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The Massachusetts College of Art and Design is committed to leadership in designing solutions to one of the defining social, economic, and ecological challenges of the twenty-first century: climate change.

Souper Bowl

Clay for Change The EIGHTH ANNUAL Boston SOUPER BOWL [Please note that this event occurs two weeks after the football event. There are four entry times: 2pm, 3pm, 4pm and 5pm.] On Sunday, February 21st, from 2-6 PM at Haley House Bakery Café in Roxbury’s Dudley Square, more than a dozen chefs will serve soups …

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Marissa Ciampi Micrograntee 2015/16

Marissa Ciampi, Photography Sustainability Microgrant Awardee 2015/16 For the past six years I’ve been working at a retail greenhouse, which is part of a larger 60-acre greenhouse corporation. This past summer was my first time working with the wholesale production of plants and it completely changed the way I looked at the flowers we sell. …

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Art of Life in the Anthropocene reading

This is a really interesting read for those of you who are trying, with me, to figure out what it means to make work in this moment of ecological uncertainty… The Art of Life in the Anthropocene by David Bellio Flower creation, maggot painting, microbe literature, and bio art. April 13th, 2013, Los Angeles Review …

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Global Ecologies Studio @ Burren College of Art in Western Ireland

Please find attached information on a unique summer course in Ireland called “Global Ecologies Studio”. This 6 credit course ( 3 Studio, 3 Science ) is being offered at the Burren College of Art in Western Ireland. It is a joint project of the Partners in Academic Leadership in Sustainability ( PALS). This course is …

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Ellen Driscoll: From Plants to Plastics, artists talk

Visiting Artist Talk: Ellen Driscoll FROM PLANTS TO PLASTICS: STUDIES IN CROSS-POLLINATION Thursday, January 28, 6:30PM Lecture Hall, Design and Media Center Working in public art, sculpture, drawing, and installation, Ellen Driscoll‘s artwork draws inspiration from sources as varied as ancient memory arts, shadow play, and astronomy. Based on the exploration of paradoxes, her work features …

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