Chair for Visual Arts
Michael Baggarly is an Associate Professor of Art at Middle Tennessee State University where he teaches Sculpture and 3-D Design. He lives and works in Murfreesboro, TN with his wife Melodie and two children Kaia and Caedryn. Michael earned a BFA (Magna Cum Laude) from Western Kentucky University in 1998 and MA and MFA degrees from University of Iowa in 2001 and 2002 as an Iowa Arts Fellowship recipient. His art has been exhibited nationally and internationally in juried and invitational exhibitions. As an artist, Michael is drawn to a range of materials. Working between cast iron, complex steel/ wood fabrications, and 3D printed mixed media provides him a range of options to address his conceptual interests.
Michael has been involved with the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts for a total of ten years—serving as the Sculpture Instructor from 2002 to 2011, and returning to the role again in 2025. This is his first year as Chair of the Visual Arts Program.
