Higher Education Institutions Urge the Biden Administration to Support a Strong 2030 U.S. Climate Target

Release Date Thursday April 8, 2021 MassArt is pleased to be a part of this effort, and we have signed this letter to the President.  Boston, Massachusetts (April 8, 2021) – According to a letter sent to the White House today, 75 colleges and universities across the United States are calling on the Biden-Harris Administration to adopt a target of …

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Climate Action Plan Rally Wednesday 3/18 1:30-3

DMC AtriumJoin us in learning about and standing for the new MassArt Climate Action Plan drafted by faculty, staff, and students from the MassArt Sustainability Initiative.  Learn about what our goals for meaningful presence, curriculum, and actions need to be in the face of the climate crisis.  Food, making tables, collaborative art projects, film screening, …

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ADDRESSING THE FASHION INDUSTRY’S TEXTILE WASTE ISSUE

Camille Tagle, Director of Reuse Partnerships at FabScrap  Addressing the Fashion Industry’s Textile Waste Issue Camille will discuss the fashion industry’s textile waste issue, including residential versus commercial waste, what happens in the design process to contribute to the waste issue, information about headers, the supply chain, and the fashion industry in general.  As an …

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Eric Benson lecture 3/31 5pm

Fresh Press Paper Lab: The Designer as Engineer, Craftsperson, and ActivistLecture by Eric BensonTuesday March 31 5pm K406Eric Benson is the creator of the internationally recognized and award-winning sustainable design website re-nourish.org and head of the Fresh Press Agri-Fiber Paper Lab, which explores the potential of papermaking to be zero waste, environmentally sustainable, and a catalyst for …

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Heading for Extinction XR talk

Heading for Extinction and What to do About It?  A talk by the Extinction Rebellion Tuesday February 25 7-8pm D110co-sponsored by MassArt Action for the Planet.  We are in the midst of an unprecedented climate crisis and ecological breakdown that threatens the continuation of life as we know it: record atmospheric carbon levels, global temperature rise, deforestation, …

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Mary Mattingly and Kirsten Swenson

Mary Mattingly in conversation with UMASS Lowell art historian Kirsten Swenson: How can art and utopian thought cultivate systematic social change?  Tuesday March 3rd at 6:30pm, Kennedy 406   Mary Mattingly is a visual artist who works in social practice, photography, performance, and installation (marymattingly.com). Among her recent projects is Swale, an edible landscape established on …

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Student photographs at Anti-Trump Rally last semester

Images from Massachusetts College of Art and Design student Kayla Rich tell a modern story of civil protest reminiscent of our past. This is a series I did using photographs I’ve taken at recent protests in Boston rallying against hatred, xenophobia, sexism, homophobia, and more. While editing my photos, I noticed how much they looked …

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From MassArt student: Francisco Ormaza who is at Standing Rock creating art to support the protection of water against the building of the DAPL Pipelin: My friends and family,  this is a mass message to spread information about the current actions at the standing rock resistance.  As you may know in the conflicts at standing …

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