MassArt Illustration

April 29, 2016
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Experimental Illustration & Dig Boston – Spring Challenge

Every spring Bob Maloney’s Experimental Illustration class collaborates with DigBoston to create a piece for their Dig This Arts & Entertainment section of the paper. Each student makes their own piece celebrating the change of seasons, drawing inspiration from various traditions and myths of cultures around the world.

Congratulations to Dimel Rivas, whose piece was selected to be published in the paper this week!

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Says Dimel about the piece: “The Spaniard tradition in welcoming the spring time revolves around the Las Fallas Parade. A parade in which whimsical sculptures, fantasy floats and caricature commentary on popular events is celebrated and discarded of in a grand bonfire. I decided to use this celebration to inspire my own caricature commentary on the ever popular 2016 elections”

Scroll through the slideshow to see other student submissions:

Experimental Illustration - DigBoston Spring 2016

April 26, 2016
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Illustration Students Featured in Drawing Magazine

by Visiting Lecturer, John Roman

Several Illustration Department students are having their work featured in the Spring issue of Drawing magazine. The article,“Principles of Panoramic Drawing,” written by faculty member John Roman is based on one of his perspective drawing assignments. The students featured in the article include, Alexa Gustafson (class of 2017), Caitlin Mavilla (2016), Amanda Watkins (2015), Eileen McIntire (2016), Dylan McCusker (2016), and Kathleen Ohara (2017). The Spring issue will be in bookstores May 10th. The student’s work has also been posted on the Artist’s Network blog.

Drawing magazine publishes 40,000 copies which are distributed nationally. Each issue is also offered in a Digital Version which is in addition to the 40K printed copies. Drawing also has subscribers internationally and is available on newsstands throughout the country.

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Abigail McCoy

A perfectly-executed panoramic drawing from observation completed on-site inside Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. With spontaneity of line and a self-assured handling of the marker medium, artist Abigail McCoy (MassArt: Class of 2015) powerfully crafted this wide-angle depiction and successfully conveys the broad expanse of the Gardner Museum’s interior courtyard.

See more student work after the break.
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March 25, 2016
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Noodle and Doodle – March Session

Last week the Illustration department hosted an installment of our  monthly live drawing series ‘Noodle & Doodle.’ In these open drawing sessions students have a chance to practice drawing the figure from musicians who are also their peers. Scroll through the slideshow below to see some of the performers, and the drawings of them.

Noodle + Doogle - Spring 2016

March 1, 2016
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Econundrums Exhibition & Reception

econundrumsJoin the Illustration department for an exhibition of original artwork by Polly Becker’s Editorial Illustration class, executed in a variety of media, and presented as part of the school’s Sustainability Initiative.

Each student has illustrated a different topic, all of  which would be suitable for coverage in Mother Jones Magazine‘s monthly “Econundrums” column on environmental dilemmas.

Subjects covered range from antibiotics and agribusiness to ethical dining and lead-poisoned water. The aim was to research material relating to the preservation of the planet’s natural resources, and then to create images which illuminate the issues and/or provide commentary on them. This work will be critiqued and has been created in conjunction with the actual Mother Jones art director Carolyn Perot, who  helped to shape the assignment.

The opening will be Wednesday, March 3 at 6:00pm on the 1st Floor of the Design and Media Center.

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February 17, 2016
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Communication Arts Student Award

Congratulations to Illustration senior Dom Civiello whose piece Omaha received a Student Award from Communication Arts! Dom was 1 of 6 students selected to have their work be published in the 2016 Illustration Annual May/June edition, alongside professionals from the advertising, book, editorial, institutional, and animation markets. Dom completed Omaha as part of the Illustration Thesis class all seniors are required to complete for graduation.

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“This illustration is part of a series for my thesis project. My research investigated Operation Overlord, which was conducted on June 6, 1944. It illustrates events and stories of veteran that jumped from the skies, dropped the payloads, and stormed the beaches of Normandy. Omaha, is a story about, John G. Burkhalter, who landed on Omaha Beach and instantly was swept up into the chaos of battle. Laying in the sand he witnessed incredible horror happening all round him. As he turned to move up the beach, a mortar shell landed nearby sending men tumbling through the air in a mist of sand.”  –Dom Civiello

February 16, 2016
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Stephen D. Paine Scholarship Recipient

Illustration senior Michelle Garcia has been awarded a Stephen D. Paine Scholarship! Designed to support students who are entering their final year in studio art programs at colleges in the city of Boston, the scholarship extends financial assistance in order to support their commitment to the making of art. Michelle’s work, and that of the other recipients, will on display at the Suffolk University Gallery until February 26th. Congratulations Michelle!

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Sob Sister, acrylic on illustration board, 13 x 13in

In Michelle’s words:
“As a first generation American and Latina my ethnic identity is a growing element of my artistic practice. My time in the Illustration program at Mass College of Art and Design has given me a platform and opportunity to explore this identity and think concretely about what kind of missing visual language I want to see in my field and in our society.

Growing up in the Los Angeles metro I was extremely privileged and fortunate to have had access to affordable art programs that supported my curiosity around painting, drawing, culture, and personal history. After earning my Associate degree in studio art from a local community college, I wanted to continue pushing my desire to grow as an artist and educate others on social injustices.

I’ve built my art practice on idea that people do not have to be passive participants in an unjust racial system, but can create a racial reality in which everyone belongs. I strongly believe that racist ideals, laws, social hierarchies, and traditions cannot prosper when people resist them and deconstruct them as empty ideas.”

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New Laws Create Voting Restrictions in Texas, acrylic on illustration board, 9 x 13in

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The Rate of Black Men Whoe are Shot by Police Over White Men, acrylic on illustration board, 10 x 12in