It’s official: the Judy is a beauty.
At an awards ceremony on March 7, the Judith Mara Carson Center for Visual Arts was recognized for Built Design Excellence: Interior Architecture. The award, bestowed by the Boston Society for Architecture, was accepted by DSK, the architecture firm that designed the Judy.
As an interdisciplinary thinker and film lover, Art and Art History Chair Hallie Cohen has long been fascinated by the Italian poet, activist, and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini. Pasolini was an influential but controversial figure in postwar Italy; openly gay and an avid Marxist, he garnered a reputation for socially critical work that drew as many enemies as fans. He was murdered in 1975, though the details of his death remain unclear.
Professor of Art and Chair of Art and Art History Hallie Cohen has taught more than two generations of MMC students, but this fall, she’s celebrating the completion of a project that predates quite a few of them.
As part of Homecoming Weekend 2022, MMC invites alums, parents, and friends to tour The Judy—the 12,000-square-foot Judith Mara Carson Center for Visual Arts that opened in Carson Hall this August. The Judy is a cross-disciplinary creative hub that will bring together the College’s full range of visual arts, from graphic design, illustration, and animation to costume design, web design, and book design. We asked faculty and students currently teaching or taking classes there to share their thoughts on the space and what it means for the community.
This semester, when MMC students are encouraged to think critically and act creatively, they’ll have a new state-of-the-art home to help bring their visions to life. The College has officially opened the doors to its Judith Mara Carson Center for Visual Arts, a stunning 12,000-square-foot space it began constructing in June 2021. Classes will be held there starting Sept. 6.
Marymount Manhattan College is expanding its Art program with a new 60-credit Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree that allows students to develop breadth and depth in several disciplines and more intensely prepare for a career in the visual arts.
The program is housed in the College’s new 12,000-square-foot Judith Mara Carson Center for Visual Arts and will begin accepting students in the Fall ’22 semester.
Ben Paljor Chatag ’15 left Tibet as a young boy to attend a Tibetan boarding school alongside other refugees in Northern India. This was just the beginning of major moves that would profoundly impact his life. At 15 years-old, he came to the United States when he was adopted by his Tibetan grandfather and later by his Western mother.