“You keep busy. It’s impressive. It’s good.” - Dana Moser, MassArt SIM

Artist, designer, and what I call a “philaphotographer”. By day, I am a professional architectural model maker/model services coordinator for an architecture firm in the Fort Point Channel area of Boston. I work with laser-cutting, 3D computer modeling, and 3D printing as well as photography on occasion. I have some undergraduate education in architecture from Carnegie Mellon University.

Part-time, I am also enrolled in the Studio for Interrelated Media (SIM) at MassArt in Boston. It’s not the typical art program where you pick a medium and focus on just that medium. Instead, it’s concept-based, and it’s up to the artist to learn whatever media skills needed to integrate into the artwork. So far my work has involved photography, small sculpture installation, and a visual study of language I call CommonSpeech.

I am also a self-taught HTML coder, and made my own websites. My husband was a founding member of Common Boston. Since he introduced me to the organization, I have been webmaster and I help with some design odds and ends, like volunteer shirts (main logo by Kenny Isidoro) and input on print materials.

The Association of Professional Model Makers (APMM) also gets my volunteer help. I am the “VP of Communications” on the board, which is the fancy way of saying I write the newsletter, do some graphic design, and give input on general visual communications issues. This year, I am helping with the international APMM 2010 Conference, which is being held in Boston in March.

Flora of Mount Liberty

Photography is another passion of mine and I shoot what catches my eye. I often shoot a lot of family and travel shots since my husband and I love to travel and hike, but I also intend to integrate it with my artwork. I have also done event photography for my volunteer organizations, friends, and family. I have photography and studio lighting education from RISD-CE, and have taken Street Photography at MassArt.

It doesn’t end there. I have been in a rock band. I have done some theater acting. I co-produced a non-fiction short video. While I’m at MassArt, I plan to pick up more video, animation, kinetic art, and music skills.

Is that busy enough?