Course Calendar:
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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
WEEKLY IMAGE 5
STUDIO EXPERIMENTS: IMAGE
WEEKLY IMAGE 6
OCTOBER 14 — WEEK 7
POSTER: INTRO, R+D
WEEKLY IMAGE 7
OCTOBER 21 —WEEK 8
POSTER: DIRECTIONS
WEEKLY IMAGE 8
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