Art by Logan Ferber, click to see larger!
It was a big year for Montserrat College of Art during the annual “Spectrum’s Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art” Competition!
Several members of our community were recognized as having the best “Fantastic Art” of the year including instructors Antoine Revoy, Rob Rey, former faculty Joe Quinones and alumnus Logan Faerber ’09. They will all have their art appear in the Spectrum 19 issue!
>>Click here to see the complete list of winning artists!
During spring break this March, Asst. Prof. Sarah Smith was the Visiting Artist for four days at Hatch Show Print in Nashville, TN. She also visited Yee Haw Industries in Knoxville, TN and Asheville Bookworks in Asheville, NC during her southern spring break!
On Monday, April 2 at 11:30 am in the Paul M. Scott Library, Smith will give a brief presentation on her southern letterpress excursion, funded by the 2011 Luz Dorrien Faculty Development Award!
Upcoming Projects:
From June 11 – July 6 she will be the Artist in Residence at Asheville Bookworks in Asheville, NC.
Then starting July 12, Smith has a solo show entitled Olfactory Gleanings: An Exploration in Absurdity and the Letterpress Process at Endicott College in Beverly, which will be on view through Sept. 25!
Talk about a busy summer!
“Implicit” by Mary Bucci McCoy, acrylic on panel, 8 x 8 x 3.5", 2011.
“Fluidity is flooding at Kingston Gallery, thanks to the current exhibition by Mary Bucci McCoy.”
Montserrat Instructor Mary Bucci McCoy has been getting a lot of press for her current “show-stopping” exhibit Manifest, which is her third solo exhibit with the Kingston Gallery in Boston! Manifest is on view through Sunday, April 1.
“McCoy makes remarkably subtle works in which perfectly calm surfaces suggest silence, and an occasional smear or glistening patch might be the sound of a gong rippling through that silence.” – The Boston Globe
>>Click here to see the Globe’s full review!
“Manifest is a seamless exploration of connection and physicality that hinges on the sensual, intimate marks that create a space of mediation between the cycling and static.” – ArtScope
McCoy was also awarded a Massachusetts Cultural Council fellowship for painting this year and is included in the White Columns Curated Artists Registry.
Congratulations to Asst. Prof and Illustration Chair Mark Hoffmann for being selected as a winner of Creative Quarterly 27 in the professional category! Alumna Corinne Reid ’11 was also chosen as a runner-up in the student competition!
All winners will be exhibited in the Summer 2012 issue of Creative Quarterly. The winners and runner-ups work will be posted on their Online Gallery this summer.
Reid will also be featured in LAMINATE issue 5 “Most Wanted” Creative Scape! If you pre-order before March 31st, you can get a customized iPhone case with Reid’s artwork on it at a discounted price. (Code: FBLAM) Click here to pre-order today!
Many Montserrat students, alumni, faculty and staff will be present at IDEA FACTORY #3, an event at Kingston Gallery, where faculty Mary Bucci McCoy’s exhibition Manifest is currently hanging. The first IDEA FACTORY was hosted in Montserrat’s Paul M Scott Library last August. IDEA FACTORY was initiated by Aaron Colantti and Rob KS, a pair of artists from Minneapolis – more at www.ideafactoreee.com
IDEA FACTORY #3: A history of co-ops, collectives and DIY in Boston
Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 7- 9 pm at Kingston Gallery
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