“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.”
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.
Designer and Brain Child founder Doug Ansine returned to MassArt to unveil the “Red Nebula,” reflecting on creativity, perseverance, and Boston’s thriving arts community.
MassArt alum Connor O'Malley's Boston Harbor-inspired design was selected by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts for 250 limited-edition Bluebikes celebrating Boston 250 across Greater Boston.
A collaboration between MassArt Fashion Design and bespoke suiting company Hive & Colony brought together student designers to upcycle and reimagine existing garments.
National Development and MassArt have partnered to install a permanent collection of student artwork at Boston's Midtown Hotel, offering visitors a unique view of the city.
The annual Roxbury International Film Festival is the largest New England film festival that showcases the works of people of color. Now in its 28th year, the festival will screen 100 films at locations around the city, including MassArt.
Designs by a MassArt student will be featured on 250 limited-edition Blue Bikes launching across Boston this summer as part of the city’s Boston 250 celebration.
In a new essay for The Drum, MassArt alumnus Brian Collins revisits themes from his 2025 MassArt Commencement address, arguing that artists and designers are uniquely equipped to imagine and build the future in uncertain times.
Peter Wolf receives an honorary degree from Massachusetts College of Art and Design at the 2026 Commencement ceremony honoring his contributions to music and visual art.
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Andy Li, BFA '12, FibersThe What, marine flag nylon, polyester embroidery thread, and brass grommets, 2021
The exhibition "William Wegman: Private Show," brings together rare vintage photographs and video from the 1970s with later works by MassArt alum William Wegman, BFA '65 Painting.
Designer and Brain Child founder Doug Ansine returned to MassArt to unveil the “Red Nebula,” reflecting on creativity, perseverance, and Boston’s thriving arts community.
Featured in Boston Art Review, MassArt alum Rania Abdalla Kadafour combines quilting with community-centered textile practice across Boston’s arts community.
MassArt alum Connor O'Malley's Boston Harbor-inspired design was selected by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts for 250 limited-edition Bluebikes celebrating Boston 250 across Greater Boston.
In a new essay for The Drum, MassArt alumnus Brian Collins revisits themes from his 2025 MassArt Commencement address, arguing that artists and designers are uniquely equipped to imagine and build the future in uncertain times.
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 exhibition "William Wegman: Private Show," brings together rare vintage photographs and video from the 1970s with later works by MassArt alum William Wegman, BFA '65 Painting.
Designer and Brain Child founder Doug Ansine returned to MassArt to unveil the “Red Nebula,” reflecting on creativity, perseverance, and Boston’s thriving arts community.
Featured in Boston Art Review, MassArt alum Rania Abdalla Kadafour combines quilting with community-centered textile practice across Boston’s arts community.
MassArt alum Connor O'Malley's Boston Harbor-inspired design was selected by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts for 250 limited-edition Bluebikes celebrating Boston 250 across Greater Boston.
In a new essay for The Drum, MassArt alumnus Brian Collins revisits themes from his 2025 MassArt Commencement address, arguing that artists and designers are uniquely equipped to imagine and build the future in uncertain times.
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.
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.
Designer and Brain Child founder Doug Ansine returned to MassArt to unveil the “Red Nebula,” reflecting on creativity, perseverance, and Boston’s thriving arts community.
MassArt alum Connor O'Malley's Boston Harbor-inspired design was selected by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts for 250 limited-edition Bluebikes celebrating Boston 250 across Greater Boston.
A collaboration between MassArt Fashion Design and bespoke suiting company Hive & Colony brought together student designers to upcycle and reimagine existing garments.
National Development and MassArt have partnered to install a permanent collection of student artwork at Boston's Midtown Hotel, offering visitors a unique view of the city.
The annual Roxbury International Film Festival is the largest New England film festival that showcases the works of people of color. Now in its 28th year, the festival will screen 100 films at locations around the city, including MassArt.
Designs by a MassArt student will be featured on 250 limited-edition Blue Bikes launching across Boston this summer as part of the city’s Boston 250 celebration.
In a new essay for The Drum, MassArt alumnus Brian Collins revisits themes from his 2025 MassArt Commencement address, arguing that artists and designers are uniquely equipped to imagine and build the future in uncertain times.
Peter Wolf receives an honorary degree from Massachusetts College of Art and Design at the 2026 Commencement ceremony honoring his contributions to music and visual art.
The exhibition "William Wegman: Private Show," brings together rare vintage photographs and video from the 1970s with later works by MassArt alum William Wegman, BFA '65 Painting.
Designer and Brain Child founder Doug Ansine returned to MassArt to unveil the “Red Nebula,” reflecting on creativity, perseverance, and Boston’s thriving arts community.
Featured in Boston Art Review, MassArt alum Rania Abdalla Kadafour combines quilting with community-centered textile practice across Boston’s arts community.
MassArt alum Connor O'Malley's Boston Harbor-inspired design was selected by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts for 250 limited-edition Bluebikes celebrating Boston 250 across Greater Boston.
In a new essay for The Drum, MassArt alumnus Brian Collins revisits themes from his 2025 MassArt Commencement address, arguing that artists and designers are uniquely equipped to imagine and build the future in uncertain times.
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 exhibition "William Wegman: Private Show," brings together rare vintage photographs and video from the 1970s with later works by MassArt alum William Wegman, BFA '65 Painting.
Designer and Brain Child founder Doug Ansine returned to MassArt to unveil the “Red Nebula,” reflecting on creativity, perseverance, and Boston’s thriving arts community.
Featured in Boston Art Review, MassArt alum Rania Abdalla Kadafour combines quilting with community-centered textile practice across Boston’s arts community.
MassArt alum Connor O'Malley's Boston Harbor-inspired design was selected by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts for 250 limited-edition Bluebikes celebrating Boston 250 across Greater Boston.
In a new essay for The Drum, MassArt alumnus Brian Collins revisits themes from his 2025 MassArt Commencement address, arguing that artists and designers are uniquely equipped to imagine and build the future in uncertain times.
