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Ceramicist & Alum Sam Kim Creates One-of-a-Kind Awards for ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨â€™s 2024 Common Good Award Honorees

This year's ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ Common Good Awards Honorees will receive custom, inscribed ceramic awards by Sam Kim, a ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ alum transforming slipcasting into unique artistry.

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Toni Elka (BFA Painting ’86), Founder of Future Chefs

Elka, founder of Future Chefs, has made a profound impact on youth development through culinary arts in Boston. Her nonprofit provides life skills, mentorship, and professional development opportunities to prepare young people for success. Elka’s leadership has been nationally recognized for empowering youth and fostering social change.

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Yinette Guzman (’08 BFA Architecture), Public Art Advocate and Placemaking Designer

Guzman is celebrated for her leadership in curating the Punto Urban Art Museum (PUAM) in Salem, MA. Her efforts in transforming underserved communities through public art reflect her commitment to inclusivity, creative placemaking, and cultural preservation.

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May Chau (’07 BFA Art Education), Recipient of Frances Euphemia Thompson Award for Excellence in Teaching

Chau, Visual Arts Supervisor for Somerville Public Schools, is honored for her commitment to cultivating a collaborative arts education environment. Her teaching encourages creativity, critical thinking, and lifelong learning in one of the state’s most diverse school systems, continuing ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨â€™s legacy of training transformative arts educators.

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ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ graduate and professional artist Nicole Chesney reflects on the power and magic of the ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ Auction

Nicole Chesney has been an active participant in the ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ Auction since 1997– since her first print in the silent auction her senior year, she has donated 20 artworks in support of current and future ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ students.

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ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ Alum Alex Small-Butera Wins Emmy for Animation

Alex Small-Butera sat down for an interview to explain about how he and Lindsay got from here to there, rising in their careers to receive this mark of achievement from Hollywood on their ability as animators, as artists.

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Artist, alum, and instructor Clint Baclawski on how ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨â€™s creative community invites you to change your perspective

ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ instructor and director of ‘The Lab,’ Clint Baclawski is an accomplished artist who has won numerous awards, exhibited in the U.S. and abroad, and attended residencies in Venice, Italy, and Wassaic, NY.

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The Art of Curating an Exhibition

At ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨, MFA students and alumni uncover their unique curatorial styles through hands-on experiences and courses like Curatorial Practice. Catherine LeComte Lecce’s exhibition, Matrescence, explored the profound and often overlooked transformations of motherhood.

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Overcoming Eurocentrism

Lyssa Palu-Ay (MFA ’01), Dean of JET (Justice, Equity, and Transformation), works to move beyond institutional practices that can unintentionally marginalize BIPOC communities.

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Marc Holland and the transformative power of a ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ education

Marc Holland (BFA ’99), director of ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨â€™s Studio Foundation Program, says that as a result of a professor’s guidance, he switched gears — and uses that experience to keep front of mind that the best teaching lets students know they can impact the world in unexpected ways.

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