SIM continues to celebrate it’s 50th year as we join MassArt in celebrating the institution’s 150th birthday in 2023

- SIMBIG50 Catalog – It’s published! We will be presenting the catalog at the Boston Art Book Fair in November 2023. We are sending out a limited run of catalogs to collectors and scholars. and will be raising funds to run and 2nd printing that we hope to be able to sell. If you’d like to be a part of that fund-raising effort FIND OUT HOW TO DONATE!!
- SIM Archive massartsim.org/sim-archive
- Harris and Ros Barron Immersive Experience Design Studio Naming Dedication – occurred on April 29 2023 – we enjoyed a wonderful event with Ros Barron and Family in attendance!
- SIM Alumni Panel during SIM Major Studio Class time – Socially Engaged Practice and Pedagogy – occurred April 16, 2020 – check it out! simbig50-alumni-panel-series

We are please to share that the Harris Barron, A.K.A. “Eagle Air” Fellowship has been established at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts (Deer Isle, Maine) by Rose Barron. The fellowship provides tuition, room & board, and a travel stipend for a two-week workshop. Haystack was one of Harris Barron’s favorite places and a refuge for many MassArtists.
The Party!
We had a fabulous virtual party in April of 2021 celebrating our 50th birthday that didn’t really feel virtual. Come back to this page for updates and followups about how to celebrate SIM’s 50th birthday!
SIMBIG50 Virtual Event credits:
- Executive Producers – Max Azanow, Nita Sturiale
- SIMBIG50 Video Director and Editor – Duncan Wilder Johnson
- Virtual Event Producer – Monica Chiang
- Virtual Event MC – Zayde Buti
- Virtual After Party Host – Kara Stokowski
- Alumni Relations – Darlene Gillan, Megan Cronin
- SIMBIG50 Program Designer – Naomi Gabizon
- Video Closed Captioning – Maddie Hluska
- Catalog Curators and Editors – Sam Toabe, Evan Smith, Nita Sturiale
- Catalog Designer – Mary Yang (Open Rehearsal)
- SIM Archive Research and Development – Nita Sturiale, Danielle Sangalang, Alison Beaudette, Brooke Scibelli, Noah Roscoe, Dyllan Nguyen
- SIM Archive Website Developer – Dana Moser
- SIM Timeline Developer – Nicky Enriquez, Nita Sturiale
- SIM Faculty – Elaine Buckholtz, Juan Obando, Dana Moser, Nita Sturiale
- SIM Staff – Max Azanow, Eric Freeman, Elizabeth Mezzacappa
Special thanks:
- Ros Barron
- Kym Pinder
- All the Adjunct and Visiting Faculty that have brought their energy and unique gifts and perspectives to our students over the years
- Our Alumni that have been interviewed and/or sent archival materials to the SIM Archive!

Download and PRINT, FOLD, KEEP
the SIMBIG50 Program Zine.
Designed by Naomi Gabizon (SIM’ 21)
download the complete .pdf file

Please be sure and join our Alumni snail-mail and email lists. We are working closely with MassArt’s awesome Alumni Relations team to keep in contact with you!
Here is a direct link to join the SIM Alum and friends mailing list
And/or join our SIM ALUMNI private Facebook group for updates – https://www.facebook.com/groups/StudioforInterrelatedMedia
- MassArt at 150 Strategic Plan 2018 – 2023 – https://massart.edu/our-vision-future
- Undergraduate Viewbook 2019 – 2020 – https://tinyurl.com/t4az3v
- Our new MassArt Art Museum website – https://maam.massart.edu/
- @massartsim – https://www.instagram.com/massartsim/
- @godinegallery – https://www.instagram.com/godinegallery/
- @eventworkssim – https://www.instagram.com/eventworkssim/
If you have any questions feel free to contact Nita Sturiale (SIM ‘90) nsturiale@massart.edu