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2023-2024 Student Government Association President Heily Rivas shares how creativity, exploration, (and fabric scraps!) can empower students to change the world

How recent alumna and past president of the SGA Heily Rivas (’24 BFA), makes creating environmentally-friendly clothing a community effort.

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Associate Professor James Everett Stanley Featured On I Like Your Work Podcast

Creations by Associate Professor of Painting James Everett Stanley are included in the permanent collection of The Studio Museum in Harlem. On the podcast I Like Your Work: Conversations with Artists, Curators and Collectors, hosted by Erica B. Hess, Stanley discusses how his own practice informs his teaching.

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A painting of a man holding a canvas with a fire mushroom cloud.

Painting the Town Red — and Blue and Green and Orange and …

2023 Alumni Award Honoree Silvia López Chavez spreads joy and community connectivity — and color — with her murals throughout Boston’s suburbs and beyond.

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A person with curly hair, wearing a brown leather jacket and polka dot scarf, gestures expressively while standing in front of a vibrant mural. The mural, part of the Painting the Town series, bursts with blue and red abstract shapes.

MassArt Fashion Design Creative Collaboration in Laos

Yes, they met new people, tasted the food, and took in the landscape. But students who traveled to Laos with Fashion Chair Jennifer Varekamp also worked hand-in-hand with local artisans to support their creative entrepreneurial efforts.

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Jenn Varekamp

Creative Crossroads: MassArt’s Design Journey from London to Leeds

Through interdisciplinary collaboration and cultural exchange, MassArt students traveled from London to Leeds to visit studios of leading designers, illustrators, animators, and art museums.

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A student group photo in London, England

When in Athens, Make Jewelry

Jewelry and Metalsmithing Professor Heather White takes students to Greece both to see private collections and work in a jewelry factory.

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The Acropolis
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