In this episode of iNNOVATION Insights, host Dr. Eulanda Sanders sits down with Marie Bukowski, MFA, Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Wichita State University and internationally recognized artist and printmaker, to explore the intersection of creative practice, arts leadership, and innovation in higher education.

Marie shares her journey from practicing artist to academic leader, reflecting on how her studio practice informs her approach to curriculum design, faculty development, and the building of interdisciplinary creative ecosystems.

She discusses what it means to lead arts programs during times of rapid change and why innovation in the arts is rooted in experimentation, process, and lived experience. This conversation dives into Marie’s approach to creative research as inquiry, her belief in making work as a form of reflect ...