphic Design
Sophia Groves, Fine Arts Studio
@Aka_sophiebear
Hana Hartmann, Animation
Poppy (Cici) Hè, Illustration
Breanna Hickmott, Fine Arts Studio
breannahickmott.com | @loonandfish
Grace, Illustration
@utttoka
Ani Jamison, Comic Art
ani-jamison.com | @waywardsunlight
Kiera Joseph, Animation
kierajoseph.weebly.com | @kiwikoalaa
Leah Kehr, Illustration
leahkehr.myportfolio.com | @leahsartleahsart
Ian Kim, Drawing and Painting
ikim1db9.myportfolio.com | @iantheart
Kaitlin Klennert, Illustration
kaitlinklennert.myportfolio.com | @katieklennert.art
Allison Kolden, Illustration
allisonkolden.com | @allisauuce
Manteneh Koroma, Animation
@koroma_house
Peter Krueger, Fine Arts Studio
pkruegerart.carrd.co
Kaleigh Lagerquist, Animation
invaderkay.com | @invader.kay
Zia Lahn, Animation
zlahn196c.myportfolio.com
Karen Lai, Animation
Baylee Larson, Animation
Naoto Lichtblau-Tepley, Comic Art
shoegomi.com | @shoegomi
Dennis Lin, Graphic Design
@d3nnislin
Kenzie Lindow, Illustration
kenzielindow.myportfolio.com | @kenzie.lindow
Sarah Longfield, Furniture Design
sarahlongfield.art
Isabelle Margan, Illustration
kayphtheknight.wixsite.com | @kayphtheknight
Amanda Mattson, Fine Arts Studio
Rammy McKee, Illustration
rammymckee.cargo.site | @commanderrammy
Valentine Mott, Illustration
polturghost.com | @polturghost
Noor Mroueh, Animation
2moonbeam3.wixsite.com | @1_.moon._.beam._1
Miles Mullen, Photography
@miles.mullen
Kalley Nelson, Illustration
khncreative.myportfolio.com | @khn_creative
Sarah Nelson, Graphic Design
sarahnelsonportfolio.myportfolio.com
Breena Neubauer, Animation
Jay Newman, Drawing and Painting
3xsforluck.com | @threetimesforluck
Gavin Nixon, Fine Arts Studio
teemnixon.com | @teemnixon
Okechukwu David Okoronkwo, Product Design
mujoanomie.com | @mujoanomie
Ari Orsino, Comic Art
http://www.instagram.com/ari_orsino/
Sammi Ouellette, Illustration
sammisportfolio.godaddysites.com | @sammi_art_
Abby Owen, Photography
@aabigail.owen
Jackson Parrish, Graphic Design
jacksonparrish.myportfolio.com
Maxwell Paulin, Fine Arts Studio
maxpaulin12.wixsite.com | @3maxpaulins
Celia Prom, Illustration
cprom.myportfolio.com | @promfolio
Lynaea Russom, Drawing and Painting
lynaearussom.myportfolio.com | @lyn.aea
Benji Salinas, Photography
@benjisalinasart
Eh Ku Du Say, Filmmaking
@ehkudu_photograph
Laurel "Yoyo" Scheel, Animation
Chase Schulte, Graphic Design
cschulte.cargo.site | @cchaseno
Luke Mars Smith, Comic Art
martianluke.com | @martianlukeart
Bug Sommerness, Animation
littlebugillustrations.carrd.co | @littlebugfantasies
Ariana Mai Stanchfield, Comic Art
glitchymai.carrd.co | @glitchy_mai
Tee Stewart, Animation
teeglitch.carrd.co | @teeglitch
McKayla Stieve, Illustration
mstieve8249.myportfolio.com | @kaylatheseahag
Carter Stine, Graphic Design
morecarter.cargo.site | @more.carter
Ren Stokesbary, Web and Multimedia
Jagoda Julianna Swallop, Comic Art
jjswallop3.wixsite.com/vampyard | @vampyard
Lucas Teasdale, Comic Art
sleepylucas.com | @outlawed.lucas
Douglas Thoms, Illustration
douglasthomsart.myportfolio.com | @douglasthomsart
Lily Tug, Fine Arts Studio
@tugbugart
Indira, Comic Art
behance.net/
Lily Vernon Vanderwood, Fine Arts Studio
vernonvanderwood.com | @vernofthewoods
Tiffany Pavoua Vang, Comic Art
ricecakefactory.com | @tuff_vangu
Pa Nhia Vanessa Vang, Animation
Anthony Viray, Graphic Design
vrydsgn.cargo.site | @antwanbased
Ozzy Von Eschen, Comic Art
aslenv123.wixsite.com/ozzy-portfolio | @dekuman_crybaby_
Karrington Walker, Comic Art
karringtonw.carrd.co | @top_notch_turnip
Austin Watts, Animation
Fin Anton Weber, Comic Art
finweber.com | @finweber_