(SCENE) Metrospace was founded by the City of East Lansing in 2004, and continues to be operated by the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at Michigan State University. Located in downtown East Lansing, it was founded in 2004 as a response to the “Cool Cities” initiative set forth by former Governor Granholm. (SCENE) Metrospace has maintained a diverse range of visual art exhibitions, musical performances, and other forms of expression since it’s opening. In 2015 the City of East Lansing and Michigan State University joined forces to program and operate the space. (SCENE) Metrospace hosts 6-week themed exhibitions featuring work by contemporary artists. Please see below for more information about Exhibitions hosted by (SCENE) Metrospace since the fall of 2015. If you are interested in learning more about exhibitions and special programming hosted by (SCENE) Metrospace beginning in 2006 up until Spring of 2015, please visit the archive created by the City of East Lansing.
2019 EAST LANSING SCHOOLS VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION
Featuring work made by East Lansing Elementary, Middle School, and High School students.
May 10 – June 2, 2019
A juried group exhibition featuring the work of MSU Undergraduate students from the Department of Art, Art History, and Design.
April 5 – April 28, 2019
A solo exhibition featuring the work of Helina Metaferia, MSU Artist-in-Residence: Critical Race Studies
February 8 – March 29, 2019
POP-UP ART MARKET
A pop-up exhibition featuring work from current MSU MFA Candidates Hector Acuna, Laurén Brady, Rebecca Casement, Chelsea Markuson, Mary Peacock, Andrew Somoskey, and Emily Somoskey.
December 14, 2018 – January 30, 2019
A solo exhibition featuring a decade of work made by local artist Scott Yukio Fergus.
November 4 – December 2, 2018
A curated group exhibition featuring works as discrete narrative objects and cohesively indicative of the story of our time.
September 14 – October 28, 2018
A national juried exhibition featuring works exploring drawing and printmaking on paper.
July 27–August 31, 2018
June 1–July 15, 2018
2018 EAST LANSING SCHOOLS VISUAL ART EXHIBITION
Featuring work made by East Lansing Elementary and Middle School students.
May 4–May 24, 2018
A juried group exhibition featuring Undergraduate work from the MSU Department of Art, Art History, and Design.
March 23, 2018 –April 27, 2018
A solo exhibition featuring Alejandro T. Acierto, MSU Artist-In-Residence: Critical Race Studies.
January 19, 2018 –March 10, 2018
A pop-up exhibition featuring work from current MSU MFA Candidates Hector Acuna, Jazzmyn Barbosa, Laura Baszynski, Laurén Brady, Rebecca Casement, Liz Luna, Chelsea Markuson, Mary Peacock, Mehrdad Sedaghat, Andrew Somoskey, and Emily Somoskey.
December 8, 2017 – January 5, 2018
A solo exhibition featuring Nature, Science, Philosophy, Art History plus found objects and words by Robert B. Park.
September 15, 2017 – November 4, 2017
A solo exhibition featuring the recent work of Aj Cooke
June 23 – August 13, 2017
2017 EAST LANSING SCHOOLS VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION
A juried exhibition featuring artwork created by students from East Lansing Schools.
May 12 – June 3, 2017
BAD CAMEL PRESS PRESENTS: GESTURAL CHEESECAKE
A one day student pop-up exhibition featuring traditional hand-press, letterpress, relief printing, and mixed-media processes.
May 5, 2017
2017 UNDERGRADUATE JURIED EXHIBITION
An annual exhibition of Undergraduate Artwork from the MSU Department of Art, Art History, and Design.
March 24 – April 30, 2017
A solo exhibition featuring the drawings & paintings of Dana Saulnier
January 27 – March 17, 2017
A juried national exhibition surveying the dualistic nature of our dreams.
December 2, 2016 – January 15, 2017
A solo exhibition featuring the work of Anna Buckner.
October 14 – November 20, 2016
A juried national exhibition featuring drawings that engage with concepts of time and space.
August 26 – October 2, 2016
Solo exhibition featuring the sculptures of Nathaniel Foley
July 8 – August 19, 2016
RECONFIGURE
A regional exhibition featuring Steve Barber, Mark Chatterley, Illene Curts, Curt LaCross, and Bruce Thayer.
May 20 – June 27, 2016
BAD CAMEL PRESS
A one day student pop-up exhibition featuring traditional hand-press, letterpress, relief printing, and mixed-media processes.
April 27, 2015
2016 UNDERGRADUATE JURIED EXHIBITION
An annual exhibition of Undergraduate Artwork from the MSU Department of Art, Art History, and Design.
April 1 – April 24, 2016
ON WALLS
A pop-up exhibition of work from a week long graphic design workshop.
March 25, 2016
2016 EAST LANSING SCHOOLS VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION
A juried exhibition featuring artwork created by students from East Lansing Schools.
February 26 – March 12, 2016
ALTER + COMBINE
A national juried exhibition that explores the possibilities of an additive or subtractive action.
January 22 – February 21, 2016
CLOSER
A national juried exhibition of work intended to be viewed from an intimate distance.
November 13, 2015 – January 8, 2016
PLACE IN PROXIMITY
A regional juried exhibition of work featuring artists from Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.
September 18 – October 30, 2015