BAU OPENING

Beautiful works by Alum and Current Students of MassArt's Black Artist Union were on exhibit. The BAU student group is one of the oldest student groups at MassArt. Work exhibited spanned over two decades.

Participating Compass Artists:
Stephen Hamilton, Illustration Alum
Adam Bullock, Painting Alum
Keith Washington, Painting Alum, Compass Faculty Mentor
Free Marseille, Illustration
Sarbina Dorsainvil, Industrial Design
Sarah Sabino, Painting
Troy Thompson, Studio Foundation
Tatiana Charlot, Studio Foundation


STEPHAN HAMILTON


SABRINA DORSAINVIL-ID MAJOR, LEWIS MORRIS-SIM MAJOR

STUDENTS IN MAJOR DEPARTMENTS

The Compass program invites students in major departments to talk about their experiences, share work and answer questions.
It is an ongoing series of visits expanding the conversation of advising as we investigate major departments. Often times, freshmen are introduced to areas of study they never considered. The conversations allow them to explore different opportunities and areas of interest.

YINETTE GUZMAN-ARCHITECTURE COMPASS ALUM '08
Before graduation Yinette secured a position with renowned architecture firm Moshe Safdie. She has set her sights on a Masters program in Architecture focused on working in communities to bring affordable and sustainable housing.


MONIKA PLIOPLYTE-PRINTMAKING/ART EDUCATION, Compass Junior
Monika is a busy person double majoring and being a RA in the dorms this year but found time to invite us to her studio in the Printmaking department.


LEWIS MORRIS-SIM MAJOR, Compass Junior
FOUNDER OF The OFFICIAL MassArt Poetry Slam
"The OFFICIAL MassArt Poetry Slam returns! Continuing to provide an open forum for poets and musicians and artists of any kind to share their work, while having a hell of a good time in the process. Poetry Slam has taken the art of the written word, and breathed new energy into it and has given audiences the raw in-your-face feel of the words and the performer behind it."

Lewis performed one of his most recent poems.


JOHN BOILARD-GRAPHIC DESIGN, Senior
John was identified by faculty as one of the outstanding seniors in his department. He followed a non-traditional path studying music before he came to MassArt.


NATALY CASTANO-PHOTOGRAPHY MAJOR, Compass Senior
Nataly shared work from her study abroad experience last year in Barcelona, Spain.


TAEYA NGO-3D GLASS MAJOR, Compass Senior
Taeya shared her journey of finally arriving in a major where she found her passion. She plans to set up her own fine art studio and practice when she graduates.

COMPASS SWEET MUSIC JAM

SWEET MUSIC JAMS ARE A GREAT WAY FOR COMPASS FRESHMEN AND UPPER-CLASS STUDENTS TO SHARE EXPERIENCES AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER

Sweet Music Jam III: SURVIVING REVIEWS & FINAL PROJECTS
6-8pm Wednesday December 1st
North 181

We'll get together to talk about how to get through reviews & final Projects and other end of semester stress! Experienced students and mentors will share wisdom and tips. Come have some food, prepare for reviews, and share some music with us.

Please send song ideas so that LeLaina can make a playlist to lromero@massart.edu...think of songs that represent PRESSURE to you, or that help you to get through stressful times.


Sweet Music Jam II: CREATING BALANCE
Wednesday November 10th 6-8pm
North 181

Lelaina Romero, counseling intern and Keith Washington, Compass faculty mentor led the group.


Jeffrey Cott-Graphic Design, Davey Chhoeun-Fashion, Hongchau Huynh-Painting/Art Ed, Thonah Ep-Architecture, Johnny Chanthavong-SIM




Jinel Brito-3D Ceramics, Keith Washington, Lelaina Romero, Pierre Victor-Painting

Let's get together for some pizza and sing/play/draw/paint etc. about how we take care of ourselves.

~What does balance mean to you?
~What throws you off balance?
~How do you create balance as students/artists?

We'll use music and visual art to explore how we take care of ourselves now, and what we need to take even better care of ourselves going forward. You do not need to be a "musician" to participate!

You bring:
~Songs that represent self-care and balance, either on a CD or mp3 player
~Any art supplies you want to use. We'll have some available.
~Musical instruments

Everyone will have an opportunity to share a song (either listening or playing), or you can participate by creating visual art and/or talking with the group.We grow and learn in connection with one another. Sharing experiences, struggles, and ideas about creating balance together will help us individually and as a community.


Gustavo Barbosa-Studio Foundation, Jefferey Cott, Jinel Brito

Sweet Music Jam I: SELF CARE & SUPPORT
WED. Oct. 13, 6-8pm
Admissions Conference Room

Enjoy some sweet treats and conversation about how the
Compass community can better support you.

MUSIC
Bring your drums, guitars, ukuleles, voice and rhythms
and let's Jam!

Even if you're not musical it would be great time to meet up with
some old friends and welcome the new students.

NYCITY FIELD TRIP

Freshmen and upper class Compass students and faculty took a day trip to New York city. We visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Art Museum and had a rockin' lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe.


Doug and Mike Starns' work on that last day on the roof of the MET.






BROOKLYN ART MUSEUM

KARA WALKER

FRED TOMASELLI
This focused mid-career survey presents a selection of Fred Tomaselli’s unique hybrid paintings and collages from 1990 to the present. These layered paintings combine cutout images of plants, birds, smiling mouths, and hands (clipped from field guides and magazines) with passages of paint and actual prescription pills and hallucinogenic plants to create highly stylized, eye-popping compositions. Tomaselli’s artwork draws upon a wide range of sources from both popular culture and art history, and from his own hobbies of gardening, kayaking, and bird-watching.


STUDENTS WITH THE WORK OF KEHINDE WILEY

ART HISTORY & FORM STUDY TUTORING

ART HISTORY

Divya Menon, Learning Center Tutor and Cecilia Paquette Art History Major conduct study sessions for David Nolta's Perspectives in Art History class.




FORM STUDY


Ted Southwick conducted one on one Form Study Workshops in the woodshop for students throughout the semester.

COMPASSION IN SAND GRAIN-TENZIN YIGNYEN

The Venerable Tenzin Yignyen, a Tibetan monk and master artist shares the ritual of sand mandala painting. It is created as a teaching tool to illustrate Buddhist ideas of compassion and impermanence. This is his 5th visit with Compass students at MassArt. It is truly a gift to be in his presence.

CHAIRS OF MAJOR DEPARTMENTS VISIT

This is the second year that faculty chairs of major departments generously share their time, work, experiences and answered questions about their areas. Students responded strongly to this series of visits as one of the most helpful parts of the Compass workshop. Students made connections with faculty and were invited to final reviews or viewing work at the end of the semester.

SONDRA GRACE-FASHION


DAN SERIG-ART EDUCATION


JOE QUAKENBUSH-GRAPHIC DESIGN



GRETCHEN SKOGERSON-FILM


ELLEN SHAPIRO-ART HISTORY



JIM CAMBRONE-PAINTING

FRED LIANG-PRINTMAKING




YINETTE GUZMAN ARCHITECTURE ALUM '08 PAUL HAIJIAN-CHAIR, ARCHITECTURE


SUZANNE BARNES-ILLUSTRATION

TRAVEL COURSES & STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS

Peg Turner, Art History Faculty is a regular presenter to the Compass program. She participated in a Compass Orientation retreat and workshops during the school year. This fall she introduces her spring 2011 travel course to Guatemala.


Amy Holland also presented study abroad courses as well as other travel courses MassArt offers.

Two motivated freshmen Susanna Yee and Dana Renault were accepted into MassArt's travel programs for Spring '11.
Susanna also won a scholarship for her trip to Venice.

COMPASS GRADUATE MENTORS

MassArt's MFA Graduate Program has been supporting the Compass program with graduate mentors for almost ten years. They serve a vital role by providing one on one tutoring, guidance and logistical program support. Compass Grad Mentors Mandy Brown-3D ceramics and Kathya Landeros-Photography take students through a tour of their work in the Doran Gallery. Jeffrey Rezende-Painting is also a mentor this year.

KATHYA LANDEROS

MANDY BROWN

TRADITIONS REMIXED

Stephan Hamilton and Destiny Palmer, MassArt and Compass alums organized the exhibit, Traditions Remixed featuring their personal and collaborative work. Congrats and Kudos to a great show!

Traditions Remixed
"Traditions remixed is an artist collective founded by Massart alumni and Black artists union members Destiny Palmer and Stephen Hamilton. This collective comes out of the spirit of cooperation and community building among artists of color, which has grown out of their experiences in Massarts black artists union. Together they strive to create art exhibitions based on common interests while showing a body of work which speaks to there own personal styles. Both artists are deeply interested in tradition and are constantly reinvestigating, reinterpreting and expanding upon the aesthetics inherent in the the cultural and artistic traditions, which they are a part of . Their goal is to create a supportive community for young artists of color, encouraging collaboration and networking."

GREG WALLACE-Library and ADRIANA KATZEW-Research

Greg Wallace, resource librarian talks about library resources and shares artist books from the library collection.