Studio Foundation introduces first-year students to core art and design practices through drawing, form, time, space, and experimentation, building a strong foundation for study across MassArt.
Meet our Studio Foundation faculty and department staff:
Kendrick Medina, '26 BFA, Studio FoundationMy Banjo Lesson, Acrylic on Canvas, 2023
Taylor Davis Selects: Invisible Ground of Sympathy is organized by Boston-based artist Taylor Davis, the first time an artist has been invited to curate an exhibition from the ICA’s permanent collection. In her artwork, Davis explores the relationship between object and viewer, often through precise manipulations of form.
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA, is the only application we require you to complete in order to be considered for financial aid at MassArt.
Wilco, Western Avenue Studios, artist Silvia López Chavez, art teacher Jozeph Zaremba, The Secret Society of Black Creatives, and Dr. Lisa Wong were honored for their work at the intersection of art and civic life at the MassArt Common Good Awards December 16, 2023.
A long-time and critically acclaimed member of the Boston arts community, Davis has taught at Massachusetts College of Art and Design since 1999 and is on the faculty of Bard College. Taylor Davis artwork is represented in the ICA’s collection with two pieces (Untitled, 2015; and Be Attentive, 2020) and is a member of the ICA’s Artist Advisory Council as well as a recipient of the 2001 ICA Artist Prize (forerunner of James and Audrey Foster Prize).
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.
Join TAB Storytellers podcast hosts Jen Ferrari (she/her) and Abi Paytoe Gbayee (she/her) as they interview Marc Holland, the Chair and Professor of the Studio Foundation program at MassArt, in Boston, Massachusetts.
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.
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.
Massachusetts College of Art Studio Foundation Program Chair, Jarrett Min Davis, talks about the symbolism and psychology of color in this WCVB-TV Chronicle feature.
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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Luc Kai Buffonge, '26 BFA, Studio FoundationMy Trophy Wall, Brush pen on mixed media paper, 2022
Lilah Pudlo, '24 BFA, Studio FoundationDistortion, Colored Pencil, 2021
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.
Faculty Amani Willett was featured on WGBH’s Open Studio with Jared Bowen, discussing his new book, A Parallel Road, which explores the experience of Black motorists on American roads.
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.
Faculty Georgie Friedman’s latest work, Hurricane Lost, is an immersive experience that “confronts people with the growing climate crisis, and their complicity in it.”
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.
