MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART BEVERLY, MA | METRO Message from Dr . Kurt T . Steinberg President of Montserrat College of Art

Welcome to Montserrat College of Art! Meet our Alumni ...... 4 Our History ...... 8 At Montserrat, you can discover what it means to be an artist, designer and artist-educator and lay the groundwork for a life rich in meaning, fulfillment, creative expression, and career opportunity. Through the What Lies Ahead ...... 9 Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program, you will follow a path of bold exploration guided by dedicated and BFA Program ...... 11 highly accomplished faculty. The people you encounter will ignite your creativity and inspire ambitious work. Along the way, you will build a framework for professional and personal success in a place that feels A Portrait of the Artist . . . 16 like home--a place where your peers and mentors are immersed in their art 24-7. Study Abroad ...... 20 Meet Our Faculty ...... 22 We are an accepting and inclusive community that celebrates difference. We encourage you to embrace your passions while discovering new ones. We help you design your future and sharpen your vision, and Student Showcase ...... 24 we show you that anything is truly possible. Montserrat Galleries . . . . . 26 Montserrat is a small college with global reach. This can be seen in our courses of study and our close Community ...... 28 proximity to Boston, a major hub of art and design in the world. We also encourage you to think globally Housing ...... 30 by providing you access to dynamic internship opportunities and international study programs, which are shining jewels of the college’s horizon-expanding opportunities. You can go so far from here! Beverly and Boston . . . . . 32 Senior Capstone ...... 34 If you want to realize a productive and fulfilling creative life, Montserrat College of Art can help you. You bring the passion and energy, and we will help you imagine and accomplish the impossible. I hope you Crit to Career ...... 36 take advantage of the many resources and avenues for exploration within this catalog, and if at any time Monstserrat Essentials . . . . 38 you prefer to talk to us directly, please contact our Admissions Office at 978.921.4242 ext. 1153. Visit Us ...... 40 We can’t wait to welcome you to our campus during your college search, and I personally look forward to Academic Resources . . . . . 42 meeting you, your family, friends and loved ones. Student Affairs ...... 44 Dr. Kurt T. Steinberg College Policies ...... 46 President

Photo of Kurt Steinberg by Doug Levy, North Shore Magazine MONTSERRAT.EDU 3 "My experience at Montserrat was so much more than just curriculum. I was given SUPPORTING the freedom to explore and experiment, and was encouraged in so many ways." A CREATIVE LIFE "Montserrat allowed LindsEy Mason '11 me the opportunity ILLUSTRATOR AND PRODUCT DESIGNER Montserrat Alumni benefit from lifetime access to our Office of to explore an Career Services – Montserrat College of Art supports the creative life entrepreneurial mindset beyond just your four years in our classrooms . – which has greatly enhanced my abilities as an Art Director to quickly and creatively adapt and Montserrat Alumni have moved on to pursue troubleshoot obstacles "Montserrat was the first master’s degrees at the following institutions: place where I saw what the that present themselves world labelled as weird, be on-and-off set." American University Royal College in London relabelled as "creative". As a Nicole Reilly '14 Art Institute of Chicago School of the Museum of Fine Arts young child with a love for Bentley University School of Visual Arts art I was constantly filled SENIOR DESIGNER, ICA Boston Architectural College Simmons College AT PUMA NORTH AMERICA INC. with doubt that I didn't fit “Montserrat opened Boston University Suffolk University the world's idea of normal. my mind to a new way Carnegie Mellon University SUNY Potsdam Cleveland State University SUNY Stony Brook Montserrat taught me that of thinking.” Columbia University The University of the Arts being myself without shame, ANDREW BABLO '07 Cranbrook Academy of Art Tufts University was the first step to being a Harvard University University of Buffalo DESIGNER/ENTREPRENEUR, true artist." Hunter College University of , FOUNDER/OWNER STEEZ DESIGN Bless Mazarura '95 Johns Hopkins University Amherst Lesley University University of Massachusetts, FASHION DESIGNER “ My broad-based education at Montserrat enabled me College of Art Dartmouth & CREATIVE DIRECTOR to feel comfortable in all visual art venues, from graphic Maryland Institute College of Art University of design, photography, to printmaking and textile design. Massachusetts College University of the Arts, London The authenticity of being taught by working artists of Art and Design University of Washington as faculty gave me the ability to think creatively and New York Academy of Art Vermont College of Fine Arts Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Virginia Commonwealth University approach my career with an open mind.” Pratt Institute Yale University SIGRID OLSEN '74 RIT Rochester Institute of Technology FASHION DESIGNER, CREATIVE DIRECTOR & AUTHOR

4 MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART MONTSERRAT.EDU 5 At Montserrat College of Art you will follow a path of bold exploration guided by dedicated mentors. Since coming to Montserrat, The people you encounter will ignite your my artwork has been pushed to limits that I never thought creativity and inspire ambitious work. " possible for myself.

JYLIK BUISSERETH '20 Hometown:” New York, NY Along the way, you'll build a framework Concentration: Sculpture for professional and personal success in a place that feels like home.

Discover what it means to be an artist and designer.

Lay the groundwork for a life rich in meaning, fulfillment, creative expression, and career opportunity.

MONTSERRAT.EDU 7 Montserrat was founded by working artists who wanted to challenge the status quo. WHAT LIES AHEAD Montserrat opened its doors in Fall 1970 . At Montserrat you will create We hope you’ll pay us a visit, For the right kind of daring, highly original art while which will give you the chance to caring, and passionate student, Times were changing, and a small group of Boston-based artists and mastering strategies that will explore our classrooms, computer designers believed that art—and artists—needed to be positioned at help you build a competitive and animation labs, and galleries, Montserrat isn’t just a college: the forefront of that change. Their vision was to create a new kind of resume and distinctive portfolio and get a sense of what makes us It’s the mothership . art school—one focused on nurturing the unique talents within each through collaborations with tick. By doing so, you’ll be able to individual student, and building bridges between classical traditions teachers and peers who will imagine what it would be like to and modern sensibilities. become your mentors, friends, develop, create, and display your and creative partners. work here, in this singular place where many dedicated, successful Fifty years later, we have a home in the vibrant seaside town of artists have preceded you. Welcome aboard! Beverly, Massachusetts, where we’re still challenging convention and creating bold art. We’ve fulfilled—and expanded—the dream of our founding faculty, providing an education that blends traditional fine art skills with new media technology and techniques.

8 MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART MONTSERRAT.EDU 9 IMMERSE YOURSELF BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS DEGREE PROGRAM 10 BFA Concentrations 5 Minors Animation + Art Education Interactive Media Art History Art Education Creative Writing Book Arts Curatorial Studies Graphic Design Entrepreneurship Illustration in the Arts Interdisciplinary Arts Painting Photo, Video + Film 100% Printmaking of students Sculpture graduate with internship experience

10 MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART MONTSERRAT.EDU 11 Montserrat offers a comprehensive curriculum that includes 2/3 Studio Arts classes and 1/3 Liberal Arts courses . FEED FEED STUDIO ARTS CLASSES

YOUR YOUR Kinetic Drawing Game Development Graphic Design BEYOND HEAD HEART Engineering Paper Fabrication in Metal MONTSERRAT Cinematic Storytelling Interactive Design Studio Photography Advertising LIBERAL ARTS COURSES Plasticity & Space Flexible Structures AICAD Exchange Program Papermaking Nature & Abstraction History of Film English Composition Montserrat distinguishes itself as one of the top colleges of art Advanced Objective Image & Object Eastern Philosophies Concepts in Science and design through the consortium of the AICAD school network. Drawing Storyboarding History of Animation Writing for Children AICAD—the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design— Digital Sculpture Illustrating Fiction is a non-profit consortium of 43 leading art colleges in North America. Fiction Writing Eastern Philosophies Perspectives in Anatomy Typography I American Art Self & Society Through the AICAD Exchange program, full-time students who are Letterpress Ceramic Sculpture Diversity in the U.S. Humanities attending one of the 31 participating AICAD schools, have the unique Editorial Illustration Visual Narratives opportunity to attend another school within AICAD for one semester The Vietnam War Narrative Forms Electronic Portfolio Web Authoring at no additional cost or loss of credit. The AICAD Exchange offers Literary Drama Art & Gender students the experience and benefit of studying at a different school Visual Propaganda Plasticity & Space Africa Now Narratives of Self and living in a different geographic area. By sharing resources and Lithography Painting II: Landscape facilities, AICAD colleges offer unparalleled educational opportunities Gender & Literature Aesthetics & Criticism Beyond the Wall Mixed Media to students at AICAD schools. Italian Renaissance Environmental Issues Perspectives in Life Drawing I Art in the Landscape Politics & the Media Art Education Stop Motion Animation World History History of Film Cross Registration Water-Based Media Design Factory Since 1900 Japanese Literature Opportunities Color Workshop Senior Studio Arts Seminar Art of Asia Developmental Puppets Introduction to Students may also be interested in supplementing their Montserrat & the Pacific Psychology Animation Principles Photographic Media education with coursework in other disciplines offered at nearby Art History Cultural Anthropology Monoprinting Web Authoring institutions. Through the Northeast Consortium of Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts (NECCUM), students may take one or Bookbinding Experimental Film two classes a semester in addition to their full-time coursework at Montserrat. Many schools are within five miles of Montserrat’s campus. * The courses above are a sampling of offerings over the last few years. 12 MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART MONTSERRAT.EDU 13 In high school, my work was explorative, but it felt directionless and unsatisfying. "At Montserrat, I found my passion in the field of illustration, and it’s made me more motivated and capable when making art.

KEELY QUIRK '18 Hometown:” Easthampton, MA Concentration: Illustration

Our curriculum helps guide you through that journey through a breadth of programs designed to prepare you for a life as a professional. Because we believe in unlocking creativity through FIND collaboration, you’ll nurture your artistic voice by working closely with your peers on class projects both within and beyond your discipline. Faculty members will play a pivotal role in your artistic development— providing a steady stream of input and inspiration, and serving as a YOUR VOICE sounding board. When did you first lose yourself Through coursework and projects, you’ll learn about traditions and in your creative talent? techniques that will make your work more creative, original, and daring. Working across disciplines will inspire you to explore unfamiliar Maybe you were one of the few in your class—or your entire school— terrain and broaden your skill set: as one of our students once who was instinctively drawn to expressing your passion through visual remarked, “I embroider by day, and practice Photoshop by night.” concepts and imagery. Perhaps you found yourself longing to spend Montserrat’s approach to art education provides every student with extra class periods—or even the entire day—in your high school’s art a toolkit for success—positioning them to enter the world with a room or design lab. Whatever brought you deep into art, you’re ready robust portfolio, refined skills, and a deep understanding of the to take the first step toward transforming your creativity into a career. creative process.

14 MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART MONTSERRAT.EDU 15 Montserrat's Foundation Year will inspire you to explore and experiment with new techniques, A concepts, and materials--all with the hands-on PORTRAIT support and mentorship of your faculty and peers. OF THE ARTIST You’re sitting in a Foundation class, surrounded by unfamiliar faces. You’re about to put your brush to canvas, trace a charcoal line across a pristine clean white sheet, or present your first-ever animation. As can be expected, you’re a little nervous. My favorite class so far has been You don’t have to be. From the first figure you Animation Principles, because I got render at Montserrat until to dive head-first into the basics the completion of your of animation in the first semester senior capstone, you’ll be " supported, encouraged— of my Foundation Year. I also got to and, yes, challenged— experience all of the opportunities by the professors and that are available to me through the peers who will be your fellow travelers on your Animation concentration. Montserrat journey. STEVEN MORA '21 Hometown: Providence, RI Concentration:” Animation 16 MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART MONTSERRAT.EDU 17 Your Foundation Year, is about choice, discovery, and experimentation. Most importantly, it’s about making. You won’t find big lecture halls or repetitive demos in our Foundation courses. Instead, you’ll find project-based, interdisciplinary studio courses team-taught by dynamic pairings of professional artists and scholars. Your Foundation faculty will help you work both independently and collaboratively on projects that introduce you to essential concepts of form and space in 2D, 3D, and 4D. You’ll also have the freedom to begin exploring all that our curriculum has to offer with introductory electives in Illustration, Animation, Printmaking, Painting, Sculpture, and so much more.

After discovering your creative passion and deepening your skills in your Foundation courses, you’ll dive into your intended concentration and have an academic advisor to coach you along your journey as a maker. Your artistic vision will then turn outward during junior year when you pursue internship and travel experiences that reveal what Discovering the artist you are destined to become, it means to be a creative professional in the wider world. Finally, you’ll take over a personal studio space to tackle the most ambitious--and rewarding--project of your Montserrat career: your senior capstone and the path you will follow to arrive there, will be project. This cohesive body of work will be based on a theme or concept of your own invention and will become the cornerstone of the focus of your Foundation experience at Montserrat. your professional portfolio. Since coming to Montserrat, I’m much more confident in my art—and in myself. When "I was in high school, I felt uncomfortable calling myself an artist, or even sharing my art. Now, I take pride in being an artist. GRETCHEN DARCHE '21 Hometown: North Scituate, RI ” Concentration: Sculpture

18 MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART MONTSERRAT.EDU 19 VITERBO, ITALY: This four-week integrated STUDY ABROAD arts experience gives you the opportunity to live and study in Montserrat offers a town whose history dates to exceptional the Middle Ages. With courses in painting, drawing, photography, opportunities art history, and writing, you’ll find to expand your inspiration around every corner. aesthetic vision— and experience other MALLORCA, SPAIN: This is a two-week intensive artistic cultures and for students focused on traditions firsthand— photography or video. Mallorca—a small island with by participating in rugged mountains, dramatic Montserrat’s intensive cliffs, and hidden coastal bays— art travel programs provides the ideal backdrop. I’ve been trying to grow in Viterbo, Italy; my color theory, and after Mallorca, Spain; and NIIGATA, JAPAN: This program includes two spending a month outdoors Niigata, Japan . studio courses, demonstrations, and workshops in traditional "in the Italian landscape, Japanese art forms, as well surrounded by mountains as extensive travel to cultural sites. You’ll live with a Japanese and medieval architecture, I classmate’s family, and study at Niigata College of Art & Design had a real breakthrough in my on the northwest coast of the Niigata Prefecture. painting practice. I look at color completely differently now.

unleash ASHLEY GILLIN '19 Hometown: Nashua, NH ” your Concentration: Painting creativity Minor: Curatorial Studies 20 MONTSERRAT.EDU 21 “There is an air of comfortable creative energy here, where you can toss an idea out and know that someone will pick it up and take it in a direction you might not expect, but that you trust FACULT Y will be good. I am continuously inspired by my students.” Stacy Thomas-Vickory Montserrat’s gifted, caring faculty members understand PROFESSOR, COORDINATOR OF ACADEMIC FACILITIES BFA, Montserrat College of Art; MFA, SUNY Buffalo; Selected juried exhibitions include and appreciate the incredible opportunity—and responsibility Mondo Tera Firma and Small in a Big Big World, The Cloister Gallery, Marblehead, MA; The Landscape Reconsidered: Collage, Assemblage & Montage, Arlington Center for —associated with helping young artists find their voice. the Arts, Arlington, MA

As both professional artists and dedicated teachers, they cultivate Professor Stacy strong relationships inside and beyond the studio. Through that Thomas-Vickory process, students become their peers, colleagues, and friends. Artists Teachers Colleagues Friends underscored the They will be there at every step—encouraging you to trust your “The one thing I love most instincts as you explore new territory, make course corrections when importance of about art is the ongoing " needed, and fine-tune your ideas through formal critiques and dictating the media casual conversations. In doing so, they will push you to be the best discovery, in both my you are using, instead version of yourself, to venture outside your comfort zone early and own work and others. often, and to emerge from your four years at Montserrat with a deep My goal is to get each of allowing it to student to explore and understanding of how to apply your individual talents. “My goal as an instructor is dictate you. It helped drive themselves into new not to simply tell students artistic territory.” me understand my what may make their artistic process, so I Mark Hoffmann art work better, but to demonstrate how to think could achieve ideas I PROFESSOR, VISUAL had in my head and COMMUNICATION & DESIGN and work as an artist.” DIVISION CHAIR not be limited by the Published children’s book author/ Masako Kamiya illustrator; BFA, Rhode Island PROFESSOR, PAINTING nature of a process or School of Design; MFA, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth PROGRAM COORDINATOR Recipient of the Massachusetts medium. Studiohoffmann.com Cultural Council Grant, the Brother Thomas Fellowship, and Lillian JACKSON HALEY '18 Orlowsky and William Freed Hometown:” Pembroke, MA Foundation Award Concentration: Printmaking BFA, Montserrat College of Art; MFA, Massachusetts College of Art Masakokamiya.com

22 MONTSERRAT.EDU 23 Melissa DiCostanzo Dillian McGahey

Fine Art + Digital Media = Genevieve Marques Boundless Opportunities

Sylvia Burger

Jylik Buissereth

Seth Hart Jack Fay Arielle Carlow Shannon Herrick Mareson Yates Richard Fraser Aaron Lonergan Susan Drennan

Zeynep Yurtsever Claire Dilonno

David Mshar

Jared Adams

Jaime Fox Emma Gallant Allison Heckman Gabriela Sorrentino Matthew Rucki

24 MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART MONTSERRAT.EDU 25 ART ALL OVER At Montserrat, you’ll discover a community of artists constantly creating, curating, and viewing art . Our gallery programs fuel this consistent artistic fervor, featuring innovative exhibitions of contemporary art by student and alumni artists, as well as hosting a diverse range of regional, national, and international artists .

Anthony Goicolea - "pose" Worries Bash A participatory installation Pose was the first New consisting of recorded worries England solo-exhibition of the collected from hundreds of internationally acclaimed artist, people and presented as part Anthony Goicolea. The gallery of a continuous audio portrait was bisected and the work is emanating from fragile papier- presented as two halves of the mâché sculptures. Worries Bash same mind. The gallery forces was conceived by the artistic duo contemplation, reflection, and Caitlin & Misha . BRIAN STELFREEZE (false) memory; reminiscent Adrián Fernándiz Milanes - "pending memories" - VISITING ARTIST of a dream. His work is not A solo exhibition of Havana-based multimedia artist, Adrián Fernándiz Milanes. Pending Memories intentionally or overtly political. builds upon Milanés’ exploration of the artifice, the spectacle of consumerism, technological constructs As a painter, penciller, inker, and colorist, Brian Stelfreeze has worked It is a visceral reaction to (tangible and digital), and beyond. This iteration showcases a massive mixed-media sculpture for nearly every major U.S. comic book publisher, and was one of the changing dialogues around reminiscent of an advertising billboard or the corpse of a military installation. At the foot of this altar original members of Atlanta’s famous Gaijin Studios. While Stelfreeze ethnicity, sexuality and religion. does one gaze in awe or cower in defeat? Yet, is it cloaked by banality of frequency in which we view the has been known throughout his career primarily as a cover artist, Growing up as a Cuban, Catholic, countless structures that dot our landscape and consciousness? painting more than 50 consecutive cover illustrations for DC Comics’ gay boy in the Deep South in Batman: Shadow of the Bat, he’s also produced a significant amount of sequential work, including his Eisner Award-Nominated run as the the early 70’s, heightened his Milanés studied visual arts at the San Alejandro Fine Arts Academy (2004) and later at the Superior artist (both interior and cover art) on the 2016 revival of Marvel’s Black awareness of social constructs Institute of Arts (2010) in Havana. From 2010 to 2012, he trained at The Ludwig Foundation of Cuba and Panther with writer Ta-Nehisi Coates. Stelfreeze acts as art director for and the changing nature of New York University, Tisch School of the Arts Special Programs, where he also taught. He has exhibited 12-Gauge Comics, and has provided interior artwork for their titles The identity politics—a theme that extensively, from Berlin to New York, Houston to Antwerp, including an installation for the 2019 Havana Ride, Gun Candy, and ICE, as well as many of their most iconic covers. continually informs his work. Biennal, Monument to an Incomplete Man.

26 MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART MONTSERRAT.EDU 27 Montserrat is a place that celebrates not only personal FELLOW EXPLORERS self-expression, but also experiences shared with fellow & KINDRED SPIRITS community members . We derive our strength from a profound sense of connection and inclusion .

Learning in an environment of joy and camaraderie will strengthen your artistic voice, as you learn how to express who you are and what you stand for without fear of judgment.

Whether you’re splattering new friends during our “Paint War” for first-year students or sharing a meal with your suitemates, you’ll be immersed in a welcoming and supportive community. At the same time, you’ll learn how to advocate for your beliefs in different environments—from critiques to internships. You can also develop your leadership skills by participating in one of the many student-run Lys DelCampo clubs that energize our campus.

I’m so much more inspired to make art around artistic people. Montserrat is an incredibly "creative environment.

ALEXIS PALMBERG '21 Hometown:” Mansfield Center, CT Concentration: Undeclared

28 MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART MONTSERRAT.EDU 29 My favorite part of living on campus is how close Artists thrive in places that give them a sense everything is to each of belonging; Montserrat’s housing provides "other—everything is a a homelike alternative to traditional dorm life . short walk.

STEVEN MORA '21 From your first day on campus, you’ll live in a shared, apartment-style Hometown: Providence, RI residence that will introduce you to various aspects of adult living— ” Concentration: Animation from grocery shopping to time management. You’ll be a step ahead of your peers in learning how to live independently as an adult. ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

The intimacy of Montserrat was everything I was "looking for in a college and having the beach nearby is definitely a bonus. 47 apartments

BRIANNA ORDONEZ '19 in 14 houses: Hometown: Brooklyn,” NY Concentration: Art Education think "home" not "dorm"

30 MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART MONTSERRAT.EDU 31 Boston, Massachusetts Museums & Culture • Museum of Fine Arts • Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum • Institute of Contemporary Art • New England Aquarium BEST • Museum of Science • MIT Museum • Harvard Art Museums North Shore • SoWa Art & Design District OF BOTH Massachusetts Museums & Culture Historical Sites • Peabody Essex Museum & Landmarks • Northshore Music Theatre • Old North Church WORLDS • Rockport Music-Shalin Liu • Paul Revere House Performance Center • USS Constitution • The Cabot Theatre • Harvard University • Rocky Neck Art Colony • Fenway Park Beverly, • Rockport Art Association • Freedom Trail • Boston Public Garden Massachusetts •  Museum Your kind Historical Sites The Natural World & Landmarks • Charles River of town • The Witch House • Boston Harbor Islands • House of Seven Gables • Arnold Arboretum • Gloucester’s Man • Coastal Beaches Dozens of at the Wheel Beautiful Beverly local galleries, • Rockport’s Motif No. 1 restaurants, • Salem Willows Beverly provides a center of gravity for Montserrat students—it’s a • Bearskin Neck shops & cafés • Hammond Castle vibrant, supportive, and safe environment that values, celebrates, and supports the College . The Natural World 3 blocks • Singing Beach Bustling Boston • Plum Island You can catch a classic film or concert at the renowned Cabot Street Cinema Theatre, or check out an to the ocean • Good Harbor Beach A quick train ride will take you from Montserrat’s campus to alumni exhibit at the Atomic Café. And if you need to get away from it all for a bit, the Atlantic Ocean • Essex Greenbelt Boston’s city center . Find inspiration for your next masterpiece at the is just a five-minute walk from campus. Studying at Montserrat provides the ideal balance between • Lynch Park participating in the life of a dynamic community and doing your own thing. 30 minutes to • Halibut Point State Park Museum of Fine Arts, historic Faneuil Hall, or a cutting-edge gallery . Boston by train

32 MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART MONTSERRAT.EDU 33 SENIOR CAPSTONE

For my capstone, I knew I wanted to create something related to fashion illustration. It took some trial and Your Senior Capstone includes: error to pin down what that project " Your very own One-on-one Dedicated course A professional would be, and in the end I learned studio space advising with time to work portfolio to launch a lot about the big wide world of [with a fresh coat a faculty member . on a senior thesis . your post-Montserrat fashion and costume design. of white paint] . career . EMMETT CYGNET '18 Hometown: Clay” Center, KS Concentration: Illustration Minor: Art History Attempt. Fail. Reimagine. Succeed. Repeat.

34 MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART Montserrat has encouraged me to take the steps I needed in order to build professional connections in Your Montserrat the real world. Establishing those experience is " relationships has helped solidify my the toolkit for career as a working artist. your creative life . This philosophy comes to life DILLIAN MCGAHEY '20 in many different forms—from Hometown:” Holden, MA the time management skills Concentration: Printmaking required to mount and hang Minor: Art History FROM CRIT your work in an exhibition, to the marketing techniques you use to promote your show through TO CAREER social media. A single crit can transform into a lifelong lesson in how to present effectively, process feedback, and engage in collaborative problem-solving. These skills will not only inspire you to aim higher and push your art further: they also provide excellent preparation for a career as a creative professional.

Off-campus experiences As an animation intern for Sesame Street, also play a role in building character, and your resume. I used Adobe’s new Character Animator Study abroad experiences program to create an interactive puppet that teach you how to adapt to new uses camera motion tracking for interactive environments. Internships teach " the importance of meeting social media purposes. At the end, I helped deadlines. The challenges you create a user guide so the other employees confront, and the discoveries you make along the way, will enrich could continue building character rigs in your experience when you return the future. to Montserrat, and strengthen ASHLI HURT '17 your prospects for after you Hometown: Beacon, NY graduate. ” Concentration: Animation + Interactive Media

38 MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART MONTSERRAT.EDU 37 MONTSERRAT ESSENTIALS $5 MILLION 100+ IN FACULTY $386 SCHOLARSHIP 400 AID student-artists & STAFF billion AWARDED dollars IN 2019-20 in salary BILLION IS GENERATED Learn more is earned about what we I quickly found myself in an BY THE ARTS environment of professionals with by artists believe and more experience and skill than $800 TO THE US ECONOMY achieve at "me; Montserrat taught me how & designers montserrat.edu to see them as resources rather than competition. Montserrat Montserrat showed me that art can be a social and collaborative experience; that was the first mentality is what helped me best art college contribute to my team and shine as 5 ONLY ONE a leader. 12:1 million to require JEAN ROMERO '19 STUDENT workers MO NTSERRAT Hometown: Chelsea, MA -TO- are employed all students ” Concentration: Art Education FACULTY in the arts EXPERIENCE to complete RATIO an internship.

40 MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART MONTSERRAT.EDU 39 SEE YOURSELF AT MONTSERRAT

Visit Us PRIORITY FILING DATES: Montserrat offers campus tours and Fall Entry - February 15 portfolio reviews by appointment every Spring Entry - December 1 weekday during the academic year at 10 am and 2 pm, and every weekday during the summer at 11 am .

Please call the Office of Admissions at 978 .921 .4242 ext . 1153 If you're prepared to pursue or email us at admissions@montserrat edu. an education in the arts, to schedule your visit .

and find your most creative, Our website also lists upcoming Open artistic self in the process, Houses, Completion Days, Studio Days, and Second Saturday events . consider applying MONTSERRAT .EDU to Montserrat today.

42 MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART MONTSERRAT.EDU 41 Career Services

Montserrat’s Career Resource Center provides students and alumni with practical information and advice for professional ACADEMIC RESOURCES career development. Our staff of artists and career professionals help students and alumni Academic Technology The Writing Paul M. Scott navigate the working world. Advising Studio Library Through internships, resume At Montserrat, we understand workshops, and opportunities to the changing needs for At the beginning of each Whether you are working on The library is named for the late interact with practicing artists technology in art and strive academic year, freshmen are an academic paper, drafting an Paul M. Scott, a distinguished and professionals working in the to keep up with the latest assigned faculty advisors, and artist statement, writing a poem painter and founding member of field, the Montserrat community products. Our computer labs sophomores, juniors and seniors or story, or using text in your the College, who established the actively engages with the arts are outfitted with current select faculty advisors in their visual work, the Writing Studio’s collection with a generous gift and creative industries beyond generation iMacs. We also offer major area of concentration. tutors and learning specialists of books. Through the library’s its walls. color and grayscale laser printers, Faculty advisors help students are available for free, one-on-one participation in the North several professional quality develop an educational plan tutoring to all students during of Boston Library Exchange Education does not end printers, a variety of flatbed and consistent with their academic, any part of the writing process. (NOBLE) consortium, students on graduation day, and nor film scanners, drawing tablets, career, and life goals and have access to countless should it. To stay competitive and other technology to fit the objectives. publications and media items, in the swiftly evolving creative students’ needs. Every student which can be requested from economy, art college graduates has a personal account on our 26 other libraries through the need the tools and resources to student file server, so no matter library catalog. The library also maintain proficiency in current which computer lab they are provides students with 24/7 technology and best practices working in, they always have online access to full-text articles related to art and design. access to their personal files. Our from magazines and journals Montserrat is committed to new Digital Fabrication Studio via EBSCO and Gale databases, lifelong learning and dedication also offers a suite of state-of-the- reference books via Oxford, to the continued career art 3D printers, a laser cutter, and and 1.6 million digital images development of its alumni. vinyl cutters for students to use. via ArtStor. The library staff Loop Learning is designed to welcomes questions and will foster our alumni with ongoing help students find the resources learning, entirely tuition-free. they need to succeed. More information can be found at montserrat.edu

42 MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART MONTSERRAT.EDU 43 STUDENT AFFAIRS Health Counseling Academic Access Studio Services Services It is our mission to create an accessible and inclusive learning and living environment for all students. Under the guidance of section 504 Montserrat recognizes that Montserrat’s professional and of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities good health is an important caring counseling psychologist Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA), the Academic Access Studio, part of a successful educational is available in the student affairs located on the 2nd floor at 248 Cabot St., is dedicated to providing experience. Our Health Services suite for free and confidential services, support, and reasonable accommodations to ensure department is located in the conversations. No problem is students with disabilities are able to fully participate in the College’s student affairs suite on the first too big or too small. Students academic, social, and recreational programming. Our faculty, staff, floor of the Hardie Building. may also request referrals and administration make every effort to accommodate the needs for additional personal and of students with disabilities. Students must disclose their disability psychological counseling, which with the Academic Access Studio and meet with the director every is often covered by health semester. Students are asked to place required documentation insurance. Faculty advisors, on file with the Academic Access Studio so that the necessary staff members, and the dean accommodations can be made available. The Academic Access of students also take special Studio is a resource for all students at Montserrat through academic interest in student concerns coaching, time management support, and assistive technology. and are available to discuss the everyday problems that arise while adjusting to college life.

44 MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART MONTSERRAT.EDU 47 COLLEGE POLICIES BOARD OF TRUSTEES THE COUNCIL Kent Wosepka Barbara Schaye Information Notice of Non- Documenting CHAIR CHAIR from Student Discrimination Student Work Heidi Z. Adam Stephen Archer Records Richard Diego John Colucci Montserrat is committed to Montserrat reserves the right STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE Lee Essex Doyle a policy of nondiscrimination to document any artwork Montserrat provides appropriate Mercedes Sherrod Evans R. Hilliard Ebling and equal opportunity for all created by enrolled students MISSION security for and confidentiality Scott Glosserman Charles Esdaile applicants, employees and for the purpose of recruitment, Founded by working creative professionals, Montserrat College of of student records and in Tom Grant Ricardo Fernandez students without regard to publications, grants, exhibitions Art provides an individualized education focused on maximizing all respects observes the Jeffrey Hamilton Miranda Gooding race, color, religious creed, or any other event that impacts the professional and personal success of each student. Structured requirements of the Family sex, sexual orientation, gender the advancement of the college. around experiential learning, studio practice, liberal arts, and Bonnie Williams Henry Deborah Greel Educational Rights and Privacy identity and expression, national professional preparation, the mission of the college ensures that its Timothy Johnson Kimberly Smith Guerster Act and related regulations of origin, ancestry, age, disability, graduates leave equipped with the competence, confidence, and Chris Koeplin Catherine Mitchell the U.S. Government. Students veteran status, active military habits of mind to build lives of creative enterprise and community have adequate access to and Alex Lamb Brian Murphy service, genetic information, or engagement. Montserrat recognizes its role as an economic driver reasonable control over the use Tyson J. Lynch, Esq. Olivia Parker any other category protected and cultural leader in the region. of their own records. Copies Richard O’Connor Jonathan Payson under applicable law. The human of the Montserrat Policy on resources office has been January Gill O’Neil Marcia G. Strouss Confidentiality and the release designated to handle inquiries Rachel Perry Paul Trefry of information from student regarding Montserrat non- Judith A. Schmid Gail Wilkinson records are available from the ACCREDITATION HOW TO REACH US: discrimination policies. Inquiries Barbara Schaye registrar. Montserrat is an independent, non-profit art college accredited to Montserrat College of Art concerning the application of John Sutyak award the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree by the Commission on Higher non-discrimination policies may Admissions Office SECRETARY also be referred to: Regional Education of the New England Commission of Higher Education 23 Essex Street Stacy Thomas-Vickory Director, Office of Civil Rights, (NECHE). The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program is also accredited FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE U.S. Department of Education, by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). Beverly, MA 01915 5 Post Office Square, 8th Floor, In addition, the Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Kenn Turner Boston, MA 02109. Massachusetts has approved Montserrat’s Art Education program, Alyssa Watters enabling students to earn Initial Licensure with Advanced Standing. Toll-Free: 800 .836 0487. Richard Yagjian Inquiries regarding the accreditation status of art schools in Phone: 978 .921 .4242 x1153 Massachusetts by the New England Commission should be directed admissions@montserrat edu. to the administrative staff of the institution. Kurt T. Steinberg Ed.D EX-OFFICIO Individuals may also contact: Commission on Institutions of Higher Education The information published in this catalog represents the plans of Montserrat Katherine B. Winter New England Commission of Higher Education College of Art at the time of the printing of this publication. The College reserves LIFE MEMBER OF THE BOARD 3 Burlington Woods Drive, Suite 100 the right to change, without notice, any matter contained in this publication. Burlington, MA 01803 (781) 425-7785 © Montserrat College of Art, 2020

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