Faculty – Professional and Continuing Education

Katy Schneider , raised in NYC, is a painter and art professor (32 years) at Smith College. She is a recipient of a Guggenheim and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, and of awards from the National Academy of Design and the Academy. Her work focuses on themes related to her upbringing: making the … Read more

Melanie Mowinski likes paper and what goes ON paper. She likes the visceral and paper becomes a vessel on which she prints, collages, constructs, and more. She draws inspiration from the landscape of her Berkshire Hills home and residencies/travels to places like Iceland, Morocco, Tasmania, Venice, and most recently, from along the Camino de Santiago … Read more

Alfredo Gisholt was born in Mexico City. He attended the Academia de San Carlos, has a BFA from Florida International University and an MFA from Boston University. Gisholt has had solo exhibitions at Cristobal Contemporary, Mexico City; CUE Foundation, NYC; Forma110 Gallery, Houston; Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston; University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor; and … Read more

Yulia Spiridonova is a contemporary artist working primarily with photography, collage, and installation. Born in Moscow, Russia, she currently resides and works in Boston. Her art has been exhibited in Russia, the United States, and various countries across Europe. Yulia holds an undergraduate degree from Moscow State University (2008) and a post-baccalaureate diploma from Massachusetts … Read more

Timothy Scholl is a designer, researcher, strategist, and educator. He helps organizations develop products from zero to one and beyond. Most recently, Scholl has been working to make the lives of pet parents easier at Chewy as a staff designer. And after hours, he teaches students how to do the kinds of things he’s been … Read more

Carolyn Lowell is a former mathematics teacher turned designer, works at ARC (Architectural Resources Cambridge), a firm specializing in creating meaningful spaces in fields ranging from health and wellness to the performing arts and science. Her journey to architecture started with renovations at her home in Boston and continued with an M.Arch. degree at MassArt … Read more

Natalie Brescia is an American artist who was born in California. She received a Bachelors of Arts in Fine Art from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a Master of Fine Arts from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Working at the intersection of photography, bookmaking, and installation, her interdisciplinary artistic research is based … Read more

Kelley S. Surun is an architect, designer and maker of places, spaces, and things. She founded Path Place Architecture in 2017 with the core value of placing humans at the center of the architecture story. She understands architecture as a means of communication, and an opportunity to make people’s lives richer through improving their physical … Read more

Sam Aldrich is an artist & designer interested in craft, curation, and collaboration. He graduated from Massart in 2018 with a BFA in Fibers, and worked as the Curator at the Society of Arts + Crafts in Boston, MA for 2 years before moving to sunny Los Angeles, CA where he currently lives and works.

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