NEWS
Filmmaking program continues to grow, seeking national recognition
The film program at Mason Gross evolved from a certificate program to a full-fledged degree, that trains students in the many facets of filmmaking: research and treatments, cinematography, lighting, field production, directing, script writing and story boarding, editing, and postproduction.
Art & Design alum’s rooftop installation at The Met features “acoustic sculptures”
Jennie C. Jones’s (MFA’96) sculptural installation “Ensemble” is on view in New York City as this year’s Roof Garden Commission at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Every day is Earth Day in Theater faculty’s upcycling class
Costume Director Denise Wagner’s class on fast fashion helps students understand the work that goes into making their clothes.
Art & Design alum fuses art and STEM in data visualization career
Lia Petronio (BFA’14) has combined her experience in fine art, research, and coding to become a data visualization engineer at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
Jazz student named 2025 Quilting Water Undergraduate Prize winner
Undergrad Brandon Mejia will be part of Quilting Water, an international public art initiative that seeks to prompt artists and scholars to consider the relationship between ecological justice and racial justice.
MGSA receives largest-ever gift
The school has received the largest gift in its history—an anonymous $8.8 million gift that funds the school’s Arts in Health initiatives and endows a new faculty chair in Arts in Health.