Kirstin Munro received her PhD in Urban Studies from the University of Portland and is an Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance at St. John's University in Queens, NY.
Joanna Keane Lopez
09/22/17
Joanna Keane Lopez was featured in the article Joanna Keane Lopez: Contemporary Artist-Adobera on the Tierra Firme Projects website for sculpture installation Persist, Repeat, Reflect. Tierra Firme Projects presents writing about land, histories of land use, and contemporary land-based art made by intersectional artists (queer, women and people of color). www.joannakeanelopez.com
Emily Esperanza
09/22/17
Emily Esperanza is living in Los Angeles and pursuing a career in filmmaking. A recent project Make Out Party is being co-produced by Full Spectrum Features a Chicago based non-profit production company committed to diversity in cinema, focusing on work by women, LGBTQ and minority filmmakers. In August the film was featured in OUT magazine. www.emilyesperanza.com
Bo Miebach
09/22/17
Bo Miebach studies Baking & Pastry Arts at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY and is looking forward to an 18-week externship.
Maddy Buxton
09/22/17
Maddy Buxton attends Wellesley College in Massachusetts and plans to major in Physics with a minor in Art History.
Elenore Simotas
09/22/17
Elenore Simotas graduated from Pitzer College in California and is headed to Antioch University in Ohio to pursue a Master of Psychology for Art Therapy.
Mary Beth Ahmadi
09/22/17
Mary Beth Ahmadi is a fashion designer living in New York, NY and has worked with the fashion houses Calvin Klein, Lord & Taylor and Express.
Megan Broughton
09/22/17
Megan Broughton spent time in Spain this summer and taught a workshop at Institut Voltrera in Abrera, Barcelona using non-visual observation to create visual and aural compositions. It relates to her own work of considering the influence landscape has on music and art, and the resulting culture (art, historical, community).
Mary Lacy
09/22/17
Mary Lacy just returned from a nine month tour across the US in a bucket truck. Murals were completed in nine states including Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, and Oregon. In each location Mary partnered with an arts organization or community organizer. The project was sponsored by Benjamin Moore paint and six of the projects were documented in video by Junro Productions. See the murals and videos at marylacyart.com.
