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Prof. Mary Banas
School of the Museum of Fine Arts at
Tufts University

Tu 8:30AM–2:00PM
230 Fenway: B211A

When contacting me, copy my personal email for best results:
mbanas01(at)tufts.edu
mary.banas(at)gmail.com

Office Hours: 
Fridays from 12–1pm, on zoom
203.641.5386

How to make an appointment:
https://calendly.com/mary-banas/office-hours
please book this by 9am on Fridays, email me to give me a heads up that you have booked it.

Graphic Arts Area Instagram
Permissions doc for GRA IG is here  Syllabus
01 Description
02 Learning Outcomes
03 Assignments
04 How We Work
05 Studio Culture

Tufts University Policies
CalendarBriefs01 Alphabet Book
02 Studio Experiments
03 Poster
04 Sequence Readings

Tutorials (including how to print!)

Resources

Review Boards: Advice

Talks Drive
Index

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Course Calendar: 

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This course meets Tuesdays from 8:30AM–2:00PM, with a break from 12–1 for lunch, then class resumes sharply at 1pm and concludes at 2:00pm.

230 Fenway: B211A
 


Tufts Academic Calendar14 WORKING WEEKS (15 total)

SEPT 3 — WEEK 1
ALPHABET BOOK: START
LEARN TO PRINT ON JUMBO (link)

SEPT 10— WEEK 2
ALPHABET BOOK: 
• REVIEW SPREADS
• MORE SOFTWARE TUTORIAL & WORK ON SPREADS
• VISIT ASSEMBLY & COLLECT LETTERS

SEPT 17 — WEEK 3
INTRO STUDIO EXPERIMENTS
STUDIO EXPERIMENTS: FORM

SEPT 24 — WEEK 4
STUDIO EXPERIMENTS: PATTERN DUE
• WALLPAPER THE ROOM
• TOUR ULISES: ASSEMBLY, CAPTURE IMAGES OF TYPE
• EMAIL LOUIS TO SIGN UP FOR ORIENTATION: Louis.Meola@tufts.edu
• INTRO TEXTURE/SURFACE

OCT 1 — WEEK 5
🔮 LIBRARY VISIT ON THIS DATE 🔮
STUDIO EXPERIMENTS: TEXTURE/SURFACE DUE

OCT 8 — WEEK 6
POSTER: INTRO, R+D

OCT 15 — WEEK 7
✶★ PRINTING ON RISO DAY! ★✶
POSTER: PROGRESS

OCT 22 —WEEK 8
POSTER: DIRECTIONS

OCT 29 — WEEK 9 
POSTER: FINAL CONTENT, SMALL COLOR PRINTS, VISIT PRINTSHOP
SEQUENCE: INTRO

NOV 5 — WEEK 10
POSTER: TILED POSTER DUE, FEEDBACK FROM GUEST CRITICS, SEND FINAL TO PRINT BY EOD
SEQUENCE: PROPOSAL REVIEW

NOV 12 —  WEEK 11, NO CLASS (Sub Monday’s schedule on Tuesday)


NOV 19 — WEEK 12
POSTER: FINAL TRIMMED POSTER READY TO HANG, FORMER STUDENTS FOR CRIT/CELEBRATION
SEQUENCE: DRAFT VERSION, PAPER PROTOTYPES

NOV 26 — WEEK 13
SEQUENCE: REALLY GOOD VERSION
REVIEW BOARDS Q+A

Nov 27, 28, 29 = no class at Tufts; Thanksgiving Break

DEC 3 — WEEK 14
SEQUENCE: REALLY, REALLY GOOD VERSION
REVIEW BOARDS Q+A

DEC 10
LAST CLASS MEETING + Last day of classes at Tufts
SEQUENCE: FINAL CELEBRATION, TEARFUL EMBRACE, ETC.

DEC 13–20 = REVIEW BOARDS

JAN 2Fall Term Grades Due Online by 9 a.m.

JAN 15: Spring Classes start

© Mary Banas,  Fall 2024School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts Universitysmfa.tufts.edu