Please join us for a public talk with artist Michelle Samour, Professor Emerita at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) at Tufts University, on Thursday, November 14 from 11am-12pm in Hardie 101. Samour is a multi-media artist whose installations, drawings and handmade paperworks explore humankind’s attempt to harness the natural world through...
Associate professor Elizabeth Alexander will address how failure, sickness, and storm damage lead to some of her biggest creative breakthroughs.
Ena Kantardžić will be reading from their Cranbrook Academy of Art Master's Statement, sharing the book and its design alongside more dynamic documentation of installations from that two year period. Combining research, texted notes, photography, anecdotes, and programming code, the book is an attempt to bridge language and physical space in an intimate and vulnerable...
Meg and Alicia will share about their experiences in Reggio Emilia Italy. Presenters will discuss ways in which this extraordinary approach to thinking, learning and creating transcends the borders of Italy and can transform education right here at Montserrat.
Join Hannah O'Neal for a discussion on how the landscape of animated film has recently been changing in new and exciting ways. Hannah will be using the most recent Oscar award winner Flow, an independent feature film, as a recent example of how these changes are taking place and turning long-held industry beliefs on their heads.
Celebrate Earth Day with Anna Clem and learn about the Dreamland: Lagoon to Foredune artist book project currently on display in the library. Artist Statement: Dreamland began with years of observing the Basin Head sand dune system at the edge of the Northumberland Strait in Canada. My mother and I called this place “Dreamland” many...
In "...but make it funny" Hannah will discuss how her work addresses coping, craft, and catharsis using humor and absurdity. She will highlight a broad body of work including installation images, prints, textiles, writing, and 3D fabricated objects.
Walking with Failure Be they blunders, missteps or utter embarrassments, failure is always there to greet us. Corinne takes us through her career and some of her biggest missteps; exploring lessons, impactful moments and how spilled milk can lead to the greatest success.
Having time to create freely and pursue projects without restriction sounds like a fantastic opportunity. But what does that actually look like in practice? Join Erin Dionne as she talks about what goes into planning and executing a semester sabbatical, and navigating the expectations around it.
Join Professor Vasundhra Ganju to talk about how emotions drive our lives and how they impact our decisions, hustle, and flow. She will share her own life journey and recent travel experiences, a mindfulness toolkit, and some useful tips to navigate this space. Vasundhra will make you think and act. So bring your brain, body,...
Michael Zachary works across intersections between painting, drawing and photography, and between analog and digital. Free and open to the public image: Michael Zachary, Burn Area: Hillside, acrylic on panel, 36 x 47 inches, 2025, and photograph
The Other Black Mirror Through wordplay and undisciplining Trevon Jakaar Coleman shares a multi-modal body of work exploring the ways we (dis)engage with systems and each other. Free and open to the public.