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.

Tom Arndt, ’68 Photographer Somewhere between street photography and solemn portraits sits the work of Tom Arndt. He’s drawn to public events, but is more likely to shoot the crowd than the parade.	Stephen Rivkin ’75 Film Editor Rivkin was nominated for an Oscar for editing on James Cameron’s Avatar.
George Morrison, ’43 “I’m not painting the lake as it is. But it’s there as inspiration, as spiritual guidance.” -- George Morrison	Mike Medicine Horse, ’00 Animator Thrilled with the colleges state-of-the-art technology, he was a fast learner and realized that collaborating with other students on a team was very important to me.
Shen Wei, ’03 Photographer Shen Wei went straight from his Shanghai birthplace to attend MCAD. He thought he’d learn to do graphic design, or painting. But then he picked up a camera for the first time.	Nancy Rice, ’70 Already a legend in her field, Nancy Rice stunned many of her peers when she chose to teach instead of creating more advertising.
Peter Williams, ’75 Painter Contradictions merge dramatically in the big paintings of Peter Williams. Seeing odd tensions in the cultures around him, he distorts them just enough to make his opinions clear.	Cy DeCosse, ’52 Valley City, ND native who went to art school, advertising art director who discovered photography, custom-publishing entrepreneur, world traveler, and devoted MCAD Trustee.
Mary Meehan, ’77 To understand Mary Meehan’s ambition, you need to know that MCAD has never offered a theater design degree...	Jim Ockuly, ’83 Remember “Don’t touch the art?” Jim Ockuly helped make our switch to “Please touch this to learn about the art!”

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