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

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

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

How to make an appointment: 
https://calendly.com/mary-banas/office-hours
please book this by 9am on Fridays.

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
CalendarBriefs
01 Weekly Images02 Alphabet Book
03 Studio Experiments
04 Poster
05 Sequence Readings

Tutorials (including how to print!)

Review Boards: Advice
 Drive
Index

Course Calendar: 

Today is
This course meets Tuesdays from 9:30–12, with a break from 12–1 for lunch, then class resumes sharply at 1pm and concludes at 3:30pm.


Tufts Academic Calendar13 WEEKS

SEPT 2 — WEEK 1
WEEKLY PROCESS IMAGES: INTRO
ALPHABET BOOK: START
LEARN TO PRINT ON JUMBO (link)

SEPT 9 — WEEK 2
ASYNCHRONOUS
WEEKLY IMAGE 1

SEPT 16 — WEEK 3
ALPHABET BOOK: PRINTING ON RISO, ORIENTATION WITH LOUIS
WEEKLY IMAGE 2

SEPT 23 — WEEK 4
ALPHABET BOOK: PRINTING ON RISO, FINAL BOOK ASSEMBLY
STUDIO EXPERIMENTS: INTRODUCE “FORM”
WEEKLY IMAGE 3
Saturday Sept 27 — Northampton Print and Book Fair
Northampton, MA
(I am tabling as DUMB LITTLE SHOP)
https://www.northamptonprintandbookfair.net

SEPT 30 — WEEK 5
STUDIO EXPERIMENTS: PATTERN
WEEKLY IMAGE 4

OCTOBER 7 — WEEK 6
STUDIO EXPERIMENTS: TEXTURE/SURFACE
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STUDIO EXPERIMENTS: IMAGE
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OCTOBER 14 — WEEK 7
POSTER: INTRO, R+D
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OCTOBER 21 —WEEK 8
POSTER: DIRECTIONS
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OCTOBER 28 — WEEK 9
POSTER
WEEKLY IMAGE 9

NOVEMBER 4— WEEK 10
POSTER:  FINAL CONTENT, SMALL COLOR PRINTS, VISIT PRINTSHOP
SEQUENCE: INTRO
WEEKLY IMAGE 10

NOVEMBER 11 — WEEK 11
POSTER: TILED POSTER DUE, FEEDBACK FROM GUEST CRITICS, SEND FINAL TO PRINT BY EOD
SEQUENCE: PROPOSAL REVIEW
WEEKLY IMAGE 11

Cool Event Alert! Kelli Anderson @ KSmall Gallery
https://ksmallgallery.com/blogs/events/kelli-anderson-s-alphabet-in-motion-the-boston-book-launch-a-talk

NOVEMBER 18 — WEEK 12
POSTER: FINAL TRIMMED POSTER READY TO HANG, FORMER STUDENTS FOR CRIT/CELEBRATION
SEQUENCE: DRAFT VERSION, PAPER PROTOTYPES
WEEKLY IMAGE 12

NOVEMBER 25 — WEEK 13
SEQUENCE: REALLY GOOD VERSION
WEEKLY IMAGES: PLAN FOR COLLECTION
REVIEW BOARDS Q+A

NOV 26/27/28 = Thanksgiving break

DECEMBER 2 — WEEK 14—LAST CLASS MEETING
SEQUENCE: FINAL CELEBRATION, TEARFUL EMBRACE, ETC.
WEEKLY IMAGES: FINAL SET DUE
REVIEW BOARDS Q+A


Dec. 8— LAST DAY OF CLASSES AT TUFTS

Dec 11–18 — REVIEW BOARDS

Jan. 5 @ 5pm — FALL TERM GRADES ARE DUE

© Professor Mary Banas, Fall 2025School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts Universitysmfa.tufts.edu