Destiny Palmer is a painter and educator, and currently pursuing her MFA candidate at Tyler School of Art at Temple University. Destiny was co-founder of Traditions Remixed, an artist collective whose goal is to create a supportive community for young artists, especially artists of color, encouraging collaboration and networking. Palmer has been exploring and investigating … Read more
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Huang Lucang was born in China in 1990. He earned his BA from Renmin University in Beijing and studied Architectural Design at Kyushu University in Japan. He also earned his MFA in Photography from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Over the past seven years, Huang has lived in Beijing, Fukuoka, Tokyo, Shanghai and … Read more
Maritza Cantero-Farrell is a multifaceted artist and art educator who has been an illustrator, painter, graphic designer and fashion designer, prior to developing her passion for education and fiber arts. She also owns New Wedding Images/Cantero Graphics, and teaches at Lasell College, Newton MA. Maritza has also taught at Newbury College, The School of Fashion … Read more
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Christian Restrepo is a fashion designer and fiber artist who is interested in creating objects of beauty through the use of unusual materials that explore intimate and human emotions through an obsessive, almost ritualistic process. He is a graduate of Massachusetts College of Art and Design and serves as Studio Manager in the Fashion department … Read more
Matt Wajda received a Certificate in Cabinet and Furniture Making from the North Bennet Street School in Boston and is currently an instructor at NBSS. He is the owner of River City Furnituremaking in Portsmouth, NH.
Stephen Hamilton received a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. His work incorporates both Western and African techniques in areas such as painting, drawing with resist dyeing, weaving, and woodcarving. He has taught at MassArt since 2014 in both illustration and fashion. For more information, visit his website, The Art of Stephen Hamilton.
Natalia Arbelaez is a ceramicist whose work has been exhibited nationally, in museums, galleries, and included in various collections such as the Everson Museum and The Frederik Meijer Gardens. She has been recognized by the National Council on Education for Ceramic Arts as a 2018 Emerging Artist in the field. Natalia is currently a resident … Read more
Paula is a lifelong committed woodworker with a passion to create beautiful useful objects of the highest caliber. A full-time artisan in a one-person business, she builds both custom ordered pieces and art furniture. Her designs consider aesthetic principles of line, mass, proportion, balance, color and texture; the product is then crafted with notable precision … Read more
Heather Dawson is a working furniture designer, journeyman cabinetmaker, woodworking instructor and alumna of the Certificate in Furniture Design, Massachusetts College of Art and Design and North Bennet Street School, Boston, MA.