Alumni Profiles

Jan Elftmann ’84
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Her personal mission is "working with children before they begin associating art exclusively with the ability to draw a pretty picture."
Chris Monroe, ’84
Comic Artist and Illustrator
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Chris Monroe once imagined illustrating the cover of TV Guide. Today, instead, she provides weekly laughs in an eccentric comic strip, and charms kid readers in books about a clever monkey.
Dan Jurgens, ’81
Comic Artist and Writer
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Dan Jurgens has drawn and written for Thor, Green Arrow, Spider-Man, and Captain America. But of all those characters and all those artists, he is the only one that got to kill Superman.
Charles Spencer Anderson, ’81
Graphic Designer
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That retro, semi-nostalgic/ironic flavor widely seen in print products and pop culture over the last few decades has been fueled in part by the influence of Charles Spencer Anderson.
Mary GrandPre, ’81
Illustrator
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Mary GrandPre’s portfolio is far larger than just seven book covers. Nevertheless, the illustrator of all the American Harry Potter books is best-known for her renditions of the Boy Wizard.
Aaron Spangler, ’93
Sculptor
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From large slabs of Minnesota basswood, Aaron Spangler methodically creates sculptures that go just beyond "folk art" into what he calls "the epic, the paranoid, and the absurd."
Kelly Nipper, ’93
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At the points where dance, photography, diagramming, architecture, and event weather maps meet, Kelly Nipper created arresting experiences.
Corinne Wright, ’01
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Corinne Wright, onetime photo/animation double major, now a corporate counsel for a food manufacturing company, recalls similar academic freedom.
David Bowden, ’80
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"Covering the news," can also lead to making the news. Dave Bowden went straight from MCAD into work as a cameraman-editor.
Adam Hoppus, ’03
Illustrator and Designer
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I realized quickly how a creative mind and good technical skills were huge assets.