Faculty Spotlight: Caroline Hu

Caroline Hu received her PhD in biology from Stanford University and conducted her post-doctoral work at Harvard. Now the visual artist, biologist, and educator has landed her dream job — teaching biology in MassArt’s program of Integrative Sciences and Biological Arts (ISBA). We asked her how she educates art and design students about biology and about the opportunities for comics creators and biologists to work together.

MassArt Brings the Creative Process to Teens and Tweens at Public Libraries

A free Summer Art Workshop Series at three different libraries came about through a collaboration between MassArt and the state library board, and serves as a pilot for an expanding collaboration.

The Art of Curating an Exhibition

At MassArt, MFA students and alumni uncover their unique curatorial styles through hands-on experiences and courses like Curatorial Practice. Catherine LeComte Lecce’s exhibition, Matrescence, explored the profound and often overlooked transformations of motherhood.

MassMoCa Exhibition Explores Uniquely American Forms of Violence Directed at Black and Queer People 

James McLeod Puts a New Spin on “Venetian Glass”

How a twist of fate led the Chair of Fine Art 3D to this year’s Venice Biennale—by way of Istanbul, Jerusalem, and Hebron.

Humankind Versus the Earth at MAAM

People have been antagonizing the environment. Now the environment is pushing back — hard. MAAM Executive Director Lisa Tung explains how the museum’s latest exhibition, Displacement, explores what has become an existential push and pull.

Overcoming Eurocentrism

Lyssa Palu-Ay (MFA ’01), Dean of JET (Justice, Equity, and Transformation), works to move beyond institutional practices that can unintentionally marginalize BIPOC communities.

Marc Holland and the transformative power of a MassArt education.

Marc Holland (BFA ’99), director of MassArt’s Studio Foundation Program, says that as a result of a professor’s guidance, he switched gears — and uses that experience to keep front of mind that the best teaching lets students know they can impact the world in unexpected ways.

Housing Coordinator Nathan Sherman helps create a campus environment where students can grow and explore their creativity—and makes the most of it himself

Housing coordinator Nathan Sherman discusses how students’ creativity rubs off on each other (including when it comes to hat-making).

Flipping the World Upside Down

In taking museum-worthy work to public spaces, Cicely Carew ('05 BFA) reminds MassArt students to lead with their hearts.