Archives: Faculty

Stephen Thrasher is a furniture maker in Somerville, MA. He completed MassArt’s Furniture Design Certificate in 2022. His path through the craft started with traditional methods and moved toward digital design and CNC fabrication, exploring the parametric design of sculptural furniture and design for small-scale production. This comes full circle from his 20-year engineering career … Read more

Francis Bordeleau is an illustrator and cartoonist who holds a BFA in Illustration from Lesley University and an MFA in Visual Narrative from Boston University. As an illustrator, his work includes comics, storyboards, prints, posters, banners, character design, graphic design, and art direction. He has worked on comics published or distributed by organizations including the … Read more

Werner Brito: “With more than ten years in architecture, I’ve learned to move fluidly between the structural logic of base building design and the nuanced craft of interiors. I love the challenge of shaping space from the ground up, then refining it with details that influence how people work, gather, and move through their day. … Read more

Lauren Marie Dake is an experimental filmmaker and educator from Seattle. Her practice centers on notions of escape, chaos, the uncanny, and the ethereal. She is fascinated with the world-building potential of handmade and cameraless cinema and experiments with direct animation onto 16mm films, where she engages in an ongoing attempt to create new realities … Read more

Douglas Goodwin is Special Faculty in Experimental Animation and Critical Studies at CalArts, where he has pioneered innovative interdisciplinary courses for over 14 years. With an MFA from CalArts and a decade of industry experience as Lead Developer at LA Metro, he bridges art, technology, and critical inquiry through hands-on exploration. His courses range from … Read more

Jennifer Choi is a designer and maker whose practice spans spatial graphics, objects, and furniture design. She is driven by movement, color, and interaction, and integrates abstract functional forms in domestic and public spaces. She draws inspiration from the visual language and logic of playgrounds, Jebuilding blocks, and modular furniture. Jennifer has over a decade … Read more

Erica Lynn Hood earned her BFA in ceramics from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2014. With 15 years of experience, she specializes in creating functional and sculptural ceramic pieces that often incorporate mixed media and printmaking techniques. She has been teaching ceramics in New England for over a decade, with previous teaching roles … Read more

Gretchen May is a Freelance Designer and Brand Strategist focusing on Brand strategy and design work for Boston-based branding agencies and individual clients. She received a BA from Bates College, a Certificate with honors in Graphic Design at MassArt.

Laura Meilman is a cartoonist and painter based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She holds a B.A. in Painting from Earlham College and an MFA from the Center for Cartoon Studies. She strives to bring humor and heart to her memoir comics which often focus on relationships, nonmonogamy, and finding oneself. She has several memoir projects in … Read more