The Michigan State University Art Department Undergraduate Show, Mar 28-Apr 19

(SCENE) Metrospace is happy to be hosting the Michigan State University Art Department’s Undergraduate Exhibition!

The undergraduate exhibition is a juried show that features the works of students enrolled in classes at Michigan State University in the Department of Art, Art History and Design.

The exhibition runs from March 28^th until April 19^th.

Gallery visits are free. Regular gallery hours are Thursdays from 2-5 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays from 2-6 p.m., Sundays from noon-4 p.m., and by appointment.

Stop by and be (SCENE)!

Judge: Gregory Tom

About the Judge: Born in Los Angeles, Gregory Tom is an educator, artist and curator currently serving as Eastern Michigan University's Gallery Programs Director since 2010.  He has taught ceramics at Wayne State University, University of Michigan Ann Arbor and Oakland Community College, and was also the Deputy Director at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) prior to his current position at EMU.  His artwork has been show nationally and internationally, and is represented in the collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Cranbrook Art Museum, University of Michigan Museum Art and the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Collection.  His notable recent creative activities include: group exhibitions of the collaborative Object Orange at the US Pavilion at the 2012 Venice Architectural Biannual in the Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good, which won an honorable mention from the team of international jurors; and photographs shown at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago for the Peripheral Views: States of America exhibition. Most recently, he curated an exhibition of sculptural works, titled (In)Habitation, which opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit in summer 2012.  He currently lives in Eastern Market in Detroit and has a studio in Corktown.  Gregory Tom attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY and Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, MI, where he received his MFA in Ceramics in 2005.

Awards are given in the following areas: ceramics, drawing, electronic art + intermedia, graphic design, photography, painting, printmaking and sculpture.

(SCENE) Metrospace is East Lansing’s City-funded alternative art gallery and performance space. It is located at 110 Charles St. in downtown East Lansing. Contact Tim Lane at scenemetrospace@gmail.com or visit www.scenemetrospace.com  for more information about the space.