Alumni Events
Join us for alumni meetups, exhibitions, lectures, workshops, special events, and more.
It’s easier than ever to stay connected with fellow alumni and the MassArt community- both in-person and virtually! Alumni can take advantage of the many Visiting Artists & Lecture Series, departmental exhibitions, events at the MassArt Art Museum (MAAM), and more.
CUT ONCE | 2025 FURNITURE DESIGN CERTIFICATE SHOWCASE
- Friday, February 7, 2025, Design and Media Center
MassArt’s Doran Graduate Gallery is pleased to present CUT ONCE on view from February 3 – 21, 2025. The exhibition showcases work of MassArt Furniture Design Certificate Students alongside Furniture Design faculty and staff, alumni, plus current BFA students working in furniture and wood. CUT ONCE serves as a reminder of the risk involved while working with a material such as wood while also celebrating the opportunity for...
- Exhibition
- public
- Free
MAAM Talks
- Saturday, February 8, 2025 / 2:30pm to 3:00pm, MassArt Art Museum
Join a MAAM student employee for an interactive gallery experience that centers conversation and collective reflection. Explore select works featured in our current exhibition, Future Fossils. Free! This event is intended for individuals and small groups of 5 or less. Groups of 5 or more individuals interested in a guided museum experience must submit a group visit request found here at...
- Student Activity
- public
- Free
Make with MAAM: Material Memory
- Saturday, February 8, 2025 / 12:00pm to 4:00pm, MassArt Art Museum
Drop in to the Barkan Family Big Ideas Studio every weekend for hands-on fun. During Make with MAAM: Material Memory, find connections between your own creativity and the art and ideas in our current exhibition, Future Fossils. This exhibition features artworks that offer a snapshot of how we live today and the objects we leave behind for future generations to discover. ...
- Social Activity
- public
- Free
POST-TENSE at MassArt x SoWa
- Saturday, February 8, 2025 / 11:00am to 6:00pm, MassArt x SoWa
MassArt x SoWa is pleased to present the POST-TENSE on view December 14, 2024 - February 09, 2025. Join us for two First Friday events: an opening on January 3, from 5-8pm and a closing reception on February 7, from 5-8pm. First Friday receptions are free and open to the public! *Join us for extended hours and refreshements on Thursday, December 19. MassArt x SoWa will...
- Exhibition
- public
- Free
Souper Bowl XVII
- Sunday, February 16, 2025 / 12:00pm to 3:00pm, Roxbury Innovation Center
It's that time of year again! Haley House is hosting Souper Bowl 17, their biggest annual fundraiser supporting food and housing justice programs. This "empty bowl"-style event invites you to enjoy local homemade soups served in handmade bowls created by MassArt's Clay for Change student group, which uses art to address community needs that organizations like Haley House work to...
Twilight at MAAM: Birthday Party
- Thursday, February 20, 2025 / 6:30pm to 9:00pm, MassArt Art Museum
You’re invited to MAAM’s 5th birthday party–join us for beverages, beats, and birthday cake! Enjoy festive surprises, hands-on activities, and wish MAAM well with a birthday message for the future. Free!
- Celebration
- Social Activity
- public
- Free
Make with MAAM: Birthday Fun!
- Saturday, February 22, 2025 / 12:00pm to 4:00pm, MassArt Art Museum
Celebrate MAAM’s 5th birthday with us. Join us for artmaking with visiting artist Julia Norton, pop-up talks about our current exhibitions, prizes and, of course, birthday cake! Experiment with repurposed and found materials in the Barkan Family Big Ideas Studio alongside visiting artist Julia Norton from 1-3pm. Enjoy hands-on activities inspired by our current exhibition, Future Fossils. All day. Experience short, conversational...
- Celebration
- Social Activity
- public
- Free
Material Transformations: Natural Pigments Workshop with Julia Norton
- Sunday, February 23, 2025 / 11:00am to 2:00pm, MassArt Art Museum
Transform natural materials into vibrant pigments in this free workshop with artist Julia Norton! Learn more about the history and sustainability of natural materials, gather inspiration from Julia’s own practice, engage with others while you experiment with natural pigments, and create your own work of art. This workshop is offered in connection with our current exhibition Future Fossils and explores the...
- Social Activity
- Workshop
- public
- Free
Spring 2025 Photo Lecture Series | Alumni Panel
- Tuesday, March 25, 2025 / 2:00pm to 3:30pm, Kennedy
The MassArt Graduate Programs and Photography department are pleased to welcome Max LaBelle, Jen Mawson, Nick Ortoleva, and Jyoti Liggin as the Alumni Panel of the Spring 2025 Photography Lecture Series. Please join us in K406 at 2:00pm on Tuesday, March 25th. Max LaBelle, BFA 2019 Max LaBelle is an artist living and working in Central Massachusetts. He graduated from MassArt in 2019...
- Lecture
- Visiting Artist
- public
- Free
Spring 2025 Photo Lecture Series | Kathya Landeros
- April 1-2, 2025, Tower
The MassArt Graduate Programs and Photography department are pleased to welcome Kathya Landeros as a visiting artist of the Spring 2025 Photography Lecture Series. Please join us in the Tower Auditorium at 6:00pm on Tuesday, April 1st. Kathya Maria Landeros is a Mexican-American photographer and educator. Influenced by her bi-cultural upbringing, her work of over two decades pictures Latino communities, including her own...
- Lecture
- Visiting Artist
- public
- Free
Alumni Biennial Exhibition
Since 2011, Massachusetts College of Art and Design has organized Biennial Juried Alumni Exhibitions to showcase the breadth of talent, creative excellence, and ingenuity embodied by MassArt’s alumni. Thematically broad in scope to include work across all disciplines, submissions are juried by a panel of industry professionals. These exhibitions are an opportunity for our alumni to exhibit their work in a professional gallery setting on the MassArt campus.
Reunions
The MassArt Alumni Relations office does not plan formal annual reunions for our alumni. However, if you or your classmates are interested in planning a reunion, we would be more than happy to assist you with communications and planning efforts.
Interested in planning a reunion for your class? Email us or call (617) 879-7020.
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