Kyle Brock’s New Baby

Posted on September 10, 2013 by dsimmerman

Kyle and Kerry Brock’s beautiful daughter Cora was born early Friday morning September 6. All are doing very well.

Kyle, as everyone knows, is our Studio Manager and a graduate of the Art Education Department. Kerry is a MassArt graduate in Printmaking. Kyle met her on his first day at MassArt, at Orientation, when Kerry was starting her first year and Kyle had transferred to MassArt. They were married in 2010.

Kyle will be on paternity leave until September 20. For urgent matters, email him at kyle.brock@massart.edu, and he will respond when he can. If it’s not urgent, please wait to contact him until he returns.

Majors Orientation Day

Posted on August 27, 2013 by dsimmerman

Art Education’s Majors Orientation Day will be Wednesday September 4th from 10:00-12:00 in the Arnheim Gallery. Meet faculty, hear from Art Education majors about their experiences in the department, meet with your advisor, sign up for your studio (if taking a Portfolio class), and eat pizza at 12:00.

A Letter from Lois Hetland: Planning an Art Education Trip to India!

Posted on August 26, 2013 by dsimmerman

Dear Art Ed Students and Colleagues:

Welcome back from the summer! As you see from Matt’s message, I’m away on sabbatical this fall. An important project of the sabbatical is to develop a travel course to India for Art Ed students. John Crowe and I will be traveling there in late October into mid-November, exploring the possibilities for a trip that I hope will be available to students in January 2015 (fingers crossed). Continue reading →

A Greeting from the Chair

Posted on August 23, 2013 by dsimmerman

Welcome back students and colleagues! I hope that your summer has been productive and restful!

As many of you know, Art Ed Chair, Professor Lois Hetland, is on sabbatical this semester, and I have been asked to serve as acting-Chair for the Fall 2013 semester.

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Happy Summer to the Art Education Community

Posted on June 11, 2013 by dsimmerman

Deborah is back from vacation, and the Art Education office is open summer hours: Monday – Thursday 8:30-5:00 and Friday 8:30-12:00.

Art Making Session for Neighborhood House Charter School

Posted on April 23, 2013 by dsimmerman

In response to the Marathon bombings and all the subsequent events of last week, Beth Balliro of the Art Education Department invited all in the college community to come to South 109 on Thursday, April 25 between 8:30 and 12 to make small 2D art works for the students of Neighborhood House Charter School in Dorchester. Martin Richard, the eight-year-old boy killed in the bombing, was a student at the school, as is his sister, who was injured. His mother, also injured, is the school librarian.

Last week’s events hit very close to home for many of us, and in this workshop students, faculty, staff, and alumni responded to violence with art. Over the course of the morning a wall of the 3″ square canvases went up, as participants painted and collaged images of animals, flowers, a ballet dancer, a city skyline, and all kinds of subjects meant to appeal to the children.