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150 YEARS OF MASSART

Celebrating 150 years as the nation's first and only public independent college of art and design

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Our Vision for the Future

GN Crew standing with MassArt President Mary Grant and college administrators in front of the new mural in the DMC

Our Mission

Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a public, independent institution that prepares artists, designers, and educators from diverse backgrounds to shape communities, economies, and cultures for the common good.

Our Values

  • We pursue a just, compassionate, and equitable learning environment
  • We cultivate rigorous creative practices by observing, questioning, making and remaking
  • We honor courage, honesty, mutual respect, and self-expression
  • We believe in the power of art and design to transform our world

MassArt at 150: Strategic Plan

Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) has been growing, learning, and leading for 150 years. Strategic planning has given us an opportunity to look deeply and critically at where MassArt is at this moment in time, ask whether we like what we see, identify what we need to change, and set our path for the future.

Through this process, we have sought to clearly articulate what we aim to achieve and why it matters for the growth, health, and wellbeing of our community in our 150th anniversary.