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NESAD Grads: Out in the World

An exhibition of alumni works organized in conjunction with Suffolk University Homecoming Weekend, October 17-20

Please help us welcome NESAD’S new chairman Steve Novick

October 14 – November 10, 2013

Opening Event: Thursday, October 17 5:00 p.m.
Panel discussion: exhibiting alumni and current students – Reception to follow

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Nurtured here, this group of alumni carries with them a passion for their chosen field, the skills to express themselves and their ideas, and the discipline to realize them.  The exhibition represents all areas of study at New England School of Art & Design, including Illustration, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Interior Architecture and Fine Art.

The artists included in the exhibit are:

John Park – Advertising Design, DIP 1957

Daniel McCarron – Graphic Design, DIP 1962

Joseph Norris – Advertising Design, DIP 1966

Ruth Daniels – Advertising Design, DIP 1970

Rick Keene – attended 1971-73

Joe Greco – Fine Arts, DIP 1973

John Roman – Graphic Design, DIP 1974

Rich Buswell – Graphic Design, DIP 1977

Prescott Hill – General Art, DIP 1979

Eli Cedrone – General Art, DIP 1981

Judy Pearson-Wright – Graphic Design, DIP 1981

Velicia Waymer – Fashion Illustration, DIP 1982

Paula Whalen – Fine Arts, DIP 1982

Yvonne Belcher – Fashion Illustration, DIP 1983

Deb Bretton Robinson – attended 1985 – 1987

Jama Samek – attended 1992-94

Diane Grieco – Fine Arts, DIP 1993

Eric Leppanen – School of Management, BSBA 1993

Jeanne Finnerty – Interior Design, DIP 1993, BFA 1995

Darren Bult – Graphic Design, DIP 1997

Erik Bunker – Graphic Design, BFA 1997

AnneMary Wood-Mann – Graphic Design, BFA 1999

Nicole Wang – Graphic Design, BFA 2002

Kseniya Galper – Graphic Design, BFA 2003

Christopher Michon – Graphic Design, BFA 2003

James Manning – Fine Arts, DIP 1995, BFA 2005

Eileen Riestra – Graphic Design, BFA 2005

Joanna Nandi – Fine Arts, BFA 2006

Michelle McIntyre – Fine Arts, BFA 2006

Robert Finneran – Graphic Design, BFA 2007

Daniela Wong-Chiulli – Graphic Design, BFA 2007

Yvette Perullo – Graphic Design, MA 2008

Maria Galante – Graphic Design, BFA 2009

Christopher Cavallero – Fine Arts BFA, 2009

Tica de Moor – Interior Design MA, 2011

Kristen Freitas – Fine Arts BFA, 2011

Max Martelli – Fine Arts BFA, 2011

Silvi Naci – Fine Arts / Graphic Design BFA, 2011

Nick Di Stefano – Graphic Design MA, 2012

John Connolly – Graphic Design MA, 2012

Keri Lemoine – Fine Arts BFA, 2012

John Roy – Fine Arts BFA, 2012

Deanna Susser – Fine Arts BFA, 2013

Taylor Andrea Crouch – Fine Arts BFA, 2013

Allison Skula – Fine Arts BFA, 2013

Brayden Varr – Graphic Design BFA, 2013

Suffolk University Gallery Director Deborah Davidson will be presenting one of her independent  projects, Catalyst Conversations, Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Catalyst Conversations brings artists and scientists together in dialog. Deborah plans to continue her curatorial explorations of the dynamic relationship between art and science with future programming at the Suffolk University Gallery.

Catalyst Conversations @ Broad Institute
in partnership with the Four Sculptors series at
the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Monadnock Room

Wednesday, October 2, 2013
6-7 pm
Reception to follow
In different ways, Heather Dewey-Hagborg and Bang Wong both transcend the traditional division between science and art. Each uses data as a starting point and then employs tools and techniques from both the science and art realms in order to visualize that data. One place where they diverge is in the outcomes of their work. For Bang Wong, the outcome is essentially scientific: the results seek to explicate patterns and understand relationships in the data in order to make sense of complex systems. In the case of Heather Dewy-Hagborg’s Stranger Visions project, the result is essentially artistic: she uses a visual art piece to provoke thought and conversations about the role that DNA plays in our public interactions by creating an object. For Dewey-Hagborg and Wong, the boundary between science and art is fluid; and each is central to our understanding of the world.

http://www.catalystconversations.net/events/

You are also invited to a companion program at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts as part of the Four Sculptors series on Tuesday, October 1 at 12:30pm.

Jill Garzik, Interior Design 2006, was honored at Suffolk’s “10 under 10” alumni reception last spring. Read the profile of Jill on Suffolk University’s website.

Join us this Friday from 5:30 – 7:30 pm for a reception celebrating our 2013 MA in Interior Architecture graduates at MONTAGE.

Master of Arts in Interior Architecture Thesis Show
September 3 – 17
MONTAGE
75 Arlington Street
Boston, MA 02116

The New England School of Art & Design proudly presents Graphic Design MA thesis projects in Re:Design. View innovative solutions to today’s top issues and leave your thoughts as part of this interactive exhibit.

Join us for a reception celebrating our 2013 graduates on Friday, August 23rd from 6-9 pm.

Suffolk University Adams Gallery
120 Tremont Street (Directions)

Experience Boston through your nose!

Kate McLean (Graphic Design 2004), Sensory Cartographer, invites you to join her on a smell walk of Boston as a part of her latest smell research project.

The walk will start at 7pm on Wednesday, August 7th at Haymarket and covers a distance of just over 2 miles finishing at Charles Street/Boston Common.

“The aim of this particular walk is the exploration of a series of one-dimensional maps of a smell journey through a city based on distance and time. I will be assessing how many smells we encounter on a single journey. I am interested to find out how each person perceives and describes the smells and their association with particular smells and aromas.

At key points I will stop and talk about smell expectations, how certain companies use fragrance for marketing, country-specific smells, and we will try to deconstruct some complex smells that have interested me for some time.”

Please email mcleankate@mac.com for further details or to sign up.

Suffolk University Gallery at the School of Art & Design has a new gallery director! Deborah Davidson is an independent curator, educator and artist active in the Boston cultural scene.

Deborah received her M.F.A. from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University and her B.A. from Binghamton University.  She is part of the core faculty in the MFA program in Visual Arts at the Art Institute of Boston/Lesley University. She maintains her studio practice in tandem with her curatorial and educational roles. Deborah was the featured artist in the 2005 issue of Agni, the BU literary magazine, her first published writing appeared there. Her work is in many private and public collections, including Yale University, Wellesley College, Boston Public Library, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Houghton Library, Harvard University.  Her most recent project Catalyst Conversations is an organization devoted to the idea of art and science in dialogue, launched in October 2012.  Deborah’s other independent curatorial projects include Exploding/Exploiting The Book, AIB/Lesley University, What is Contained: The Book As Subject And Object, Northeastern University, and Cannot Be Described In Words: Drawing Expanded, Concord Art Association.  These all had rich programs supporting the exhibitions – ranging from films, to symposia, to special student events. She has had solo exhibitions at the Danforth Museum of Art, Kingston Gallery, and NKG Gallery.  In 2011 she was an Artist in Residence at Northeastern University, as well as a recipient of a Berkshire Taconic A.R.T. grant. Deborah looks forward to contributing to the School of Art & Design and Suffolk University to create exciting exhibitions and programs.

In the coming months, Deborah will join & Then as a guest blogger writing about local exhibits and other exciting arts news. Please join me in extending a hearty welcome to Deborah.

Graphic Design professor, Jen Fuchel, participated in “A Glimpse Beyond” last weekend at the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge. Her installation, “Settings,” plays with contextual expectations, shifting indoor objects outside. Through a collection of hanging frames, attention is called to works of nature, placing the natural world in a position often occupied by man-made art. With this work she seeks to challenge our perception of the nature of art and the art of nature.

Jessica Sutton, BFA ’04, is featured as one of Suffolk’s “Start-up Stories.” Check out the profile of Jessica’s boutique graphic design firm, JSGD.

Drawing Connections, the 23rd annual Boston Center for the Arts Drawing Show features Foundation Program Assistant Director Ilona Anderson and Fine Arts Director Audrey Goldstein. Drawing Connections explores connections between traditional and contemporary drawing techniques. Exhibition guests can explore drawing through workshops and a series of evolving interactive drawings. Join Ilona for a free workshop,  Connected through Drawing: An Interactive Workshop, on Saturday, July 27th at 10 AM.

 

 

 

 

Exhibition Dates: July 12 – September 22
Opening Reception: Friday, July 12 | 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Curatorial Talk: September 14 | 1:00 PM

Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts
551 Tremont Street , Boston, MA 02116