Student Debt is the Star of Michigan State U. Art Exhibit
It is said that great art comes from the world you know best.
Given the staggering level of student debt nowadays, the new exhibit at Michigan State University should be a hit.
The Eli and Edythe Broad (BROHD) Art Museum at Michigan State University is teaming up with an Istanbul-based art organization on an exhibit that explores student debt in higher education.
The exhibition entitled “Day After Debt: A Call for Student Loan Relief” will be installed in spaces throughout the East Lansing museum from Sunday through April 12. The Broad is working with Protocinema on the project initiated by Kurdish artist Ahmet Ogut.
Museum officials say the exhibition responds “to the debt culture that has grown around the demand for higher education” as well as “the pressures that it places upon graduates.”
Organizers say the works include a collection box composed of shredded U.S. currency and a transparent plastic bag accompanied by a humorous hierarchy of donation levels.