2000

Martin Ahlgren (BFA Film and Video) was featured in “ASC Welcomes New Member Martin Ahlgren,” The American Society of Cinematographers, 10/3/20.

Katherine Bernhardt (MFA Fine Arts) was featured in “Artist’s Black Lives Matter Mural is Whitewashed by City Contractor,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO, 7/21/20, and in “Interview: Artist Katherine Bernhardt on Her Slimy Collaboration with NYC’s Sloomoo Institute,” Cool Hunting.

Nate Powell (BFA Cartooning) was featured in “How John Lewis’s Masterful Illustrated Memoir is a Shining Torch for the Next Generation,” The Washington Post, 7/19/20.㉘

Eric Rhein (MFA Fine Arts; BFA 1985 Fine Arts) was featured in “Longtime Survivor Eric Rhein’s Art Book Lifelines Marries ’90s Gay Portraiture and Delicate Collage Art,” The Body, 11/3/20.

2001

Mika Rottenberg (BFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “Spaghetti Blockchain,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada, 11/12/20-4/11/21.

2002

Marlena Buczek Smith (BFA Graphic Design) had work in the group exhibition “Outgoing and Reborn Beauty,” Moscow House of Artist, Moscow, Russia, 8/29-9/12/20.

Joe Fig (MFA Fine Arts; BFA 1991 Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “Joe Fig: Contemplation,” Cristin Tierney Gallery, NYC, 9/1-10/17/20.㉙

Graig Kreindler (BFA Illustration) was featured in “Artist’s Portraits bring Negro Leaguers to Life,” mlb.com, 8/14/20.

Crystal Moselle (BFA Film and Video) was featured in “Crystal Moselle on Betty: ‘I Was Worried It Wasn’t Racy Enough,’” The Guardian, UK, 6/2/2020.㉚

David Opie (MFA Illustration as Visual Essay) had work from his children’s book All the Birds in the World (Peter Pauper Press, 2020) installed in the gallery window at Wild Bird Fund, NYC, 8/18/20.

Diana Shpungin (MFA Fine Arts) had work in the group exhibition “Twenty Twenty,” The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, 10/12/20-3/14/21.

Raina Telgemeier (BFA Illustration) was featured in “Raina Telgemeier Can’t Wait to Break Bread with Her Friends Again,” The New York Times, 6/11/20.

2003

Ok Hyun Ahn (MFA Photography and Related Media) was featured in “South Korea Week: Okhyun Ahn: The World from the Summit of Mt. Everest,” Lenscratch, 10/7/20.

Yuko Shimizu (MFA Illustration as Visual Essay) had work in the group exhibition “The Unity Project,” Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA, 9/23/20.㉛

2004

Anne Peabody (MFA Fine Arts) had work in the group exhibition “Unbreakable: Women in Glass,” Fondazione Berengo Art Space, Venice, Italy, 9/5/20-1/7/21.

Mijael Seidel (BFA Cartooning) was featured in “Best New Chefs 2020,” Food and Wine Español, 10/16/20.

Kimberly Sheridan (BFA Illustration) published “Restoration,” Entropy, 7/30/20.

2005

Ali Banisadr (BFA Illustration) had a solo exhibition, “Matrix 185,” Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, 10/22/20-2/14/21.㉜

Lauren Castillo (MFA Illustration as Visual Essay) published “3 Illustrated Novels with Animal Magnetism,” The New York Times, 9/27/20.

Ishan Khosla (MFA Design) was featured in “Can Diasporic Artists Ethically Collaborate with Local Craftspeople?,” Elephant, 11/23/20.㉝

2006

Ian Jones-Quartey (BFA Animation) was featured in “OK KO! Let’s Be Heroes Creator Answers Fan Questions About the Series,” Comicbook, 8/3/20.

Christine Sun Kim (MFA Fine Arts) was featured in “Marilyn Minter, Luchita Hurtado and Others Designed Bandanas to Encourage Voter Turnout in November’s U.S. Elections,” Artsy, 8/17/20; “Smithsonian American Art Museum Acquires Its First Sound Installation,” ARTnews, 9/18/20; and “Here Are 25 Inspiring Women in the Art World Who Overcame Obstacles to Accomplish Incredible Things in This Surreal Year,” Artnet, 11/24/20.㉞

Shen Wei (MFA Photography, Video and Related Media) was featured in “Works for the Now, by Queer Artists of Color,” T: The New York Times Style Magazine, 6/29/20.㉟

Jeong Mee Yoon (MFA Photography, Video and Related Media) had work in a group exhibition, “WE, Sponsored by the Seoul Museum of Art,” Yeoksam 1 Culture Center, Seoul, 10/13-10/27/20.㊱

2007

Elizabeth Castaldo (BFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “Proximate Magic,” St. Joseph’s College, Patchogue, NY, 11/14-12/10/20.

Amy Elkins (BFA Photography) had a solo exhibition, “Selected Landscapes from ‘Black Is the Day, Black Is the Night,’” Mark Moore Fine Art, Orange Park Acres, CA, 10/29/20-1/10/21.㊲

Lisa Elmaleh (BFA Photography) had work in the group exhibition “Southbound: Photographs of and About the New South,” The Mississippi Arts & Entertainment Experience, Meridian, MS, 6/12-9/6/20.㊳

Randy Hunt (MFA Design) was featured in “Etsy Creative Director and Product Manager Randy Hunt Speaks about the Intimacy of Exchange,” Catalyst Review, 11/4/20.

Kathleen King (BFA Illustration) had work in the group exhibition “2020 Biennial Members Exhibition,” Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, 2/8-11/8/20.

Ryan Pfluger (MFA Photography, Video and Related Media) had work featured in “Paris Hilton Is Kind of Over ‘Paris Hilton,’” InStyle, 9/14/20.

2008

Cat Del Buono (MFA Photography, Video and Related Media) wrote and directed Bully, 7/1/20; had a solo exhibition, “Voices,” Microscope Gallery, NYC, 7/17-7/31/20; and was the recipient of a Brooklyn Arts Fund grant, Brooklyn Arts Council, 7/15/20.

Jade Doskow (MFA Photography, Video and Related Media) had work featured in “How the World’s Largest Garbage Dump Evolved into a Green Oasis,” The New York Times, 8/14/20.

Shaina Gates (MAT Art Education) participated in an online artist talk, Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 9/16/20.

2009

Jennifer Bartel (BFA Illustration) was featured in “Razorblades Unleashes its Second Issue Plus a Subscription Program,” Horror DNA, 10/19/20.

María Berrío (MFA Illustration as Visual Essay) was featured in “‘Like Magical Realism’: María Berrío on Her Surreal Collages,” The Guardian, UK, 6/20/20.

Scott Bluedorn (BFA Illustration) was featured in “Scott Bluedorn’s Buoyant Bonac Blind Comments on Housing Woes and a Vanishing Local Culture in the Hamptons,” The Architect’s Newspaper, 11/2/20.

Amber Boardman (MFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “Out of Touch,” Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, 7/10/20-7/10/21.

Ambar Margarida-Gomez (BFA Interior Design) received the Designer: HiP for the Greater Good: Large Firm Award, HiP Awards, Interior Design, 6/12/20.

Karishma Sheth (BFA Graphic Design) published “Designing a Better Future Is a Moral Obligation. Here’s How to Start,” Fast Company, 9/3/20.

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