Stories
Our students, faculty, and alumni are out in the world doing great things every day.
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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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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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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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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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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