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Educational, Professional, and Internship Opportunities

In this interdisciplinary course, the students of ART 497JS, Junior/Senior seminar,
focused on creating work as a series.

Special Announcements

Learn more about Handshake, interviewing tips, how to land an internship and more!

December issue of the HFA Careers Calendar »
HFA Careers and Advising Website »

Frame2019
Screen@SAB

Screen@SAB is looking for student videos and animations, under 10 minutes long. Any undergraduate or graduate students are welcome to submit their work!
Submission Guidelines »

Submission deadline: Saturday, December 15, 2018

Wall@SAB

The Department of Art is pleased to announce the second call for exhibiting students' work on the Wall. We'll accept two proposals for the spring 2019 semester.
More information about the Wall@SAB and how to apply »

Department of Art Events

Parties Weren't Meant to Last

Bricolage Dynamics

Bounty/Burden

de/CONSTRUCTING WORLDS

Increment

Kaleidoscope Pottery Open Studio

Without a Trace: BFA Thesis Exhibition

Art Education News

Ryan Lavigne, BFA Art Education Alumnus, is a first year art teacher at Millbury Junior/Senior High School, located in Worcester County. Ryan reports that he participated in the school review by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).

Sadie D'agastino-Griesmer has been hired as the middle school art teacher (grades 7 and 8) for the Paul Nettle Middle School in Haverhill, MA. Sadie will complete her BFA in Art Education in December, and will start her new job on January 2, 2019. Congratulations Sadie!!

NATIONAL ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (NAEA)

Continuing Notable Events

Labyrinth of Fables
Copper Giloth

View by reservation in large green screen room.
DuBois Library, Third floor, Digital Media Center

The Concinnitas Portfolio

September 12 - December 9
University Museum of Contemporary Art, Fine Arts Center

Pau Atela's (Re)Creations and MathStudio

September 12 - December 9
University Museum of Contemporary Art, Fine Arts Center

Hold Still
Robin Mandel

through December 15

Fossil
Jacin Giordano

at Galerie Sultana in Paris, France.
November 3 - December 22

Global Indigenous Visions Film Festival

Screenings at 7:30 pm
Schedule »
Flavin Family Auditoria School of Management (SOM137)

Educational, Professional, and Internship Opportunities

Artist Opportunity at Providence Children's Museum

This is an opportunity for artists to reach an audience they might not necessarily reach (kids and their families), and to experiment with installation techniques that have to withstand the force of 170,000 kid visitors a year This is a paid opportunity, with 3 possible installation dates in 2019. Click here for more info.

Work Study Opportunity Available at AES!

The Arts Extension Service is seeking an energetic, motivated work study student to provide clerical support to the department for approximately 5-10 hours per week.
Rate of Pay: $11/hour, work study students only please.

Application information (pdf) »

Art Majors!!

Join Jabberwocky, the English Department’s official undergraduate literary journal! For the first time, Jabberwocky is opening staff applications for the Spring 2019 edition to Art majors! Upper- and underclassmen are both encouraged to apply!

More information about Jabberwocky can be found on the English Department’s website

Applications are due by December 22 at 11:59PM EST. Please feel free to contact the Editor in Chief, Mira Kennedy, with questions, comments, or just to express interest at umassjabberwocky@gmail.com

Interested in submitting work? Keep an eye out for Jabberwocky’s call for submissions at the start of the spring semester.

Two Positions Available

Colleen Keough, Lecturer in the Department of Art, recently joined the advisory board for Paperbark Literary Magazine, and they are looking to fill two positions: Special Project Coordinator and Development Manager.

These positions come with a small stipend. The positions require a commitment to the vision and workload of the project. The staff would prefer graduate student applicants, but will consider highly motivated undergraduate students. Paperbark is a collaboration between the School of Earth and Sustainability, the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, and the UMass Libraries. They're a really great group of conscious, passionate folks.

Paperbark is a print and electronic-based literary magazine, published annually, with a focus on the environmental humanities, sustainable living, and the promotion of literary and fine arts. Please contact them directly with any questions.

Ceramic Figure Workshop

Cynthia Consentino, Ceramic Faculty, will be teaching a figure workshop in Mexico, January 7-13, 2019. Enrollment is still open. Sign up ».

January 7 - 13, 2019
San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

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