COLLEGE OF THE ARTS ALUMNI
Dwell Names Ceramist Aleisha Ellis on its list of Dwell 24: Designers Who Need to Be on Your Radar Right Now
Alumni Highlights
Art & Design Alumni
Alumna Yanique Norman (B.F.A. ’14) is named a 2020 Artadia Award winner.
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Chief Curator Wassan Al-Khudhairi (B.A. 03) Receives Major National Recognition
Dwell Names Aleisha Ellis on its list of Dwell 24: Designers Who Need to Be on Your Radar Right Now
Alumnus Davion Alsont (B.F.A. ’16) featured in the AJC and named a MOCA GA 2020 Working Artist Project Fellow.
Film Short “Over the Bent World" by Alumnus Micah (M.F.A. ’09) and Whitney Stansell for Flux Projects
Alumna Emma Quintana (B.F.A. ’10) makes face shields for health care workers with materials from the digital fabrication lab.
Seven alumni are featured in the Temporary Art Center "Project" exhibition.
Alumna Sonya Young James wins 2019 Artadia Award (Atlanta).
Alumna Namwon Choi (M.F.A. '14) reviewed in the Washington Post for a show at Korean Cultural Center in Wash. D.C.
Paul Stephen Benjamin (M.F.A. '13) wins the 2019 Hudgens Prize
Alumnus Jamele Wright (B.A.'16) solo exhibition at September Grey Gallery and interviewed by ArtsATL.
High Museum of Art includes two alumni, Jessica Caldas (M.F.A.19) and Wihro Kim (B.A.'15) in the group exhibition, “Of Origins and Belonging, Drawn from Atlanta”
Art Papers reviews alumna Krista Clark for her MOCA GA "Krista Clark: Baseline of Appraisal" solo exhibition.
Paul Stephen Benjamin (M.F.A. '13) wins the 2018 Southern Prize and featured in a solo exhibition, "Pure, Very, New" in New York at Marianne Boesky Gallery.
Curtis Ames (M.F.A. '14) Wins Forward Arts Foundation’s 2017/2018 Emerging Artist Award.
Shanequa Gay (M.F.A. '19) is featured the Hammond House and interview on WABE and ArtsATL.
Susan Crawley (M.A. '04) curates an exhibition at the Columbus Museum of Art (OH).
Alumna Corrina Sephora (M.F.A. '05) sculpture is among the of 10 winning sculptures — narrowed from 117 — in the fourth Ocala Outdoor Sculpture Competition.
Alumna Michele Schuff (M.F.A. '00) solo exhibition "On the Edge of Forever" at Sandler Hudson Gallery
Burnaway reviews photographer Candice Greathouse (M.F.A. '12) "Ain't No Party" exhibition.
Sports artist Steven Lester (B.A. Visual Arts ‘75) debuts “Heart of a Champion” at the Cherokee Arts Center
ArtsATL visits with Wihro Kim (B.F.A. '15) at his studio.
ArtsATL Profiles Photography Alumnus Davion Alson (B.F.A. '16)
Arts Ecologist Susannah Darrow (M.A.’13) Feature in GSU Magazine.
Master sculptor Martin Dawe (B.V.A. ’80) drew upon nearly 40 years of experience to create Georgia’s definitive statue of Martin Luther King Jr.
ArtsATL reviews Paul Stephen Benjamin (M.F.A. '13) MOCAGA WAP Exhibition
Andrew Boatright (M.F.A. '13) Wins Forward Arts Foundation Award
M.F.A. Alumni Paul Stephen Benjamin (M.F.A. '13) and Krista Clark (M.F.A. '16) make the list of 19 emerging artists for the "Fictions" show at the Studio Museum in Harlem
Hudgens Prize winner Bethany Collins (M.F.A. '12) featured in Art Forum.
Joan Mitchell Grant Recipient Tori Tinsley (M.F.A. '16) is named a finalist for the 2017 Artadia Atlanta Award
Photographer and Filmmaker Sheila Pree Bright (M.F.A. '03) #1060Now featured in Whitewall Magazine
Brian Egan (B.F.A. '12) is bringing new life to the city's core.
Wassan Al-Khudhairi (B.A. '03) Named New Chief Curator of Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
Micah Stansell (M.F.A. '09) receives a 2014 Outstanding Alumni Award
“Riding the Wave” Eric Elliot (B.F.A. '03) channeled his love of surfing into building the Southeast’s largest board sport retailer.
Film, Media & Theatre Alumni
GSU profiles Sue-Ellen Chitunya (B.A. ’10), a new member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Riuki Gakio (B.A. ’20) Documentary Wins an Emmy Award.
Mo Alexander Morgan (B.A. ’18) Wins Best Short Screenplay Prize at Nashville Film Festival.
Theatre alumna Carra Patterson (B.A. ‘06) is recognized as a distinguished alumna honoree for the 2020 Forty Under Forty awards.
Alumnus Noel Braham (B.A. ’11) receives two Daytime Emmy nominations.
Alumna Caroline Rumley’s (M.A. '18) Thesis Film Screened at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
Film alumna Lee Thomas (M.A. ‘91) & Deputy Film Commissioner of Film, Music & Digital Entertainment is named Georgia Trend magazine’s “2019 Georgian of the Year!”
Award-winning film writer and director by Yolanda Buggs’ (B.A. in Film and Video, 1999) thriller, “As Evil Does” screens at the 26th Pan African Film Festival.
Kristan Woolford (MA Digital/Video Production '13 and former indieATL member) is awarded The Creatives Project 2018–20 Artist-in-Studio residency.
Redelia Shaw Attends the Toronto International Film Festival for the World Premier of Cocaine Prison Documentary
Atlanta Film Society Director Chris Escobar (BA '08 and M.A.'13) to purchase Plaza Theatre, and is named Atlanta Business Chronicle "40 Under 40" by Atlanta Business Chronicle and included in the "Best of Atlanta" issue.
Tom Luse (B.A. '74, M.S. '81) is executive producer of AMC's wildly popular post-apocalyptic hit, 'The Walking Dead.'. Also, read about Tom in Georgia Film Industry's OZ Magazine.
GSU Magazine cover story on Philip Dido (B.A. 02) - Confessions of a Stuntman
Atlanta Film Society Airport Shorts Program 4.0 includes Phoebe Brown (B.A. '04 / M.F.A. '09) at the International Terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Noel Braham (B.A. '11) is a man on the go, splitting his time between Atlanta and LA, pursuing his dreams of becoming a professional actor and filmmaker.
Carra Patterson (B.A. '06) is cast in the solo female lead August Wilson's Jitney - the Tony Award-winning play -- and featured in Essence.com.
Puppeteer Raymond Carr was cast as Dunk's voice in Jim Hensen Company's "Splash and Bubbles" animation program.
Najah Jackson (B.A. '17) lands rolls in the film “Jumanji” and two television series, “The Originals” on the CW Network and MTV’s “Finding Carter.”
Jasmine Akakapo (B.A. '15) co-hosts Atlanta's Fusion Teen Talk Show
Eye of the Sharknado - Scotty Mullen (B.A. ’13) is the writer and casting director for the latest sci-fi, horror and comedy series.
Insights from Lee Thomas (M.A. Film) Deputy Commissioner of Film, Music & Entertainment and the GA Department of Economic Development.
Reel Vision - With the Top Award at South by Southwest Film Festival. Fake Wood Wallpaper Writes an Inspired Script
After nine years in Hollywood, Kelly Jenrette (B.A. ’02) is ready for her close-up.
School of Music Alumni
Alumnus Jack Jones is featured in Not So Modern Drummer
Soprano Melissa Joseph receives Tri-Cities Opera’s Hibbitt-Savoca Prize
Composer Michael Standard creates "Ice Climbers" a duet for violin and cello.
Gabrielle Beteag (M.Mu. ’18) is named one of five winners in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
Alumnus Carlos Simon (M.Mu. Composition “10) awarded the Sphinx Medal of Excellence and a $50,000 grant.
Georgia State alumni go virtual for 2020 Atlanta Jazz Festival Sessions.
Alumnus Andrew Suggs (B.Mu. '18) electric guitar performance of the national anthem featured on Fox News channel.
School of Music alumnus Henry Cheng (M.M. Orchestral Conducting ’09) who recently took first prize at the inaugural European Union Conducting Competition.
Alumnus Joe Gransden (B.Mu. ’94) and his 16 Piece Big Band debut their new holiday album “The Christmas Song!”
Zac Brown Band guitarist Coy Bowles (B.Mu. '04) Moonlights as Children’s Author
Maria Valdes’ (B.Mu. '12) voice has been praised by some of the most respected music critics in the nation.
The Jazzman A storied trumpeter and crooner, part-time instructor Joe Gransden (B.Mu. ’94) is one of Clint Eastwood’s favorite musicians.
Alisa McCance (B.Mu.‘02) shared the stage with country music’s top stars and gears up to launch a new album.
Capitol City Opera Rising Stars Celebration Includes Baritone Jarius Cliett (M.Mu.'17)
Kyle Guglielmo (B.Mu.'07) performs the role of Ponchel in Peidmont Opera's Silent Night.
Chris Otts (M.Mu.)is wins the Second Annual BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship
Curtis Bryant (M.Mu. '80) wins second prize in The American Prize in Composition and launches a new album "Chamber Music for Cello and Piano" a new album of music with Jeffrey E. Young.
Standard English – trumpeter Darren English (M.Mu. '14) talks about playing classics and originals (blog).
Carlos Simon (M.Mu. '10) Wins $15,000 Commission from American Composers Orchestra
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