About Us

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00:00 (gentle music)
00:06 When I found out that the
00:07 Art and Design School was moving,
00:09 my first thoughts were like
00:11 I'm excited because I do so much on the main campus.
00:20 What does it mean?
00:21 It just means possibilities.
00:24 I was actually really nervous about the move,
00:26 but it's important for our community
00:29 to be here with everyone else.
00:38 The spaces are predominantly a combination
00:41 of manual drawing studios,
00:42 manual working spaces for foundational type classes.
00:47 We also have a number of flexible technical spaces
00:50 that allow students to work both on computer,
00:53 but also to build physical objects within the same spaces.
00:57 We're building a space that took into account where
01:01 art and design thinking is now
01:04 and where we think it's going.
01:08 One of the things that's important
01:09 about this space now is that idea of bridging out.
01:12 We shouldn't just be seeing art students in creative spaces.
01:16 We have all these opportunity to build classes
01:19 that combine arts and sciences, the arts and business,
01:23 the arts and sustainability, or arts and urban design.
01:27 It's exciting and it's endless.
01:32 It's really important that we have kind of
01:33 diversity in what we study.
01:38 I knew I would be in classes with people
01:40 that weren't just art majors
01:42 [Sean] Innovation occurs where you put
01:45 people in the same room together
01:47 asking questions and exploring.
01:50 [Lizzy] I really want people to come down here
01:52 and see the wood shop
01:55 and the print shop and our galleries.
01:59 [Sean] Being in the center of the campus itself now
02:01 really opens up lots of opportunities to become
02:04 much more involved in the activity of city life.
02:07 I love how we have so much access to different types
02:11 of collaborative work that's happening in the city.
02:14 I think it's really fabulous that we now have
02:17 our own gallery space in downtown Boston.
02:21 Our gallery is very well respected by the
02:24 artists in town and they will come in and use it
02:26 and you know, that conversation just keeps on going.
02:29 I am super proud of the new space.
02:31 This is still our home, too,
02:33 and now more people know about us.
02:36 [Audrey] I'm looking forward to when there's a lot of,
02:39 you know, masking tape marks on this table
02:42 and there's a little bit of footprint of paint somewhere.
02:45 I see all these white walls
02:47 and I can't wait to just cover them
02:49 with paint and posters and installation just everywhere.
02:55 I can't wait to make it our home.