Student selected for Apprenticeship

Photo courtesy of Justin Kass and Vina Sananikone

Justin Raphael Roykovich, BFA Interarts, was selected to participate in the Spring 2011 Undergraduate Apprenticeship Program. He was one of just 18 undergraduates university-wide to be selected for this program.

The Undergraduate Apprenticeship Program pairs high achieving undergraduate students with faculty mentors to undertake original research or creative projects. It provides each apprentice with a small stipend for the semester to enable them to undertake twelve hours of research-related activities each week, plus a small allotment for the costs of materials.

For his project, Justin will extend and expand the work on popular culture and visuality that forms the basis of his Fall 2010 senior project exhibition. He will exhibit the new work deriving from the apprenticeship near the end of the Spring 2011 semester.

Justin's faculty mentor for the apprenticeship project is School of Art faculty member Lynne Constantine, who has worked with him extensively throughout his career at Mason.

This semester was more competitive than previous semesters, so his acceptance underscores the exceptional quality of his proposed project.