Stories
Our students, faculty, and alumni are out in the world doing great things every day.
Ceramicist & Alum Sam Kim Creates One-of-a-Kind Awards for MassArt’s 2024 Common Good Award Honorees
This year's MassArt Common Good Awards Honorees will receive custom, inscribed ceramic awards by Sam Kim, a MassArt alum transforming slipcasting into unique artistry.
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Toni Elka (BFA Painting ’86), Founder of Future Chefs
Elka has made a profound impact on youth development through culinary arts in Boston.
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Yinette Guzman (’08 BFA Architecture), Public Art Advocate and Placemaking Designer
Guzman is celebrated for her leadership in curating the Punto Urban Art Museum (PUAM) in Salem, MA.
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May Chau (’07 BFA Art Education), Recipient of Frances Euphemia Thompson Award for Excellence in Teaching
Chau, Visual Arts Supervisor for Somerville Public Schools, is honored for her commitment to cultivating a collaborative arts education environment.
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MassArt graduate and professional artist Nicole Chesney reflects on the power and magic of the MassArt Auction
Nicole Chesney has been an active participant in the MassArt Auction since 1997– since her first print in the silent auction her senior year, she has donated 20 artworks in support of current and future MassArt students.
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MassArt Alum Alex Small-Butera Wins Emmy for Animation
Alex 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.
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Artist, alum, and instructor Clint Baclawski on how MassArt’s creative community invites you to change your perspective
MassArt 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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