MassArt Receives New England Foundation Arts Grant

MassArt is one of seven recipients of a New England Foundation Arts Grant. Massart received the grant for a sustainable design public art project along Hungtington Avenue.

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http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/exhibitionist/2007/08/new_england_fou.html

Selections from the Graphic Imperative on View in Turkey

Garanti Gallery in Istanbul, Turkey will proudly be hosting the exhibition "Selections from The Graphic Imperative" between 31 July - 25 August 2007. "Selections from The Graphic Imperative" is 50 posters "selected" from the original 121 posters present in the larger traveling exhibition "The Graphic Imperative: International Posters for Peace, Social Justice and The Environment 1965-2005" a retrospective of forty years of sociopolitical posters.

"The Graphic Imperative: International Posters for Peace, Social Justice and The Environment 1965-2005" was curated and organized by:
Elizabeth Resnick, Associate Professor and Chair, Communication DesignMassachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Chaz Maviyane-Davies, Professor, Communication Design Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Frank Baseman, Associate Professor, Graphic Design Communication Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA
http://www.thegraphicimperative.org/

Book Tackles Old Debate: Role of Art in Schools

MassArt faculty member Lois Hetland, Ed. D. (Art Education) and Ellen Winner, along with co-authors Shirley Veenema and Kimberly Sheridan, have a new book due out this month. An article was published about it in the NY Times on August 5th.

MassArt Student is Finalist in 2007 Adobe Design Achievement Awards

Adobe Systems Incorporated announced the winners of the 2007 Adobe Design Achievement Awards. The premier student design and film competition honors the most talented and promising student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, and computer artists from the world's top educational institutions. Using the latest Adobe products, more than 2,500 students from 30 countries competed in the program.

MassArt student Carolin Horn is a finalist in the Interactive and Web Design category. Congratulations Carolin!

MassArt Animation Student Receives International Honors

Only five Undergraduate Films are included in Competition at The Ottawa International Festival this year. Alan Jennings' (ANI 07) "Running in Darkness" is among those selected and will receive its World Premiere at the festival.

This film was Alan's degree project film documenting the affect of alzheimer's on family members. Included in the interviews are MassArt faculty Flip Johnson and Suzanne Barnes. Handcrafted by a technique of painting on glass, the work is maturely rendered and sensitively edited, paired down to just over 2 minutes of footage from hours of audio footage.

Alan's film is one of only 2 US selections from hundreds of international entries submitted for consideration. Others include works from Taiwan, Israel, and France.