MCAD President Sanjit Sethi speaks with curator, arts advocate, and community leader Rosie Gordon-Wallace. Gordon-Wallace shares her experience as the pioneering founder of Diaspora Vibe Culture Arts Incubator in Miami, a leading platform for a
Recorded during the Race and Design 2021 Presidential Lecture Series. MCAD President Sanjit Sethi speaks with Amanda Huynh, a product, interaction, and food designer, and professor at Pratt Institute; and Rosemary Ugboajah, founder and CEO of N
MCAD President Sanjit Sethi welcomes Ben Cameron, President of the Jerome Foundation, and Marianna Schaffer, Vice President of Programs at the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, to discuss how the philanthropic field has changed and how foundations
In this episode, MCAD President Sanjit Sethi speaks with Sarah Bellamy of the St. Paul-based Penumbra Theatre, one of the nation’s oldest and largest African American theater companies. Sarah discusses Penumbra’s history and how the organizatio
This episode's guests also happen to be MCAD alumni—technical artist and animator Mike Medicine Horse '00 and print-based studio artist Jonathan Herrera Soto '17.Hosted by MCAD President Sanjit Sethi, the conversation explores creativity and e
Lili Hall and Todd Paulson are the founder/CEO and Chief Creative Officer of KNOCK, inc., a full-experience creative agency with a strong commitment to community development. Sanjit spoke with Lili and Todd about the what it means to be a value
Gülgün Kayim is an interdisciplinary theater artist, writer and teacher. She serves as Director of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy for the City of Minneapolis. She and Sanjit spoke on May 28, three days after George Floyd was killed and
DeAnna and Roger Cummings founded Juxtaposition Arts twenty-five years ago in North Minneapolis to engage young artists in education and career development through creativity. As Chief Cultural Producer, Roger activates relationships between sp
Ifrah Mansour is a Somali, refugee, Muslim, multimedia artist, and educator residing in Minnesota. Sanjit and Ifrah talked in mid-May about how those identities are important to her work and about how curiosity, dialogue, and representation are
Yia Vang is owner and chef of Union Hmong Kitchen and forthcoming restaurant Vinai in Northeast Minneapolis. Yia is a phenomenal presence in the Twin Cities food scene and celebrates Hmong culture throughout his work. Sanjit and Yia spoke at th
Hend Al-Mansour ‘02, MFA is a visual artist practicing in Minneapolis. Hend and Sanjit talk about Hend's childhood in Saudi Arabia, her transition from doctor to artist, and about how her move to the United States changed her relationship to Is
R.T. Rybak is the former mayor of Minneapolis and the President of the Minneapolis Foundation. Sanjit and R.T. talk about the unfinished work of disrupting police culture in Minneapolis, R.T.'s past, and how to correct inequities for today.Lea
Tricia Heuring–a professor, curator, and arts organizer–both lives and teaches this idea of cultural leadership. In this first episode of the podcast, Sanjit and Tricia talk about her intuitive path to curatorial work, the creation of Public Fu
Welcome to On Topic: a new podcast from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. In season 1, President Sanjit Sethi explores the topics of creative cultural leadership and resiliency You can find writings and ways to join the conversation