Maureen Albano received her Master of Fine Arts degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art, and has studied art in France and Italy. She has taught gallery and studio programs and co-written museum resources at The Carnegie Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Her drawings and sculptures have been exhibited nationally, and explore the relationship between mind and matter.

Patrick Brennan is a Boston-based sculptor, master of fine arts student at MassArt, and art educator with years of experience designing and building statues for public parks and exhibiting at art galleries within the New England area. Along with being an art instructor here at the MFA he is also currently employed by the education department of Massachusetts College of Art and Design and previously by the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. While in undergraduate school he studied figurative sculpture under the guidance of professor Charles Stigliano and became highly skilled in the discipline of classical sculpting in regard to proportion, anatomy, composition, and complex symbolism.

Paula Pitman Brown is an artist who creates narrative paintings that communicate the complex relationship between people and animals in our urban world. She is affiliated with several galleries and exhibits throughout New England. Paula has taught painting and drawing for over 40 years, including high school art in Chelmsford, Ma. and with Waltham Public Schools, Decordova Art Museum in Lincoln, Ma., and the Multicultural Art Camp, as well as a variety of Zoom, FaceTime and private art classes. Paula has an Art Education Degree from Suffolk University and Boston State College as well as a BFA with distinctions from Massachusetts College of Art where her major was Painting and Art History.

Kyle Browne has shown nationally and internationally with institutions and galleries (Peabody Essex Museum, Aratoi Art + History Museum - New Zealand, Museum of the White Mountains, Lesley University, Harvard University, Gallery 263, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Superchief, La Mama Galleria, Positive Space); received multiple grants for community arts initiatives through Mass Cultural Council and Boston Foundation; selected for 2 international artist residencies in New Zealand, plus 4-fully funded residencies in partnership with national forests and non-profit organizations. Her award-winning short film, Spirit Sensing: Anima of the Quarry premiered at the Vienna Independent Film Festival in Fall 2024. She teaches at Mass College of Art + Design, founded In the Raw, Art in 2022 to empower women through art, and guides youth art and nature hikes. Kyle holds a MFA from the School of Visual Arts, NYC, MEd from Lesley University, Cambridge, MA and a BFA from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.

Jay Calderin has been teaching for over 30 years and is the author of The Fashion Design Reference & Specification Book, Fashion Design Essentials, and What They Didn’t Teach You in Fashion School. Jay founded and serves as the Executive Director of Boston Fashion Week and was appointed Creative Director of the first Chengdu Fashion Week in 2012. He is the Co-Director of Education and an instructor at the School of Fashion Design in Boston. In addition to artist demonstrations and teaching studio art classes at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, he teaches at the Massachusetts College of Art + Design, Creative Live online, and facilitated a program called Fashion Tales at several branches of the Boston Public Library. Jay was honored by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay as “Big Brother of the Year” in 2009, by Youth Design as “Mentor of the Year” in 2014, and by the Boston Arts Academy in 2018 for his achievements in fashion, and in 2019 by Boston Design Week as “Mentor of the Year.” His early work as a fashion designer graced the pages of Vogue and Elle magazines.

Jordan Carr works in oil paint, ink, and pencil to develop both representational and abstract imagery. Formal study at Gordon College (Art, Painting Concentration) established her current residence in the Boston area. Immersion in the liberal arts with a classical emphasis on rendering the human figure was instrumental in shaping her theory and practice, which value the integrity of line, the process of layering, and honest expressions of feeling.

Ashley E. Dotson received a BA from Dartmouth College. Since graduating, Ashley has worked as a studio instructor at Dartmouth and at an independent school in Massachusetts. Ashley has experience working in both museum and school settings. Inspired by artists such as Alma Thomas and Mark Bradford, Ashley's artwork focuses primarily on the use of color and mixed media materials to tell stories about life and lived experience. Ashley also has a background in theatric and architectural design, having designed the lights and sets for several stage plays and musicals. Ashley is currently pursuing a Master of Architecture degree at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Juliette Espinoza Art has been an essential part of Juliette's life, while she currently pursuing an illustration degree. She specializes in digital art and portraits, but also likes experimenting with traditional media such as painting or sculpture.

Rosangeline Fleming is an art educator and licensed teacher based in Boston. She has over four years of experience in connecting her fine art education in oil painting and graphic design, to her studies and field experience in archeology and art history. She has taught classes in graphic design, photography, art history, and visual arts for Boston Public Schools. Rosangeline serves as a board member of the Rural Justice Network; a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting arts, culture, and education in rural communities in MA. In addition to art education, Rosangeline has work experience in traditional film photography as a darkroom technician. She has also been chosen to participate in the Artist Pipeline Program through the Harvard EdPortal for the 2026-2027 year. In her professional work as an independent artist, she explores themes of history and identity through illustration.

Sepi Golestani graduated from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA) with a Master of Arts in Teaching. Sepi is a certified art teacher with more than 15 years background in painting in a variety of media, especially watercolor. She has taught children’s studio art classes and adult watercolor classes at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston since 2013. Sepi currently teaches Visual Arts to elementary school students with Natick Public Schools, MA.

Maxine Greij is a Boston-based printmaker and aspiring glass artist who has been working at the MFA since 2016, where she has taught drawing and printmaking to a variety of age groups. Although she is primarily a relief printmaker, she has explored many printmaking techniques during her time as an undergrad, first at the Pratt Institute, then at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, where she graduated in 2019 with a BFA in History of Art. She also works, and occasionally teaches at Fiamma Glass Studio in Waltham, MA, and loves to combine her artistic interests, with glass artists and glass tools serving as the subject for many of her relief prints.

Nancy Hart Nancy Hart is an interdisciplinary artist who explores the expanded field of Post Modernism in her teaching and studio work. She has an MFA from the Art Institute of Boston / Lesley University of Art and Design and a BFA in painting from TUFTS / the School of the Museum of Fine Arts She has also studied the history of photography at Radcliffe Seminars, the DeCordova Museum, Zee Mays Printing, Harvard Extension School, and Massachusetts College of Art. In the fall of 2018, Hart was an artist in residence multiple times at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum re/enacting Lee Ming Wei’s “Mending Project" and "Living Room Project.” Hart is a mentor to emerging artists, an ambassador for Lesley University, has been a portfolio reviewer for the College Art Association, as well as an academic advisor at SUNY New Paltz, NY. Hart has taught painting, drawing and 3D courses at MIT, SAA program, teaches multiple studio courses at the MFA and Visual Communications at Framingham State University.

John Jameson is a contemporary artist who focuses on seascape and portraiture as his primary subjects. His paintings are characterized by their strong emphasis on color, boldly organized compositions, and rich networks of textured brushwork. His paintings have been shown in Boston, New York, Newport (Rhode Island), and Kamakura (Japan). Currently he works and shows in New Bedford Massachusetts. John received his BFA from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and his MFA from the New York Academy of Art.

Alison Kellom is a Master Drawer, a classically trained artist in Old Master Technique at the Atelier School of Classical Realism in Oakland, California. Her training led to a career in feature films and video games, working with Disney, Warner Bros., 2K, and Ghost Story Games.

Susannah Lawrence is a socially engaged multimedia artist, educator, curator, and patented inventor. Her work has been exhibited nationally and abroad, and she has studied art and art history in Australia, England, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Her architecturally immersive video installation, GIANTS, and interactive mixed-media installation 'Collections Connections' celebrated the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston’s tenth anniversary. The ICA Art Lab continued to feature her innovative community art projects serving hundreds of participants. For the Museum of Fine Arts' Community Arts Initiative: The Artist Project, her interactive video-installations were extended due to popular demand, and for over a decade she has taught studio art and art history to students of all ages though their 'Artful Adventures', 'Studio Arts', and 'Restorative Arts Initiative' programs. She has taught with Massachusetts College of Art and Design, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston College, Harvard University, the Urbano Project partnering with ACT at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston Public Schools, and the Brookline Early Education Program. Fluent in Spanish, she collaborated in starting the Spanish Enrichment After-School Program for the Brookline Public Schools.

Justin Life is a Boston based artist and educator. He received an MFA from Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts (‘07) and a BFA in painting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (‘02); he also studied at the Winchester School of Art at Southampton University in England (‘02). He shows locally and nationally, most recently at the University of North Carolina’s Drawing Discourse Exhibition (’17). Life is a part time professor at Tufts University and a teacher at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

Madeline Menkes received her BFA in Painting, with a Concentration in Nature, Culture, and Sustainability Studies, at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her studies landed her in Providence, where she currently resides as a working artist. Her background in representational oil painting has since evolved to become a practice based on community, the definition of home, and the ecology we impact every day. Whether in painting, drawing, or sculpture: craft, detail and anatomy have always maintained a special interest in her process. In Providence, she murals, teaches, and maintains her personal practice whenever the opportunity arises.

Livia Mosanu is an artist and art educator holding a Master of Fine Arts from the New York Academy of Art in NYC. She is currently working on a series of large-scale oil paintings in which she explores the connection between us and our surrounding bodies of water, in particular the Atlantic Ocean. Her works are on exhibit in NYC, NJ and MA and in many private collections worldwide. She is a finalist in the 8th International Painting Annual published by Manifest Gallery and a recipient of grant awards from the New York Academy of Art and the Art Students League. 

Beth Newman received her BFA in Illustration from Rhode Island School of Design and has studied classical atelier methods from The Grand Central Atelier’s online program and is currently taking classes at the Academy for Realist Art in Boston. Her personal work mirrors her passion for the classical atelier methods. In addition to teaching at the MFA Boston, she teaches classes at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts, previously taught both children and adult art classes at Whitehall Farm Studios in Hopkinton and is currently the k-8 Art Teacher in East Somerville Community School where she enjoys teaching a diverse group of students in a vibrant school setting.

Lio Olin received his MFA from the State University of New York, and his dual major in Fine Arts/ Humanities from Bennington College. His art and poetry are driven by an emotional history, from various environments and relationships. His practice represents the way our senses are heightened when we are involved in a relationship or engaged in a particular psychological space. Lio's approach to teaching is grounded in skill-based techniques as a means of problem-solving and seeing the world around us. He uses this foundation to engage interdisciplinary and contemporary practices, encouraging students to consider the social and conceptual implications of their work as they develop practical skills. He is thrilled to be a part of the Studio Art Program here at the museum.

Chris O'Neill is an artist and illustrator based in Cambridge, MA. He combines his love of cartooning and comics with a passion for drawing the human figure. He is a regular and sometimes host of Life Drawing Boston, a weekly figure drawing group in Cambridge. As an illustrator, he has worked for a variety of clients from bike shops and restaurants to gaming companies and major publishers.

Eli Portman was born and raised in the Greater Boston area. He graduated from the State University of New York at Binghamton with a Bachelors Degree in studio art in the spring of 2014. Portman has created murals and custom artwork for local businesses and events, and displayed his work in universities, libraries, cafes and art galleries all over the City of Boston. He is a member of the Copley Society of Art, and regularly has his illustrations published in various media. He specializes in illustrations of city scenes and watercolor landscapes.

Hanna Rashidi is a bookbinder, artist, writer, and educator with an AB from Brown University in Literary Arts and a diploma in bookbinding from North Bennet Street School. She is deeply committed to a respect for craft and to incorporating thoughtful design into useful and beautiful objects. Her work spans a wide range of skills including illustration, printmaking, new bindings, custom boxes, book conservation, and paper repair. She has taught for over 8 years at numerous institutions including the San Francisco Center for the Book, the Fuller Craft Museum, and now at the MFA.

Brian Reddy is an artist and art educator, earning his BFA from MassArt for Illustration and Art Ed. in 2009 and a master's in education from Framingham State in 2018. Brian loves to sketch, draw, paint and make prints to create work that explores a variety of marks, materials and content. His work is often impulsive and textured while attempting to be elegant and crafts content that is complex-yet-playful. 

Alice Rufo is an artist, educator and gallery manager. They have a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Illustration and Masters of Arts in Teaching. Alice currently teaches K-5 at Mitchell Elementary School and they have been teaching at the MFA since fall 2023. When they're not teaching Alice does illustration, fiber arts, and ceramics as well as freelance gallery work including maintaining the Kusama exhibit at WNDR Boston. Alive also shows their 2D work at the gallery Studio Hop in Providence, RI.

Daniel Rumsey is a multidisciplinary artist based in Boston, Massachusetts. He received a Bachelors of Science in Art Education and a Bachelors of Fine Arts from Kutztown University. He received his Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. In addition to teaching at the Museum of Fine Arts he teaches at the Elliot School and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. His multi-disciplinary art practice utilizes video, performance, painting, and installation to explore his relationship to history and literature.

Karl Stephan is an artist, educator, curator and consultant. He teaches teens and adults in his Cambridge studio, at the Museum of Fine Arts and at the university level. He has a BFA in Painting and Printmaking from Guilford College and a Masters in Art Education from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts. His work has been shown and collected on five continents.

Michelle Stevens is a 2D artist and Illustrator who holds a BFA in Illustration and a minor in Sustainability from MassArt with Honors and a Faculty Choice Award. She was an Artist-in-Residence in early 2024 at the Cannery Arts Centre in Esperance / Kepa Kurl, Western Australia. Michelle has completed projects for Re:SET Music Festival, Boston Calling Music Festival, Boston Art Review Magazine, Trillilum Brewing Company, musician San Holo with his record label Bitbird, and the Canadian National Railway. Her work has been exhibited at Fitchburg Art Museum, Clark University, and Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, among others. She received the 2019 Roddy Drawing Prize at ConcordArt, and has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators NYC.

Robyn Thompson-Duong Primarily a figurative artist, Robyn works in acrylics at her Boston studio. As a black woman raised in the suburbs of Boston and often being the only person of color growing up, Robyn knows the importance of representation and seeing one’s self in the images and people around you, hence her work depicting women of color as the main subjects of her paintings. Robyn Studied visual art at Syracuse University earning a BFA in 2002. She later went on to earn an MEd from Lesley University. Combining her passion for art with her love of teaching, Robyn has been an art teacher in both private and public institutions. Robyn was named the Museum of Fine Arts Emerging Artist Fellow for 2020.

McKinley Wallace III is a mixed-media painter and art educator whose work bridges rigorous studio practice with a deep commitment to arts education. He holds a Master of Arts in Teaching and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). Wallace's paintings have been presented in solo exhibitions at 3S Artspace, MICA, York College, Waller Gallery, and Creative Alliance, and in group exhibitions at institutions including the African American Museum of Dallas, Washington Project for the Arts, Goucher College, Band of Vices, Arlington Art Center, Main Line Art Center, and Towson University — reflecting both national reach and strong community roots. As an educator, Wallace brings the same rigor and curiosity of his studio practice into the classroom. He has led lectures, workshops, and studio visits at Michigan State University, Northeastern University, and York College, engaging students and emerging artists in conversations about process, identity, and the evolving role of painting today.

Sue Yang received her MFA from Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 2004, Diploma from SMFA in 2001, MA from Ohio State University in 1979, and BA from National Taiwan University in 1977. She has had more than ten solo shows in the US, Europe, and Hong Kong, such as Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston (’06); Kwang Hwa Culture Center, Hong Kong (’04); and Paradigma Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (’02). She has received numerous awards and group shows in the US, Europe, and Asia such as Danforth Museum, MA (’10); Landschaftskunst Gallery Hamburg, Germany (’03); and Museum of Manila, Philippines (’06). Yang is also a teacher at the SMFA.