MECA&D’s Visiting Artist and Guest Lecturer Series invites professional artists, educators, curators, thought leaders, and creative entrepreneurs to present on topics of interest and importance to the MECA&D community. All lectures in this series are open to the public at no charge. RSVPs to events@meca.edu are encouraged, as seating is limited. Call 207.699.5010 for more information.
10.25
Alexander Rose
Creative Director at the Long Now Foundation
Art for the
Next 10,000 Years
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Osher Hall
Sponsored by FY-In, Foundation
and Public Engagement
As the director of Long Now, Alexander has facilitated projects such as the 10,000 Year Clock, The Rosetta Project, Long Bets, Seminars About Long Term Thinking, Long Server and countless others. Alexander shares several design patents on the 10,000 Year Clock with Danny Hillis, the first prototype of which is in the Science Museum of London. His experience also includes serving as an artist in residence at Silicon Graphics Inc., a project manager for Shamrock Communications, and a founding partner of Inertia Labs. Alexander has attended the Art Center College of Design and graduated with a bachelor of arts honors degree from Carnegie Mellon University in Industrial Design in 1995.
longnow.org
10.30
Scott Berzofsky
Artist
A Day With The Public Engagement Department
In the ICA
Sponsored by the Visiting Artist Committee and the Public Engagement Department
Scott Berzofsky is a recent SMACT graduate from the MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology. His work explores the relation between art, ecology and urban spatial politics. Before coming to MIT, Scott lived and worked in Baltimore, where he co-organized several artistic and activist initiatives including campbaltimore, Participation Park, The City from Below and STEW. His writing has appeared in Third Text, Critical Planning and The Journal of Aesthetics and Protest.
Scott Berzofsky
11.01
Erin Sweeney
Professional Artist and Curator
Printmaking, Book Arts, and Sculpture
12:30p, - 1:30pm
Osher Hall
Sponsored by the Printmaking Department
Erin Sweeney is an artist living and working in New Hampshire, having completed her MFA in Book Arts and Printmaking at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she was awarded the Elizabeth C. Roberts Prize for Graduate Book Arts. She holds a BFA in sculpture from the Maine College of Art & Design in Portland, Maine. Her current work combines fibers, text, and the book form. She is interested in all forms of building, be it conceptual or physical. Her current work revolves around the concepts and processes of building community and storytelling. Making handmade objects, manipulating space, and utilizing printmaking processes in non-traditional ways are all a part of Sweeney’s vocabulary.
erinsweeney.net
11.08
Leanna Morris
MFA Candidate
Materials and Process
12:00p, - 2:00pm
Osher Hall
Sponsored by the MFA Department
Leeanna Morris is currently in her first year of the MECA&D MFA program. She earned a BFA in Studio Art concentrating in photography and a minor in Art History from Southern Methodist University (SMU). After graduating Leeanna was a Studio Resident in ceramics at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts. In her work, she is currently exploring ideas of installation and limitation through materials and process. She works in a variety of mediums, ranging from photography, ceramics, fibers, and drawing.
leeannamorris.com
11.28
Scott Nash
Illustration Department Chair
The Inspiration of Edward Gorey & The High Skies Adventure of Blue Jay the Pirate
6:00p, - 7:00pm
Osher Hall
Sponsored by the Illustration Department
Nationally-known Illustrator, author, designer, media-mind, and Edward Gorey enthusiast, Scott Nash’s latest release, The High Skies Adventure of Blue Jay the Pirate has already garnered recognition of note on ABA’s (American Booksellers Association) Best Children’s books of 2012 List and at The Society of Illustration’s Original Art Show. Scott will also discuss the works of Edward Gorey and his exhibit, Elegant Enigmas on view at the Portland Public Library through December 29.