Faculty – Page 15 – Professional and Continuing Education

Vanessa Norris is a ceramic artist who received her BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston where she discovered her love for clay. She traveled across the country to work with ceramic artists, including Bruce Larrabee in Park City, UT and Deb Schwartzkopf in Seattle, WA. Vanessa has taught courses at … Read more

Jennifer Cole is concurrently faculty in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Boston College and the Harvard Graduate School of Sustainability. Dr. Cole was Director of the Environmental Studies Program at Northeastern for fifteen years, and has also taught at Tufts and MIT. Dr. Cole has published extensively in the fields of wetlands, … Read more

Carolanne Patterson has been teaching in the Art Department at New York University for the past 15 years, and has also taught at Parson’s School of Design, in New York City. She holds a Master’s of Fine arts and a Bachelors of Fine Arts, both in the area of metal-smithing. She also has a Bachelor … Read more

Marni Elyse Katz organized the fashion closet of Rolling Stone, cast Heidi Klum on her first women’s magazine cover, and worked on early digital iterations of Teen People and InStyle before becoming a managing editor for lifestyle content at America Online. Today Katz, who lives in the Back Bay with her husband, two sons, and a cat, is a … Read more

Rachel Montroy is a mixed media sculptor living in Hopkinton, New Hampshire. She exhibits her sculptures regionally and nationally and is a juried member of the League of NH Craftsman. She is also an adjunct professor at Plymouth State University and at the New Hampshire Technical Institute. She regularly teaches workshops at the Currier Museum … Read more

Joe Wood is Professor of art in the Fine Arts 3D Department at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. He has been teaching jewelry, metalsmithing, digital techniques for object-makers (CAD) and other classes since 1985.

After a short career in business, working for the Sherwin Williams Company, Greg returned to school at MassArt. In 1994, an internship at Carroll Design turned into a position as a junior level industrial designer. Presently, Greg is the head of the Industrial Design department at Carroll Design and part owner. Following in the footsteps … Read more

Candace Brooks is an adjunct professor at MassArt and a Training and Technical Assistance Associate and in-house expert on design thinking and innovation at Education Development Center. She contributes over 10 years experience as a product design researcher and strategist, with 10 years of experience as an adjunct professor teaching courses in product design at … Read more

Paul Paturzo is the former Acting Dean of Graduate Studies at MassArt. Paul holds a BFA in Architecture, Massachusetts College of Art and Design; M.Arch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.