| Title | Associate Professor |
|---|---|
| Department | Art + Design |
| Office | Meier Hall 236B |
| Phone | 978.542.2788 |
| brian.alves@salemstate.edu | |
| Resume | Brian Alves |
| ART 204 | Introduction to Graphic Design |
|---|---|
| ART 314 | Graphic Design for Publications |
| ART 340 | Sculpture - Mixed Media |
| ART 375 | User Experience and Interface Design |
| ART 384 | Web Design |
| ART 415 | Graphic Design Theory and Application |
| ART 416 | Graphic Design Portfolio |
| ART 500 | Directed Studies |
| ART 501 | Internship in Art |
| ART 600H | Honors in Art |
| FYAD 100 | First Year Seminar (art + Design) |
| MCO 235 | Multimedia Storytelling |
Brian Alves is an Associate Professor and the Chairperson of Art + Design at Salem State University. He has been an educator, installation artist, graphic designer, art director, museum technician and gallery curator among other things for the past 24 years. Further, he once cleaned a large floor with only a Q-Tip while studying with Allan Kaprow – a pioneer of the “Happening.”
After receiving his MFA in 1996 from the University of Iowa's infamous and prestigious Intermedia department. He began teaching web design in 1997 before the web was even much of a thing. He regrets not having purchased stock in Google when he had a chance.
Brian has been a member of the AIGA, the professional association for design since 2005 and a member of the American Alliance of Museums since 2016.
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