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Boston Comic Con: Alumni Reunion Extravaganza

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Above: Alum Michael Crocket ’97 and student Will Potroff

Assoc. Prof. Blyth Hazen hosted a Montserrat College of Art table at Boston Comic Con this past weekend. The event turned out to be an incredible student showcase and alumni reunion extravaganza!

Asst. Prof. Mark Hoffmann printed examples of student illustration work. Dave Ferreira‘s Comics and Sequential Art class pulled together a very nice portfolio of student comics. Students Will Potroff and Val Toukatly worked the table with Prof. Hazen while Potroff did commissioned drawings!

Also, alumnus Adam Miller ’00 organized alumni, who were hosting their own tables at the event, to come be special guests at Montserrat’s table. Alumni who sat behind the table and shared their time, artwork and books included: John Cardinal ’99, Andy Houle ’00, Michael Crocket ’97, Joe Haley ’00, TJ Dort, Josh Morrissette ’00, and Miller of Terminal Press. Other alumni who were there working their own tables: Logan Faerber ’09, Jacki Musto ’05, Chris Parent ’10.

Thank you John Kotis 87, Don Raphael ’98, Peter Kalabokis ’89, Bethany Kalabokis ’90, Eric Kirchberg, Christina Coyne 11, David Snyder ’07, Kristine Cornetta ’08, Alicia Antreasian ’10, Colvis Medeiros ’09, Paul Demakes ’11 and Jon Brown ’11 for stopping by the Montserrat table! We appreciate your reflections on your positive Montserrat experiences!

A BIG thank you goes out to everyone who made this past weekend such an incredible collaboration!

We are already looking forward to next year’s Comic Con!

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Sara Benson Accepted into Yale Norfolk Summer Program

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Congratulations to current student Sara Benson, who has been accepted into the prestigious 2012 Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship program for the Art Division of the Yale Summer School of Music and Art in Norfolk, CT! The program focuses on painting, drawing, printmaking and digital photography. Only a small group of highly accomplished and diverse students are accepted from the US. The selected students are considered to be the strongest young artists in their current state of development, and who show the greatest curiosity both about the history of art and about art making now!

For more information visit http://art.yale.edu/Norfolk

This year’s 2012 Commencement Speaker Gregory Crewdson will be one of the visitors to the program this summer! He will also be featured in Montserrat’s Schlosberg Gallery this May!

Also, several alumni and students have been accepted to grad schools: Lillie Harden ’08, MassArt; Eben Kling ‘09, UMass; Catalina Viejo ’05, Hunter College; Chelsea Sams ‘08, University of South Florida; and our 2013 Commencement speaker Arielle Winchester ’12 has been accepted into the BU Graphic Design program. Brian Savignano ’05 had his thesis show this week this month for BU Design.

Congratulations again! This is very exciting news coming from our students and alumni!


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Montserrat Alumni at Comic Con

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

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Boston Comic Con is coming this weekend, April 21 and 22! Come see three Monserrat alumni John Cardinal ’99, Andrew Houle ’00 and Michael Crockett ’97. They will be featuring a Con Exclusive full color sketchbook, as well as hundreds of prints, sketches and pieces of original art. If you’re anywhere near Boston come and show them your support!

Cardinal has his first published sequential work in an anthology that came out this month! Go to EOC Anthology Stuff: www.eocanthology.blogspot.com to order a copy today! Or visit him this weekend in artist alley this weekend!


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Alumna Martha Bannon Artwork at Beverly Bank

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

Artwork by alumna Martha Bannon ’88 of Beverly is on exhibit through April 23 at Beverly Cooperative Bank at 254 Cabot Street!

You can view it during regular banking hours:
Mon – Wed, 8:30 am to 4 pm
Thu – Fri, 8:30 am to 8 pm
and Sat, 8:30 am – 1 pm.

Bannon studied at Montserrat College of Art and received a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art. She has licensed designs for The Essex Collection.

More of Bannon’s work can be viewed at www.marthabannon.com


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Workshop with Former Faculty and Alumnus Nathan Walker

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012

Former faculty member and alumnus Nathan Walker ’02 presents a ‘Scrap Sculpture’ workshop at the Children’s Museum of NH. Fans of the Giant Blue Crab outside the Museum will have an opportunity to learn about sculpture from the crab’s creator! On Saturday, April 14 from 10:30 am – noon, Seacoast-based artist Nathan Walker (also the creator of Portsmouth’s famous Red Ant!) is offering an adult-child workshop to make Bug Bottle Bot sculptures from a variety of scrap materials.

>>Click here for more information.

Walker had a passion for art from an early age. He studied sculpture at the University of New Hampshire, pursued animation with the Associates of Art in Los Angeles, discovered environmental art in Australia, and finished his degree in illustration at Montserrat College of Art. He currently works as a freelance illustrator and visiting artist, with projects that extend from children’s books and murals to graphic design and sculpture. More information on his work can be found at www.nathanwalker.net

Seacoast Online features Walker’s workshop.


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