Contributors

Amber Tourlentes

Director, Sustainability Minor
Professor, Studio Foundation

Amber Tourlentes is an interdisciplinary artist, receiving both a MFA and BFA from University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Before landing in the Studio Foundation program at MassArt Amber taught at Harvard, Tufts, and Princeton University. She teaches first year sustainability spring courses, advises the Sustainability Minor students across the college, serves on the Sustainability in the Curriculum Committee and programs the Sustainability Studios.

email: amber.tourlentes@massart.edu

Marjee Levine

Chair, Sustainability in the Curriculum Committee
Professor, 3D Arts

Marjee Levine is a modern-day alchemist; for 20+ years she has sought personal refinement through the practice of working with metals. She received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and her MFA from Georgia State University. Before her time at MassArt, she spent most of her career working in and running professional fine-art bronze foundries and is an internationally recognized expert in the field of metal casting.

email: mlevine@massart.edu

Jane D. Marsching

Sustainability Fellow, 2013-present
Professor, Studio Foundation

Interdisciplinary artist Jane D. Marsching explores our past, present and future human impact on the environment through collaborative research-based practices. Projects have been sited in museums and galleries as well as weather observatories, city streets, radio waves, and the internet. She has worked with scientists, educators, kite builders, meteorologist

email: jmarsching@massart.edu

Sustainability Initiative Committee:

A standing committee of faculty, staff, and students, we meet regularly on Wednesdays between 1:30 and 3 PM. Email sustainable@massart.edu for details. We invite you to attend and learn about our activities.

Committee Members 2025/26:

AY25/26 committee:
Marjee Levine, faculty 3D Arts
Emily Cobb, faculty 3D Arts
Jenine Shereos, faculty 3D Arts
Elizabeth Mooney, faculty FA2D
Miguel Lastra, faculty 3D Arts
Elizabeth Reiser, Youth Programs
Luanne Witkowski, studio manager, DS9
Juan Venegas, IEC
Michelle Chen, student
Amber Tourlentes, faculty Studio Foundation
Danielle Sangalang, library
Juan Barboza-Gubo, faculty, Studio Foundation
Hossein Alizadeh, faculty ISBA
Armando Plata, faculty, Architecture