The MCC Fine Arts Program is a dynamic space where art and community thrive; experience it for yourself at one of our many fine arts events throughout the year!
Courtney Hayes grew up in the Flint area, with a long-time passion for art, videography, and photography. She attended Mott Community College out of high school in 2008 and returned in 2018 for art and design. Since then she has worked with some of the largest companies in Detroit, most notably in graphic design, video, and photo for the Detroit Grand Prix. She is also a part of a local film crew in Flint called Flint Rat Films and helped produce their first feature-length film in 2024.
“I like to mix the world of cinema into graphic design. I like each piece to feel like a scene from a movie.”
Reflections of Influence
Art is a reflection of a thousand influences—a conversation that stretches across generations from mentor to student. In the exhibition Reflections of Influence, Mott Community College proudly makes this dialogue visible, presenting a compelling and dynamic collection of student work that serves as a direct response to the concurrent faculty show at the Greater Flint Arts Council.
Jason Schroeder is a Chicago-based photographer, painter, and digital artist (MFA 2011, BFA 2008, School of the Art Institute of Chicago) currently making photographs of the Chicago and mid‐Michigan landscape. Originally from Bay City, Michigan, Schroeder studied science, mathematics, and psychology in his early twenties before pursuing a career in the arts. These interests continue to influence his artistic projects.
He has lived and exhibited work in Chicago since 2010. In addition to a recent solo show at Art City’s New Gallery (Eye On the Sky, Chicago Heaven, 2024), he has exhibited work in several recent group shows at the Chicago Fine Art Salon Gallery. Other recent shows include Limited Space (Des Moines, 2021), and published work in Lover’s Eye Press (2021). He was a resident artist at Fulton Market Kitchen in West Loop (May 2017) and was the lead crew artist for a significant mural in Rogers Park (2017). Schroeder’s work was selected four years in a row for inclusion in Nippon Steel USA Art Appreciation Program (2007-‐2011).
“Students in Mott Community College’s Studio Arts program take various foundation-level and upper-level studio art courses before graduating with their Associate of Fine Arts degree. As a capstone to their studies, students take ART 204: Foundations Portfolio, a course that helps them learn how to prepare their portfolio and prepare themselves to become professional artists. This exhibition highlights their work while celebrating their journey as Studio Art majors at Mott Community College.”
~Tim Kranz, Professor of Art.
Pinfeather Art Studio is a collaboration of husband and wife team Chris Kamykowski and Stassia Fulmer who create a variety of functional and decorative contemporary ceramics out of their home studio in Grass Lake, MI both independently and collaboratively.
Stassia's ceramic work is rooted in her background of ink illustration, printmaking, and ceramics. She pulls inspiration from nature and the local flora & fauna, illustrating by hand each of her pieces. Stassia’s work is an exploration into different illustration techniques and how to apply them to ceramics.
Chris’ work incorporates architectural design influences, while mimicking the facets of low-resolution digital models. Chris plays with the contrast of both color and texture, while also highlighting his forms with the melt of the glaze.
Antillean Blue Hour
Marvin Dabideen is an part-time instructor at Mott Community College who began teaching Art Appreciation in Fall 2024. Marvin is a Trinidadian-American visual artist and educator who has lived and worked in Michigan since 2003. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of MIchigan-Flint, having taken early art classes at Mott Community College. He then received his Master of Fine Arts at Kendall College of Art and Design, where he also served as a Continuing Education Instructor in Painting and Drawing. Apart from creating and exhibiting his own work Marvin has curated numerous art exhibitions celebrating local artists within the Flint and Grand Rapids communities.
Antillean Blue Hour is an ongoing series of paintings by Trinidadian American artist Marvin Dabideen, examining the artist’s Caribbean heritage, post-colonial identity and the immigrant experience. The paintings explore both the collective and personal perspectives of the Caribbean through historical events, festivities, folklore, family and friends.
Cynthia Greig is a visual artist working primarily in photography, video and installation. Her work has been shown in both solo and group exhibitions in the US and abroad, and is held in the public collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY, Light Work, Syracuse, NY, Museum of Contemporary Art, London, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Peel Art Gallery, Museum + Archives, and Smith College Museum of Art as well as corporate and private collections. Inspired by collecting 19th and early 20th century photographs, she began researching the history of the representation of women, which led to inventing the fictional character of a nineteenth-century cross-dressing female photographer, Isabelle Raymond, as part of her installation, New Eden: The Life and Work of Isabelle Raymond. Along with fellow artist and collector Cate Smith, Greig co-authored the book of photographs, Women in Pants: Manly Maidens, Cowgirls and Other Renegades, published by Harry N. Abrams in 2003
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Concert are held in the Mott Memorial Building (MMB) (unless noted otherwise) and are free and open to the public. For more information, please call the Music Office at 762-0459.
Donations will support MCC Music Scholarships.
