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

Tu 8:30AM–2:00PM
230 Fenway: Room B211A

When contacting me, copy both emails 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

Calendar

Briefs01 Alphabet Book
02 Studio Experiments
03 Poster
04 Sequence

Readings

Tutorials (including how to print!)

Resources

Review Boards: Advice

Talks

Google 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 11–12 for lunch, then class resumes sharply at 12pm and concludes at 2:00pm.

230 Fenway: Room B211A

Tufts Academic Calendar

12 WORKING WEEKS (14 total)

JAN 21 — WEEK 1
ALPHABET BOOK: START
LEARN TO PRINT ON JUMBO (link)
• Download Drivers
• EMAIL LOUIS TO SIGN UP FOR ORIENTATION ON RISO: Louis.Meola@tufts.edu

JAN 28— WEEK 2
ALPHABET BOOK:
• REVIEW SPREADS
✶★ PRINTING ON RISO DAY! ★✶

FEB 4 — WEEK 3
ALPHABET BOOK: Assembly, Cover, Bags, Binding
✶★ PRINTING ON RISO DAY! ★✶

FEB 11 — WEEK 4
INTRO STUDIO EXPERIMENTS
STUDIO EXPERIMENTS: FORM
• Franken Form

FEB 18— WEEK 5
STUDIO EXPERIMENTS: FORM DUE
Franken-form crit

FEB 25 — WEEK 6
STUDIO EXPERIMENTS: PATTERN DUE
• Wallpaper the room
• INTRO TEXTURE/SURFACE

MARCH 4 — WEEK 7
STUDIO EXPERIMENTS: TEXTURE/SURFACE DUE
• Wallpaper the room
POSTER: INTRO, R+D

MARCH 11 —WEEK 8
POSTER: SKETCHES DUE
🔮 FIELD TRIP TO KATHERINE SMALL GALLERY 🔮

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MARCH 18 — SPRING BREAK
(WEEK 9)

MARCH 25 — WEEK 10
POSTER: DIRECTIONS DUE, DECIDE ON DIRECTION TODAY, SMALL COLOR PRINTS, VISIT PRINTSHOP
POSTER: FINAL CONTENT
SEQUENCE: INTRO

POSTER: TILED POSTER DUE, FEEDBACK FROM GUEST CRITICS, SEND FINAL TO PRINT BY EOD
SEQUENCE: PROPOSAL REVIEW
Mary’s talk at Katherine Small Gallery?

APRIL 1 — WEEK 11
Today is April Fool’s Day
POSTER: FINAL TRIMMED POSTER READY TO HANG, FORMER STUDENTS FOR CRIT/CELEBRATION
SEQUENCE: DRAFT VERSION, PAPER PROTOTYPES

APRIL 8 — WEEK 12
SEQUENCE: REALLY GOOD VERSION
REVIEW BOARDS Q+A
GRAPHIC ARTS ANNUAL SUBMISSION PREP

APRIL 15 — WEEK 13
SEQUENCE: REALLY, REALLY GOOD VERSION
REVIEW BOARDS Q+A

APRIL 22
LAST CLASS MEETING
SEQUENCE: FINAL CELEBRATION, TEARFUL EMBRACE, ETC.

May 2–May 9 = REVIEW BOARDS
May 5 is Cinco de Mayo

May 12 Grades due by 9am

School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University

smfa.tufts.edu