Educating the Next Generation of Creative Cultural Leaders
Jul 22, 2021
Sanjit Sethi, Pres., Mpls College of Art & Design
Educating the Next Generation of Creative Cultural Leaders

Sanjit Sethi

President of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Sanjit Sethi has two decades of experience as an artist, curator and cultural leader. Sethi’s previous positions include Director of the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at George Washington University, Director of the Center for Art and Public Life, Barclay Simpson Professor, and Chair of Community Arts at the California College of the Arts; and Executive Director of the Santa Fe Art Institute. Additionally, Sethi has taught at the Srishti School of Art, Design, and Technology; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Sethi received a BFA from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, an MFA in Ceramics from University of Georgia, and an MS in Advanced Visual Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sethi has been awarded numerous grants and fellowships, including a grant from the Robert Rauschenberg, and a Fulbright fellowship in India. He serves on the boards of the Alliance for Artist Communities, the Jerome Foundation, the Association for Independent Colleges of Art and Design and Moving Arts Espanola.

Sanjit Sethi is the 19th President of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.