Meghan Collins

Meghan Collins, a proud alumna of MSU’s Art Education program, joined the MSU Broad Art Museum in 2015 after teaching art in K–8 public schools in Lansing, Michigan, and Montgomery County, Maryland. She is part of the School for Art Leaders through the National Art Education Association and regularly presents at state and national conferences. She holds a Master of Arts in art education from the Maryland Institute College of Art and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in art education from MSU.

Points of pride for Meghan include developing programs that encourage youth and educators to see art as an opportunity to express curiosity and empathy while learning about the world around us. She mentors undergraduate students who engage with local youth through the K–12 engagement program In The Making: Young Minds at the MSU Broad Art Museum, which centers student voice through thoughtful gallery experiences and art-making opportunities. This fall marks the fourth year of her leadership in the Global DEI Through Art teacher fellowship program, a professional development community formed in partnership with MSU International Studies and Programs Centers. Collins also recently joined the Department of Art, Art History, and Design as an Assistant Professor of Art Education. “Art museum experiences invite us to look closely at what people make, showing what matters to a person in their place and time. Contemporary art in particular offers so many opportunities for youth and educators to be curious and thoughtful about ways artists communicate what cannot be said with words about the world we live in today.”