Maryland Institute

165th Commencement

2014

College of Art

FOLLOWING THE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES, PLEASE JOIN US FOR A RECEPTION HOSTED BY THE MICA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IN THE CELEBRATION TENT IN COHEN PLAZA AT BROWN CENTER.

Undergraduate Student Commencement

graduate Student Commencement

Monday, May The Nineteenth, Two Thousand Fourteen

Undergraduate Student Commencement Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony HallOne O’Clock in the Afternoon

Order of Exercises

ProcessionalShadra Strickland & Tony Shore

Faculty Marshals

President’s WelcomeFred Lazarus IV

President

Provost’s GreetingRay Allen

Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost

Commencement RemarksJames Turrell

Student RemarksJennifer-Rose Rizzo

Conferring of Honorary DegreesFred Lazarus IV

Presentation of the Alumni Award & Medal of HonorFred Lazarus IV

Rachel Beth Egenhoefer ’02Chairman, National Alumni Council

Presentation of Special AwardsNeil Meyerhoff

Chair, Board of Trustees

Presentation of Candidates & Conferring of DegreesFred Lazarus IV

Candidates for the Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree

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

Jan StinchcombVice Provost for Undergraduate Studies & Faculty

David GracyalnyDean, School of Professional and Continuing Studies

Alumni WelcomeRachel Beth Egenhoefer ’02

Recessional

Awards Announced at Commencement

DOCTOR OF FINE ARTS

James TurrellBetty Cooke ’46Bill Steinmetz ’50

DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS

Congressman Elijah Cummings

ALUMNI AWARD

Mary Ann Lambros ’63 P’88 P’01

MEDAL OF HONOR

Leslie King-Hammond, PhDMary Ann Lambros ’63 P’88 P’01

TRUSTEE FELLOWSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING

Jennifer Cole-PhillipsTrudi Ludwig Johnson Shadra Strickland

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO STUDENTS AWARD

Clyde Johnson

STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARDS

Valerie Vernon, Sidney Lake Memorial Award Vivien Wise, Sidney Lake Memorial AwardLindsay Aura Miller, Alumni Award for Student Leadership

Honorary Degrees & Special Awards

Louis Abbene-Meagley ’13 Prize in Digital Fabrication

Allen Ginsberg Poetry PrizeJan Meyer ‘87 Photography Traveling

Fellowship

Sera & Tudor Savu Prize in FiberMark Stempel ’90 Thesis Prize in

Environmental Design

Betty Cooke ’46

Betty Cooke, a 1946 graduate of MICA, is one of the world’s foremost designers and jewelry artists. She has won numerous awards, including multiple DeBeers Diamond Today Awards, and her work is part of the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Arts and Design, American Craft Museum, and Walker Arts Center. She is a former MICA faculty member, a role which spanned more than two decades, and was a founding member of the Alumni Council. With husband William O. Steinmetz ’50, Cooke established Cooke Steinmetz Designers and Consultants, and later THE STORE LTD, a renowned retailer of uniquely designed creations. The couple has given generously to MICA, establishing scholarships, a residency, and providing funding to establish the Betty Bill Black Box performing arts theater in The Gateway Residence Hall.

The Honorable Elijah Cummings

Congressman Elijah Cummings represents Maryland’s 7th Congressional District, including MICA, in the United States Congress. He is the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and a senior member of the Joint Economic Committee and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressman Cummings began his public service career in the Maryland House of Delegates, where he served for 14 years and became the first African American in Maryland history to be named Speaker Pro Tem. He has made his passion for education one of his signature issues.

Leslie King-Hammond, PhD

Dr. Leslie King-Hammond, the founding director MICA’s Center for Race and Culture, is an internationally renowned artist, curator, and author who was the College’s first graduate dean. She was the project director for the Ford and Phillip Morris Fellowships for Artists of Color which led to the graduation of 225 African-Americans with MFAs from MICA, Yale School of Art, SAIC, Cranbrook Academy of Art, and California Institute of the Arts. She is the chair of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History and is on the advisory board for the Edna Manley School for the Visual Arts in Kingston, Jamaica. She previously served as president of the College Art Association, on the executive board of the International Association of Art Critics, on the board of overseers for the Baltimore School for the Arts, as vice president of the Jacob Lawrence Catalog Riasonne Project, and as a trustee for the Baltimore Museum of Art. Through conferences and exhibitions including Transformations and The Global Africa Project, she has convened hundreds of artists and educators from multiple continents to examine perceptions of artists of African descent, the works they create, and the education of minority students.

Pan Gongkai §

Pan Gongkai is a painter and president of the China Central Academy of Fine Arts. He is also vice chairman of the Chinese Artists’ Association, and examiner of humanities and social sciences research projects of the Ministry of Education. He was previously director of the editorial board of the Journal of Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts. He holds honorary doctorates from institutions including the Glasgow School of Art and San Francisco Art Institute.

Mary Ann Lambros ’63, P’88, P’01

A 1963 graduate of MICA, Mary Ann Lambros is one of the College’s longest serving senior administrators. She was a lead staffer to the committees that selected both President Fred Lazarus IV and Incoming President Samuel Hoi. Over her 42 years of service to the College, she has held pivotal roles in virtually every area of the Advancement division, including associate vice president positions with responsibilities for development, constituent relations, communications, and special events. She spearheaded Art-A-Fare and Artwalk, turning the annual functions into highly visible, signature events.

§Degree previously conferred

William O. “Bill” Steinmetz ’50

William Steinmetz is a noted designer and entrepreneur and a 1950 graduate of MICA. The former chair of MICA’s Foundation and Industrial Design departments, he served as an instructor for almost 20 years. Likewise, he has been a trustee for more than two decades and was a founding member of the Alumni Council, of which he was one of the first chairs. With wife Betty Cooke, Steinmetz co-founded Cooke Steinmetz Designers and Consultants and later the highly regarded THE STORE LTD retail establishment, which specializes in selling uniquely designed items. Together, they have given generously to MICA, establishing scholarships, enabling the construction of the Betty Bill Black Box performance theater, and developing the William O. Steinmetz Design Residency that bears his name.

James Turrell

A master of light-based art, James Turrell has become known for turning light into art and using it to form images, shapes, and pseudo-structures. With work shown in 22 countries, he is also the creator of numerous “skyspaces,” unique architectural spaces from which audiences are encouraged to contemplate the sky in novel ways. Currently converting a volcanic crater into a massive naked eye observatory, Turrell has been honored around the world, including the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, Israel, and France, with recognition such as multiple awards from the National Endowments for the Arts, Arizona’s Artist of the Year designation, and MacArthur Foundation, Guggenheim, American Academy of Arts and Science, and Flying Elephant Fellowships. He has received honorary doctorates from seven institutions, and won the National Arts Club Medal of Honor for Art.

Ai Weiwei §

An artist and political activist, Ai Weiwei is well known as a collaborative creator of the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Olympics. He has been called a leading dissident artist and has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Ghent in Belgium, as well as the Skowhegan Medal and the Chinese Contemporary Art Award. His work has appeared in major exhibitions in Asia, North and South America, and Europe.

§Degree previously conferred

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.

ART HISTORY, THEORY, & CRITICISM, Jenny Carson, Ph.D., Department Chair

Amanda Joy Abebe Rae Ackerman ** Lisa Ken DengSoumya Dhulekar – Cum Laude Niamh Elizabeth Doherty Seth Aaron Dorcus Tyler Joseph Farinholt – Cum Laude

Matthew Ralph Oliva – Summa Cum Laude

Haley Margot Palmore ** Catherine Mary Reckelhoff – Cum Laude Diana Lingbo Zhang – Cum Laude

CERAMICS, David East, Department Chair

Jenelle Rhiane Aromatorio India Maureen Cox – Summa Cum Laude Lindsay Aura Miller – Cum LaudeAntoinette Renee Nero

Katherine Anna Stone – Magna Cum Laude

Valerie Gail Vernon – Magna Cum Laude

FIBER, Valeska Populoh ’06 ’07, Department Chair

Adena DeNae Banks Samantha Alyson Bloom –

Magna Cum Laude Mariel Augusta Braid – Cum Laude Samantha Lynne Brodowski Alexandra Avati Caivano –

Magna Cum Laude Delaney Amanda Cate Hey Hee Choi MaryElise Collier – Cum Laude Karen Feliz – Cum Laude Evyn Summer Fong – Magna Cum Laude Hyla Shane Frank – Cum Laude Christina Cheri Greer ** Adam Halaka – Cum Laude Hannah Maria Hiaasen Isabella Elena Lawlor – Cum Laude Emma Warren Levy **

Jordan Denise Matthews Sarah Maria Meeranje Isobel Amadea Trochesset Modica –

Magna Cum Laude Kaitlin Ariana O’Keefe – Cum Laude Joanna Marie Para – Cum Laude Scout Gabrielle Paré-Phillips –

Magna Cum Laude Kali J. Puder * – Cum Laude Jasmine Pullen-Schmidt * Madie Shaver Min Kyung Shin * Erin Marie Sudeck * Kaitlin Rockwell Tobin Eliza Vlasova – Cum Laude Rachel Wheeler – Cum Laude Vivien Wise – Magna Cum Laude Anna Carrie Wolfe – Magna Cum Laude

INTERDISCIPLINARY SCULPTURE, Benjamin Luzzatto, Department Chair

Jenny Acosta – Cum Laude Anton Nikolaus Auth Lola V. Borovyk – Cum Laude Anda Catherine Brown *

– Summa Cum Laude Zoe Katherynne Burke **Justine Alexandra Cady ** Eleanor Jane Davenport Sara Lynn Dittrich – Summa Cum Laude Kodi Rayne Fabricant – Cum Laude Andrea Fabry – Cum Laude Claire Robinson Felonis Isabella Paulina Gonzalez – Cum Laude Sara Elizabeth Grose – Cum Laude Daniel Hunt Guinness – Cum Laude Andrew Joseph Haas – Cum Laude Christina C. Haines Lucas Daniel Haroldsen – Cum Laude Ethan Thomas Hollenbaugh – Cum Laude Amanda Levine Horowitz * – Cum LaudeJenn Kim – Cum Laude

Alexandra Florence Linn – Summa Cum Laude, Art History, Theory & Criticism

Joshua Kim Newcomb – Cum Laude Samuel Leland Oshinsky ** Sara Eugenia Payne * Evan Edric Roche – Summa Cum Laude Sofía Schiano Fiona Elizabeth Sergeant – Cum Laude Adi Shachar Carolyn Rachel Shayte –

Summa Cum Laude, Critical TheoryRidhi Kumari Singla Lauren Elizabeth Spencer **Samantha Marie Stewart – Cum Laude Rebecca Cerra Tishman Harrison Beecher Tyler –

Summa Cum Laude Arthur Jacob Weiss Jr –

Magna Cum Laude Abigail Crawford Wise – Cum Laude Sylvia Xinyi Zhao * – Cum Laude

*These students completed final degree requirements in December 2013. **These students will complete final degree requirements during the 2014 summer session.

*These students completed final degree requirements in December 2013. **These students will complete final degree requirements during the 2014 summer session.

INTERDISCIPLINARY SCULPTURE & HUMANISTIC STUDIES, D. Alan Orr, Ph.D., Chair

Marissa Ruth Fein – Cum Laude

DRAWING, Rex Stevens ’82, Department Chair

Sasha Colaianni Baskin – Summa Cum Laude

Eleanore Carlson – Cum Laude Margaret Ann Daviet – Cum Laude

Emma Lei LiKymberli Janine Posillico Alexis Reehill – Cum Laude

GENERAL FINE ARTS, Rex Stevens ’82, Department Chair

Jared Joshua Allain Mariska Rivera Almazar ** Claire Patricia Barrett – Cum Laude Taylor Alexandra Boren –

Summa Cum Laude Rachel Ellen Briggs

Art History, Theory & CriticismRosalyn Anita Carlos-Bustamante –

Cum Laude Shandi R. Chester – Cum Laude Christy Miha Chong – Cum Laude Zachary Todd Cobb Alexander Lawson Curtis – Cum Laude,

Art History, Theory & CriticismNehemiah Dixon III Claire Wendland Geary –

Magna Cum Laude, Art History, Theory & Criticism

Young In Hur Jeremy Michael Jirsa – Magna Cum Laude,

Art History, Theory & CriticismKellen Savannah Johnston **Onorina Jomir * – Summa Cum Laude Jin Kyung Kim – Cum Laude Ohnshil Kim Soo Min Kim* Zachary Alexander Kircher Lillian Ival Kirk A. Gray Lamb – Magna Cum Laude Arum Lee – Cum Laude,

Art History, Theory & CriticismRobin Nikole Lee

Megan Elizabeth Liggett – Cum Laude Elizabeth Marie Lilly – Cum Laude Rebecca Scott Lord – Cum Laude,

Creative WritingJohn C. Lorusso II Lucie Anne MacArthur – Cum Laude Christian Jim Martinez ** Cristina Maria Morales –

Magna Cum Laude Jason Michael Mullan ** Marria Nakhoda – Magna Cum Laude Christopher Alexander Nguyen Gihea Nho ** Anna Lauren Oberfeld – Cum Laude Karen Osp Palsdottir * Nathan Pasko Ashley Ranay Pratt – Magna Cum Laude Susan Reyes * Shelby Nicole Rosabal Jaclyn Blair Rust – Summa Cum Laude Melanie Ruston – Summa Cum Laude Kelsey Catherine Schneider –

Summa Cum Laude, Gender StudiesAmanda Elisabeth Simonds ** William Gregory Spitler Hannah Alexandra Spitz – Cum Laude,

Art History, Theory & CriticismMikela Ann Thrasher –

Magna Cum Laude Vanessa Lynette Wallace – Cum Laude Jessica Katherine Walther – Cum Laude Spencer Eugene Wiedemann

PAINTING, Barry Nemett, Department Chair

Jake E. Adams – Summa Cum Laude Colin Klockner Alexander –

Magna Cum Laude Pepper Ames Angela Jean Frances Arrigo Emily Rita Bach – Cum Laude Renz Marion Balagtas – Cum Laude Erick Antonio BenitezAntoine Clarke BlantonAllison Charlotte Bogard – Cum Laude Josiah Robert Bolth * – Cum Laude Dahlia Rachel Bushwick * – Cum Laude Fallon A. Chase – Summa Cum Laude,

Literary StudiesSi Chen Yishu CiColleen O’Connor Collins Emily Ann Cucalon – Cum Laude

Ralph A. Delia – Magna Cum Laude Alexandra Danielle DeStefano –

Summa Cum Laude Lorrayne Sage Dever – Cum Laude Katie Emmitt – Magna Cum Laude Amanda A. Flowers – Cum Laude Christopher John Fortney –

Magna Cum Laude Maia Marie Gillet – Cum Laude,

Literary StudiesAnzhelika V. Gorokhova **Megan Sara Heckmann – Cum Laude Colleen Tierney Helie –

Magna Cum Laude, Art History, Theory & Criticism

Ashley Hamilton Hendrix – Summa Cum Laude

Yun Joo Hyun * Jessica Michelle Jahnle

Aurelia Josefina Javier – Magna Cum Laude

Kathe Kaczmarzyk – Magna Cum Laude Dasol Kim * Kang Hee Kim – Cum Laude Pauline Kim ** Stephanie Hyo-Jung Kim

Art History, Theory & CriticismRebekah Marie Kirkman –

Magna Cum Laude Adam Michael LaFon –

Summa Cum Laude Marisa Sophia LaGuardia –

Summa Cum Laude Stephen B. Leinhaas * Lindsey Michelle Mack – Cum Laude Jameson Grant Magrogan ** Scarlett McCalman – Magna Cum Laude Maria Catherine Mylnikov

Abigail Marie Parrish – Cum Laude, Art History, Theory & Criticism

Lydia Beaumont Pettit – Magna Cum Laude

Sarah Jane Philips – Cum Laude Emma Adele Popp – Cum Laude David Peter Ramos Jessica K. Rush – Cum Laude Christina Marie Schoenhard –

Cum Laude Rebecca Shmuluvitz – Cum Laude Katrina Marie Slavik – Cum Laude Aaron Santinez Starkey Conor Anselm Zale Strait-Shore Lindy Swan – Cum Laude Mike Thomas Mark Wehberg Molly Beth Zimmer – Magna Cum Laude

PAINTING & HUMANISTIC STUDIES, D. Alan Orr, Ph.D., Chair

Dana Marie Holgerson **

PRINTMAKING, Jonathan Thomas, Department Chair

Erika Elizabeth Alexander Rachael Elizabeth Davis Zachery Brent Ingram – Cum Laude Lindsay D. Iredale – Magna Cum Laude Emily O’Connor * Corey Alton Reeves Jacqueline Marie Riccio –

Magna Cum Laude

Nicole Simões Rodrigues – Cum Laude Shelby Alexa Rosoff – Summa Cum Laude,

Art History, Theory & CriticismRhiann Heather Gregory Stewart Mark Williams – Cum Laude Damian Legend Worthy **

PRINTMAKING & HUMANISTIC STUDIES, D. Alan Orr, Ph.D., Chair

Cynthu Maraiya Muthusamy – Cum Laude

PHOTOGRAPHY, Regina DeLuise, Department Chair

Sophia Grace Bednarik – Summa Cum Laude

Lindsay Bottos-Sewell – Cum Laude Scott Arthur Bradley – Cum Laude Thomas R. Bruce – Cum Laude,

Creative WritingMichael Sebastian Bussell – Cum Laude Catherine Anne Elias * – Cum Laude Bailey Elizabeth Higgins –

Magna Cum Laude Marissa Hiivala – Summa Cum Laude Rachael Lindsay Hulme –

Magna Cum Laude Val Nick Karuskevich

Art History, Theory & Criticism

Carrie Anne Kelly Jolie Savelle Kumin – Cum Laude MaryEllen Martinez Emily Margarit Mason – Cum Laude Sophie Hakim Monosmith – Cum Laude Matthew Ralph Oliva –

Summa Cum Laude Nina Perlman * – Cum LaudePatrick Robert Pilkey – Cum Laude Lesley Margarita Rivera Raïssa Cheyenne Rosenbaum –

Summa Cum Laude Cameron R. Vaughan * – Cum Laude Katy Elizabeth Wood – Cum Laude

PHOTOGRAPHY & HUMANISTIC STUDIES, D. Alan Orr, Ph.D., Chair

MacDonald William Falby **

ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, Timmy Aziz, Department Chair

Michael Chiarella – Magna Cum Laude Ashley Renee Ferebee Hunter Price Grogan Caroline Elizabeth Kable ** Jae Eun Lee – Cum Laude

John Perry McGlew Jonathan James Arthur Struse **Angela Marie Walker –

Summa Cum Laude Virginia Yu

ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN & HUMANISTIC STUDIES, D. Alan Orr, Ph.D., Chair

Hayley Catherine Evans **

*These students completed final degree requirements in December 2013. **These students will complete final degree requirements during the 2014 summer session.

GRAPHIC DESIGN, G. Brockett Horne, Department Chair

Jae Woo Ahn Brian Hakkio Ahola – Cum Laude Nina Quiana Allen Carla Denise Anderson Amelie (Man Yi) Au –

Summa Cum Laude Noah Lee Boyle – Magna Cum Laude Daniel William Calderwood –

Magna Cum Laude Caitlin Elizabeth Cawley * –

Magna Cum Laude Kristine Rebecca Chambers – Cum Laude Anthony Chu Cheng ** Cara Clinton – Cum LaudeHannah Lee Cook * – Cum Laude,

Art History, Theory & CriticismJapheth Crawford – Cum Laude John Quinlin Davia **Jeremy An Doan – Cum Laude Katherine Elizabeth Doherty –

Magna Cum Laude Gabriela Farina Keirstyn Fitzpatrick – Cum Laude Alexa Florio – Cum Laude Schuyler Rolin Fogle Morgan Elizabeth Frazier Marcy Ann Gooberman Autumn Louise Haac –

Summa Cum Laude, Creative WritingCarolyn Victoria Hampe –

Magna Cum Laude Tanya Heidrich – Summa Cum Laude Christopher Scott Heinlen – Cum Laude Hana Jakobs Hannah Michelle Johnson YeJoo Jung ** Seung Hyeon Kim – Magna Cum Laude Anny Lai **Anne Kelsey Lee – Cum Laude Heejin Lee Jennifer Leiferman

Genevieve Rachel Lemoine – Cum LaudeJackson Leonard Lynch Katherine Goode Marmion – Cum Laude,

Creative WritingJulia Claire Marvel Katherine Mazikins Amanda Brooke McMicken –

Magna Cum Laude Leslie Grace McMullin – Cum Laude,

Art History, Theory & CriticismSophie F. Moore – Cum Laude Sung Ah Mun – Cum Laude Sarah Park Alexandra Paige Pearson * Laura C. Peters * Giller Leivy Plaks – Cum Laude Analena Elise ProvostAlexander Reyes – Cum Laude Michael Anthony Rich Sean Bradley Riordan Samantha Caroline Rodziewicz ** Madeleine Victoria Russo –

Magna Cum Laude Eunice Seungyeon Seo – Cum Laude,

Art History, Theory & CriticismKaren T. Shea – Summa Cum Laude Lydia Yuet Yun So Laura Carolina Sucre – Cum Laude Maria Josefina Theron Bruzual Elizabeth Eve Tonkin –

Magna Cum Laude Ebony Danielle Tyler Jamie Marote Wehr Daniel Brian Well – Cum Laude Jessica Yun-Tien Wen –

Magna Cum Laude Hannah Elizabeth Williams Joseph P. Wilson * – Cum Laude Meghan Elizabeth Wittbrodt Jamie W. Yee Kirsten Young – Cum Laude

GRAPHIC DESIGN & HUMANISTIC STUDIES, D. Alan Orr, Ph.D., Chair

Kacie M. Mills – Cum Laude

ILLUSTRATION, Jose Villarrubia ’83, Department Chair

Sarah Christina Andersen – Summa Cum Laude, Creative Writing

Kayla Nicole Bickers Janine Shelby Bond ** Bart B. Browne Jr – Cum Laude Joseph Daniel Casanova – Cum Laude Bree Anne Caudill Shirley Jia Chan – Cum Laude Jessica Chen Aaminah Cole ** Emily Dahl – Magna Cum Laude David Deluty Vassilis Jayson Dervos – Cum Laude Clare DeZutti – Magna Cum Laude Mohamed Diare *

Zoë Dixon **Travis Ross Ferguson

Art History, Theory & CriticismEvyn Summer Fong – Magna Cum Laude Alison Nadine George – Cum Laude Tristan George Nicholas David Grinere –

Magna Cum Laude Michelle Sae Eun Hahn Rachel Meredith Halper – Cum Laude James M.L. Harper Sarah Rose Hepworth –

Magna Cum Laude Gabrielle Magdalena Howitz –

Cum Laude Alexander Innocenti – Cum Laude

Jillian Jacqueline Kaczak Stephanie Lee Kellum –

Summa Cum Laude Thomas David Edward Kilian Jane Yein Kim John Taesoo Kim Jungeun Kim Young Chan Kim * Tiffani N. Krajci * – Magna Cum Laude Matteo Thomas Leser Sonia Fang-Wha Liao –

Summa Cum Laude, Creative WritingLucy Mei Chen Liu Erin Lux – Cum Laude Katherine MacDonald Andrea Mastroeni – Cum Laude,

Art History, Theory & CriticismLila Rosa Mitchell Leah Greer Moloney Ian M. Moore * – Cum Laude Carter Page Mulcahy Christina Hyun Mee Oh Elizabeth Erin O’Rear Erica Leigh Ostrowski ** Daniel Ramon Pagan Leonard Ming Peng – Cum Laude

Lauren Amy Percz Yan Gabriella S. Peropat –

Magna Cum Laude Jennifer K. Phan Anthony Corrado Picarelli Aaron Scott Provost * Suzannah Elizabeth Redner Cameron Allynn Reigle – Cum Laude Jennifer-Rose Rizzo – Cum Laude Matthew Rockefeller –

Summa Cum Laude Adeline Taylor Rodgers – Cum Laude,

Culture & PoliticsJennifer Marie Rodziewicz **Kathryn Anne Setzler Daniel Shaffer – Cum Laude Veta Celeste Sherman Roberto Soto * Jonathan Mark Stollberg Boya Sun * – Summa Cum Laude Nathan Wataru Tamaki Jabari M. Weathers – Cum Laude Deborah Lee Woo * Sung Wook Chris Yoo –

Magna Cum Laude Corey J. Zimmer **

ILLUSTRATION & HUMANISTIC STUDIES, D. Alan Orr, Ph.D., Chair

On On Lao

ANIMATION, Laurence Arcadias, Department Chair

Olusegun Ajayi Jr Aaron Joseph Bauman Juliana Chen – Cum Laude Se Hyun Choi Simeon Joseph Ellis Desmond Keith Francis Jr Turner Shane Gillespie – Cum Laude Patricia Elizabeth Gray * Clara Jane Hickman – Cum Laude

Avi Daniel Jacob * – Cum Laude Jessica Ashley Lewis – Magna Cum Laude Malcolm Bernhardt Lorenzen Katherine Mahon – Magna Cum Laude Olivia Rose Pierce Mariel Emi Rich – Cum Laude Malik Okpara Smith Yancey B. SnavelyHeather Lynne Winchell

INTERACTIVE ARTS, Jason Corace, Department Chair

Olga S. Androsik Shawn Thomas Cook Robin Arlin Foster **Mengyi He Yoonhyouk Hur John J. Kim – Cum Laude

Koya Oneda – Magna Cum Laude Andrew Scotti – Cum Laude Margo Sikes – Cum Laude Austen Michael Weitzel –

Magna Cum Laude Rachel Lee Yalisove – Summa Cum Laude

FILM & VIDEO, Patrick Wright, Department Chair

Jared Stephen Brown George Jeremy Cessna Jessica Elizabeth Crowell –

Magna Cum Laude Jackson McCulloch Grove – Cum Laude Chelsea Alise Harman **Corey Robert Hughes –

Magna Cum Laude

Rebekah Rose Levy – Cum Laude Daniela A. Mileykovsky – Cum Laude David Michael Chantiles Ruby –

Cum Laude Sara Renee Sowell – Cum Laude Emre Teoman

Merit Scholarships & PrizesWe are pleased to recognize the donors who have provided these scholarships and prizes, and to congratulate the graduating students who have received them.

Jerome Abrams ’46 Memorial ScholarshipMolly Sydnor

AEGON USA, Inc. Scholarship

Pricilla Alexander Scholarship

American Council on Italian Matters of Maryland Scholarship

Alexandra Caivano

Leroy Applefeld Memorial Scholarship

Art Market ScholarshipEmily BurkeHannah CookAndrew HaasEstelle KlineScarlett McCalman

Associated Italian American Charities of Maryland Philip Vizzini Memorial Scholarship

Florence Austrian ScholarshipSimeon Ellis

Baltimore Watercolor Society ScholarshipJae Eun Lee

Ira J. Basler, Jr. and Mary K. Basler Memorial Scholarship

Lois and Irving Blum Foundation Scholarship

Colleen HelieAdam LaFonJabari WeathersJules M. Bodarky ScholarshipRuth Jenkins Bristor ’35 ScholarshipKhadija AdellKaren FelizGenevieve LemoineMarcel Mandeng-NkenMcKinley Wallace III

Reuben Brook Memorial ScholarshipJonathan GorrSin Lau

Jim Burger ’82 Photography ScholarshipRachael Hulme

Ceramics Alumni ScholarshipValerie Vernon

Theresa & Abraham Clapman Scholarship

Ben & Zelda Cohen Scholarship

Betty Cooke ’46 ScholarshipSara GroseLindsay MillerHarrison Tyler

Stuart B. Cooper ScholarshipAndrew Haas

D’Anna Summer Study Abroad Scholarship

Alexandra DeStefano

Maggi ‘69 & Jules DeBaecke Endowed Scholarship

Katherine Mazikins

Sgt. Ralph Roland Demuth Memorial Scholarship

Nicolas Kubail Kalousdian

Mathias J. DeVito ScholarshipKathryn Emmitt

Freda Mueller Eichelberger ’81 Scholarship in Drawing

Margaret Daviet

Freda Mueller Eichelberger ’81 Scholarship in Environmental Design

Hayley Evans

Freda Mueller Eichelberger ’81 Scholarship in Painting

Emma Popp

Freda Mueller Eichelberger ’81 Scholarship in Sculpture

Evergreen House Foundation ScholarshipSara Dittrich

FASQA

Samson Feldman ’25 Scholarship in Art Education

India Cox

Samson Feldman ’25 Scholarship in Illustration

Diane Yu

William Ferguson Merit ScholarshipAusten WeitzelAngela Zhou

C. Louise Mullan Flanigan ’34 Scholarship

Tynesha Foreman

France-Merrick Community Arts Partnership Fellowship

Luis ArboledaIsabella GonzalezEstelle KlineKaryn LaoKimberly Meistrell

Joan Robinson Friedel Scholarship in Art

Jacques and Natasha Gelman Scholarship

Gensler Architecture Worldwide Scholarship

Winifred M. Gordon ’28 International Programs Award

Michael BarkanicAshley BastidasEmilly ClemensAlexandra DeStefanoMelissa HeckerAndrea MastroeniIsobel ModicaCynthu MuthusamyDaniel PaganJesse SatterfieldYehee ShinWilliam SpitlerConor Straight

Leonard L. Greif, Jr. Scholarship in Photography

Thomas Bruce

Billy N. Hadaway ’51 and Sonia Gordon Memorial Scholarship

Katherine Stone

A. Claire Gaskins Harper ’41 ScholarshipMegan ArmstrongAvi JacobJeremy JirsaUrsula PopulohPatrick SchlotterbackArthur Weiss

Francis Burns Harvey Merit ScholarshipDaniela MileykovskyAlexis Reehill

William Randolph Hearst ScholarshipNina Allen

Lucile Hecht Memorial ScholarshipJennifer Kim

Emanuel Herman ’39 ScholarshipMatthew Adelberg

Barry Holniker ’81 Memorial ScholarshipHilary Ament

David Jacobs ’61 International Scholarship

Di Luo

Wendy Jachman and Jennifer Myerberg Scholarship

Louis FratinoMaxime LaKevin Zweerink

Jessie Koch Jones Memorial Scholarship

Lynn and Ross Jones ScholarshipMarissa FeinThomas KilianMaxime La

Rheda Luntz Josephs Memorial Scholarship

Harriet ’67 and Philip E. Klein Scholarship

Harrison Tyler

Marion I. and Henry J. Knott ScholarshipEthan HollenbaughSamantha Stewart

Korean Alumni Scholarship

Arnell Lewis Land Art ScholarshipGenevieve LemoineKara MaskSarah PhilipsSamantha Stewart

Nora and Eugene Leake Scholarship in Painting

McKinley Wallace III

John J. Leidy Foundation Scholarship

The Lenore FundTaylor BorenAnton Makarau

Marc Levy ’00 Memorial Scholarship

Gregg Lhotsky ’86 Photography Scholarship

Morris Louis ’32 ScholarshipRebecca Schmuluvitz

Carrie Macedonia ’03 Memorial Scholarship

Mark A. Williams

Seymour Mandelbaum Merit Scholarship

Dr. Frank C. Marino Foundation Scholarship

Sara Grose

Dr. Frankie Martin Scholarship

Maryland Artists Equity Foundation Scholarship

Hannah Hiaasen

Maryland Photographic Society Scholarship

Neil and Sayra Meyerhoff ScholarshipNina AllenErick BenitezKristine ChambersCara ClintonNiamh DohertyLavontre FordNicholas GrinereOnorina JomirSarah MerranjeErin MyersSeungyeon SeoEbony TylerJabari WeathersEsther Yi

Rebecca and Joseph Meyerhoff Scholarship

Jonathan GorrSamantha Steward

Robert E. and Jane B. Meyerhoff Scholarship

MICA Alumni ScholarshipJapheth CrawfordSimeon EllisThomas KilianEllen Philips

MICA Staff and Faculty ScholarshipErick Benitez

MICA General ScholarshipMaria Diaz-AlbertiniValerie Vernon

Arthur Mitchell ’66 ScholarshipAnne K. Lee

Dr. Ernesto Molfino Memorial Scholarship

Tzippora Lasdun

Edward C. Morton Jr. ’80 Memorial Scholarship

Louise N. Myerberg Family ScholarshipIsabella GonzalezBoya Sun

Rett Nearburg ’07 ScholarshipNoah BoyleThomas BruceVal Karuskevich

Northern California Regional Scholarship

Christopher J. Overholser ’65 Scholarship in Graphic Design

Nicolas Kubail Kalousdian

Christopher J. Overholser ’65 Scholarship in Illustration

Sonia Liao

Joseph Padgett Memorial ScholarshipKodi Fabricant

Dominic Pelicano ’05 Memorial Scholarship

Christopher Zickefoose

Gertrude Pentland Scholarship

James E. Peterson ’49 ScholarshipCara Wohnsigl

Arlene Raven Scholarship

National Endowment for the Arts John Renna Art Scholarship

Nancy Lee Rhodes Roberts ’39 Scholarship

Elise DrakeTurner GillespieBenjamin McNuttAbigail Wise

Sidney Rosenberg ScholarshipThomas Kilian

Rosenstock Family ScholarshipEliza Vlasova

Amalie Rothschild ’34 Scholarship

Josh Sallow Memorial ScholarshipNoah Boyle

Santa Farinella Sangiamo General Fine Arts Scholarship

Lucie MacArthur

Thomas Sangiamo ScholarshipKatie Justen

C.V. Starr ScholarshipMan Yi AuYue ChenRoberta ChoiMengyi HeYoung-In HurYun HyunKang Hee KimArum LeeEvan RocheDiana Zhang

Reba Stewart Memorial ScholarshipAlexandra DeStefano

Tylden Westcott Streett Scholarship for Figurative Art

Joseph Casanova

Lenore Tawney Scholarship in FiberHannah Hiaasen

Fanny Blaustein Thalheimer ScholarshipJenny AcostaJake AdamsMatthew AdelbergJiyoon AhnColin AlexanderHilary AmentAngela ArrigoJessica BastidasZachary BickelJenna BorstelmannScott BradleyAnda BrownBartlett BrowneDaniel CalderwoodMaura CallahanJoseph CasanovaGeorge CessnaMoon ChoiChristy ChongChristopher DavisKathryn EmmittLouis FratinoAudrey GairIzabelle GarciaJacob GordonJonathan GorrEthan HollenbaughCorey HughesJennifer KimKatharine KinnickNicolas Kubail KalousdianMaxime LaSin Yi LauErin LehrmannMarcel Mandeng-NkenBenjamin McNutt

Amanda MetcalfLindsay MillerKaita NiwaMary O’BrienHannah OlsonScout Paré-PhillipsHayden PattersonEvan RocheLeigh Ann RogersSofia SchianoEli SobelSonja SolvangCourtney StoebeLindy SwanMolly SydnorLian TsaiHarrison TylerMichael UckotterRachel WilliamsKaty WoodAngela ZhouKevin Zweerink

Three Arts Club of Homeland, Inc. AwardMatthew Adelberg

Don F. Turano ’59 ScholarshipMarcel Mandeng-NkenSofia Schiano

Robert L. Weinberg Scholarship

Chick West ’65, ’68 Scholarship for Digital Arts

Walter G. ’38 and Betty ’39 Wilkinson Memorial Scholarship

Raissa Rosenbaum

Windgate Ceramics ScholarshipPatrick Schlotterback

Dale Burton Wood ’30 Memorial Scholarship in Fiber

Delaney Cate

Dale Burton Wood ’30 Memorial Scholarship in Illustration

Emma Nguyen

Bill Woody/Tom Miller ’67, ’87 Scholarship

AnimationAngela ChangJuliana H ChenTynesha L ForemanJon A GorrMatt C RockefellerBoone B Snavely

Art EducationMarissa Dalecki

Architectural DesignChristina ChengMichael J ChiarellaJae-Eun Lee

Art History, Theory, and Criticism

Soumya DhulekarTyler FarinholtCatherine ReckelhoffMolly R GambleRidhi Singla

CeramicsTony AuthIndia M CoxValerie Vernon

DrawingLauren AndersonSasha BaskinTom J Fabrizio

FiberLola BorovykDanielle L BurkeAlexandra CaivanoEvyn S FongKatie A O’KeefeScout Paré-PhillipsUrsula PopulohRachel L WheelerVivien Wise

Film and VideoGeorge J CessnaJessica CrowellNiki M Murphy

FoundationFaridah T AdamMichael AuerJordan BradleyNathaniel ChampionKeegan L ChuaChanel C CruzKiri S DuganAnna EckardSarah M FarrellRenato J Flores IIIRachel FrankKayla A GoldsteinCharles GuthrieAlexandra L HarmelMargaret A HinesEsther HwangDena JonesPallavi KainadyBesan Z KhamisAllie H KolliasStella H LeeJenelle A LeggeKevin LowenthalErin L McCoy

Esme A McFerrinMelissa McIndoeJonathan MorluGuy MoshayovCassia MullinElianna K RadcliffeBryce RammingAndrea RossKim SandaraDrew J ShieldsMichael ShillingburgRahul ShindeKrystal SmithMercedes SmithTaylor L Smith-HamsFrankie VanNostrandLathan S Vargason

General Fine ArtsJeremy CainCarly B CarlockAmelia HutchisonOni JomirOhnshil KimLillian I KirkGray G LambArum LeeBecca S LordMarria C NakhodaChristopher NguyenKelsey C SchneiderEmily E SmithHannah A SpitzDaphne TarantoKelly R Young

Graphic DesignBrian H AholaDaniel W CalderwoodAlayna B CitrinJessie L DickeyCrystal M DimelerCarolyn HampeTanya M HeidrichAmy HushenJenny LeifermanRenan P MachadoKacie M MillsSung A MunFumi OmoriKaren SheaEmily TaiDanny WellJessica WenKevin C Zweerink

Humanistic StudiesAnda BrownMaura L CallahanMichael W Washienko

IllustrationSarah AndersenKayla N BickersEmily C DahlJay DervosClare DeZuttiAlison N GeorgeRachel M HalperAlex InnocentiJillian KaczakClint KaderaTom KilianJohn Taesoo Kim

Erin N KuboLaura E LangstonTzippora LasdunAllison MackeyIan M MooreChristina H OhLeonard M PengAnthony C PicarelliMickey QuinnMatt C RockefellerJenny M RodziewiczAmanda K ShafferDaniel H Shaffer

Interactive ArtsRobin FosterKoya OnedaMargo M Sikes

Interdisciplinary SculptureNicholas BroujosDan N EvankoKodi FabricantMiki Flores-AmperKim HanauerLucas D HaroldsenEvan W PriceRidhi SinglaMichael W WashienkoJake WeissFlannery K Winchester

Liberal ArtsLouis G FratinoAutumn HaacMary E ReisenwitzSophie Stoerkel

PaintingAJ AhnColin AlexanderDahlia R BushwickMaura L CallahanJoe D CasanovaFallon A ChaseMegan S HeckmannAshley HendrixAurelia JavierKathe KaczmarzykKang Hee KimBrooks C KossoverLindsey M MackChris J McCarthyLydia B PettitEvan RocheDean W ScottAthina A Skevi

PhotographyScott A BradleyVal KaruskevichShannon P KellyTimothy R MahoneyPatrick R PilkeyLeigh A RogersShane J SmithCameron R Vaughan

PrintmakingCody BunnagZack IngramNicole RodriguesZack SchmittIlysa G Statman

Departmental Recognition Awards

Faridah T AdamMatt AdelbergNina Q AllenHilary AmentLauren AndersonDave L AngilellaLauren R AshfordAmelie AuMichael AuerTony AuthSophie BednarikAkane BesshoBrooke N BiondiTaylor BorenJenna R BorstelmannXanthe A BoumaJordan BradleyScott A BradleyAnna S BrancaccioDanielle L BurkeSarah C BushinMichael BussellAlexandra CaivanoDaniel W CalderwoodHelen M CassellGeorge J CessnaGrace D ChanSamantha C ChangAngela ChangAdrienne F ChoiJin ChoiKeegan L ChuaLily C ClarkZak T CrapoMaggie DavietDavid S DelutyJessie L DickeyYuka C DoyamaKiri S DuganSharon M DukeHayley C EvansIsaac J EwartKodi FabricantTom J FabrizioAndrea FabryDaisy M FarrellMiki Flores-AmperRenato J Flores, IIIEvyn S FongTynesha L ForemanRachel FrankClaire W GearyJulia A GolonkaJon A GorrJackson GroveCharles Guthrie

Autumn HaacHelen HamiltonCarolyn HampeKim HanauerChelsea A HarmanAlexandra L HarmelLucas D HaroldsenIsabel P HarrisTanya M HeidrichSarah R HepworthHannah M HiaasenMargaret A HinesCorey R HughesSarah HwangAudrey L IsaacsonHelen R Jackson-AdamsBomin JeonOlivia R JohnsonDena JonesYeon Jun KimClint KaderaPallavi KainadyOhnshil KimJenn J KimSara E KipinErin N KuboAdam LaFonKelsey LandsgaardTzippora LasdunIzzy E LawlorJake A LazovickAnne LeeJae-Eun LeeBekah LevySonia F LiaoSarah LoJenna A MacyAnton MakarauEtienne MandengErin L McCoyEsme A McFerrinKimberly MeistrellIsobel A ModicaJonathan MorluTatiana MullinCassia MullinSung A MunTomoka MurakamiAnnie B MurphyNiki M MurphyChristopher NguyenShelby E NortonHelgi R OlgeirssonFumi OmoriScout Paré-Phillips

Mary V ParrishLeonard M PengAustin W PeppelAnthony C PicarelliAlice M PlatiAriel PondEmma A PoppMaya A PowellEvan W PriceUrsula PrinzElianna K RadcliffeMaya M RagazzoAlex ReyesLesley M RiveraJenny M RodziewiczShelby RosabalAndrea RossMelanie T RustonKim SandaraMegan A SchmunkKelsey C SchneiderWill R SchorreErin L ScottTristan R ScowMaddi A SeelyAmanda K ShafferWin ShanokprasithBailey A SheehanDrew J ShieldsRahul ShindeKrystal SmithZach M SnyderKatie SolleyJack SorokinHannah A SpitzCindy E StaufferAysia K StiebAmy A StoberSophie StoerkelKatie StoneRachel L SuggsMolly M SydnorTarek Z TurkeyAngela M WalkerMichael W WashienkoRachel L WheelerLeJea D WilliamsMark WilliamsAnnie K WilseyFlannery K WinchesterVivien WiseCara WohnsiglAnna C WolfeTess WypkemaRachel Yalisove

MICA Achievement Awards

Graduate Student Commencement Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony HallFive O’Clock in the Afternoon

Order of ExercisesProcessional

Jaime Zollars & Ellen LuptonFaculty Marshals

President’s WelcomeFred Lazarus IV

President

Provost’s GreetingRay Allen

Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost

Vice-Provost’s RemarksGwynne Keathley

Vice Provost for Research & Graduate Studies

Commencement RemarksFred Wilson

Student RemarksEmma Elizabeth Sherwood-Forbes & Nour Tabet

Conferring of Honorary DegreesFred Lazarus IV

Presentation of Special AwardsNeil Meyerhoff

Chair, Board of Trustees

Presentation of Candidates & Conferring of DegreesFred Lazarus IV

Candidates for the Master of Fine Arts Degrees, Master of Arts Degrees, &

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

Karen Carroll, Ed.D.Dean, Center for Art Education

Erin JakowskiAssociate Dean, Gradute Studies

Alumni WelcomeDave Inscore ’95

Recessional

Awards Announced at Commencement

DOCTOR OF FINE ARTS

Fred WilsonAlice AycockYvonne Rainer

DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS

C. Sylvia Brown P’02Eddie C. Brown P’02

TRUSTEE FELLOWSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING

Jennifer Cole-PhillipsNan Park

STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARDS

Pat Galluzzo, Sidney Lake Memorial Award Katie Duffy, Alumni Award for Student Leadership

Honorary Degrees & Special Awards

Artist House Teaching Fellow Residency at St. Mary’s College of Maryland

David Brewster ’86 Windy Mowing Artist Residency Travel Award

Graphic Design MFA Thesis PrizeRobert W. Deutsch Foundation Social

Design FellowshipFrank Hyder ’72 MFA in Studio Art PrizePatricia Lion Krongard ’76, ’90 Art

Education AwardLAB Award

Mildred’s Lane Curatorial Fellowship The Toby Devan Lewis FellowshipMFA Fellowship Studio at Bromo Seltzer

TowerThe Mount Royal FellowshipThe Rinehart AwardAmalie Rothschild ’34 Rinehart AwardSkowhegan School of Painting and

Sculpture Summer ResidencyHenry Walters Traveling Fellowship

Alice Aycock

A faculty member at both MICA and School of the Visual Arts, Alice Aycock is a prolific illustrator and sculptor with 30 works displayed in Washington, DC, New York City, and Kansas City airports, in Baltimore, Md, Nashville, Tenn, or Broward County, Fla public spaces, and as part of the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, LA County Museum, and the National Gallery. Her current Park Avenue Paper Chase series of massive aluminum and fiberglass sculptures depicting nature and fantasy can be seen in downtown New York City.

C. Sylvia Brown P’02

Carmen Sylvia Brown is a passionate educator with experience both as a middle school teacher in New York and New Jersey and college admissions assistant director for Baltimore City Community College. She is also an accomplished businesswoman who achieved success in real estate management. In addition, Brown is a highly regarded philanthropist and community leader. She has served on the boards of the Baltimore Museum of Art, Arts Every Day, Woodbourne Center, and Center Stage in addition to the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Advisory Board, African-American Steering Committee of the Walters Art Museum, Development Committee of the Community Foundation, and the Nominating Committee of the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland. She is a founding member of the Woodrow Wilson National Cabinet. With husband Eddie, she has worked to improve the lives of people striving to reach their dreams, establishing the Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Foundation and the Turning the Corner Achievement Program (TCAP), which works with Baltimore middle school students. MICA’s Brown Center is named for the Browns in recognition of their generous support, and the family has also established scholarships for minority students and provided grants for international study.

Eddie C. Brown P’02

Eddie C. Brown is the chairman, chief executive officer and founder of Brown Capital Management in Baltimore, one of the country’s oldest and largest African-American owned investment management firms, with billions of dollars under management. For 25 years, he served as a regular panelist on the nationally televised program, Louis Rukeyser’s Wall Street. He is a member of the board of directors of Open Society Institute (OSI) – Baltimore and was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Labor to the ERISA Advisory Council, by the Governor of Maryland to the Maryland Economic Development Commission, and by the Mayor of Baltimore to the East Baltimore Development Corporation board. He was selected Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year in the financial services category for the State of Maryland, was inducted into the Maryland Chamber of Commerce Business Hall of Fame, was designated the Marylander of Distinction by Maryland Life Magazine, and was selected by the Loyola University Sellinger School of Business as the 2010 Business Leader of the Year. He is recognized as a Distinguished Alum by his alma maters, Howard University and Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. Brown and family are nationally known for their generous philanthropy and advocacy, having established the Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Foundation and the Turning the Corner Achievement Program (TCAP) to empower students and challenged communities. At MICA, a gift by the Browns made possible the construction of the Brown Center, and their further support has established scholarships for minority students and provided grants for international study. Brown is a former MICA trustee.

Yvonne Rainer

Yvonne Rainer is a groundbreaking choreographer and a pioneering filmmaker. She has choreographed more than 40 concert performances and developed seven films, including Privilege, which won the Sundance Film Festival Filmmaker’s Trophy. She has been awarded seven National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, six New York State Council for the Arts fellowships, three Rockefeller Foundation fellowships, four honorary doctorates, two Guggenheim fellowships, and a MacArthur Foundation fellowship. She was a co-founder of the Judson Dance Theater which gave rise to a movement challenging norms in dance, and created numerous works performed around the world, including Trio A and Continuous Project-Altered Daily.

Fred Wilson

Fred Wilson is a trailblazing master curator, who has used installations to expose societal bias, bigotry, and racism. He was the U.S. representative to the 50th Venice Biennale, creating the Speak of Me as I Am exhibition that challenged European depictions of people of African descent. Likewise, his landmark Mining the Museum exhibition with The Contemporary Museum in Baltimore repurposed the Maryland Historical Society’s collection to call attention to American slavery. He was named a MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow and won the Larry Aldrich Foundation Award, among other accolades.

Candidates for the Degree of Master of Fine ArtsLEROY E. HOFFBERGER SCHOOL OF PAINTING, Joan Waltemath, Director

Alana Jean Bergstrom ‡Katherine Halsey Gagnon ‡Justin Lee Hoekstra Brendan Thomas Kerwin Ryan Nord Kitchen ‡Caleb Paul Kortokrax ‡ Boram Lee ‡

Jonathan Joseph Marshalik ‡Jaime Misenheimer ‡Janet Anne Olney ‡Tracey Parker ‡Jacob Nathan Rhoads Aaron Andrew Richmond

RINEHART SCHOOL OF SCULPTURE, Maren Hassinger, Director

Jihyun Hong ‡James Mathew Leach ‡Nick Conrad Primo

Cameron Christopher Stalheim ‡Jesse Yuhasz

MOUNT ROYAL SCHOOL OF ART, Luca Buvoli, Director

Tommy Bobo ‡Xinyi Cheng ‡Allana Melissa Clarke Katie Duffy ‡Keith Lea David Stanley Emerson Myers ‡John Nicholas Ralston ‡Samantha Anne Rausch ‡

Giselle Marie Scherle Margaret Marie Schneider Ali Seradge ‡Alan Paul Siggers ‡Sean Charles Sweeney ‡Pari Marie Valad Raymond Weilacher ‡

COMMUNITY ARTS, Kenneth Krafchek ’95, Director

Danielle LaDawn Chi Andrew Scott Dahl Tanya Denise Garcia Kasey L. Jones

Ashton Page ‡Edgar Eduardo Reyes ‡Andrew James Tanner ‡Gracieuse Xavier

CURATORIAL PRACTICE, George Ciscle, Director

Michelle Ivette Gomez Ashley Molese ‡Victoria Yawa Timpo ‡

Caitlin Rebecca Tucker-Melvin Qianfei Wang ‡Xiaotian Yang

GRAPHIC DESIGN, Ellen Lupton, D.C.D., Co-Director Jennifer Cole Phillips, Co-Director

Richard Elliot Blake Jamie Bree Carusi Benjamin Bruce Chemelski Gabriela Hernandez Wei HongDavid Le Lam Jaclyn Orali Littman

Kirby Welch Matherne ‡Robert Dee McConnell ‡Sara Shahabi Emma Elizabeth Sherwood-Forbes Nour Tabet Amy LeAndra Walton Yingxi Zhou

ILLUSTRATION PRACTICE, Whitney Sherman ’71, Director

Qianliu Chen ‡Alexandra Haley Citrin ‡Felipe Eduardo Corral Sobrevilla ‡Mai Phuong Ly Degnan Feng FengJoshua Christian Heinsz ‡Sarah Jacoby Seo Gyoung Kim ‡

Valeria Margherita Molinari Stacey Dugan Montebello Angela Aehee Shin ‡Kevin Riley Valente Yuanjin Wei ‡Diyou Wu ‡Jennifer Misun Yoo ‡

†These students completed final degree requirements in August 2013.*These students completed final degree requirements in December 2013.**These students will complete final degree requirements during the 2014 summer session..‡ These students have earned the Certificate in the College Teaching of Art

†These students completed final degree requirements in August 2013.*These students completed final degree requirements in December 2013.

**These students will complete final degree requirements during the 2014 summer session‡ These students have earned the Certificate in the College Teaching of Art.

PHOTOGRAPHIC & ELECTRONIC MEDIA, Timothy Druckrey, Director

Christopher Crissìan Cheng Thomas Logan English ‡Patrick Francis Galluzzo Duncan Madaris Hill Frederick John Kirckhoff Jr. ‡Alexander Leonhart ‡

Yefu Liu Max David Shuster Gregory Roy Walker ‡Amber Marie Yaw ‡Hanji Zhou ‡

STUDIO ART, Zlata Baum, Director

Katrina Bello † Tamara Pauline Cedre † Emily Marie Harris † Jeffrey David Hensley † Brendan Joseph Hughes †

Sarah Laina Koljonen † Dan Phillip Lovallo † Jeffrey Tobin Rothlein † Jonathan Louis Earle Taylor † Davin Garth Watne †

ART EDUCATION, Karen Carroll, Ed.D., Director, Dean, Center for Art Education, and Florence Gaskins Harper Chris for Art Education

Shannon Kelly Brinkley † Alyssa Marie Crane † Jeffrey Eric Kolman †

Sok Hui Low † Lisa Marie Perkowski † Siobhan Evelise Vicens †

CRITICAL STUDIES, Jennie Hirsh, Ph.D., Director

Cheng Cao Zachary M. Franklin Bryan Thomas Hempel

Emmanuel Earl Thomas Megan L. Weikel Yiran Zheng

DESIGN LEADERSHIP, David Gracyalny, Director and Dean, School of Professional and Continuing Studies

Ali Mazher Ahmed Jesse Marcus Alleva Angel K. Batalla Richard Allen Best Kyle Alan Bodt Yu Chen Brian Anthony Paguyo Gerardo

Katherine Elizabeth LaBonte David McLaughlin Waves Mowatt-Kane Molly Elizabeth Needelman Kyle James Peppers A.J. Louis Thieblot Hamilton Sean Michael Whitney

SOCIAL DESIGN, Michael Weikert ’05, Director

Byron Andrew Banghart Laura Brewer Andrea Jenkins Brown Anne Marie Hyde Jasinowski Cindy Jian

Emily Pinna Vincent Thomas Purcell Yeonoo Shin Alexandra Weil

TEACHING, Shyla Rao, Ed.D., Co-Director Matthew E. Sutherlin, Ph.D., Co-Director

Katherine May Atkinson Kelly Allison Bissell Jessica Ashley Davidson Thomas Kieran Doyle Natalie Heart Drutz Caitlin Elizabeth Engels Alexandra Marie Giacobbe Evelyn Willette Hoffmann Danielle Klim

Eun Young Ko Niki Francesca Moyer Rachel Park Kara Nicole Peterson Tiffany Jing Huan Tsui Avrah Sarah Urecki Lisa Marie Warren Diane Jihyun Yu

Candidates for the Degree of Master of Arts

BUSINESS OF ART & DESIGN, Heather Bradbury, Director

Dania Sinno Al-Kibbi †Aleksandra Bogunovic †Kerry Susannah Brady †Charity Coleman †Leonardo Farias †Jessica Elizabeth Silva Galpin †Lynsey Gwilliam †Erin Marie Hathaway †Claudia Louvenia Long †

Michelle N. McCoy †Racquel Simoné McMullins †Erica Rene Morgan †Daniel Robert Olson †Alla Proskuryakova †Stephanie Reimers †Murjani Tiffany Sowell †Jessica Marie Weglein †Monique Y. Williams †

INFORMATION VISUALIZATION, Heather Bradbury, Director

Melvin Hill Jr. *Heather Bette Hughes *Anne Michelle Marcotte *Gi Young Paek *

Robert J. Rolleston *Michael Jon Taylor *Brigitte Tran *

Candidates for the Degree of Master of Professional Studies

FINE ARTS, Bill Schmidt ’71, Director

Veronica Michelle Barker- Barzel Callie Prewitt Borgman Leslie Kathleen Burden Yu Hsiu Chen Adam Joseph Fainbarg Robyn Holl Gavigan Sarah Diann Givens Diane Huge* Michele Feneis Kraft * Cheng Luo

Susan L. Maas Sara Taylor Mills Elizabeth Shannon Reid Steven A. Sachs Krithika Sathyamurthy David William Siever Seth Loren Stolbun Jingfang Wang Rachel A. Wolfe

GRAPHIC DESIGN, Sandra Maxa, Director

Emilia Aragon Curtis Alexander Bailey Anna Bitskaya Sarah Taylor Claggett Sheena Dinell Crawley David Harley Dale Nicholas Alan Emrich Sharon Lusby Forrence

Angad Medi Shuyi Meng Kelly Ann Nealon Tiffany Nicole Small Tiffany Nicole Thompson Hieu Trong Tran Esther Meena Yi *

Candidates for the Degree of Post-Baccalaureate Certificate

†These students completed final degree requirements in August 2013.*These students completed final degree requirements in December 2013.**These students will complete final degree requirements during the 2014 summer session..‡ These students have earned the Certificate in the College Teaching of Art

Merit Scholarships & PrizesWe are pleased to recognize the donors who have provided these scholarships and prizes, and to congratulate the graduating students who have received them.

Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation MACA Fellowship

Edgar Reyes-JacoboAndrew Tanner

Libby Bowerman ‘82 Fellowship

Marcella Brenner W’32, H’01 Distinguished MAT Scholar Award

Thomas DoyleJu ParkDiane Yu

Margaret Glace Scholarship in Art Education

Avrah Urecki

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

Caitlin Engles

William Mayo Herring ’41 Scholarship

Hoffberger Foundation ScholarshipKatherine Gagnon

Dr. Al Hurwitz ’41 Scholarship in Art Education

Patricia Lion Krongard ’76, ’90 Art Education Scholarship

Perna Krick ’31 and Reuben Kramer ’32 Fellowship

Morris Louis ’32 Scholarship

Aaron Richmond

The MICA Community Endowed Fellowship for the Mt. Royal School of Art

Allana Clarke

Jean C. Miller ’42 Scholarship in Art Education

Alexandra Giacobbe

Mildred Caplan Perl ’39 Scholarship

William Philips ’54 Memorial Scholarship

Roberta Polevoy Fund of the Baltimore Community Foundation Scholarship

Nancy Lee Rhodes Roberts ’39 Graduate Fellowship in Illustration Practice

Feng FengLaurent Hrybyk

Surdna Fellowship (MA in Art Education)Shannon BrinkleyAlyssa CraneAshley DuRossJeffrey HensleyJeffrey KolmanSiobhan NolanLisa PerkowskiJason Stewart

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 20th century.

Photographs of Maryland Institute commencement ceremonies held at the Lyric Opera House in the early 20th 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.

MICA’S GRADUATE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES

The ceremonial march of students into 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 program of study and carry program banners. Graduating students in each program sign a ribbon, which is affixed to their program banner—a new tradition begun in 2000—and each year’s ribbon is then added to those of previous classes. Departmental banners are displayed onstage during the ceremony. Honorees, College leadership, trustees, and faculty enter, taking their places onstage as follows:

In the first row are the President of the College, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, commencement speaker, recipients of special and alumni awards, and the presenters of those awards. In the second row are trustees of the College, vice presidents, and graduate program directors. Faculty sit in the third and fourth rows.

Graduating students proceed to the stage when the awarding of degrees begins, grouped by program. They return to their seats upon receiving their diplomas.

The candidates stand and are presented to the College President by the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. The President then confers the Master of Fine Arts and Master of Arts degrees upon them. As each student arrives onstage, his or her name and honors are read by the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies from a card provided by the student. Students are greeted by their program director, and then by the Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies, who presents the diploma. 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 and the Dean of Art Education.

MICA’S UNDERGRADUATE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES

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 and carry departmental banners. Graduating students in each program sign a ribbon, which is affixed to their program banner—a new tradition begun in 2000—and each year’s ribbon is then added to those of previous classes. Departmental banners are displayed onstage during the ceremony. Honorees, College leadership, trustees, and faculty enter, taking their places onstage as follows:

CommencementTraditions

In the first row are the Chairman of the Board, President of the College, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, commencement speaker, recipients of honorary degrees, special, and alumni awards, and the presenters of those awards. In the second row are trustees of the College, vice presidents, class of 2013 Distinguished Service to Students Award recipient, and undergraduate department chairs. In the third and fourth rows are undergraduate department chairs 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.

The candidates stand and are presented to the College President by the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. The President then confers the degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts upon them. As each student arrives onstage, his or her name and honors are read by the Dean of The School for Professional and Continuing Studies from a card provided by the student. Students are greeted by their department chair and then by the Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, who presents the diploma. Graduates are congratulated before leaving the stage by the President, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, and Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies and Faculty.

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), and is edged and bound with velvet of the color appropriate for the highest degree achieved. For honorary degrees conferred at MICA, these colors are white for Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters and brown for Honorary Doctor of 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. 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 IV 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. Rather than mortarboards, a black velvet beret is traditionally worn as the cap by graduating students at MICA.

Honor Cords indicate membership in an honor society

• Academic Honor Cord is worn by students who are awarded Summa Cum Laude (gold) and Magna Cum Laude (red).

• 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.

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

Leadership in Diversity Stoles are worn by students who have been recognized for leadership and involvement with the Office of Diversity and Intercultural Development:

• Asian Silk Stole: The bamboo printed on the silk is a symbol of the cultures of the Far East and represents resilience, life, hope, and joy.

• Faith-based Stoles: On the Jewish stoles, the bands of blue and gold are representative of the design on the tallith—the Jewish prayer shawl—as well as the the flag of Israel. The teal-colored stoles with the trinity symbol are representative of the Christian faith.

• Herritage Stoles: Represent the different intersections of identity that constitute campus diversity. The red, green, and yellow stripe symbolize the flag of Guyana

• Hispanic Stole: The primary colors honor the cultural traditions of these student leaders’ cultural origin. Inspired by the flags of Cuba, Honduras, and Puerto Rico, the stoles’ colors represent peace and honesty (White), struggle and strength (Red) and vigilance and perseverance (Blue).

• Kente Stole from Africa: Symbolic of African American heritage, the Ashanti stool symbol represents royalty, the diamond represents wealth and riches, and the key represents the key to success.

• LGBTQ Stole: The inverted pink triangle signifies a spirit of activism for gay rights, while the colors of the rainbow flag represent gay pride and diversity.