The Gatepost

By Joe Kourieh Associate Editor “Science is a kind of story,” reads a statement hanging on the wall of the Mazmanian Gallery amidst the six vivid works of Kelly Popoff’s current exhibit “The Fiction of Science.” The series was forerun by a book she compiled of snippets from science textbooks, highlighting their “subjective” nature – [...]

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By Joe Kourieh Arts & Features Editor   Spelling it out   Senior Caitlin Teague’s latest project for her Children’s Book Illustration class with Professor Marc Cote is not one piece but four – representing four letters of the alphabet. Each letter is accompanied by an illustration, portraying an object or creature that begins with [...]

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By Alex Shuman Asst. Arts & Features Editor Last week’s MazGal opening featured innovative and interactive pieces that drew guests in with sound, light and touch. Seven recent graduates from the Dynamic Media Institute at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design showcased some of their latest works at the opening. The works were reflections [...]

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By Joe Kourieh Associate Editor Functionally Freaky “The human body can be both beautiful and horrifying,” said senior art major Meghan Butler. Although this does not sound like something that would relate to a ceramics project, Butler chose to integrate aspects of the human body into her design for her current assignment in Ceramics I [...]

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By Sara Silvestro Staff Writer   A photograph of an older Chinese woman with a wrinkled face, soft eyes and a sincere smile moved more than 30 students in the library café on Monday.  “You cannot not feel for this woman,” said Mario Quiroz at his “Immigrants in New England, An American Tradition” exhibit. Exhibitions of [...]

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