Maryland Institute

162nd commencement exercises

2011

College of Art

Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony HallBaltimore , Maryland

Monday, May the S ixteenthAt half after One O’clock

Two Thousand Eleven

Following the CommenCement exerCises,

please join us For a reCeption hosted by the

miCa alumni assoCiation in the Celebration

tent on Cohen plaza at brown Center.

The Maryland Institute College of Art Class of 2011 remembers and recognizes two classmates, Eric Goldschmidt and Magen Greenhalgh, who passed away during their years of study at MICA. We celebrate their lives as artists and remember their families during today's commencement events.

ProcessionalJenna Frye & Jason Sloan

Faculty Marshals

President’s Welcome

Provost’s Greeting

Commencement RemarksHolland Cotter

Remarks by StudentsStephen Edmond

Kathryn Elyse Taylor

MICApella

Conferring of Honorary DegreesFred Lazarus IV

President

Presentation of the Alumni Award & Medal of HonorFred Lazarus IV

James Rieck ’87, ’03Chairman, National Alumni Council

Presentation of Special AwardsFredye Gross

Chair, Board of Trustees

Presentation of Candidates & Conferring of DegreesFred Lazarus IV

Candidates for the Master of Fine Arts Degree, the Master of Arts Degree, the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate

in Fine Arts & the Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree

Ray AllenVice President for Academic Affairs & Provost

J. Davidson “Dusty” Porter, Ph.D.Vice President & Dean for Student Affairs

Gunalan Nadarajan Vice Provost for Research & Graduate Studies

Jan Stinchcomb ’82 Dean of Undergraduate Studies & Faculty

David GracyalnyDean of The School for Professional and Continuing Studies

Erin JakowskiAssistant Dean for Graduate Studies

Alumni WelcomeJames Rieck ’87, ’03

Recessional

Order of Exercises

doCtor oF Fine arts

John David BielenbergLeslie ShepardJames L. Tucker, Jr.

doCtor oF humane letters

Holland Cotter

alumni award

Elizabeth Turk ’94

medal oF honor

Jane Elkinton, Ph.D.Raoul Middleman

trustee Fellowship For exCellenCe in teaChing

G. Brockett HorneValeska Populoh ’06, ’07Kenneth Tisa

distinguished serviCe award

David Zeit

graduate student leadership awards

Katie Kehoe, Alumni Award for Student LeadershipVirginia Wagner, Sidney Lake Memorial Award

undergraduate student leadership awards

John Anthony Aquila, Alumni Award for Student LeadershipLauren-Ainsley Friedrichs Buckner, Sidney Lake Memorial AwardElena Simone Perez, Sidney Lake Memorial Award

Honorary Degrees & Special Awards

Allen Ginsberg Poetry Prize

Meyer Photography Traveling Fellowship

The F. Grainger Marburg Traveling Award

Undergraduate Awards Announced at Commencement

Fine Arts Work Center ProvincetownFellowship

Graduate Painting Award

Graphic Design MFA Prize

Patricia Lion Krongard ’76, ’90Art Education Award

The Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship

MFA Fellowship Studio at the Bromo Seltzer Tower

The Rinehart Award

Amalie Rothschild ’34 Rinehart Award

Henry Walters Traveling Fellowship

Graduate Awards Announced at Commencement

Ralph P. Epstein Gi Eun Huo‡ Adam Joseph Junior‡

Wun Ting Wendy Tai‡ Timothy Michael Thompson‡

Elizabeth Scharf Barbee‡

Colin Michael Benjamin‡ Ariel Paige Braverman‡ Emily Elizabeth Campbell‡ Woo Jin Chang‡

Cindy Cheng‡ Laura Gerber Hudson‡ Melissa Katie Kehoe‡ Sarah Lynne McNeil‡ Aaron Arthur Irvine Miller‡

Evan Clark Boggess‡

Brendan John Carroll‡

Linling LuKatherine Lynne Miller

Camilo SanínKathryn Elyse Taylor‡

Virginia Ruth Wagner‡

Eli Samuel Walker‡

mount royal sChool oF art, Frances Barth, Director

hoFFberger sChool oF painting, Joan Waltemath, Director

Hannah Brancato‡ Barbara Joann Combs‡

Michelle Faulkner‡

Quentin Gibeau‡

Lenora Howell‡ Ashley Minner‡ Natalie Tranelli‡

Community arts, Kenneth Krafchek ’95, Director

rinehart sChool oF sCulpture, Maren Hassinger, Director

graphiC design, Ellen Lupton, D.C.D., Co-Director Jennifer Cole Phillips, Co-Director

Lauren Patricia Adams‡

Christina Kate BeardChristopher Michael ClarkElizabeth Anne HerrmannAnn Mary Liu‡

Christopher David McCampbell

Ryan ShelleyMichael Wesley StuckeyElizabeth Macy Taylor‡

Isabel Cristina Uría‡

Supisa May WattanasansaneeKristin Lynn Xenakis‡

photographiC & eleCtroniC media, Timothy Druckrey, Director

Darrell Jerome Appelzoller‡

Sunday Michael Ballew‡

Nancy Jeanne Daly‡ Andrew Harrold Elberfeld‡ Seok Joe Han

Wilson John Mahan Hill‡ Hector Alain Leiva‡ John Andrew McNeil‡ Erin Nichole Zerbe‡

studio art, Zlata Baum, Director

Elizabeth Renee Hamilton†

Philip Michael Hessler†

Matthew Patrick Keeney†

Kristin Kest†

Kristen Letts Kovak†

Dwight Nelson Lissenden† Kate O’Donovan-Cook† Eileen T. Wold†‡

Candidates for the Degree of Master of Fine Arts

† These students completed final degree requirements in August 2010.‡ These students earned the Certificate in the College Teaching of Art.

Eric Allard Alexandra Beatrice ArochoJaime Louise Bennati Lynn Marie Brownlie Kristen Elise Dudley Max Brion Escher Cassandra Leigh Germano Sae Mi Jang Ajay Troy Leister Hannah LeVasseur Meghan Renée Lovett Mai H. Luong Julia McTighe Sarah Phillips Mallory Diane Porter

Amy Carolyn Reid Robert Charles Schachter Kelly Schmal Melissa Clear Schmid Megan Alexandra Schneebaum Michelle Amanda Scott Kristin Stabin Amanda Marie Stohl Kourtney Josephine Stone Allison Patricia Thomas Caroline Van Sicklin Emily ElizabethWade Samuel David Weinberg Elisabeth Mary Willis Christopher Eric Wills

teaChing, Karen Carroll, Ed.D., Acting Director

Candidates for the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Fine Arts

David Anthony Bonagurio Julia Buntaine Laure Hélène Emmanuelle Caseau Jacintha F. Clark Mark Preston Dilks Samantha Rochelle Fein Lauren Mohr Forster* Stephanie Garon Goldberg* Alison Page Halperin Aram Han Joanne Hsieh

Zenas Willard Hutcheson Kristen Lynne Jordan Anna Leah Kaplan Taeeun Kim* Amanda Marie Elias King Samantha Lucas Michael Nepomich Kristen Aubrey O’Donnell George A. Schwab Matthew Scott Spalding Kenneth Andrew Yee*

Fine arts, Bill Schmidt ’71, Director

Lindsey Denise Bailey†

Hannah Brancato†

Barbara Joann Combs†

Christina Cooke†

Holly Melinda Crawford-Seay†

Sarah Rachel Edelsburg†

Michelle Faulkner†

Robert Joseph Fitzgerald†

Sarah Ashby Foote† Quentin Gibeau†

Lenora Howell† Zoe Shandle Reznick† Mary Catherine Pasco Sta. Ana† Natalie Tranelli† Jessica Unterhalter †

Community arts, Kenneth Krafchek ’95, Director

Candidates for the Degree of Master of Arts

Ambria Archibald†

Tondalaya Leigh Crites†

Sherri Fisher† Lisa Frost Hartjen† Morgan Elizabeth Nichols†

Justin Raymond Pierce†

Emily Sandagata†

Erika Leigh Speed†

Nicholas Wozniak†

art eduCation, Sharon Johnson, Ph.D., Director

† These students completed final degree requirements in August 2010.*These students completed final degree requirements in December 2010.

Matthew Robert Lohry - Magna Cum Laude Anton David Merbaum* Kathryn Elizabeth Robinson - Magna Cum Laude Emma Claire Rochon - Cum Laude* Jeffrey Timlin** Lauren Christine Trautvetter - Cum Laude

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Fine ArtsThe completion of all requirements for a liberal arts minor is indicated by a notation of the field of study for the minor after the student’s name and academic honors.

Elle Reid Brande - Art History Minor Marie Nicole Durkan** Lauren Beth Freed Lauren Hope Griffin - Cum Laude Lauren Marie Henriksen - Cum Laude

John Anthony Aquila** Katilyn Eileen Zagaria Buckley - Cum Laude* Lauren Hope Griffin - Cum Laude Molly Savannah Horak - Magna Cum Laude* Natalie Rachel Jacob Joanna Kopczyk - Cum Laude Katherine Anne Lang - Cum Laude

art history, theory, & CritiCism, T'ai Lin Smith, Ph.D., Department Chair

Samantha Anne McCurdy Justin Taylor Price - Cum Laude Jeremy Hunter Sims David Aaron Woodward**

CeramiCs, David East, Department Chair

*These students completed final degree requirements in December 2010. **These students will complete final degree requirements during the 2011 summer session.

Alexandria Martine Arnopol - Cum Laude Go Eun Stacie Baek Rachel Ann Beckman - Summa Cum Laude, Creative Writing Minor Yeji Byun Maria Jose Chaverri Villegas - Cum Laude Madison Coan - Summa Cum Laude Alexandra Victoria Coyle Jacob Whayne Dillow - Cum Laude Victoria Doucette Eskenazi - Cum Laude* Mika Hashanee Eubanks - Cum Laude, Culture & Politics Minor Gwenn Remy Ferrari* Hannah McCrea Houston

Sarah Elaine Ivancic - Magna Cum Laude Eun Hye Kang - Magna Cum Laude* Soh Young Kwon* Suzanne Maruska Dain A. Mergenthaler Erin Patricia Morgan* Anna Obikane - Cum Laude Veronika Gail Tornblom Olsen Samara Elizabeth Rosen - Magna Cum Laude, Art History Minor Jenae Adreanna Smith - Cum Laude Mallory Caitlyn Steele* Catherine Jean Julia Yard Nuo Yuan - Cum Laude

Fiber, Susie Brandt, Department Chair

emily michelle alves**Dimitri Curtis Brand Lauren Ann Brick - Cum Laude benjamin james briere Michael Robert Carpenter**Mimi Cheng - Magna Cum Laude, Art History Minor Dylan DeBock Conner** Ian Matthew Cox - Cum Laude Isaac Green Diebboll - Summa Cum Laude Alexander Michael DiJulio** Ryan Garrett Dunne - Magna Cum Laude, Literary Studies Minor Daniel Gioia Cary James Gray - Cum Laude Maximilian Guy** Inhye Clementine Jang - Art History Minor**Catherine Grace Johnson - Magna Cum Laude mya venice kerner - Magna Cum Laude,Culture & Politics Minor Paul Hwidong Kim – Art History Minor

Rachel Adsit Lowing - Cum Laude Kelly Elisabet Marburger Krista Mary Martin - Cum Laude Sarah Elizabeth Miller - Magna Cum LaudeJoseph Daniel Miner* Monica Julianna Mirabile - Cum Laude Bryan Michael Mullineaux Christina Panteliodis James Nicholas Peelor Madeline Tess Peters** Miranda Grace Pfeiffer - Summa Cum Laude Andrew Eugene Pisacane - Cum Laude Alexandra Katerina Plesich - Cum Laude, Creative Writing MinorVirginia Rohr**James Sunil Sanzgiri Jessica Lynn Schimpf *Graham Wimbrow - Cum Laude, Creative Writing Minor Phillip Daniel Wray

interdisCiplinary sCulpture, Ledelle Moe, Department Chair

Edward Spencer Agoston - Art History Minor Emily Anne Aitken Christina Nicole Barrera - Summa Cum Laude, Art History Minor Justin Eric Beasley Lauren-Ainsley Friedrichs Buckner - Summa Cum Laude Andrea Susan Caplan - Cum Laude Morgen Carleen Christie Holly Joelle Cloer - Magna Cum Laude, Art History Minor Ricardo Andres Contreras - Art History Minor Erin Sue Cox Sarah Katherine Damiano - Cum Laude Julie Filderman - Cum Laude, Gender Studies Minor Dellonese Mater Isaac Min Ho Kim* Zachary Tyler Lawhon - Magna Cum Laude Nara Lee - Magna Cum Laude Yvet-Etty Leon Matthew Robert Lohry - Magna Cum Laude, Culture & Politics Minor Rachael Beth London**Brittany Renee Marrow Amy Eileen Martin** Adam Mazur - Cum Laude,* Art History Minor

Megan Nicole McKee Taylor Avery Means - Cum Laude Carolina Neves Mendes - Cum Laude Alexis Jean Miller Alison Jean Moore - Cum LaudeMeghan Rose Morrison - Cum Laude Marlena Lyn Murtagh - Magna Cum Laude Ji Hyun Sally Park - Cum Laude,* Art History Minor Sophia Celeste Pousson* Lillian Brinton Raab Jennifer Anne Raughley - Cum Laude, Art History Minor Ryan Matthew Redka ebony Lavonne Robinson Jenny Lee Robinson - Magna Cum Laude, Art History Minor Kathryn Elizabeth Robinson - Magna Cum LaudeAmy R. Schenker Kelsey Lauren Schmitt Evan Petersen Schoenly - Cum Laude Alicia Marie Sherman Jessica Ellen Sinks - Cum Laude, Art History Minor Alyson Brooke Steele - Cum Laude* Kristi Lee Stoyko - Cum Laude veronica volkov Krysten Alyssa Watson - Cum Laude Lorna Carolyn Williams*

general Fine arts, Rex Stevens ’82, Department Chair

*These students completed final degree requirements in December 2010. **These students will complete final degree requirements during the 2011 summer session.

Constance Blythe Belton** Rachel Sher Borenstein - Cum Laude Amy Elizabeth Buckler - Cum Laude Sienna Jenee Cureton-Mahoney Sarah Reid Dansberger - Cum Laude, Literary Studies Minor Bobby Alexander English, Jr.**Marika Elise Garciá - Cum Laude* Leah Marie Gonzales**

Molly Savannah Horak - Magna Cum Laude* Courtney Anne Kinter** Anna Maria Navarria Kari Ann Opert - Magna Cum Laude, Art History Minor Alyssa Marie Scerra - Art History Minor Eileen Vernetti - Magna Cum Laude, Gender Studies MinorAlice Margaret Warters**

drawing, Rex Stevens ’82, Department Chair

Nathanael Shane Absher - Summa Cum Laude, Art History Minor John Anthony Aquila** Killian Lawrence Barnes** Eric Timothy Bos - Cum Laude* Elizabeth Charlotte Brown - Art History Minor, Creative Writing Minor John Hee Taek Chae - Cum Laude, Art History Minor* Peggy Chiang - Summa Cum Laude Megan L. Chin - Cum Laude* Shaina Noëlle Craft** Erik James Davis-Heim Brennan Ryan Donovan John William Emmerich

Daniel Raymond Everett* Kathleen Fenton David Julian Foldes - Magna Cum Laude Kyle Freeman - Magna Cum Laude, Art History Minor Ashley Garcia Samantha Tilly Lynn Garcia** Johannah Katherine Hall - Summa Cum Laude, Creative Writing Minor Rachel Anne Hatton Antoinette Michele Hawkins - Cum Laude Emily Suzanne Hines - Magna Cum Laude* Benjamin Norman Horns - Magna Cum Laude, Art History Minor

painting, Barry Nemett, Department Chair

*These students completed final degree requirements in December 2010. **These students will complete final degree requirements during the 2011 summer session.

Laura Katherine Jasek - Cum Laude*Anna Littlepage Joseph Laura Claire Judkis - Cum Laude, Creative Writing Minor Maude Swaney Kasperzak - Cum Laude Alder Bessie Keene - Cum Laude clemens wolf leo klinkert - Cum Laude Joanna Kopczyk - Cum Laude Elizabeth Anne Landauer - Magna Cum Laude Bong Mee Lee - Cum Laude Tammy Yeon Hee Lee - Art History Minor* Jen (Alan) Lien** Margaret Benson Malter Stephanie Anne McKee - Summa Cum Laude, Culture & Politics Minor* Sarah Elizabeth Molling Mary Podles Mullaj - Magna Cum Laude Theresa Madeline Musatto - Cum Laude Erica Jean Neradt** Trami Thi Nguyen - Magna Cum Laude Culture & Politics Minor Patricia Lee Nowell - Cum Laude Kent Isaac O’Connor

Allison Ann Osborn - Cum Laude Melissa Elizabeth Parent - Cum Laude Nora America Pinell-Hernandez - Magna Cum Laude, Art History Minor* Kaveri Raina -Culture & Politics Minor Sarah Rizzo - Cum Laude, Art History Minor Victoria Lynn Rolett Caitlin P. Ryan - Cum Laude, Creative Writing MinorMargaret Carolyn Sather - Cum Laude Justin Carl Schwartz Vittorio Stefano Sciolli-Claverie Julice Shim** Anna Lee Showers-Cruser - Magna Cum Laude David Moderno Gaspar Silva - Cum Laude Jennifer Rowland Small Amelia Jane Thomley - Cum Laude* Jeffrey Timlin** Addison Ryan Wahler Kristie Winther - Cum Laude, Art History Minor Bettina Yung - Magna Cum Laude Madison Elizabeth Zalopany - Cum Laude

Ashley Danielle Campbell Jacob Michael Deimler** Allison Denise Grimes - Cum Laude Olivia Horvath - Cum Laude* Ian Andrew Jackson - Cum Laude Kim A. Michalak - Magna Cum Laude

Alexis Elizabeth Morgan* Selki Oh Julia Ryder Petrino* Julie Allison Ransdell Sarika Sugla - Cum Laude, Art History Minor

printmaking, Gail Deery, Department Chair

Lynley Faith Bernstein - Cum Laude* Amie Elizabeth Bingaman luiza ramos buscariollo** James Joseph Costigan* Caitlin De Laura - Cum Laude Eleni Christina Giorgos - Summa Cum Laude Tatiana Gulenkina - Magna Cum Laude* Hope Guzzo Zenón Hernández** Stephanie May Jones - Cum Laude

Bethany Angeline Kennedy Sonya Marie Kondratenko** Julia Alyson Mazur Steven Robert McNamara* Elena Simone Perez - Magna Cum Laude Melissa S. Prentki - Cum Laude Nicholas Paul Rudolf Rachel Anne Verhaaren - Summa Cum Laude, Art History Minor

photography, Laurie Snyder, Department Chair

Sunny Hyunsun Chong Andrea Marie Dombrowski - Magna Cum Laude C. Lily Ericsson - Summa Cum Laude Deunte Alexandria Ford - Magna Cum Laude Michael Cory Frost Antoine Tyrome Heath

Benjamin Howard Sui Park - Magna Cum Laude Stephanie Anne Sevich - Cum Laude Hae Wook Song Kallie Lin Sternburgh - Magna Cum Laude Kurt Langenfelder Waters

environmental design, Timmy Aziz, Department Chair

*These students completed final degree requirements in December 2010. **These students will complete final degree requirements during the 2011 summer session.

Stefanie Elizabeth Allen Brianna Michele Antonaccio - Magna Cum Laude Melissa Marianne Barat - Cum Laude Lisa Burn Emily Claire Burtner Manya Catalyna Caralle Kristin Elizabeth Carlson - Cum Laude Nicole Chen Carey Nicolas Chiaia - Cum Laude Bryan Jameson Connor - Magna Cum Laude Ellen Byrne Culpepper - Summa Cum LaudeTara Lynn Dahabsu Stephen Edmond Aron Fay - Cum Laude Allison Marie Fisher charde cayenne fuller Nathalie D. Garfinkle - Cum Laude Greg M. Gazdowicz - Cum Laude Michelle Lynn Ghiotti - Magna Cum Laude Meghann Victoria Harris - Magna Cum Laude Molly Marie Hausmann Hannah Wesley Hinds**J.T. Holly - Cum Laude Shannon Paige Hovick - Cum Laude Nicholas Hum** robin eliot jerome Jenna Catherine Kaminsky - Magna Cum Laude, Culture & Politics Minor Shu-Hsin Kao*

Zoe Newbury Bogue Keller - Summa Cum Laude Katrina Alyse Kelly Andrew Jiwoon Kim* Jihad Vanian Spencer Kimmey* Garret Francis Kinder Sabrina Ann Kogan - Magna Cum Laude Soh Young Kwon* Huong Le - Magna Cum Laude Ryan Charles LeCluyse- Summa Cum Laude Andrew David Levin Cara Ruth Lichtenstein John Paul Lyons Andrew Mangold - Summa Cum Laude colin thomas mcsteen Christopher Alan Muccioli - Cum Laude Claire Amelia Mueller - Summa Cum Laude Nhi Thi Yen Nguyen** Colin Eric Nyborg Sun-Duck (Sunny) Oh - Cum Laude Adam Michael Panasowich - Cum Laude Kailie Alyssa Parrish - Magna Cum Laude, Art History Minor Rebecca Marie Slogeris - Summa Cum Laude Alexander Theodore Sloves Lauren Snyder John Anthony Sperandeo - Magna Cum Laude Nathan A. Tavel - Cum Laude Derek Torsani **Hin-Yan Ruth Tsang - Cum Laude Garrett Alan Varady Carolyn Alyssa Williams - Cum Laude

graphiC design, g. Brockett Horne, Department Chair

Laura Bethany Allen Nargol Arefi - Cum Laude* Lauren Catherine Atha - Cum Laude Kelsey Nicole Berkley - Cum Laude Abigail Grace Boeh - Cum Laude Julianna Joy Brion - Magna Cum LaudeKatherine Anna Brooks Ari Benjamin BrownPio Jose Canlas - Creative Writing MinorSung Ji Chang - Cum LaudeLeslie Chung**Matthew Marshall Clough - Cum Laude*Jenna Louise CroarkinHeather Danforth** Lauren H. DavisStephanie Marie Devino - Magna Cum LaudeKyle Robert Fewell*Sam Karl Gauss - Cum LaudeGabriela Nicole GonzalezBrittany Elizabeth Holloway-Brown - Cum LaudeKelsey Marie Hopkins**Kristin Maria Hughes - Creative Writing Minor

Nicholas Gabriel Iluzada - Cum LaudeIan Andrew Jackson - Cum Laude Yu Jin Joh Steven Michael Johnson - Cum Laude Nicholas C. Kalivas - Cum Laude Alexander C. Lasher** Jie Hye Lee - Cum Laude Cara Michelle Levy** Laura Arielle Levy* Emma Grace Maatman - Cum Laude James Henry Condon MaloneKathleen Tomiko Marcotte - Magna Cum Laude Jacqueline Marie McNally - Summa Cum Laude, Creative Writing Minor Kelly Leigh Miller Rebecca Michelle Mock - Magna Cum Laude Christopher Mark Molnar** Janna Marianne Morton - Cum Laude Hope Michele Myers - Creative Writing MinorMika Julie Nakano

illustration, Jose Villarubia, Department Chair

Benjamin Alan Alexander Aaron Thomas Barlow - Cum Laude Alice Evangeline Dennard - Cum Laude Shannon Lenise Fitzgerald**

Joshua Benjamin Frisch - Cum Laude Pablo Enrique Monterrubio-Benet Sara Elizabeth Horst Parrish**Jared C. Stryker

video and Film arts, Patrick Wright, Department Chair

*These students completed final degree requirements in December 2010. **These students will complete final degree requirements during the 2011 summer session.

Cailin Marie Nealon - Cum Laude Kristin Meredith Nohe - Cum LaudeColin Bryan O’Connor - Cum LaudeHyo Joung Park Solange Teiko Quarshie Emma Claire Rochon - Cum Laude* Brittany Lynn Roger Nicole Anne Scerra Erica Danielle Scheff - Cum Laude, Creative Writing MinorDiana Skelly

Sarah Nicole Straub Lauren Ashley Straughn Dain Suh - Magna Cum Laude Viktoriya Tsoy* Meghan Carroll Walsh John Patrick Ward Erin Rae Watson Peter William Yeager Jillian Alyse YoffeQing Zhuang - Cum Laude

Sang Ah Ahn** Erik DeVault - Magna Cum Laude Tara Espenshade - Magna Cum LaudeAnya Rose Ewing - Magna Cum Laude, Creative Writing Minor Anna Findlay Rachel Leigh Fredrickson Benjamin Daniel Hock - Summa Cum Laude, Literary Studies Minor Benjamin C. Luce - Magna Cum Laude

animation, Laurence Arcadias, Department C0-Chair Richard Lipscher, Department Co-Chair

Sidney Spencer Marra - Cum Laude Adam Michael McQuaig Sasha Marie Morrissey - Cum Laude, Creative Writing Minor Tyler Robert Naugle - Cum Laude Ariana Oh - Cum Laude Kody Zoryn Roman*Stephen Thomas Stone Viktoriya Tsoy* Jean Yi - Cum Laude

Kenneth David Fong Anthony Hillman Mattox - Magna Cum Laude

Flavia Leal Oleniewski - Cum Laude*

interaCtion design + art, James Rouvelle, Department Chair

Jerome Abrams ’46 Memorial Scholarship

ACT-SO Award

AEGON USA, Inc. Scholarship

Priscilla Alexander Scholarship

American Council on Italian Matters of Maryland ScholarshipSarah Katherine Damiano

Leroy S. Applefeld Memorial Scholarship

Art Market ScholarshipTatiana Gulenkina

Associated Italian American Charities of Maryland Philip Vizzini Memorial Scholarship

Florence Austrian Scholarship

Baltimore Watercolor Society Scholarship

City of Baltimore Young People’s Studio Awards

Ira J. Basler, Jr. and Mary K. Basler Memorial ScholarshipStephen Edmond Sabrina Ann Kogan Andrew Mangold Sarah Rizzo

Charles T. Bauer Foundation Scholarship

Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation MACA FellowshipLindsey Denise Bailey Natalie Tranelli

Lois and Irving Blum Foundation Scholarship

Jules M. Bodarky Scholarship

Marcella Brenner W’32 H’01 Distinguished MAT Scholar AwardCassandra Leigh Germano Kourtney Josephine Stone

Ruth Jenkins Bristor ’35 ScholarshipStephanie Anne McKee

Reuben Brook Memorial ScholarshipAllison Denise Grimes Julie Allison Ransdell

Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown ScholarshipDeunte Alexandria Ford ebony Lavonne Robinson

Jim Burger ’82 Photography Scholarship

Ceramics Alumni Scholarship

Theresa and Abraham Clapman ScholarshipSarah Reid Dansberger

Ben and Zelda Cohen Scholarship

Betty Cooke ’46 ScholarshipLauren Marie Henriksen Ian Matthew Cox

D’Anna Summer Study Abroad ScholarshipJanna Marianne Morton

Sgt. Ralph Roland Demuth Memorial ScholarshipDimitri Curtis Brand

Helen P. Denit Charitable Trust ScholarshipConstance Blythe Belton Daniel Raymond Everett Lauren Hope Griffin Sonya Marie Kondratenko

Mathias J. DeVito ScholarshipEmily Suzanne Hines Zoe Newbury Bogue Keller

Freda Mueller Eichelberger ’81 Scholarship in DrawingEileen Vernetti

Freda Mueller Eichelberger ’81 Scholarship in Environmental Design

Freda Mueller Eichelberger ’81 Scholarship in PaintingNathanael Shane Absher

Freda Mueller Eichelberger ’81 Scholarship in Sculpture

Evergreen House Foundation ScholarshipElle Reid Brande

FASQA Prize

Samson Feldman ’25 Scholarship in Art EducationMeghann Victoria Harris

Samson Feldman ’25 Scholarship in Illustration

Josh Fendell Pre-College Award

William Ferguson Merit ScholarshipKelsey Nicole Berkley Ashley Danielle Campbell Jihad Vanian Spencer Kimmey Sabrina Ann Kogan Kyle Freeman Selki Oh

C. Louise Mullan Flanigan ’34 ScholarshipSelki Oh Anna Lee Showers-Cruser

France-Merrick Community Arts Partnership Fellowship John Anthony Aquila Lauren-Ainsley Friedrichs Buckner Sarah Katherine Damiano Lauren Marie Henriksen Madeline Tess Peters Rebecca Marie Slogeris

Merit Scholarships & PrizesWe are pleased to recognize the donors who have provided these scholarships and prizes, and to congratulate the graduating seniors and graduate students who have received these scholarships. Scholarships where no recipient appears were awarded to freshman, sophomore, and junior class students.

Joan Robinson Friedel Scholarship in Art

Dr. Joan M.E. Gaither Young People’s Studio Scholarship

Alberta Gamble Scholarship

Jacques and Natasha Gelman ScholarshipChristina Nicole Barrera Pablo Enrique Monterrubio-Benet

Gensler Architecture Worldwide Scholarship

Margaret Glace Scholarship in Art EducationSae Mi Jang

Goldsmith Family Foundation Scholarship

Winnifred M. Gordon ’28 International Programs AwardAlexandria Martine Arnopol Rachel Ann Beckman Ashley Danielle Campbell Bryan Jameson Connor mya venice kerner clemens wolf leo klinkert Elizabeth Anne Landauer Adam Michael McQuaig Meghan Rose Morrison Trami Thi Nguyen Allison Ann Osborn Kailie Alyssa Parrish Miranda Grace Pfeiffer Vittorio Stefano Sciolli-Claverie Eileen Vernetti

Leonard L. Greif, Jr. Scholarship in PhotographyElena Simone Perez

Billy N. Hadaway ’51 and Sonia Gordon Memorial ScholarshipEllen Byrne Culpepper

O’Neill Troy Hammond ’69, ’75 Memorial Scholarship

Howard Hardy Memorial Scholarship

A. Claire Gaskins Harper ’41 ScholarshipAndrea Marie Dombrowski Meghann Victoria Harris

Francis Burns Harvey Merit ScholarshipSarah Machicado

William Randolph Hearst Scholarship

Lucile Hecht Memorial ScholarshipJustin Taylor Price

Emanuel Herman ’39 ScholarshipMadison Elizabeth Zalopany

William Mayo Herring ’41 ScholarshipAdam Joseph Junior

Hoffberger Foundation FellowshipCamilo Sanín

Barry Holniker ’81 Memorial ScholarshipAndrew Mangold

Helen Trilhus and Dr. Al Hurwitz ’41 Scholarship in Art Education

David Jacobs ’61 International ScholarshipHannah LeVasseur

Jessie Koch Jones Memorial Scholarship

Rheda Luntz Josephs Memorial ScholarshipDavid Julian Foldes

Harriet ’67 and Philip Klein ScholarshipKelsey Nicole Berkley

Marion I. and Henry J. Knott Scholarship

Korean Alumni Scholarship

Perna Krick ’31 and Reuben Kramer ’32 Fellowship Timothy Michael Thompson

Patricia Lion Krongard ’76, ’90 Art Education Scholarship

Arnell Lewis Land Art ScholarshipNora America Pinell-Hernandez Margaret Benson Malter

Nora and Eugene Leake Scholarship in Painting

John J. Leidy Foundation ScholarshipJihad Vanian Spencer Kimmey

The Lenore Fund

Marc Levy ’00 Memorial ScholarshipIsaac Green Diebboll

Gregg Lhotsky ’86 Photography ScholarshipEleni Christina Giorgos

Morris Louis ’32 Scholarship

Carrie Macedonia ’03 Memorial ScholarshipAllison Denise Grimes

Seymour Mandelbaum Merit ScholarshipIan Andrew Jackson

Dr. Frank C. Marino Foundation Scholarship

Dr. Frankie Martin Scholarship

Maryland Artists Equity Foundation Scholarship

Maryland Photographic Society ScholarshipRachel Anne Verhaaren

Neil and Sayra Meyerhoff ScholarshipMonica Julianna Mirabile

Rebecca and Joseph Meyerhoff ScholarshipMadison Elizabeth Zalopany

Robert E. and Jane B. Meyerhoff Scholarship

MICA Alumni ScholarshipHeather Danforth Cary James Gray Leah Marie Gonzales Alexander C. Lasher

MICA Staff and Faculty ScholarshipIan Andrew Jackson

MICA’s General Scholarship FundHeather Danforth David Julian Foldes Brittany Elizabeth Holloway-Brown Ian Andrew Jackson Bethany Angeline Kennedy Alexander C. Lasher Yvet-Etty Leon Sidney Spencer Marra Kaveri Raina Jessica Lynn Schimpf Mallory Caitlyn Steele Rachel Anne Verhaaren Jean Yi

Jean C. Miller ’42 Scholarship in Art Education Caroline Van Sicklin

Arthur Mitchell ’66 Scholarship

Dr. Ernesto Molfino Memorial Scholarship

Edward C. Morton, Jr. ’80 Memorial Scholarship

Louise N. Myerberg Family Scholarship

Rett Nearburg ’07 ScholarshipAlice Evangeline Dennard Kenneth David Fong

Christopher J. Overholser ’65 Scholarship in Graphic DesignAndrew Mangold

Christopher J. Overholser ’65 Scholarship in IllustrationKelsey Nicole Berkley

Joseph Padgett Memorial ScholarshipEmily Suzanne Hines

Dominic Pelicano ’05 Memorial Scholarship

Gertrude Pentland Scholarship

Mildred Caplan Perl ’39 Scholarship Gi Eun Huo

James E. Peterson ’49 ScholarshipKallie Lin Sternburgh

William M. Philips ’54 Memorial Scholarship

Roberta Polevoy Fund Scholarship of the Baltimore Community FoundationWilson John Mahan Hill

Arlene Raven Scholarship

National Endowment for the Arts John Renna Art ScholarshipDavid Brown II Ricardo Andres Contreras Stephen Edmond

Nancy Lee Rhodes Roberts ’39 ScholarshipEleni Christina Giorgos Kailie Alyssa Parrish Andrew Eugene Pisacane

Tillye ’18, Paul ’20, Ellen ’45, ’65, Claire ’50 Rosenstock Family Scholarship

Amalie Rothschild ’34 ScholarshipSarah Elizabeth Miller

Josh Sallow Memorial Scholarship Meghann Victoria Harris

Santa Farinella Sangiamo General Fine Arts ScholarshipLorna Carolyn Williams

Thomas Sangiamo ScholarshipMarika Elise Garciá

Janet F. Scholes Memorial Scholarship

C.V. Starr ScholarshipGo Eun Stacie Baek Tatiana Gulenkina clemens wolf leo klinkert Nara Lee Dain Suh

Helen C. Stevens ScholarshipMatthew Robert Lohry

Reba Stewart Memorial Scholarship Emily Suzanne Hines

Tylden Westcott Street Scholarship for Figurative Art

Surdna Fellowship for the MFA in Studio Art Philip Michael Hessler

Sylvan/Laureate Foundation MAT Scholarship

Lenore Tawney Scholarship in Fiber

Fanny Blaustein Thalheimer Scholarship Andrea Susan Caplan Carey Nicolas Chiaia Dylan DeBock Conner Joshua Benjamin Frisch Rachel Adsit Lowing Rebecca Michelle Mock Alison Jean Moore Mika Julie Nakano Tyler Robert Naugle Kari Ann Opert James Nicholas Peelor Samara Elizabeth Rosen Margaret Carolyn Sather Jeremy Hunter Sims Kristie Winther Nuo Yuan Bettina Yung

Three Arts Club of Homeland, Inc. Award

Don F. Turano ’59 ScholarshipAlison Worman

Robert L. Weinberg Scholarship

Chick West ’65, ’68 Scholarship for Digital Arts

Walter G. ’38 and Betty Wilkinson ’39 Memorial ScholarshipTatiana Gulenkina

Dale Burton Wood ’30 Memorial Scholarship in Fiber

Dale Burton Wood ’30 Memorial Scholarship in Illustration

Bill Woody/Tom Miller ’67, ’87 Scholarship

Animation Benjamin Daniel Hock Benjamin Christopher Luce Sasha Marie Morrissey Tyler Robert Naugle Ariana Oh

Art EducationMarlena Lyn Murtagh

Art History, Theory, & Criticism Lauren Hope Griffin Molly Savannah Horak mya venice kerner Matthew Robert Lohry Kathryn Elizabeth Robinson

CeramicsLauren Hope Griffin Jeremy Hunter Sims

DrawingSarah Reid DansbergerLeah Marie GonzalesKari Ann Opert

Environmental DesignC. Lily Ericsson Benjamin Wilkes HowardSimona Uzaite

FiberRachel Ann Beckman Jacob Whayne Dillow Mika Hashanee Eubanks Eun Hye Kang Anna Obikane

General Fine ArtsLauren-Ainsley Friedrichs Buckner Ricardo Andres Contreras Ellice Young-Eun Park Brittany Renee Marrow Adam MazurTaylor Avery Means Marlena Lyn Murtagh Kathryn Elizabeth Robinson Krysten Alyssa Watson

Graphic DesignBrianna Michele Antonaccio Melissa Marianne Barat Manya Catalyna Caralle Carey Nicolas Chiaia charde cayenne fuller Gregory M. Gazdowicz J.T. Holly Huong Le Christopher Alan Muccioli Kailie Alyssa Parrish Aleksandra Valerevna Safarova Rebecca Marie Slogeris

IllustrationJulianna Joy Brion Sung Ji Chang Nicholas Gabriel Iluzada Kathleen Tomiko Marcotte Rebecca Michelle Mock Kristin Meredith Nohe Solange Teiko Quarshie Qing Zhuang

Interaction Design + ArtAnthony Hillman Mattox

Departmental Recognition Awards

Interdisciplinary SculptureDimitri Curtis Brand benjamin james briere Daniel Gioia Rachel Adsit Lowing Monica Julianna Mirabile James Sunil Sanzgiri

Liberal Arts Rachel Ann Beckman Bobby Alexander English Eileen Vernetti

Painting Maura Spangler Dwyer Kathleen Fenton David Julian Foldes Kyle Freeman Bong Mee Lee Kent Isaac O'Connor Sarah Rizzo

Photography Hope Guzzo Melissa S. Prentki Rachel Anne Verhaaren

PrintmakingJulia Ryder Petrino Sarika Sugla

Video and Film ArtsAlice Evangeline Dennard

MICA Achievement AwardsKillian Lawrence BarnesRachel Sher BorensteinEric Timothy BosAmy Elizabeth BucklerKatilyn Eileen Zagaria BuckleyPeggy ChiangMegan L. ChinCaitlin De LauraStephanie Marie DevinoJohn William EmmerichBobby Alexander EnglishDaniel Raymond EverettKyle FreemanDaniel GioiaMaximillian GuyJohannah Katherine HallAntoinette Michele HawkinsZenón HernándezEmily Suzanne HinesBenjamin Norman HornsOlivia HorvathBenjamin Wilkes Howardclemens wolf leo klinkert

Sabrina Ann KoganStephanie Anne McKeeSteven Robert McNamaraSarah Elizabeth MillerAlexis Elizabeth MorganTheresa Madeline MusattoAnna Maria NavarriaPatricia Lee NowellSelki OhMelissa Elizabeth ParentJulia Ryder PetrinoJustin Taylor PriceKaveri RainaJason Paul ResslerSarah RizzoBrittany Lynn RogerMargaret Carolyn SatherJustin Carl SchwartzJulice ShimAnna Lee Showers-CruserDavid Moderno Gaspar SilvaAddison Ryan WahlerKristie Winther

MICA’s commencement combines many familiar graduation traditions with a number of elements unique to the College. Graduating students, faculty, and attending dignitaries wear traditional academic regalia combined with a soft velvet

beret rather than a mortarboard-style cap. Caps and gowns didn’t become a commencement tradition at MICA—which received its original charter as the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts in 1826— until the middle of the twentieth century.

Photographs of Maryland Institute commencement ceremonies held at the Lyric Opera House in the early twentieth century show male graduates in suits arrayed onstage behind the women in white dresses. The first evidence of caps and gowns at commencement is a photograph taken in the Main Building at the graduation of the Class of 1940.

Soft berets became part of MICA’s academic regalia in the mid 1960s. Today, many students and faculty adorn or re-invent their commencement berets and gowns—a practice first mentioned in the College’s newsletter Contact in 1972. This spirit of creativity and informality—which often extends to all aspects of commencement regalia—is a fitting counterweight to the elegance and formality of a ceremony that speaks to the institution’s long history and rich traditions.

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The ceremonial march of students from Mount Royal Station to the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall is led by faculty marshals who carry the flags of the United States and the State of Maryland. Students are grouped by department or program of study, and carry departmental banners. A new tradition began in 2000—all graduating students in a program sign a ribbon which is affixed to their departmental banner. Each year’s ribbon is added to those of previous classes. Departmental banners are displayed onstage during the ceremony. Honorees, College administrators, trustees, and faculty enter, taking their places onstage as follows. In the first row are the commencement speaker; recipients of honorary degrees, special and alumni awards, and the presenters of those awards; the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, the Chairman of the Board, and the President of the College. In row two are graduate department directors, undergraduate department chairs, vice presidents, and trustees of the College. In rows three and four are undergraduate department chairs, Distinguished Service Award recipient, and faculty.

Graduating students occupy the lower sections of the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, and proceed to the stage when the awarding of degrees begins, grouped by program or department. They return to their seats upon receiving their diplomas.

As each student arrives onstage, his or her name and honors are read by the Dean of Continuing Studies from a card provided by the student. Students are greeted by their department chair or program director, and then by the Vice President and Dean for Student Affairs, who presents a diploma with assistance from the Associate Dean for Student Affairs. The President affixes the hood for each recipient of an advanced degree. Graduates are congratulated before leaving the stage by the President and by the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost; graduate students are also greeted by the Dean of Graduate Studies.

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CommencementTraditions

the meanings oF aCademiC regalia

The modern cap and gown evolved from the apparel worn by monks and students in the Middle Ages, when academic life as we know it began. Academic regalia were a visible sign—in color, pattern, and design—of common discipline and like purpose. The flowing black gown and the elaborate ceremonial hood for those earning advanced college degrees originated in the oldest English-speaking institution of higher learning, Oxford University.

The hood, worn by those who have received advanced degrees, is lined with the official colors of the institution conferring the degree (MICA’s are brown and gold), edged and bound with velvet of the color appropriate for the highest degree achieved. For degrees conferred at MICA, these colors are white for Master of Arts in Community Arts and Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters; light blue for Master of Arts in Teaching and Master of Arts in Art Education; and brown for Master of Fine Arts and Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts.

The gown, which covers any dress indicating rank or social standing, is symbolic of democracy in scholarship. The sleeve shape indicates the level of degree held by the wearer, and doctor’s gowns may have velvet facing and sleeve bars or chevrons. The gown’s trim may be black or it may match the degree color on the edging of the hood. The distinctive gown worn by President Fred Lazarus at MICA commencement ceremonies was a gift of the Osaka University of Arts when he received an honorary doctorate from that institution.

The cap is a sign of the freedom of scholarship and the responsibility and dignity with which scholarship endows the wearer. Its origins are in ancient Rome, where freed slaves were granted the privilege of wearing a cap.

Sashes added to the gown indicate membership in honor societies.

Items worn or carried by graduating students that are unique to MICA’s commencement include:

• The Leadership Honor Cord (blue and gold), worn by students who have been recognized for outstanding leadership, involvement in, and contributions to the MICA community.

• The Community Arts Partnerships (CAP) Honor Cord (red, yellow, and blue), worn by students who have participated in CAP; the primary colors represent the collaborative and transformative nature and mission of CAP at MICA—as well as the rich diversity of cultures, skills, and goals of participating students and the Baltimore communities in which they work.

• Hand-woven kente stoles from Ghana, symbolic of African American students’ proud heritage and rich culture, incorporate symbols of knowledge and success (the key), wealth and riches (the diamond), leadership, unity, and royalty (the stool).

• Asian silks, precious as gold, symbolize value as an artist. The bamboo printed on the silk is a symbol of the cultures of the Far East. It symbolizes grace, strength, and the ability to bend in the wind and not break. It represents resilience and gentle compliance. It also represents life and youth, hope and joy. It is a universal sign to move forward in life.

• The Art Education Honor Cord (light blue) is worn by students who have been accepted into the five-year BFA/MAT program. These students are committed to a pre-professional program designed to help them transition from artist and student to artist-teacher, one who can construct opportunities for others to make art and engage with it in meaningful ways.

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