Guest blog: What can you do with a degree in the arts?
Feedback from alumni surveys suggests that graduates of Montserrat College of Art find and retain employment in a wide variety of art and creative endeavors as well as enjoying a high degree of satisfaction from their chosen careers. Read more…
Amy Brown, of Chelmsford, was sketching in class during her first week at the Montserrat College of Art in Beverly when the terrorist attacks came. "Art helped us deal with what we were feeling," she said. Now an art teacher at the Hemenway Elementary School in Framingham, she holds some of her students' drawings thanking those who serve in the military. SUN / JULIA MALAKIE
Alumna Amy Brown ’05, was recently featured in an article in “The Lowell Sun” in a story about her memories of September 11, 2001 when she was a freshman at Montserrat College of Art. Brown is working as an art teacher in Framingham.
The Lowell Sun, By Rita Savard
Amy Brown was a college freshman, sketching in art class. Michael Gendron was in a high-school cafeteria and Heather Makrez was slogging through sociology when her teacher got a message and quickly switched on the TV. Read more…
Alumna Jamie Greene, (Printmaking and Art Education – 2005) has a position at The Baker Hall School (affiliated with Baker Victory Services) working with mental health diagnosis youth in grades 7-12. Baker Victory Services is a non-profit charitable organization located in Lackawanna, N.Y., which provides a wide range of services to children, youth, and families in need. Each year, more than 3,500 children and families of every race, color, and religion receive care from approximately 800 full- and part-time staff members in a number of fields including: educational, residential, outpatient, adoption (both international and domestic), foster care, and even dental services. Baker Victory Services is dedicated to fostering the highest possible quality of life and personal achievement by partnering with children, adults, their families and the community through a diverse array of social, health and human services.
Alumna Margaurita Spear sends us the following updates:
“May 19th: At the final North Shore Art Teachers Association meeting for the 2010/2011 school year, I will be presenting a workshop for art educators on the topic of Mosaics. This workshop is meant to provide art teachers with a wealth of possibilities for incorporating the study of mosaics at any age level. In addition to providing lesson plans and examples, this workshop also gives teachers the information needed to pursue mosaics for their own pleasure.
“May 20th: I have been invited to be a guest teacher at the Bell School’s Fine Arts Day in Marblehead. At the event I will be teaching four kindergarten art classes where the students will make clay birds accompanied by hand-crafted birdhouses.
“May 22nd: On this Sunday there will be the Third Annual Sacred Art Show at Holy Family Church in Lynn, MA. This will be my third year volunteering in the capacity of art director and developing art lessons that coincide with the weekly gospel curriculum. The students’ artwork will be on display for one day only. A press release is expected to appear in the Lynn Item some time this week, so keep an eye out for it. Here is the press picture of two of the first grade students holding the birds that they made — these are the same birds that the kindergarten classes will be making at the Bell School.
“And in July…
I will be returning for my third summer as an art teacher at the Arts At Tower summer program at the Tower School in Marblehead. In the past two summers I have taught mosaics, puppet making, painting, paper mache and paper sculpture, and stamp design, among other courses. This summer’s courses have yet to be established.”
Be sure to check out margauritaspear.blogspot.com!
Cheryl Polcaro, class of ’99 is currently working from her studio at “Western Avenue Studios” in Lowell, Ma. The studios have an Open Studios event the first Saturday of every month from 12-5pm. She would love to have you come to visit her at studio #402!! Cheryl also has a piece which has been accepted into the upcoming juried exhibit “For the Birds” at The Brush Gallery in Lowell, MA. This exhibit will have a reception on May 14th from 2-4pm. The exhibit will be up from May 7th -June 18th. Cheryl has also launched her artist website: www.cherylpolcaro.com, so please feel free to follow the link and see some of her newest work.
Jennifer Twigg, class of ’07 is an art teacher at Connery Elementary School in Lynn, and also continues to paint murals. She is a resident of Salem.
