» careers http://www.montserrat.edu/blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:02:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Congratulations Alumnus Kevin Quinn! http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/alumni/design_communications_ltd/ http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/alumni/design_communications_ltd/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:56:12 +0000 Terry Slater http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/?p=2806

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.

]]> http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/alumni/design_communications_ltd/feed/ 0 Alumna Jamie Greene accepts position at The Baker Hall School http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/alumni/the-baker-hall-school/ http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/alumni/the-baker-hall-school/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:49:47 +0000 Terry Slater http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/?p=2537 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.

]]> http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/alumni/the-baker-hall-school/feed/ 0 Check out these impressive gigs landed by Montserrat students and alumni! http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/alumni/check-out-these-impressive-gigs-landed-by-montserrat-students-and-alumni/ http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/alumni/check-out-these-impressive-gigs-landed-by-montserrat-students-and-alumni/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:25:25 +0000 Terry Slater http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/?p=2529

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

]]> http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/alumni/check-out-these-impressive-gigs-landed-by-montserrat-students-and-alumni/feed/ 0 The Myth of the Starving Artist http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/careers/inside_higher_ed/ http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/careers/inside_higher_ed/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 14:58:46 +0000 Terry Slater http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/?p=2337 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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]]> http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/careers/inside_higher_ed/feed/ 0 Erin McNeill at Elizabeth Clement & Associates http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/alumni/erin-mcneill-at-elizabeth-clement-associates/ http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/alumni/erin-mcneill-at-elizabeth-clement-associates/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:37:10 +0000 georgia http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/?p=1793 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.

]]> http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/alumni/erin-mcneill-at-elizabeth-clement-associates/feed/ 0 Joan Milnes voted “Presentation Master” http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/internships/independent_colleges_of_art_and_design/ http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/internships/independent_colleges_of_art_and_design/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:00:47 +0000 jbroderick http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/?p=621 Joan Milnes, Montserrat’s Director of Career Services and Internships, was voted “Presentation Master” at the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design Careers Conference in Ohio this month for her talk on shaping internship supervisors into mentors for students.

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In the back are Lisa Perkins (Illustration) and Corey French (Sculpture); In the front are Sarah Meyers (Graphic Design), Christina Papanikolaou (Fine Arts – Photo), Breanne Mahoney(Painting) and Keith Fallon (Printmaking)

Left to right, in the back are Lisa Perkins (Illustration) and Corey French (Sculpture); in the front are Sarah Meyers (Graphic Design), Christina Papanikolaou (Fine Arts – Photography), Breanne Mahoney (Painting) and Keith Fallon (Printmaking)

This year’s Soup-To-Nuts Art Education Event was held on Thursday evening , Oct. 8th. Forty people attended the supper with presentations given by six alumni.

The various alumni spoke about the excellent preparation Montserrat College of Art had provided them with, both in their studio concentrations and in their teacher preparation program. They also talked about a variety of art education issues, maintaining studio practice, graduate school and the challenges and rewards of teaching.

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Joan Milnes, Director of Internships and Career Services

Please join me in congratulating Joan Milnes, Montserrat’s Director of Internships and Career Services, for receiving the Higher Education Leader of the Year Award from the National Society for Experiential Education (NSEE).

The award is made in recognition of Joan’s use of experiential learning at Montserrat.  In her letter of nomination, Kate Moore, Director North America, EUSA-Academic Internship Programs, writes: “This internship program has broken the boundaries of traditional thinking that art and employment are incompatible.”

Joan, we are proud of your work developing the Montserrat Internship program, of your dedication to each intern you place, and of building a professional profile that helps expand the national reputation of Montserrat.  It’s one more step on the road to premiership!

Dean Laura

]]> http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/internships/joan-milnes/feed/ 0 Summer Internships ’09 http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/internships/summer-internships-09/ http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/internships/summer-internships-09/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:59:02 +0000 jbroderick http://www.montserrat.edu/blog/?p=200 Twenty-one Montserrat students are wrapping up their summer internships and will meet on August 31 for a “share and compare” discussion about their experiences. Internships this summer took place around New England and in Tokyo, Japan. Interns worked in print, Web, and apparel design, in museums, summer theater, publishing, and with community-based green artists, the national Encaustic conference held on campus, and in the studio and gallery of professional artists.

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Photographer and Montserrat alumna Kathleen Gerdon Archer (l) with photography intern Robyn Flanders seen here in the doorway to Archer's gallery on Rocky Neck, Gloucester.

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Charles Miro-Quesada works with supervisor Samantha Grantham on daguerrotypes at the Wenham Museum.

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