Michael Strand
Associate Professor
Art Department, Chair
Center for Liturgical Art, Director
Art Department
Profile
Michael Strand is the chair of the Department of Art at Concordia and serves also as the director of the Center for Liturgical Art. After receiving his master's in painting from St. Cloud State University and his M.F.A. in ceramics from the University of Nebraska, Strand completed an artist's residency at the Artigas-Miro Foundation in Barcelona, Spain. Strand previously taught at Midland Lutheran College and was the education director at the University Place Art Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, and worked exclusively as a professional artist. His work can be found in several private and public collections including: Hilton Hotels International, General Mills Corporation, New York, Alnwick Castle: Duke of Northumberland Collection, England, Artigas-Miro foundation, Spain, Kirov Ballet Company, Russia, University of Nebraska at Lincoln and the city of Omaha.
Education
M.F.A., University of Nebraska
M.A., St. Cloud State University
B.F.A., St. Cloud State University
Courses taught
Art Theory, Design, Ceramics, and Art History