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Overcoming Eurocentrism
Lyssa Palu-ay Dean, Justice, Equity, and Transformation
Emma Levine (’26 BFA Illustration) shares her MassArt story, her experience as a Creative Director, and the importance of civic engagement.
Emma Levine '26 BFA IllustrationMassArt Illustration major Emma Levine ('26 BFA) talks about her MassArt experience and the importance of voting.
View storyMassArt Alum Alex Small-Butera Wins Emmy for Animation
Alex Small-Butera '08 BFA AnimationAlex Small-Butera sat down for an interview to explain about how he and Lindsay got from here to there, rising in their careers to receive this mark of achievement from Hollywood on their ability as animators, as artists.
View storyArtist, alum, and instructor Clint Baclawski on how MassArt’s creative community invites you to change your perspective.
Clint Baclawski '08 MFA & Associate Director of The Lab, TechnologyMassArt instructor and director of ‘The Lab,’ Clint Baclawski is an accomplished artist who has won numerous awards, exhibited in the U.S. and abroad, and attended residencies in Venice, Italy, and Wassaic, NY.
View storyVisualizing Biology: Teaching Art Through Science at MassArt with Caroline Hu
Caroline Hu Assistant Professor, Integrative Sciences and Biological ArtsCaroline 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.
View storyMassArt Brings the Creative Process to Teens and Tweens at Public Libraries
Marjee-Anne Levine Assistant Professor, Fine Arts 3DA 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.
View storyThe Art of Curating an Exhibition
Catherine Lecomte Lecce '23 MFAAt 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.
View storyMassMoCa Exhibition Explores Uniquely American Forms of Violence Directed at Black and Queer People
View storyJames McLeod Puts a New Spin on “Venetian Glass”
James McLeod Chair, Fine Arts 3DHow a twist of fate led the Chair of Fine Art 3D to this year’s Venice Biennale—by way of Istanbul, Jerusalem, and Hebron.
View storyHumankind Versus the Earth at MAAM
Lisa Tung Executive Director, MassArt Art MuseumPeople 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.
View storyOvercoming Eurocentrism
Lyssa Palu-ay Dean, Justice, Equity, and TransformationLyssa Palu-Ay (MFA ’01), Dean of JET (Justice, Equity, and Transformation), works to move beyond institutional practices that can unintentionally marginalize BIPOC communities.
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