 Art Education with a Difference
Montserrat’s Art Education Program is based upon a Bachelor of Fine Arts education, making this an artist-based model of art education. We award Bachelors of Fine Arts degrees to our graduating students in a number of disciplines including: animation and interactive media, book arts, drawing and painting, graphic design, illustration, photography and video, self-directed study and sculpture. All of our students, including art education students, choose one of these studio disciplines in which to concentrate.
Rigorous Curriculum
Our teaching candidates benefit from the depth and breadth of high quality studio experience combined with rigorous art education study and classroom fieldwork. Teachers who are well grounded in studio experience, art history and liberal arts are better able to meet the demands of the art teaching profession.
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Real-World Opportunities
The rigor of the Art Education Program at Montserrat excels at teacher training in the visual arts. With a degree from one of the most challenging Art Education PROGRAMS in New England, our graduates are READY FOR THE TEACHING PROFESSION OR GRADUATE SCHOOL.
Some of our recent graduates are employed in art teaching positions in the following local communities: Beverly, Framingham, Lowell, Lynnfield, Medford, Peabody, Randolph and Reading. One recent art education graduate is employed in New Jersey and three of our recent graduates are in NY to further their art educations while others are in graduate programs in MA. We are very proud of the success our artist-based model of art education and we encourage students to explore the option of teaching as a profession.
Graduate Experiences
“My four years spent at Montserrat helped to prepare me for the Art classroom I am in today. I entered the Art Education program knowing that I enjoyed Art and that I wanted to work with children. Through the classes offered at Montserrat I learned how to create challenging and stimulating lesson plans for my students. The courses taught me about theories of thinking and learning, early childhood development, age appropriate expectations, and creative uses for art materials. My Art classroom today is richer because of the experiences I had at Montserrat. I always loved going to a small college because all of my professors knew me by name. I felt comfortable contacting them with questions. They were a huge support system as I started in my own classroom and when I entered graduate school. Montserrat's has a very strong Art Education program that prepares students for anything that may encounter after graduation.”
Amy Ubele Brown, Alumna
Art Teacher, Hemenway Elementary,
A Multiple Intelligence School, Framingham, MA
Massachusetts Licensure
In Massachusetts, art teachers are licensed at two levels: pre-kindergarten through eighth grade (pre-K through 8) and fifth through twelfth grade (5 through 12). The Art Education program at Montserrat offers initial licensure at either level. Course work and student teaching experiences are assigned accordingly. Preparation of public school teachers in Art Education programs must include course work addressing the Massachusetts Standards for Teacher Licensure and the Massachusetts Arts Curriculum Frameworks. Art education courses offered at Montserrat are designed to meet and exceed these standards for teachers of visual art.
Students interested in the Art Education program are encouraged to begin coursework in the fall of the sophomore year after successful completion of the Foundation program.
Interested students can contact Diane Ayott, Chair, Art Education at dayott@montserrat.edu for more information.
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