Congratulations to our Newest CVPA Alumni!
On December 13th, the College of Visual and Performing Arts will confer 19 Graduate degrees and 63 Undergraduate degrees in Art, Arts Administration, Dance, Music, and Theatre.
We congratulate the graduates and welcome them as members of the CVPA Alumni family! All alumni are invited to submit news of their future accomplishments at go.uncg.edu/alumninews.
Graduate Degrees – Fall 2019
Dance
MA – Dance Education
Emily E. Hector Godwin
Music
DMA – Music
Xiaoyuan Huang Blankenship
Marya Jadwiga Fancey
Amy Michelle Harris
Darkson Magrinelli Rocha
MM – Music Education
Patrick Eugene Jones II
MM – Performance (Piano)
Zijing Wang
MM – Performance (String, Wind, Percussion)
Likai Liu
PMC – Music Theory Pedagogy
Kenneth Michael Davis
Amy Michelle Harris
Graduate Degrees — Summer 2019
Dance
MA – Dance Education
Amy Danielle Bramlett Turner
Music
DMA – Music
Ronnal Van Ford II
Akiko Yamazaki
Miguel Augusto Ramos Zaparolli
MM – Music Education
Julie Flinchum Bradley
Andrew Stephan Lovett
Seth Noacker McKnight
Necie Lenore Wald
MM – Performance (Voice)
Dora Ines Cardona
Undergraduate Degrees — Fall 2019
Art
BA – Art
Stuart Marie Belcher
BA – Art (Studio Art)
Cody Neal Blum
Bethany Kamari Daniel
Maria J Grissino
BA – Art (Studio Art), Minor: Music
Tomas Hilst Phillips
BFA – Art Education (K-12)
Maria B Colamarino
BFA – Studio Art (New Media and Design)
MaryGrace Willis Beard
Kayla Alise Bullock
Shamar Elliot Griffin
Katlyn Nicole Isley
Leo Thomas Martin
Paula Andrea Perez-Puldio
BFA – Studio Art (Painting), Minor: Interdis Art & Social Practice
Vincent Jacob Olko
BFA – Studio Art (Photography)
Peter Jam-es Brown II
BFA – Studio Art (Photography), Minor: English
Brittany Elise Souder
BFA – Studio Art (Print Making and Drawing)
Subrina Thom
BFA – Studio Art (Print Making and Drawing), Minor: Psychology
Alexandra Margaux Gaal
Arts Administration
BA – Arts Administration
Rosalyn Symoné Jackson
Erica Nichole Payne
Nicholas Odell Shoaf
BA – Arts Administration, Minor: American Sign Language and Entrepreneurship-Non-Bus Major
Emily Paige Alexander
BA – Arts Administration, Minor: Entrepreneurship-Non-Bus Major
Jacqueline Eve Jones
BA – Arts Administration, Minor: Music
Stephen Michael Walsh
Dance
BA – Dance Studies, Minor: Technical Theatre
Patrick Ian Rupp
BFA – Dance (Dance: Choreography/Performance)
Alexis Coryn Clanin
BFA – Dance (Dance: Choreography/Performance), Minor: Anthropology
Marissa Cara Kuczkowski
BFA – Dance Education
Kahlila Brown
Taylor Roberson
Music
BA – Music (General Music) and Anthropology, Minor: Chinese
Ashlie Elizabeth Brewer
BA – Music (General Music) and Anthropology
Alexandria Leah Vilchis
BM – Performance (Brass and Percussion)
Joshua Tyler Kraus
BM – Performance (Keyboard), Performance (Voice)
Huanhuan Xie
Theatre
BA – Drama
Patrick Sinclair Cole
Tasha May Davis
Noah Jay Fazenbaker
Corey J Feaster
Ian Olson House
Anna Elizabeth Laventure
Joshua Robert Peterson
Jordan Elizabeth Willis
BA – Drama, Minor: ASL Deaf Studies
Connor Buckley Downes
BA – Drama, Minor: Psychology
Sarah Elizabeth Carmody
BFA – Drama (Acting)
Natasha Alexandra Fink
De’Ron Antonio Robertson
BFA – Drama (Design and Technical Production), Minor: Anthropology
Lilee Reshard Rose
Undergraduate Degrees — Summer 2019
Art
BA – Art (Studio Art)
Kelli Nicole Smith
Zhixin Zhou
BA – Art (Studio Art), Arts Administration
Ansu Samukai King
BA – Art (Studio Art), Minor: ASL Deaf Studies and Community & Therapeutic Recreation
Haley N Blake-Lee
BA – Art (Studio Art), Minor: English
Camille West Hutchins
BFA – Studio Art (New Media and Design)
Rylee Elaine Hartsell
BFA – Studio Art (Painting)
Sima Fallahi
Samantha Grace Machia
BFA – Studio Art (Sculpture and Ceramics)
Ryli M Aiken
BFA – Studio Art (Sculpture and Ceramics), Minor: Classical Studies
Christina Watson
Arts Administration
BA – Arts Administration, Minor: History
Cadence Leonie Croucher
BA – Arts Administration, Minor: Music
James Robert Washington
BA – Arts Administration, Minor: Retailing/Consumer Studies
Molly Kate Sparks
Music
BA – Music (General Music)
Ian Christopher DeSmit
Lauren Bailey Drafz
Theatre
BA – Drama
Harrison Blake Miles
BA – Drama, Minor: Media Studies
Cathryn Grace Kinser
BA – Drama, Minor: Musical Theatre and Arts Administration
Ann Campbell Brownlow
Jewels: An Exhibition of Distinguished Alumni
Jewels is an exhibition curated by Associate Professor Emerita Amy Purcell and is a celebration of her 30 years on the faculty at UNCG’s School of Art.
The exhibition features the work of twenty-one of Purcell’s former students — people whom she calls her “jewels” — and runs through December 5th.
An opening reception was held on November 16th, followed by a retirement dinner for Purcell which was attended by many of the alumni artists.
Purcell has three of her own pieces in the show.
Other works are by:
Melissa C. Ball-Martin ‘00 MFA Studio Art, BS Art Education
Johannes Barfield ‘13 BFA New Media and Design
Jasmine Best ‘16 BFA New Media and Design
Kathryn Cook ‘18 MFA
Jym Davis ‘03 MFA
Bryan Colburn Ellis ‘00 BFA Design
Gina Gibson ‘06 MFA Studio
Quinn Hunter ‘16 BFA New Media and Design
Bill Klingensmith‘98 MFA Painting/Digital Imaging
Alexandra Litaker ‘19 MFA Studio Art
Lukasz Lysakowski ‘99 BA Media Production
Susan Mullally ‘03 MA
Timothy Brett Mullinix ‘91 BFA, ‘93 MFA
Janet Oliver ‘02 MFA
Brandon Pierce ‘01 BFA Studio Art
Arton Ragsdale ‘02 BFA Studio Art
John Rash ‘00 BFA Art Education
Derek S. Toomes ‘04 BFA, ‘18 MFA
Kyle T. Webster ‘99 BFA
Stephanie J. Woods ‘12 BFA New Media and Design, ‘15 MFA
Liliya Zalevskaya ‘10 MFA
Music Alumna on the Metropolitan Opera Stage is Featured in New York Times Article
Liz Brooks, ’00 BM Vocal Performance, is featured in a New York Times article about the rigors of rep-style opera, in which a company performs a different opera each night. Liz is a professional chorister with the Metropolitan Opear, and appears in all performances, which means learning lots of lyrics, multiple languages and many, many different costumes and wigs.
Read the NYT article – 4 Operas in 48 Hours.
