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2026 Visual Art MFA Thesis Exhibition

And with that, the 2025-2026 school year has come to a close. Summer is well underway, so whether you’re taking time away or continuing to create, make sure to celebrate a job well done. To those who graduated- we’re so excited to see what you do next! To those we’ll see again soon- take care of yourselves!☀️ taken in IUI Herron School of Art + Design by @herrongradprograms

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Look / Hear
May 15, 2026
5 - 8 pm

Students completing B.A., B.A.E., B.F.A., B.S., M.A., M.F.A., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees will present their work at the annual Look/Hear celebration.

This one-night extravaganza marks the end of the academic year and features paintings, sculptures, installation art, design solutions, scholarly research, and more.

Explore exhibitions, enjoy light appetizers and beverages, and celebrate Herron’s Class of 2026 and Indianapolis’s emerging visual artists, designers, art educators, art scholars, art therapists, music therapists, musicians, technicians, and design strategists.

Look/Hear will occur in Eskenazi Hall (735 W. New York St.) and Eskenazi Fine Arts Center (1410 Indiana Ave.).

EVENT PARKING + SHUTTLE BUS SERVICE

Parking for Eskenazi Hall is free in the surface lot next to Herron.

Due to construction at Eskenazi Fine Arts Center, parking is limited. Street parking is available at AMP on Gent Ave. and some on Rembrandt St.

A shuttle bus service between the two buildings will be available throughout the evening.

Illustration : @noelle_lauren_
Photos (2/3) : @so.fi.c taken in Herron Galleries by @herrongradprograms

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Herron’s Graduate Exhibitions open this Thursday, April 30, with a reception from 5–8 PM at Eskenazi Hall in all 3 galleries.

Join us for an evening celebrating the work of our graduate students completing their masters degrees in Fine Art, Art Therapy, and Design.

Featured here is a sneak peek of Cornfed & Queer, a series by Kate Luce, included in the MFA Thesis Exhibition in the Berkshire, Reese, and Paul Galleries.

We hope to see you there! by @herrongradprograms

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First year MFA student exhibition Fools’ Errand opens this Wednesday, April 1 from 5-8pm in the EFAC galleries!! Here are a few lovely snippets I caught in class today during install. Can’t wait to see work up!! taken in Herron Fine Arts Eskenazi Building by @herrongradprograms

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First year MFA student Rafael Caro is working on an autobiographical series that use material as a language of metaphor, memory, and connection. These mixed-media portraits of family members are an attempt to hold together what distance tries to pull apart. #screenprint #mixedmedia #portrait #familyhistory #contemporaryart taken in IUI Herron School of Art + Design by @herrongradprograms

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Emma Zuercher is a first year MFA student working with native plants, bioplastics, and casting processes to explore ephemerality. #contemporarysculpture #metalcasting #bioplastics #nativeplants #materialexploration taken in IUI Herron School of Art + Design by @herrongradprograms

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For her thesis project, second year MFA student Meaghan Fleming is building steel dogs adorned with intricately knotted embroidery floss and surrounded by an oversize friendship bracelet with steel charms. This work explores the complexities of female adolescence by placing materials traditionally associated with strength, permanence, and industry in direct conversation with soft, domestic, and craft-based processes, disrupting hierarchies between hard and soft, masculine and feminine, public and private. #contemporarysculpture #contemporarycraft #labor #installationart #womenwhoweld taken in IUI Herron School of Art + Design by @herrongradprograms

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Calvin Caskey is a first year MFA student in painting and drawing. He is currently exploring nature and the landscape as a source of grounding, immigration policies as they intersect the natural world, and political corruption.
#contemporarypainting #reliefprinting #nature #landscape #creativeexploration taken in IUI Herron School of Art + Design by @herrongradprograms

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Second year MFA student Bekah Pollard has been in the studio tufting and pom pom making for her textile installations for the upcoming thesis show!
#contemporaryfiberart #colorful #yarn #installationart #flowstate taken in IUI Herron School of Art + Design by @herrongradprograms

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A peek inside the studio of 1st-year MFA candidate Chayton Davidson, an image-based artist examining Midwestern heritage and transforming everyday life into a visual narrative using photography, archived material study, and installation. #contemporaryphotography #installationart #visualnarrative #mfa #midwest taken in IUI Herron School of Art + Design by @herrongradprograms

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Second year MFA student Kate Luce in her studio finishing up her last camouflage figure painting that will be included in the MFA thesis show, and experimenting with sculpture by casting pączki, painting them, and adding glitter on top! #contemporarypainting #figurepainting #selfportrait #pinkcamo #contemporarysculpture taken in IUI Herron School of Art + Design by @herrongradprograms

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Thinking of applying to one of our grad programs? You’re in luck, you can apply FOR FREE from Dec. 1-7th!

#gradschool #artschool #musictech #mfa #arttherapy #design taken in IUI Herron School of Art + Design by @herrongradprograms

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