Description
The school was founded in 1970 as Montserrat School of Visual Arts and offered a diploma program. It was accredited as a college and authorized to award the bachelor of fine arts degree in the mid-1980s, at which time it changed to its current name. In 1992 the school moved to its present location off Cabot Street on Essex Street in the Hardie Building, a renovated 19th century school building that serves as the center of the campus.
Currently, the campus includes the central Hardie Building located on 23 Essex Street, the 301 Cabot Studio Building, apartment-style residence halls, the Odd Fellows Liberal Arts building, and the Writing Studio at 238 Cabot Street. A new residence hall, the Helena J. Sturnick Student Residence Village, was also constructed and opened for the start of the fall 2009 semester. The school emphasizes the positives of its small size, which allows more academic attention to the progress of each individual student. Montserrat has an active student body of 390 students in fall 2012.
The college hosts annual summer conferences with international involvement and several study abroad opportunities.
The college galleries exhibit the work of prominent international, national and regional contemporary artists and offer free lectures and events intended to take art education beyond the college's classrooms.
Among the college's alumni are prominent fashion designer Sigrid Olsen, sculptor Carlos Dorrien, painter Carol Schlosberg, and children's book illustrator Giles Laroche.
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