Megan McNaught at NK Gallery Exhibit

February 1st, 2012

Instructor Megan McNaught is in an exhibition of paintings and drawings entitled Agglomeration alongside artist Luke Buffenmeyer this February at NK Gallery in Boston Feb. 3 – 24. Opening Reception: Friday Feb. 3, 5 – 8 pm

Visit the NK Gallery site for more information.

Agglomeration merges MacNaught and Bufenmeyer’s individuality to create something bigger than themselves as a collaborative experiment to see what combining two different approaches to image making would yield.

McNaught’s work has been focused on formal issues of image making using strategies similar to game playing as building blocks to tap into her creativity.  Her tightly planned structures using repetitive pattern, mark making, and shapes result in a complexity that creates a dynamic geometry that takes on a life of its own.

NK Gallery
450 Harrison Ave. #61
Boston MA 02118
Gallery Hours: Wed- Sat 11 am – 4 pm

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Stacy Thomas-Vickory Juries Lynn Arts Show

January 31st, 2012

Asst. Prof. Stacy Thomas-Vickory juried the Lynn Arts On or Of Paper show on view from Jan. 31 – March 7

Gallery Opening: Saturday, Feb. 4, 2 – 4pm in the Willow Community Gallery with live music courtesy of Vive La Renaissance.

Stacy received her BFA in Printmaking from Montserrat College of Art in 1991 and her MFA in Printmaking and Drawing from SUNY at Buffalo. Her selected juried exhibitions include 30th Anniversary Show and 25 Years, 25 Artists, Montserrat College of Art; Mondo Tera Firma and Small in a Big Big World, The Cloister Gallery, Marblehead, MA; The Landscape Reconsidered: Collage, Assemblage & Montage, the Gibbs Gallery, Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA (Fall, 2002). Her work is included in numerous private collections and in The New American Paintings Catalog, February 1998. She currently teaches Book Arts, Painting and Drawing, and Printmaking at Montserrat.

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Instructor Robin Samiljan on Successful Self-Promotion

January 31st, 2012

Robin Samiljan, "Treescape", 26" x 40" watercolor

Continuing Education Watercolor Instructor and artist Robin Samiljan will be speaking in The Business of the Arts: Successful Self-Promotion at the Salem State University’s Enterprise Center, 121 Loring Ave in Salem Wednesday, Feb. 8, 8:30 – 10:30 am. Robin’s artist talk is FREE, but registration is required! Click here to sign up!

Robin is a successful working artist and instructor who has “been there, done that!” She will be giving the low-down on how to build your résumé and website, and offer advice on how to get your work out there and create visibility. This includes reaching out to galleries, public libraries and other creative venues; getting into juried art shows; and showing your art online. Find out more about Robin at her website: www.robinsamiljan.com

Interested in more ways to help promote of your work? For more in depth and hands on assistance in properly showcasing your work check out the following One Day, Done workshops that Montserrat’s Continuing Education Department is offering this March!

If you sign up for all 3 of the following One Day, Done workshops, you get the third one FREE! That’s 3 classes for $200!

PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY FOR ARTISTS

Saturday, March 3, 10–4pm: Learn the basics of product photography to showcase your best work for online use. Learn basic lighting, camera settings, photo editing using Adobe Photoshop, and the best ways to output and save images to use for the web. Taught by Amy Lithimane.

ETSY FOR ARTISTS
Saturday, March 17, 10–4pm: Learn to sell your fine art or handmade goods outside of a gallery! Learn tips for artists and creative professionals on using personal websites, Etsy, craft fairs and social media to sell your work. Taught by Elise Towle Snow.

WEBSITES FOR ARTISTS
Saturday, March 31, 10-4pm: Tackle the daunting task of creating your portfolio website. By using the website service Other People’s Pixels, you can launch your own, personalized portfolio website in a single day! Taught by Chelsea Sams.

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Faculty Members Receive MCC Fellowship

January 31st, 2012

Congratulations to Graphic Design faculty Mary Bucci McCoy and Printmaking faculty Damian Cote who have both been awarded 2012 Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowships for Painting and Drawing!

The MCC awarded 31 Artists in Drawing, Painting and Traditional Arts. Visit the MCC site to learn more: www.artsake.massculturalcouncil.org

The awards were anonymously judged, based solely on the artistic quality and creative ability of the work submitted. Applications were open to all eligible Massachusetts artists. A total number of 866 eligible applications were received; 317 in Drawing, 531 in Painting and 18 in Traditional Arts.

Click here to see full list of recipients.

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Yoko O.K. Album Release

January 26th, 2012

Alumna Yoko Kikuchi ’03 (aka Yoko O.K.) has just released a new album, Menahan Tree, now available on iTunes!

Her music is a collection of eight songs written between 2008 and 2011, with one song that was written by her friend Josh Malamy. It was recorded by Casey Holford and features lots of vocal accompaniment: by Angela Carlucci, Sara Lautman, Kate Wheeler, Christy Davis, Jenn Kelly and Joanna Kelly.

Yoko moved from New York City to California six months ago and is now residing in Oakland where she has been doing freelance work along with creating her music. Please show your support if you enjoy her music by purchasing her album, or pass along the link to someone who might! The album is also available on Amazon!

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