Montserrat College of Art Graduates 81 and Internationally Renowned Artist Wangechi Mutu Receives Honorary Degree

On Friday morning, May 15, Montserrat College of Art returned to The Cabot Theatre where 81 seniors were awarded Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in animation and interactive media, art education, book arts, graphic design illustration, interdisciplinary arts, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture.

Internationally known artist and activist Wangechi Mutu was the 2015 Commencement Speaker and received an honorary doctor of fine arts from the college during the ceremonies. The ceremony was led by Montserrat’s Trustee Chair Lee Dellicker and President Steve Immerman. The Class of 2015 selected Prof. Gabrielle Keller to serve as the faculty speaker at commencement and Anthony Corrado was named student speaker.

Student Awards: Liberal Arts: Deanna Jacome, Creative Writing Minor: Danielle Renino, Sculpture: Danielle Franzen and Sarah Graziano, Photography and Video: Joseph Saunders, Graphic Design: Sarah Middleton, Art Education: Deanna Jacome and Kayla Cochran, Art History Minor: Sasha Pacek, Painting and Drawing: Kayla Cochran, Animation + Interactive Media: Kaitlyn Assmann, Printmaking: Robert Manson, Book Arts: Brenda Rosswess, Illustration: Maura O’Connor, Interdisciplinary Arts: Danielle Renino and William + Ruth Fusco Prize: Kevin Lucey

Faculty Awards: Mary Bucci-McCoy received the Luz Dorrien Faculty Development Award and the Conelia Endowed Fund Award was presented to Prof. Judith Brassard Brown.

Immediately following commencement, students and guests were invited to the Beverly Common, next to the Hardie Building, for an outdoor reception hosted by the Montserrat community. The Montserrat Gallery was open for viewing of the 2015 All Senior Show at the college’s main campus building at 23 Essex Street.

Montserrat College of Art is a small, private, residential college of visual art and design, founded in 1970, by artists, for artists, educating the creative problem solvers of tomorrow. The college offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, adult and teen continuing education classes and three galleries exhibiting works by international, national and regional contemporary artists, intended to offer art education beyond the Montserrat classrooms through a series of public lectures, gallery talks, catalogs and events. www.montserrat.edu/news/commencement