Montserrat alumna Zoie Bleau (’20) has brought her career from the studio to the space station. She says she is “made for the Aviation and Aerospace Industry.” Two years ago, Bleau was still a senior at Montserrat College of Art, completing her BFA in herSculpture concentration. The pandemic was still in its early stages and classes were fully virtual.A tough

We’re all craving a bit of adventure these days. While traveling may be difficult for a number of reasons, there are things you can do right in your own backyard to help stave off boredom and get a change of scenery. Beverly is home to some of the area’s best art experiences, downtown dining, historic locales, and sprawling green spaces.

By Joey Phoenix  It’s the question of the year in a year full of endless questions: Do we send students back to school in person? The answer is undeniably complicated, and there’s little precedent for how to effectively deal with this crisis in the midst of an ongoing global pandemic. Many schools are looking to adopt a hybrid model where

Accessibility Note: Scroll to the end of this post to find the audio transcript. “There’s this constant feeling of comparing ourselves to other artists and being like ‘wow,’ they’re amazingly productive! I should be that productive. But what we can’t see is the mental facilities on their end, the mental health on their end, the responsibilities on their end, so

From Riveting Broads. On this week’s episode, Molly and Jacqui are joined by Meg Grant, educator, writer, radical empath and Director of the Academic Access Studio and Adjunct Professor at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, MA. The three broads talk about the power of exercising radical acceptance, owning the evolution of one’s personal narrative and how it’s fine to

“Hunters Call” Corinne Reid, Digital, 2018 – Accompanying a short story published in Encounters With the Imaginary by Boneshaker Press. by Joey Phoenix Many students study art because they want to hone their craft and become experts in their chosen medium(s). Many of them also go into this field with the hopes that they will come out of it years

Crossing Water (Sept. 7-14, 2019) is a week-long arts festival that will bring together the Salem and Beverly communities by fostering creation and connection through all forms of art—visual, narrative, performance, audio, and more. From lighting the bridge to poetry readings (and everything in between), Crossing Water will feature eight days of programming along the waterfronts on both sides of the Beverly-Salem bridge.

Photos by Creative Collective MA – Click here for full gallery. Montserrat College of Art held its annual fundraising celebration on March 30, 2019 at the Pingree School in Hamilton. The evening featured live and silent auctions of work by established and emerging artists, students making “art in the moment,” music, great food and a hosted bar. The work included

Originally published at Montserrat.edu. Images courtesy of Montserrat College of Art. Kurt T. Steinberg, Ed.D., President, Montserrat College of Art Thank you to everyone that has taken the time to attend today’s transitional event for Montserrat College of Art. I would like to start with a quote by ceramics artist Brother Thomas…. It is right to be acknowledged and gracious

By Joey Phoenix When an artist chooses to point her camera at a person, a conversation begins. The conversation isn’t just about how photographic technique and the effect of light captures appearance but instead encapsulates the perspective of the photographer and the reality of the human being who is being photographed. Sometimes that conversation is removed from its source material,