Alumni Careers

Prominent artists and designers are proud to claim MCAD as their point of entry into the world of creativity and meaning. Our alumni are true entrepreneurs in their respective disciplines—leading projects and mentoring people in corporations, schools, nonprofits, design firms, and independent studios.

The profile photo for the alumni profile titled 'Arlene Birt ’02'.

Social and ecological sustainability are so incredibly complex and large, she says, that words alone cant explain them.

Arts Administrator
The profile photo for the alumni profile titled 'Jerry Grove, ’63'.

Jerry Grove went from designing products to producing designers. And artists, too.

Arts Administrator and Sculptor
The profile photo for the alumni profile titled 'Jack Becker, ’76'.

It's possible you might have seen one of his sculptural / environmental creations, but it's more likely you've seen the art he helped others make and put on display.

The profile photo for the alumni profile titled 'Kyle Phillip, ’08'.

Do you know where your tax money goes? Kyle Phillips can help show you.

Motion Graphics Designers
The profile photo for the alumni profile titled 'Alexi Tylevich, ’94 and Ben Conrad, ’96'.

Design ubiquity means seeing everything, being seen everywhere. It's one way to describe Ben Conrad and Alexei Tylevich.

Photographer
The profile photo for the alumni profile titled 'Deborah Bell ’76'.

Bell is vice president and head of the photographs department at Christie’s in New York.

The profile photo for the alumni profile titled 'Renda Morton, ’03'.

Together with creative partner Andy Pressman at Rumours, their forward-looking studio in Brooklyn, Morton encourages readers and user to think "across platforms."

The profile photo for the alumni profile titled 'Brother Frank Kacmarcik, ’47'.

Brother Frank Kacmarcik Obl.S.B. became one of the world's most influential voices in church design, printing, and the graphic arts.

Author and Illustrator
The profile photo for the alumni profile titled 'Wanda Gág, ’17'.

Author and Illustrator of Millions of Cats the oldest American picture book still in print.

Author and Illustrator
The profile photo for the alumni profile titled 'Nancy Carlson, ’75'.

Author and Illustrator of 61 books - so far.