{"id":66089,"date":"2019-05-16T10:40:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T14:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/?p=66089"},"modified":"2022-08-16T18:28:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T22:28:05","slug":"madeline-k-durso-named-student-speaker-for-2019-cfa-convocation","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2019\/madeline-k-durso-named-student-speaker-for-2019-cfa-convocation\/","title":{"rendered":"Madeline K. Durso named Student Speaker for 2019 CFA Convocation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">May 16, 2019<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2019\/05\/Maddie-300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"305\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66165 alignleft\">Senior&nbsp;<strong>Madeline K. Durso (CFA\u201919) <\/strong>has been selected to address her peers as the student speaker at CFA Convocation. Madeline is graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting as well as triple Minor in Arts Leadership, Printmaking, and Art History.<\/p>\n<p>During her time at the College of Fine Arts, Maddie has co-curated her own gallery show titled \u201cIn Flux,\u201d served on the&nbsp;<span>CFA<\/span>&nbsp;Dean\u2019s Council, and was as a&nbsp;<span>CFA<\/span>&nbsp;peer mentor and tour guide.<\/p>\n<p>She completed her Arts Leadership minor abroad in Australia while working at an arts community center in Sydney.&nbsp;She has also interned at art galleries in Boston and New York City and worked as a curatorial intern at the Harvard Club of New York City. Check out some of her work at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artbymkd.com\/\">artbymkd.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maddie Durso has the rare ability to integrate inventiveness and&nbsp;vision with&nbsp;close attention to the world around her,&#8221;&nbsp;<span>says&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/profile\/dana-clancy\/\">Dana Clancy<\/a><span>, School of Visual Arts Director.<\/span>&nbsp;&#8220;Her&nbsp;impressive&nbsp;large-scale abstract paintings grew from observations of flowers, and her CFA&nbsp;convocation speech grew from&nbsp;quotations that she gathered from&nbsp;professors. Both show Maddie&#8217;s great commitment,&nbsp;dedication and sense of potential in the everyday. Her own&nbsp;growth over her&nbsp;four years at CFA&nbsp;is inspiring.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2019\/05\/Maddie-Durso-work.jpg\" alt=\"Maddie Durso work\" width=\"760\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2019\/05\/Maddie-Durso-work.jpg 760w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2019\/05\/Maddie-Durso-work-636x251.jpg 636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Follow @BUArts on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/buarts\/\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BUArts\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BUArts\">Twitter<\/a> for more updates about the 2019 CFA Convocation!<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Boston University Commencement 2019 at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\/\">bu.edu\/commencement<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior&nbsp;Madeline K. 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