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Assistant Professor of History, Literature, and the Arts
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Valerie Carrigan received her MFA in Printmaking/Book Arts from The University of the Arts, and her M.ED from Western Washington University. In her role as Assistant Professor of Studio Art at Â鶹ӰÒô, Carrigan teaches courses in Arts and Creative Industries, Drawing, Painting, Art and Design, and Book Arts. She is also the Program Coordinator for the Arts and Creative Industries major. When not teaching, she works out of her studio in a historic mill in western Massachusetts where she produces drawings, paintings, prints and artist books exploring the intersection of the natural world and the human spirit. She has exhibited at the International CODEX Book Arts Fair and Symposium, San Francisco Public Library, Boston Athenaeum, Minnesota Center for the Book, and the Women’s Studio Workshop Art Book Fair, among others. Her artist books are held in special collections across the United States with recent acquisitions by Colorado State University, Washington University at St. Louis, and Carleton College.
MFA, The University of the Arts
M Ed, Western Washington University
BS, Nazareth College
Merit Award, 2024
Summer Stipend, 2024
CBAA Member Support Grant, 2023
Cultural Sector Recovery Grant, 2023
Martha Boschen Porter Fund, 2022
College Book Art Association
New England Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers
Monotype Guild of New England
Guild of Book Workers
Assistant Professor of History, Literature, and the Arts