The Fibers program at MassArt, within the 3D Arts Department, invites students to explore textiles, materials, structure, and surface through traditional and experimental processes. Students develop a distinct creative voice while building strong technical and conceptual skills.
Meet our Fibers faculty and program staff:
Nami Yamaguchi, '24 BFA, FibersGohan Tabete?, Hand embroidery, 2021-2022
“At Make & Mend, a retail storefront located in Somerville, heaps and heaps of gently used craft supplies — from vintage fabrics to colored pencils to embroidery floss — are primed for a second life.
“Local artist Emily S. Tirella founded Make & Mend in 2017, inspired by her encounters with waste at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. “I was spending a ridiculous amount of money on materials that could be reused year after year,” she remembers. Instead of purchasing supplies every year, she began saving her used supplies.”
The New York Times features "metes and bounds" at the MassArt Art Museum, where some of artist Robert Lazzarini’s works from his Venice Biennale proposal are on display.
Modern Casting magazine highlights MassArt 3D Arts faculty member Marjee-Anne Levine’s aluminum casting workshop at the Watertown Free Public Library, part of "MassArt at the Library" summer programs.
The 2026 MassArt Night Market brought more than 100 student and alumni vendors to Downtown Crossing for an evening of art, creative entrepreneurship, demonstrations, and community.
A temporary memorial by MassArt alumna and CACP Associate Director Ekua Holmes is bringing the stories of Black women buried in unmarked graves at Cedar Grove Cemetery into public view.
Mitch Ryerson, former MassArt Furniture Design program faculty member, is featured in a hands-on exhibition of playground design at Cambridge Arts Council Gallery 344.
Great Barrington unveiled a permanent informational kiosk honoring Elizabeth Freeman, featuring original illustrations created by MassArt students through a collaboration with the Du Bois Freedom Center and MassArt’s Center for Art and Community Partnerships.
For the second year in a row, MassArt’s talented studio art students have created works of art inspired by Mass Audubon’s Museum of American Bird Art collection.
A new exhibition of MassArt student work at the Du Bois Freedom Center honors Elizabeth Freeman, the first enslaved African American woman to sue Massachusetts and win her freedom.
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Andy Li, BFA '12, FibersThe What, marine flag nylon, polyester embroidery thread, and brass grommets, 2021
The 2026 MassArt Night Market brought more than 100 student and alumni vendors to Downtown Crossing for an evening of art, creative entrepreneurship, demonstrations, and community.
Boston Art Review highlights "I’m right here with you," a retrospective of work by alum Jess T. Dugan, BFA '07 Photography, including photography, drawing, video, and writing opening in Provincetown this fall.
Nick Ortoleva, BFA '24 Photography, is a part of the Photographic Resource Center’s 50th anniversary mentorship program, pairing him with artist Tommy Kha for six months of mentorship and critical dialogue.
Looking back at the careers of all 21 Project Runway winners, including MassArt alumna Erin Robertson, BFA '16 Fashion and Fibers, who won the show's 15th season.
Catherine LeComte Lecce, MFA '23 Photography, on her work as executive director of the Photographic Resource Center, including a new mentorship program for emerging photographers.
Artist and visiting lecturer Vincent Crotty on his community-based painting projects in Dorchester, including recent work with MassArt graduate Yanelis Ortiz.
Artist, curator, and mentor Lindsay LeBlanc discusses her multidisciplinary glass practice, ecological interests, and the influence of her education at MassArt.
The New York Times described the work of alumna Erin M. Riley as:
“This exhibition gives full expression to the combination of scorching honesty and seductive openness that distinguishes her work and also to the way she uses the beauty of weaving to both draw us near and soften the blows that her compositions, aided by nearly perfect titles, deliver.”
The 2026 MassArt Night Market brought more than 100 student and alumni vendors to Downtown Crossing for an evening of art, creative entrepreneurship, demonstrations, and community.
Boston Art Review highlights "I’m right here with you," a retrospective of work by alum Jess T. Dugan, BFA '07 Photography, including photography, drawing, video, and writing opening in Provincetown this fall.
Nick Ortoleva, BFA '24 Photography, is a part of the Photographic Resource Center’s 50th anniversary mentorship program, pairing him with artist Tommy Kha for six months of mentorship and critical dialogue.
Looking back at the careers of all 21 Project Runway winners, including MassArt alumna Erin Robertson, BFA '16 Fashion and Fibers, who won the show's 15th season.
Catherine LeComte Lecce, MFA '23 Photography, on her work as executive director of the Photographic Resource Center, including a new mentorship program for emerging photographers.
Artist and visiting lecturer Vincent Crotty on his community-based painting projects in Dorchester, including recent work with MassArt graduate Yanelis Ortiz.
Artist, curator, and mentor Lindsay LeBlanc discusses her multidisciplinary glass practice, ecological interests, and the influence of her education at MassArt.
MassArt student Nina Ennis and Creative Economy Business Incubator is featured in W Magazine, for her textiles, which she views as an extension of herself.
The New York Times features "metes and bounds" at the MassArt Art Museum, where some of artist Robert Lazzarini’s works from his Venice Biennale proposal are on display.
Modern Casting magazine highlights MassArt 3D Arts faculty member Marjee-Anne Levine’s aluminum casting workshop at the Watertown Free Public Library, part of "MassArt at the Library" summer programs.
The 2026 MassArt Night Market brought more than 100 student and alumni vendors to Downtown Crossing for an evening of art, creative entrepreneurship, demonstrations, and community.
A temporary memorial by MassArt alumna and CACP Associate Director Ekua Holmes is bringing the stories of Black women buried in unmarked graves at Cedar Grove Cemetery into public view.
Mitch Ryerson, former MassArt Furniture Design program faculty member, is featured in a hands-on exhibition of playground design at Cambridge Arts Council Gallery 344.
Great Barrington unveiled a permanent informational kiosk honoring Elizabeth Freeman, featuring original illustrations created by MassArt students through a collaboration with the Du Bois Freedom Center and MassArt’s Center for Art and Community Partnerships.
For the second year in a row, MassArt’s talented studio art students have created works of art inspired by Mass Audubon’s Museum of American Bird Art collection.
A new exhibition of MassArt student work at the Du Bois Freedom Center honors Elizabeth Freeman, the first enslaved African American woman to sue Massachusetts and win her freedom.
The 2026 MassArt Night Market brought more than 100 student and alumni vendors to Downtown Crossing for an evening of art, creative entrepreneurship, demonstrations, and community.
Boston Art Review highlights "I’m right here with you," a retrospective of work by alum Jess T. Dugan, BFA '07 Photography, including photography, drawing, video, and writing opening in Provincetown this fall.
Nick Ortoleva, BFA '24 Photography, is a part of the Photographic Resource Center’s 50th anniversary mentorship program, pairing him with artist Tommy Kha for six months of mentorship and critical dialogue.
Looking back at the careers of all 21 Project Runway winners, including MassArt alumna Erin Robertson, BFA '16 Fashion and Fibers, who won the show's 15th season.
Catherine LeComte Lecce, MFA '23 Photography, on her work as executive director of the Photographic Resource Center, including a new mentorship program for emerging photographers.
Artist and visiting lecturer Vincent Crotty on his community-based painting projects in Dorchester, including recent work with MassArt graduate Yanelis Ortiz.
Artist, curator, and mentor Lindsay LeBlanc discusses her multidisciplinary glass practice, ecological interests, and the influence of her education at MassArt.
MassArt alumnus Andy Li has been commissioned to install a public art sculpture as part of the the annual celebration of the 12 years of the Chinese Zodiac in Auntie Kay and Uncle Frank Chin Park on The Greenway.
The 2026 MassArt Night Market brought more than 100 student and alumni vendors to Downtown Crossing for an evening of art, creative entrepreneurship, demonstrations, and community.
Boston Art Review highlights "I’m right here with you," a retrospective of work by alum Jess T. Dugan, BFA '07 Photography, including photography, drawing, video, and writing opening in Provincetown this fall.
Nick Ortoleva, BFA '24 Photography, is a part of the Photographic Resource Center’s 50th anniversary mentorship program, pairing him with artist Tommy Kha for six months of mentorship and critical dialogue.
Looking back at the careers of all 21 Project Runway winners, including MassArt alumna Erin Robertson, BFA '16 Fashion and Fibers, who won the show's 15th season.
Catherine LeComte Lecce, MFA '23 Photography, on her work as executive director of the Photographic Resource Center, including a new mentorship program for emerging photographers.
Artist and visiting lecturer Vincent Crotty on his community-based painting projects in Dorchester, including recent work with MassArt graduate Yanelis Ortiz.
Artist, curator, and mentor Lindsay LeBlanc discusses her multidisciplinary glass practice, ecological interests, and the influence of her education at MassArt.
