MassArtEd

A Message from the Chair as the Semester Begins

Dear Art Education Students:

Welcome back, or in a few instances, welcome for the first time to MassArt. We will gather as a department for majors orientation on Wednesday, September 8^th from 9:00 AM to about noon in Kennedy 307. During this event, you’ll get to know your faculty better, we’ll make some art together, you’ll have some time with your advisor, and we’ll assign studio spaces for those taking Portfolio. We’ll also have some pizza. Plan to join us.

I would also like to welcome Beth Balliro and Aimee DeBose as full-time faculty in the department. Ms. Balliro comes to us from the Boston Arts Academy, an arts-based, urban public high school. She was one of the founding faculty members and brings a wealth of experience in public school teaching, urban education issues, and community engagement. Ms. DeBose has several years experience teaching elementary art in public schools, as well as classes for youth in gallery and college settings. Ms. Balliro and Ms. Debose graduated from MassArt programs, so they are both makers and teachers. Their art practices inform their teaching and vice versa. Please join me in welcoming them to the department.

Remember to keep up to date on department happenings by regularly checking this website.

I look forward to seeing all of you on the 8^th.

Best regards,

Dan Serig, Ed.D.
Chair and Associate Professor of Art Education

Claudine Bing

Off Campus Events

bing_claudine_card_front-2 Claudine Bing, former Professor and Chair of the Art Education Department, will have a solo show of recent work at Galatea Fine Art in September.

Claudine Bing
The Galapagos Suite

Galatea Fine Art
460B Harrison Ave. #B-6
September 3-27, 2010
Opening reception: Friday, September 10, 6-8pm
Hours: W-F 12-6, Sat.-Sun. 12-5

Work/Study Position Available

Art Education Careers
Juli Ward will be student teaching this semester and so will be leaving the work/study position as Deborah's assistant in the office, which she has held for three semesters. Deborah is seeking an organized, detail-oriented Art Education major for the job, which involves copying class materials for faculty, data entry, filing, mail pick-up and distribution, and other office tasks. Students must be work/study eligible to apply for this job.
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New MTEL Option

Resources

Those of you who have yet to take the MTEL now have the option of taking the Communication and Literacy test on a computer instead of paper and pencil.

Is computer-based testing right for me?
Dates for computer-based testing
Registration for computer-based testing
Test sites for computer-based testing

MSAE Thesis Show 2010

MSAE Thesis Shows
August 5-27, 2010 Reception: Friday August 20, 6-8 pm Arnheim Gallery South Building Mon.-Sat. 12-6, Wed. 12-8 and Patricia Doran Graduate Gallery Artists' Residence Building Sun.-Sat. 10-5 Featured artists: Suzie Blackburn, Julie Colotti, Mike Doherty, Rebecca Noack, Kelly Sheehan Russo, Eileen Wagner, Jessica Young, Lyndsay Zaremba Thesis Show Website: massartedgrad.com
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Studio Investigations July 2010

Exhibits + Events

Johnforweb

John Crowe's two-week art camp/boot camp, also known as Studio Investigations, concluded on July 29 with an informal exhibit in the halls and studios of the South Building. This was the first class for our incoming MSAE students and one of the last classes in their program for several MAT students.

It was an intense two weeks of work, play, and artistic breakthroughs for the campers. The first week they speed-dated different materials, processes, and concepts. Over the weekend they had to go steady with one of them, and the second week they got married and produced the body of work that became their exhibit on this last day of the class.

See some images from the show below.

Images from Ecuador

Off Campus Events

Blue Butterfly Boat at sunset Rachel teaching Mountains

Art Education MSAE and MAT students, accompanied by Professors Dan Serig and Juan Ormaza, recently returned from another inspiring trip to Ecuador. While there, they took a boat trip up the Amazon and taught in a local school. Visit the Ecuador Gallery to see some of their photographs.

The Healing Corridor

Alumnae

healing-sm_0007_Layer_4 Naomi (Fletcher) Graham aka Nome (BFA, Community Education, 2003) recently lead a group that painted the new emergency entrance corridor for the Monadnock Community Hospital. Keeping in mind that the people entering the hospital this way are in distress and most likely lying on a stretcher, the artists designed the mural to soothe and relax. Nome worked with high school students designing the mural elements and painting the sea creatures that line the walls and ceiling. Elementary grade students were then invited to contribute their own original paintings along the lower walls. The overall effect is one of moving through a a watery dreamscape.