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Every illustrator is a storyteller at heart. That’s why the MassArt Illustration program emphasizes understanding character development and narrative techniques.

The Illustration program teaches BFA students how to master the art of visual storytelling. Learning from professional illustrators, you will develop your drawing skills and learn to transform ideas and narratives into images that can be reproduced in print, electronic format, and time-based media. By graduation, Illustration majors produce a body of work that expresses their ideas and showcases their artistic and storytelling skills, preparing them for success in the professional world of illustration.

BFA
Our diverse curriculum challenges students to be creative and innovative, preparing them for careers as animators, designers and artists.
Faculty
As educators and working artists, MassArt Illustration faculty offer students insight into the demands of the profession.
Featured Work
Get inspired by the extraordinary design work being produced by our Illustration students, faculty, and alumni.
Events
Explore MassArt’s Illustration events– Senior Thesis exhibitions, Portfolio Night, lectures, and opportunities for networking and career development.
Studios & Computer Labs
Illustration students have access to a design resource room, advanced computer classrooms, and majors studio spaces.
News & Features
A woman smiles beside a vibrant Kwanzaa 2024 Forever USA postage stamp designed by Ekua Holmes, featuring stylized figures dancing and playing drums. An American flag and Smithsonian signage appear in the background, celebrating the lasting impact of culture.

Be Ready for Your Miracle: The Lasting Impact of MassArt Alumna Ekua Holmes

Ekua Holmes CACP Associate Director & sparc! the ArtMobile Director, Center for Art and Community Partnerships
  • Alumni
  • Staff
  • Alumni Relations
  • Center for Art and Community Partnerships
  • Illustration
A young woman with long hair gazes thoughtfully to the side, holding her hands near her face. She has white nail polish, rings, and wears bows on her fingers—an evocative illustration lit with purple and blue hues.

Pushing Visual Boundaries as an Illustrator

Abby Ouellette BFA ’19
  • Alumni
  • Alumni Relations
  • Illustration

MassArt and the Handel and Haydn Society Join Forces for Project Beethoven

  • Student
  • Illustration
A woman smiles beside a vibrant Kwanzaa 2024 Forever USA postage stamp designed by Ekua Holmes, featuring stylized figures dancing and playing drums. An American flag and Smithsonian signage appear in the background, celebrating the lasting impact of culture.
Ekua Holmes CACP Associate Director & sparc! the ArtMobile Director, Center for Art and Community Partnerships
A young woman with long hair gazes thoughtfully to the side, holding her hands near her face. She has white nail polish, rings, and wears bows on her fingers—an evocative illustration lit with purple and blue hues.
Abby Ouellette BFA ’19
A hand holding a paint brush, painting a flower scupture. 23 sec

The Joy of Illustration featuring MassArt student Olivia Herlihy ’22.
Filmed by Piyu Somani ’23 MFA Film/Video.
Directed and edited by Daisy St. Sauveur ’19 BFA Printmaking.

Featured Faculty

Malgorzata (Margot) Zurakowska

Chair, Illustration

Scott Bakal

Professor, Illustration

Wesley Bedrosian

Professor, Illustration

Irena Roman

Professor, Illustration

Lisa Kennedy

Associate Professor, Illustration

Robert Maloney

Associate Professor, Illustration
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Senior Thesis Exhibition Thesis Project
In “Senior Illustration Thesis,” you will take a deep dive into independent project making and nourish your art career for years to come.
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