Catherine A. Mazza (CFA 1999)

2008 Outstanding Recent Alumni Award

Catherine A. Mazza is an assistant professor of new media at the University of Massachusetts in Boston. She combines crafts and computer technology to create art. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City as well as at prestigious venues in seven other countries. Mazza is founder of microRevolt, a project combining knitting and computer social networks to initiate discussion about sweatshop labor. Mazza also developed two software programs — Knitpro to make craft patterns from images, and Knitoscope to translate digital photos into knitted animation.