Metropolitan Community College Creative Arts and Design

07/06/2026

Please join us this evening to celebrate "Sinew," works by Wabwila Mugala, currently on view in MCC’s Gallery of Art and Design at the Elkhorn Valley Campus. A reception will start at 5:30, followed by an artist lecture starting at 6:00.

Elkhorn Valley Campus
829 N. 204th St.
Elkhorn, NE

"Sinew" sutures indigo textiles and designs that draw from the printing practices, writing systems and cosmologies in the African diaspora. This immersive work invites viewers to engage with indigo as a hue of resilience, creativity and knowledge. "Sinew" explores the multiple lives of these materials; cotton, indigo, cowrie shell beads and venerates the hands and memories that carried them.

Wabwila Mugala is a Zambian-born designer and interdisciplinary artist currently based in Lawrence, Kansas. She received her BFA in New Media and Design at UNC Greensboro and MFA in Printmaking at Arizona State University (2025). Her practice engages with the call-and-response within the African diaspora which has led her to build her own visual glossary of diasporic symbols, patterns and designs.

06/05/2026

Congratulations to Andrea Behrens and Sean Lee for their 2nd Place finish in the 3D Visualization and Animation category at the SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference! Andrea, Sean, and advisor Jordan Scribner were part of a large contingent of MCC students and instructors who represented Nebraska at the national competition. Congrats to all the competitors!

05/18/2026

Come and congratulate the most recent graduates of the MCC photography program as they present their final portfolios. Skills acquired over two years in the program will be on display as they show a single body of work created during their final quarter at Metropolitan Community College.

05/18/2026

05/16/2026

Congratulations to the 80 Creative Arts and Design graduates getting their degrees today! We are so proud of all you have accomplished! ❤️Your CAaD Faculty

04/23/2026

Tonight's the night! The 26th Annual MCC Student Art Exhibition will open with a reception and award ceremony on Thursday, April 23 in the Gallery of Art and Design at the Elkhorn Valley Campus. This juried exhibition features 38 students from the Creative Arts and Design Academic Focus Area. The artwork includes drawing, painting, ceramics, photography, sculpture, printmaking, video and digital arts. All are welcome to celebrate these talented artists with a reception from 6:-7:30 p.m., including food prepared by MCC Culinary Arts students. Scholarships and purchase awards will be announced at 6:30 p.m. The 26th Annual MCC Student Art Exhibition will be on display in the Gallery of Art and Design through May 14.

Image Credit: JD Villafuerte, winner of the 25th Annual Student Art Exhibition

04/21/2026

Join us at the Elkhorn Valley Campus on April 30th as MCC Creative Arts + Design will be hosting a lecture by photographer Richard Sharum beginning at 6:00pm.

Richard Sharum is an editorial and documentary photographer based in upstate New York. Mainly focusing on socio-economic or social justice dilemmas concerning the human condition, his work has been regarded as in-depth, up-close and personal.

His work has been published by LFI (Leica International), British Journal of Photography, LensCulture, The Atlantic, Texas Monthly, Publico (Portugal), El Pais (Spain), Observer (UK), The Wall Street Journal, B+W Photo Magazine, Huck Magazine, Glasstire, PATRON, Creative Review, among others.

He will be speaking about his project Spina Americana,
Long-term project exploring and documenting a 100 mile-wide corridor of land and people that runs through the Central United States, between the borders of Mexico and Canada.

We hope to see you there.