Kevin Quinn '11
Kevin Quinn, class of 2011 was recently hired for a full time position at Design Communications Ltd. in their Fabrication Shop. Kevin interned with them while finishing his BFA degree with a concentration in sculpture.
Design Communications Ltd. is a custom manufacturer of architectural products.
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.
From left, at the Peabody Historical Society annual dinner are Heather Leavell, Peabody Historical Society (PHS) Curator; Joan Milnes, Montserrat College of Art Director of Internships and Career Services, William Power, Peabody Historical Society Executive Director; Montserrat alumna Meghan Wicks '11; and Ruth Mowder, PHS Trustee.
As the first annual artists-in-residence with the Peabody Historical Society, student Ash Alba and Meghan Wicks ’11 are spending their days painting landscapes, plants, animals, birds, historic objects, architecture and anything else that catches their eyes in the bucolic and downtown properties preserved by the historical society. Watch for an upcoming article in the Salem News!
Say, “Bon voyage!” to Kristine Williams ’11 as she heads to Iceland for a residency. You can learn more about her project and support her through Kickstarter at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/810680572/fog-form-possibly-gnomes-on-a-tiny-icelandic-islan (see video post below).
Space, the final frontier, is the theme for Carol St. Sauveur ’11 during her internship at NASA. Carol sent this description of what she will be doing this summer: “The internship is part of the STEP UP program with is usually a program geared towards STEM students. This year they created a position specifically for me. My job is to create three documentaries for NASA. One is about the internship program STEP UP, the second is for a two week camp called Reach for the Stars, this camp 1/3 of the children are disabled, 1/3 are children with at risk backgrounds and the other 1/3 are traditional students, and the third documentary is on Camp Agape which is a camp for children with one or two incarcerated parents. I will also be helping with updating the website for the STEP UP program. Today I shot photographs of blind students who came from Indiana to learn about space and rockets and such.”
Meanwhile, back on Earth, student Brittany Armington will be an intern with environmentally-friendly MiiR Bottles creating skin designs, poster designs and package designs.
Hmmm, I wonder if student Randi Giles will be playing games when she’s not designing packaging, logos and photo shoots for her internship with Hasbro in Rhode Island.
These are just a few examples of Montserrat talent being applied to creative endeavors in society and the workplace. Kudos to all!
Joan Milnes
Director, Office of Internships and Career Services
Montserrat College of Art
INSIDE HIGHER ED
Dan Berrett
Conventional wisdom has long held that pursuing a career in the arts is a likely ticket to a life of perennial unhappiness, hunger and unemployment. But the opposite appears to be true — graduates of arts programs are likely to find jobs and satisfaction, even if they won’t necessarily get wealthy in the process — according to a new national survey of more than 13,000 alumni of 154 different arts programs.
“Arts graduates are finding ways to put together careers and be employed — and many of them are satisfied with their work,” said Steven J. Tepper, associate director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy, assistant professor in the department of sociology at Vanderbilt University and senior scholar of the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP).
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Alumna Erin McNeill, Montserrat College of Art Class of 2010, has been hired as a research assistant and photographer by Elizabeth Clement & Associates, Danvers, MA, a fine art appraisal and consulting business. In her new position, Erin will research fine art and antiques for cataloging purposes and will assist the owner with curatorial work. She will be conducting research on pieces in collections, and in turn writing descriptions of them for catalogs. Erin was a photography major at Montserrat.
