Massachusetts College of Art and Design - Palette and Pen Yearbook (Boston, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 120 of the 1965 volume:

MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART ANNUAL NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE THE COLLEGE Grass and cement, bricks and stone, glass and steel, wood and brass, paint. . . . These things com- bined form a protection from the elements and a place of meeting. The grass and trees and shrubs and struggling plants move constantly and season- ally around the slower changing form of the cast, the moulded, and the mortared structure of our college. In the interior of our college the gray painted floors change with the academic seasons — in September, they are fresh and shining, filling every nook and cranny with a smooth and un- stained surface — in June they are bare and worn in spots, crackled and spattered and stained by hours of work and dedication. The girders and construction blocks alone do not make our college. Our college is a thing of mind, a thing of intellect, a thing of human structure. Our college is a gathering of people who share their knowledge with one another in order that the whole group may grow. Environment serves as the influence which shapes the attitudes, feelings, and motives of those within its confines. Yet to a mind which is maturing and developing new senses and awareness, to a mind which is approaching maturity, to a mind caught up in the wonders of exploring sight, sound, feel- ing, and self, the environment is a thing of less importance than the search for knowledge. The mind of the student, regardless of place or physical situation, absorbs knowledge — knowledge of life, of art, of self. The environment is overcome. People become the main concern of the student, people who meet in a structure and exchange all those precious things culled from experience and experiment. Our college then becomes a place where people act, react, interact, and share the rewarding task of self fulfillment and intellectual growth. Our college is constructed of grass and cement, bricks and stone, glass and steel, wood and brass, paint and people. The appearance of the Massachusetts College of Art Annual always has a very personal significance to each person in the college. For the college itself, it marks this year the ninety-first anniversary in its distinguished history and a year of special richness and realization. For each student, it identifies another long step toward that professional excellence through which each will distinguish himself in the exacting world of the arts. For the faculty and administration, the Annual is a warm record of the students and the college to which they have devoted their special skills and talented leadership and inspiration. For all, this Annual is a joyous expression of that mutual esteem and affection which has grown up among us all and which is a special characteristic of those who work together in our illustrious college — Massachusetts College of Art. PRESIDENT IT 1 f - i 1 1 i Within your own experience and observation, it must be apparent now that attention can be gained through mere innovation and stylistic extravagance. Thus there is temptation in the use of easy skill and chance accident to avoid the rigors of conceptual exploration and to capitalize on popular visual modes. There will always be those that succumb to such temptation but I trust that your time spent under the tutelage of an exacting yet understanding faculty has developed the recogni- tion that although playful exercise can create splashing in the shallows, insight and skill are needed for swim- ming in waters of depth and unknown challenge. During the darkest days of the French’ Revolution, the young poet Wordsworth wrote: Bliss was it that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven! In the midst of those violent days when established structures crumbled into chaos, Wordsworth saw glorious prospects for a new world of equality and justice. He re- joiced in being young enough to help to bring that new world into being. Our present era, disordered and turbulent though it is, can inspire you with a like excitement. A brighter world is evident in the fight against poverty, in the movement for peace, and in the recognition of civil rights. It is the youth of today who will be called upon to bring forward their accomplishment. Here in this book with its record of the past year, you see yourself in a moment of time. You have presented to you many activities which individually and from day to day may have seemed of little value. Grouped as a whole, however, they show that you have made a truly formidable record of achievement. May this record inspire you with confidence in yourself so to utilize your training as to bring about a radiant world in which it will be bliss to be alive. DEAN of WOMEN CHARLES E. ABBOTT Prof, of Ceramics HARRIS BARRON Instructor of Ceramics ALGALEE ADAMS Prof, of Art Education GERARD T. AMIRIAN Assoc. Prof, of Psychology and Sociology DAVID BERGER Assoc. Prof, of Painting and Anatomy ZULMIRA ALMEIDA Instructor of Fashion Design ALE BRACONIER Instructor of Sculpture s THOMAS BURKE Senior Supervisor in Design CALVIN BURNETT Assist. Prof, of Graphic Arts and Perspective KATHRYN A. COGHLAN Assoc. Prof, of English MARY S. COLLINS Assist. Prof, of Fashion Illustration JOHN BUTLER Assoc. Prof, of English and Economics GEORGE M. COHEN Assist. Prof, of Art History MURIEL COOPER Assist. Prof, of Advertising Design ARTHUR COPPLESTONE Assoc. Prof, of Lettering and Design CHARLES DEMETROPOULOS Assist. Prof, of Drawing and Painting FLOYD COVERT Assist. Prof, of Painting ARTHUR CORSINI Prof, of Water Color RUSSELL DOUCETTE Assist. Prof, of Ceramics JESS FORREST Assist. Prof, of Product Design CARL GIBSON Assoc. Prof, of Product Design 1 SANFORD GREENFIELD Instructor of Architecture )OHN GREPP Assist. Prof. of Art Education and Crafts BRUCE HAWTHORNE Assist. Prof, of History DANIEL M. KELLEHER Instructor of Structural Design and Painting ARTHUR HOENER Prof, of Advertising Design JAMES F. KENNEY Prof, of Crafts and Art Education LAWRENCE KUPFERMAN Prof, of Painting ROBERT E. LARTER EMMA LENNON PREST Instructor of Instr. Drawing and Home Design Prof, of Color and Design ERNESTINE M. LYMAN Assist. Prof, of Art Education EDWARD D. MOVITZ Assist. Prof, of Drawing and Painting PAULC. MULLER Instructor of Photography and Art Histoi THOMAS O ' HARA Assoc. Prof, of Illustration and Drawing ELIZABETH PALMER Instructor of Drawing and Painting JULIA SHEEHAN Prof, of English HAROLD THURMAN Instructor of Design LIBRARIAN ANNE F. ESKRIGGE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF VIRGINIAS. BETHANY HANNAH M. RYAN ARLINE REARDON ALICE ALCONADA MILDRED WHITE EVELINA VON LADAU Assist. Prof, of Fashion Design ADVERTISING DESIGN The advertising designer ' s ar- tistic philosophy is expressed through visual communica- tion. He creates for an audi- ence, he unites aesthetics and practicality to meet needs. By means of graphic solu- tions he creates clear com- munication and provides, with the use of symbols, an intellectual solution to de- fined problems. Aware of the psychological and visceral ef- fects of color and line, the designer uses them, com- bined with symbols, to ele- vate literal visual commun- ication to a work of art. THOMAS J. BRIGGS NICHOLAS A. CRUZ POLLY MCGRORY ROBERT WAHLCREN JONATHAN S. RICKARD MICHAEL GIOVANNIELLO WILLIAM PHELAN lACH WORK STANDS ALONE JUDGED BY ITSEEE IN SPITE OE AT I RULES JONATHAN S. RICKARD WILLIAM PHELAN THOMAS J. BRIGGS THOMAS j. BRIGGS WILLIAM PHELAN PAINTING AND ILLUSTRATION The constant change in our social and moral environment affects the painter ' s senses and demands that he explore and experiment to find new and more meaningful visual concepts. Seeking an ordered method of creative con- struction, the artist creatively transcends the conven- tional patterns of normal experience and arranges and converts them into art. Thus the painter is an explorer who begins with self dis- covery. His expression of the normal activity of living transcends the actual to show us more of what is real. The painter ' s art is the search for perfect visual expression. ALBERTA H. PEPIN CAROL A. FLAHERTY VERA JACQUELINE WINSOR RUTH ROSEBURY E. WILLIAM BRIGGS WILLIAM SALVATORE LI RANGE CYNTHIA F.ZOLKOS ESTHER MARIE SPEZZANO ROBERT C. DONAHUE ■ 4 MYRA PARRY LINDA S. WEINBAUM DIANE GEDREWICZ BEVERLEY A. ROBINSON SUSAN MARIE STEVENS LINDAJ. DIBIASE PRISCILLA L. PERRY MARILYN COWAN SALLY HAYTER MARY GANLEY % y ROBERT GUMMING MARILYN HURLEY MILHAM JOSEF BARRETT MARILYN HURLEY MILHAM NANCY CAROL NAZARIAN DIANE CEDREWICZ LINDA S. WEINBAUM DIANE GEDREWICZ ROBERT GUMMING RUTH ROSEBURY EILEEN L COSTELLO E. WILLIAM BRIGGS WILLIAM SALVATORE LIRANGE ALBERTA H. PEPIN y ' NANCY CAROL NAZARIAN CERAMIC DESIGN The ceramist creates from an understanding of nature, an understanding of design, and an understanding of sculpture. Working with the art of function, the art of decoration, the art of whim, the ceramist develops a per- sonal creative technique, a technique evolved from ma- terial itself, to create art de- rived from nature. ANN MARRAN MARINO MARY-FRANCES FINNERAL ERNEST W. LUSSIER HOLLY LAWRENCE TEACHER EDUCATION To know for yourself is not enough, you must help others to know. The teacher ' s work of art is a child ' s mind. Year by year our thinking ad- vances and our educational system also ad- vances. Educators constantly struggle with out- dated methods of education and from that struggle come advances that free creativity. The dedicated teacher of art helps the child to see, helps the child to discover his own eyes and to find color and light and sound. The ded- icated teacher of art makes the child aware of life and adds meaning to the business of doing. CAROL ANN O ' CONNELL CAROL KRASKER WINER JOHNTEKIAN KWIECINSKl DIANNE M. MAURA MONAHAN CAROLYN J. MISHO GIOVANNA EDITH LEONE BRUCE CHILDS MAURICEJ. SEVIGNY JR. LINDA E. WHINNEM THOMAS N. PRIEST JUDITH ANN GILMORE DAVID D. PIMENTAL DANIEL R. GIBBONS KATHLEEN A. ZEHNTER PATRICIA LEARY MARIE E. ENRIGHT BARBARA A. HEHIR LINDA SCOTT ZAWALSKI JANE R. BASSETT SANDRAS. ORNE BARBARA A. STARRATT MAXINE GERSON MAURICE J. SEVIGNYJR. rnur - rrrrr r f= ' frrr nnr p rrrr pi rrr nu JJJJ =i JJJJ jj jjjjjj j DIANAS. RIZZO GIOVANNA EDITH LEONE FASHION DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION The human form, a sculptural structure in continuing mo- tion, unlike the sculptural animal form, harbors a mind which has a need and desire for surface embellishment as a means of expression. This embellishment reflects man ' s individual situation and the more general situation of his contemporary society. Fashion design students explore the traditions of the past and the needs of the present and through sensitivity and ability common to the fine artist develop fabric forms which enhance the human structure in its many actions, situations, and moods. The fashion artist deals with two dimensional surfaces, relating them to the living human form, a three dimensional object in motion. By artistically handling these elements and considering the practical needs, both traditionally and immediately, of the human form the designer creates a work of art both practical and aesthetic. PAMELA BETH SONYA DENISUK JOYCE E. LINDSTROM DIANE GUAY LINDA HEJDUK PEGGY NYSTROM PRISCILLA BRENNAN NANCY E. HUNTINGTON MARSHA RYNGIEWICZ PATRICIA A. WOOD SUSAN C SMITH ANN RECKLITIS JUDITH H.ZILLMAN JANICE R. WALL i X NANCY E. WINSLOW JUSTINA NEMICCOLO NANCY E. WINSLOW JOYCE E. LINDSTROM N r DIANE GUAY CLARE GIARLA PAMELA BETH KATHLEEN A. MELLO JUSTINANEMICCOLO PRODUCT DESIGN Equipped with the intellect and aesthetic judgement of the artist, the product de- signer faces the task of con- ceiving or improving the ap- pliances that he and his coevals will use in their daily lives. With respect for the task that the product will perform, he strives for the integration of the dominant and sub-domi- nant parts, which when successfully executed will produce a well balanced, pleasing and functional form, sculpturally perfect. The de- signer presents us with sculp- tural beauty coupled and integrated with a definite function. The designer ' s pro- ductions are not only beauti- ful but utilize their beauty to perform a given task. To lend products the artistic stature of fine art is a diffi- cult but rewarding task. The product designer meets this challenge with a sense of totality, working with an inti- mate understanding of the basic physical principles and the varied tools at his re- source. The designer in ser- ving his fellowmen and in ad- vancing the use of techniques and substances, often affects and acts as the precursor of the tempo of activity in vari- ous phases of his society. I i JOHN P. OSZAjCA THOMAS R. SALVO ROBERT S. MANOSKY RICHARD H. SEAGER GRACE ALEKSANDRA SEDUIKIS JOHN P. OSZAJCA DAVID F. O ' BRIEN JOHN P. OSZAJCA STUDENT ACTIVITIES Aside from the everyday academic routine of the students in our college there is an- other schedule of activities. The extra- curricular events of our college reflect its spirit on a smaller more individual scale. Although they are seemingly not part of a person ' s formal training, they do, in effect, offer knowledge which is unattainable in a strictly scheduled classroom. These ac- tivities are the instructors of community endeavor, teaching the contribution of tal- ent and enthusiasm in promoting success- ful group activities and projects. In this relaxed atmosphere the social side of in- tellectual growth is furthered. Freshman Council Manuel Crisostomo Cortlandt Bel- lavance John Groves Sheila Connor Judith Olsen Sophomore Officers Michael J. Zolli Marie LaPre Sandra Salem Richard W. Lizza Senior Officers Robert S. Manosky Nicholas A. Cruz Maura P. Monahan Michael T. Giovanniello STUDENT The purpose of this organization shall ASSOCIATION be to represent and further the interests of the student body — to encourage self-government — to promote respon- sibility, loyalty, school spirit, and co- operation between student, faculty, and administration. Junior Officers J. Warren Allessi Fred Lawrence Jeanne Manzelli Elizabeth Stack NEWMAN Fra Angelico Newman Club is an orga- CLUB nization primarily for Catholic students attending a non-sectarian college, al- though all students are invited. Its ob- jectives are to enrich the students ' col- lege life in a threefold manner: reli- giously and spiritually, intellectually, and socially. It is affiliated with the Na- tional Newman Clubs Federation and the Boston Province of Newman Clubs. HILLEL The purpose of Hillel, the Jewish Stu- dents Organization, is to provide for the Jewish and Christian students at Massa- chusetts College of Art an opportunity to learn of Jewish culture and back- ground. Its aim is to achieve a close unity among the religious bodies of this school and to provide a better under- standing through inter-religious contact. DRAMA CLUB The Drama Club provides those stu- dents interested in the theatre a chance to develop and exhibit their abilities in this field. CHORUS The object of the College Chorus is to become acquainted, through active par- ticipation, with choral art, both classical and contemporary; to learn the tech- nical aspects of effective choral singing, and to prepare programs for presenta- tion. YEARBOOK STAFF Editor-in-Chief Thomas J. Briggs Production Manager Jonathan S. Rickard Art Director William Phelan Literary Editor Robert Hubbard Business Manager Judith Hahn Photographers Barry Coburn ' 66 Nick Cruz Russell Mroczek Photography Staff Michael Giovaniello Peter Jacobs Polly McGrory Louis Valente Barbara Winsor Layout and Production Staff Barbara Dube Marie Guzzetti Walter Richardson Robert Wahlgren MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART ALUMNI ASSOCIATION The Massachusetts College of Art Alumni Association congratulates the Class of 1965 and extends a welcome to each of you on becoming an alumnus of the College. Barry Jones-Henry President, MCAAA ART SCHOOL ASSOCIATES INC. The suppliers of New Masters, Perma- nent Pigments, Artsign Brushes, Robert Simmons Brushes, Color-Aid, Transfer Type, D ' Arches, Strathmore, Orpi, Tal- ens, and Bainbridge materials to the stu- dents of the College wish to present their best wishes to the Class of 1965.