Michelle Nugent

Michelle Nugent is an interdisciplinary/mixed media artist and community art facilitator. She
is currently pursuing a Masters of Fine Arts in Community Arts from the Maryland Institute
College of Art. In 2009, she received her BFA in Fine Arts with a minor in Art History from
The College of New Jersey.

During her undergraduate career, Nugent acquired a grant from the National Conference of
Undergraduate Research and the Lancy Foundation (2008) to create a public mural in
collaboration with youth from Trenton, NJ’s West Ward community. She is also a recipient
of the Pamela Joseph Art Scholarship (2009) and the Thomas George Artists Fund Grant
Award (2009).

In addition to her community work in Trenton, NJ, Michelle has also worked with
communities in Philadelphia, PA, creating large-scale murals and facilitating after school
youth art workshops through the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and The Asian Arts
Initiative.

A recent recipient of MICA’s Community Service Fund grant, Michelle is investigating
community cross-cultural exchanges within community in her artwork. Through her own
experiences as a half-White, half-Filipino American artist, she is interested in using art as a
catalyst for dialogue, and exploring new ways of understanding and linking different cultures.