The Area of Greatest Need is our top priority as it supports student scholarships and other urgent needs for our students, many of whom are first generation and low income, and therefore disproportionately affected by the ongoing effects of the pandemic. Your gift to the area of greatest need allows us to move swiftly in response to our community's necessities. It is a vehicle for individuals to make donations that can be used in whichever way is most appropriate and effective. MassArt has created a dedicated committee to make timely decisions regarding the needs of students as they unfold and change. When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

Did you know that 91% of MassArt students rely on scholarship and financial aid to cover the cost of tuition, housing, food and art supplies? The more we can offer them in scholarships, the more they can focus on deepening their practice, engaging with their education, and transforming our world with art and design! When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. ____________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

*the images featured in the carousel above are artwork by Katiana Rodriguez, MassArt Alum and beneficiary of the BIPOC Fund The newly created Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Fund, administered by the Justice, Equity and Transformation (JET) Office, is a student-led initiative to provide financial support to MassArt students of color in their studio art practice, senior degree, and thesis projects. This fund will support students from these underrepresented and underserved groups during their senior year to assist them in their successful completion of their degree and ensure their contributions are reflected in our society. When 50 donors make a gift of any amount to the BIPOC Fund, they will unlock over $2500 of bonus funds for students of color from the Alumni Leadership Council! ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

Animation is participating in #Giving Tuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #Giving Tuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. ____________ The Animation Department, with a curriculum as diverse as its students, seeks to challenge emerging artists to be adaptive and flexible, with many paths leading to futures as animators, designers and artists. The program encourages a visionary and pragmatic approach that supports students towards work within the animation industry and into other fields. ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

Architectural Design is participating in #GivingTuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. ____________ In the Architectural Design Department, he architecture faculty foster a welcoming, friendly, and highly participatory culture in their classes. Coursework is enriched by field trips to building and construction sites, seminars on leading design issues, precedent study, and research on the nature of materials and technologies. Upon completion of the program, students will be qualified to apply for and obtain positions in a range of architecture firms or to continue study in graduate-level architecture schools across the country. ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

Art Education is participating in #GivingTuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. ____________ The Art Education Department embodies a critical, studio-centric approach to visual arts education. Our programs prioritize justice and equity while emphasizing engaged studio practice, social activism, and expansive scholarship. We celebrate our urban context, and particularly the Boston Public Schools, with whom we share a historical partnership. Our students catalyze inclusive, active, and activist learning for all, across educational contexts and environments. ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

Artward Bound's mission is to bring local voices of color to the forefront of art and design industries. Since its start in 2011, Artward Bound has provided Boston students with access to the arts and an enriching pathway to college and beyond through 100% free year-round programming. Hear students discuss their journey in the program HERE. ______________ Artward Bound is participating in #GivingTuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

The Center for Art and Community Partnerships (CACP) partners with people and communities within and beyond MassArt to radically expand access to transformative creative experiences. Since 2004, CACP has embarked on building relationships through projects, programs, and partnerships that engage people of all ages; build community through collaboration; make connections between the human and material resources of MassArt and the greater community; support community goals and initiatives; and provide ways for students, faculty, staff, and alumni to be involved in the dynamism of the greater community. Through our PartnershipWORKS student employment program, our sparc! the ArtMobile initiative, our work connecting community leaders and students through the curriculum, and much more CACP lives our mission in part through your generous support. We thank you with all our hearts! _______________________ When 300 donors make a gift (of any amount, to any area of the college!), they will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds from a group of community leaders! ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

Ceramics is participating in #GivingTuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. ____________ Ceramics students explore personal ideas through the lenses of history, aesthetics, world culture, social/environmental issues, design, craftsmanship, science, and innovation. The undergraduate curriculum provides a strong foundation in technical skills and ideas important for today’s artists/designers and educators working in ceramic materials. ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

Communication Design is participating in MassHEART, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. When 100 donors make a gift of any amount as part of MassHEART Day, we will unlock over $10,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. . ____________ Communication Design students gain a robust working knowledge of print design, information design, branding, and dynamic media (user experience design). Throughout the program, students are challenged to develop design solutions in the areas of package design, publication design, web and app design, interactive communication, and advertising, as well as the creation of graphic identities and brand systems. ______________ MassHEART Day | May 3rd, 2022

Compass is participating in #GivingTuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. ____________ The Academic Compass Program is a mentoring program that supports undergraduate students with advising, tutoring, and navigating issues of transition in academic, creative, social, cultural and personal areas. The goal of Compass is to provide resources, opportunities, and support to first-generation college students, students from alternative, non-traditional, or under-resourced high schools. ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

Dynamic Media Institute is participating in #GivingTuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. ____________ MassArt’s Dynamic Media Institute (DMI) offers two graduate programs in design: a Master of Fine Arts and a Post-Baccalaureate certificate. Our DMI programs focus on the future uses of dynamic media for communication design, including data visualization, user-centered experiences, mobile applications, smart environments, interactive systems, and mixed reality. ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

The Enrique Rosa Scholarship fund is participating in #GivingTuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. ____________ The Enrique Rosa Scholarship honors Enrique Rosa, who has “raised” generations of MassArt students, staff and faculty. For the past 26 years, Enrique has served the college as an Institution Security Officer IV in Public Safety, and as we like to call him “The Heart of MassArt”. He is often the person who is taking your picture for your ID. And when you see him after that he is the person who makes you feel safe, stops by to visit, shares his warmth, encouraging words and always has something to make you laugh. ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

Fashion Design is participating in #GivingTuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. ____________ The Fashion Design Department goals are to support personal development in design by emphasizing concept-driven fashion, innovation and presentation. Through creative process, industry practice, technical competency and craft, students build the knowledge and critical thinking needed to become a versatile fashion designer. MassArt Fashion Design was established in 1907, and is one of the oldest fashion programs in the United States. ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

Fibers is participating in #GivingTuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. ____________ The Fibers program offers courses in weaving, surface design, knitting, felt-making, basketry, hand papermaking, interlacing, dyeing, and fabric construction. Emphasis is placed on making personally meaningful connections between traditional approaches to fiber and contemporary developments in art, artisanry, and design. ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

Film & Video is participating in #GivingTuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. ____________ Students majoring in Film/Video are encouraged to experiment widely in order to realize their personal aesthetic goals and vision. Students focus on producing their own work in all three years of the major, working both individually and in collaboration with their peers. They are introduced to all facets of digital and analogue production, and work in experimental, narrative, and nonfiction forms. ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

Glass is participating in #GivingTuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. ____________ The Glass Department encourages students to experiment with glass as a medium for individual expression, through the creation of vessels and sculptural forms. In recognition of the centuries-old glassmaking tradition, students gain a deeper understanding of historical glass techniques and how they inform current practices. Faculty and visiting artists offer their skills and knowledge to support students’ growth, in addition to seminars, slide lectures, studio visits, and exhibitions. ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

Graduate Programs is participating in #GivingTuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. ____________ Students in the MassArt Graduate Programs make up a diverse community of artists, designers, and educators, working together in state-of-the-art facilities in the heart of Boston. Intimate class sizes allow for mentorship with world-class faculty, and collaboration across disciplines is encouraged. MassArt graduate students have opportunities to exhibit work both on and off campus, and to connect with internationally renowned visiting artists, designers, entrepreneurs, and scholars. ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

The History of Art department is participating in #GivingTuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. ____________ History of Art students are both scholars and artists, participating in both thesis research and a rigorous studio component. ____________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

Illustration is participating in #GivingTuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. ____________ Every illustrator is a storyteller at heart. MassArt’s Illustration program emphasizes the understanding of character development and narrative techniques. As students grow in their capacity to draw from observation—a key tenet of the program—they learn to render images in a range of media and to develop a variety of visual concepts. Students also use electronic media to explore compositional elements of time and movement and learn how to integrate them into visual storytelling. ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

Industrial Design is participating in #GivingTuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. ____________ The Industrial Design program empowers students to become creative, holistic problem solvers who impact our society through the development of meaningful and relevant designed products and experiences. Visual and verbal communication skills are a hallmark of the program, allowing our students to understand and pragmatically convey the value of design to business, communities and people. ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

Support the International Education Center on MassArt #GivingTuesday! International Education Center is participating in #GivingTuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. Every gift to the International Education Center – no matter how large or small – supports international students from 27 countries who enrich our MassArt community. How can you help? Due to their immigration status, international students have very limited off-campus work options and are ineligible for Federal financial aid or U.S. loans. During the pandemic, the International Education Center was able to secure external emergency grant funding for 5 international students with need, a small percentage of our nearly 100 international students. Your gift can directly offset either the hefty visa and immigration fees they face to gain student status in the United States and/or assist international students struggling to meet daily living expenses such as food, school supplies, transportation, and more. When 300 donors make a gift (of any amount, to any area of the college, including IEC!) as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. Support IEC on Giving Tuesday and amplify your impact! ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

Jewelry & Metals is participating in #GivingTuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. ____________ Through the creation of jewelry, functional objects, and sculpture, students in the Jewelry & Metalsmithing program give form to their artistic vision. Along with essential techniques like construction, casting, forming, stone setting, and computer aided design (CAD), coursework is offered in all major metalworking techniques. Students also learn to construct jewelry from both base and precious materials while learning how objects are informed by their social, cultural, and historical contexts. ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

Liberal Arts is participating in #GivingTuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. ____________ Every MassArt degree program includes at least nine Liberal Arts courses, designed to provide context, insight, and fresh perspectives for students pursuing the arts. ____________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

The Morton R. Godine Library is participating in #GivingTuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. ____________ The Morton R. Godine Library is committed to upholding the mission of the College through equitable provision of library services and development of collections supporting the curriculum. In this spirit, free and open access to resources is afforded to the College community and the general public. ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

Support MAAM on MassArt #GivingTuesday! The MassArt Art Museum (MAAM) is participating in #GivingTuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. Every gift to MAAM – no matter how large or small – supports our mission of opening eyes and expanding minds through the lens of contemporary art. When 300 donors make a gift (of any amount, to any area of the college, including MAAM!) as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. Support MAAM on Giving Tuesday and amplify your impact! ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

If you would like to make a gift to an area that is not listed, you can do so through this page--click the "make a gift" button and type in the area you would like to support on the giving form! Our collective, radical generosity can make a HUGE difference for MassArt students. Join in now as alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make an impact on the MassArt community through participation in global day of giving, #GivingTuesday. When 300 donors make a gift (of any amount, to any area of the college!), they will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds from a group of community leaders! We believe our students have the power to transform the world with their art and design, and on #GivingTuesday, you can take this concrete action to transform the MassArt community.

Painting is participating in #GivingTuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. ____________ Painting students are introduced to advanced techniques and processes, with an emphasis on individual development and experimentation—with both form and content. The central structure of the program is built through individual and group critique. Classes meet for ten hours each week and substantial studio work outside of class is expected. ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021

Photography is participating in #GivingTuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. ____________ Photography students study photography as fine art with an emphasis on the history of photography and the body of criticism surrounding the medium, as well as the development of their own personal vision and experimentation in the studio. The curriculum introduces students to both analog and digital production, and offers a wide variety of elective courses providing a strong foundation for critical thinking, collaboration, and a career in photographic arts. ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th. 2021

Printmaking is participating in #GivingTuesday, a day where alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors come together to make a HUGE impact on the MassArt community. When 300 donors make a gift of any amount as part of #GivingTuesday, we will unlock over $25,000 of bonus funds for MassArt from a group of community leaders. ____________ Printmaking courses encourage the mastery of traditional techniques as well as experimentation and innovation. Students in the Printmaking program take courses in etching, lithography, silkscreen, relief, photographic print processes, and drawing. They also study monotype and woodcut techniques, in addition to digital color separation. ______________ MassArt #GivingTuesday | November 30th, 2021