Sat, May 13, 2023, 3 –5 pm Children's Theatre Main Stage Annual Event Image Join the class of Spring 2023 as they celebrate the completion of their degrees. The ceremony can also be viewed at mcad.edu/live. Following the ceremony, please join us for the reception of the commencement exhibition in the Main Gallery, where work by graduating BFA and BS students is on display. Due to limited seating, tickets are required for admission to the ceremony. Commencement Speakers Commencement Address: Sean Sherman Author and award-winning chef Sean Sherman will be MCAD's Spring 2023 Commencement Speaker and recipient of an honorary doctorate. A member of the Oglala Lakota tribe of South Dakota and recipient of three James Beard awards, he has been focused on the revitalization, evolution, and accessibility of healthy Indigenous foods throughout North America for over 30 years. He was named one of Time magazine’s top 100 most influential people of 2023. Graduating Students Master of Arts Including Summer and Fall 2022 Master of Arts Graduates Graphic and Web Design Christopher Alday Spring ’23 Los Angeles, California Clarissa Baniecki Summer ’22 Fort Worth, Texas Fern Denne Fall ’22 Saint Louis, Missouri liketheplant.com | fernwerm.art@gmail.com Megan Ann Hild Fall ’22 Rutherford, New Jersey Amy Jo Spring ’23 Minneapolis, Minnesota missamyjo.com | hey@missamyjo.com Marni Kaldjian Summer ’22 Eau Claire, Wisconsin Tamara McLean Fall ’22 Green Bay, Wisconsin tamaramclean.com | connect@tamaramclean.com Sustainable Design Kelsey Barajas Spring ’23 Minneapolis, Minnesota Maren Butenhoff Fall ’22 Aitkin, Minnesota Amanda George Spring ’23 Robbinsdale, Minnesota Tica Lubin Spring ’23 Tahoe City, California Ethan Mitchell Fall ’22 Bloomington, Illinois Molly Nemer Spring ’23 Minneapolis, Minnesota Jennifer O'Connell Spring ’23 Los Angeles, California Luxme Patel Fall ’22 North Carolina Natalie Potts Fall ’22 Portland, Oregon Cindy Shi Spring ’23 Oakland, California Allison Tenn Spring ’23 Chicago, Illinois Master of Fine Arts Eric Butler Spring ’23 Orlando, Florida Nick Chatfield-Taylor Spring ’23 New Bedford, Massachusetts Shilun Chen Spring ’23 Huizhou, China shilunchen.com | shilunchen@outlook.com Rosario Parker Gordon Spring ’23 Saint Louis, Missouri Kara Faye Gregory Spring ’23 Minneapolis, Minnesota Yifei He Spring ’23 Guangdong, China Kay heino Spring ’23 Ann Arbor, Michigan Jesus Spring ’23 Lima, Peru Lokho Kotile Spring ’23 Saint Paul, Minnesota Tianxin Li Spring ’23 Shanxi, China Yuanrong Li Spring ’23 Cincinnati, Ohio Anna Lyle Spring ’23 Birmingham, Alabama annalyle.com | annalyleart@gmail.com MacKenzie Mitzuk Spring ’23 Elk River, Minnesota hexaween13.weebly.com | macmitzuk@gmail.com Lauren Nicole Spring ’23 Santa María de Dota, San José Yimin Pi Spring ’23 Anhui, China Amanda Ann Rose Spring ’23 Saint Paul, Minnesota Alexis Faith Schramel Spring ’23 Guttenberg, Iowa Abram Shriner Spring ’23 Milwaukee, Wisconsin emmy e smith Spring ’23 5,430 elev Angela St. Vrain Spring ’23 Minneapolis, Minnesota Ivonne Yanez Spring ’23 Mexico City, Mexico behance.net/ivonneyanez_manthra | ivonneyanezart@gmail.com Ali Yager Spring ’23 Monticello, Minnesota Bachelor of Fine Arts Bennett Anderson, Drawing and Painting New Hope, Minnesota Bella Arnquist, Drawing and Painting Santa Ana, California Isabella Avedikian, Drawing and Painting Chanhassen, Minnesota @artofbellarose | bellarose.avedikian@gmail.com Stella Banach, Illustration Mantorville, Minnesota sparklingstellaris.squarespace.com | stellambanach@gmail.com Jack Barron, Animation Houston, Texas Hunter Bartlett, Illustration Cedar Rapids, Iowa hibartlett.tumblr.com | hbartlett729@icloud.com Nicholas Jon Bianca, Graphic Design Manalapan, New Jersey Hazel Bidwell, Comic Art Wauwatosa, Wisconsin moodieindie.wixsite.com/fort-tuna-art | moodieindie@gmail.com Parker Charles Boisvert, Illustration Edina, Minnesota Zachary Brathwaite, Illustration Brooklyn, New York VizualSamurai.webflow.io | Vefer365@gmail.com Liam Brubaker, Graphic Design Minneapolis, Minnesota @hattowo1f Isabell Brumagen, Illustration Mankato, Minnesota, isabellbrumagen.com | hello@isabellbrumagen.com Skylar Bull Lyon, Print Paper Book Madison, Wisconsin skylarbulllyon.com | skylarbulllyon@gmail.com Robert Carl, Illustration Wilmington, North Carolina rcillustration1.wixsite.com/rc-illustration | rc.illustration1@gmail.com Sally Carr, Drawing and Painting Wasilla, Alaska sallykcarr.com | sallycarrk@gmail.com Min Choi, Comic Art Maple Grove, Minnesota @minfonica | minfonica@gmail.com Tristan Crawford, Filmmaking Elk River, Minnesota Hannah Crupper, Graphic Design Woodbury, Minnesota Jill Daberitz, Illustration Chicago, Illinois @toad.patrol Ngoc Doan, Comic Art Eagan, Minnesota ngocdoan.com | ngoc.p.doan@gmail.com Emma Lee Maxine Dochterman, Illustration North Liberty, Iowa emmalmdart.wixsite.com/my-site | EmmaLMDArt@gmail.com Tiffany Dresher, Comic Art Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin @trashchild.jpeg/ | tiffdresher18@gmail.com Cade Duff, Fine Arts Studio Minneapolis, Minnesota cademduff@gmail.com Zero Blue Everhart, Comic Art Longfellow, Minneapolis, Minnesota Kennedy Fleck, Illustration Eden Prairie, Minnesota kennedycatrinaart.wixsite.com/my-site-1 | kennedycatrinaart@gmail.com Carter Greene, Illustration Edina, Minnesota @soapy_toad | carterg5413@gmail.com Bailey Gross, Comic Art Greensboro, North Carolina Abby Groth, Animation Sioux Falls, South Dakota Mathias Grove, Animation Red Wing, Minnesota mathiasgroveart.carrd.co | mthsgrove@gmail.com Eva Hanks, Graphic Design Warsaw, Minnesota evahanks.cargo.site | eehanx@gmail.com Alyssa Hannan, Illustration Watertown, Minnesota alannan13.wixsite.com/website | alannan13@gmail.com Ren Harris, Illustration Fort Dodge, Iowa ren-harris.com | hren00419@gmail.com Amy Hasbrouck, Comic Art Great Falls, Montana ash-comics.com Alyssa Herrera<, Drawing and Painting Worthington, Minnesota alyssaherrera.art | alyssa.herr99@gmail.com Megan Holck, Furniture Design Omaha, Nebraska meganholck.carrd.co | mholck180@gmail.com Ngan Huynh, Illustration Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam nganelichuynh.com | nganelichuynh@gmail.com INDEPENDENCE, Photography Minneapolis, Minnesota indepenndence.com | pennbarnesphoto@gmail.com Ariel Islam, Drawing and Painting Minneapolis, Minnesota @arl__art | arielislam@icloud.com Isamar Jaquez, Illustration Lake Worth, Florid isamarjaquez.wixsite.com/arts | isamarjaquez.art@gmail.com Emryk Jensen, Animation Portland, Oregon hamryk.artstation.com | Emrykjensen@gmail.com Dylan Johnson, Graphic Design Mounds View, Minnesota Sarah Johnson, Animation Belle Plaine, Minnesota Eli Kranz, Comic Art Ridgefield, Washington Angela Lechak, Comic Art Saint Augustine, Florida robokitten2.0@gmail.com Emily Lewis, Animation West Fargo, North Dakota ivoryskiesart.wixsite.com/website | emilylewis685@gmail.com Crystal A Lopez, Animation Storm Lake, Iowa Kip Lou, Comic Art Rochester, Minnesota kidkip.wixsite.com/kiplou | kidkippo@gmail.com Emma Mason, Comic Art Northport, New York Kevan McClaflin, Fine Arts Studio Birmingham, Alabama Talulah R.M., Sculpture Minneapolis, Minnesota talulahrm.cargo.site | talulah.rm7@gmail.com Kaitlyn Morrison, Illustration Big Lake, Minnesota tpc-artistry.art | Tpc.artistry@gmail.com Norah Mortenson, Graphic Design Minneapolis, Minnesota Tammy Mussack, Drawing and Painting Minneapolis, Minnesota tmossback.com | tmossback@gmail.com Ashley Nelsen, Animation Eagan, Minnesota Winston Novacek, Animation Roseau, Minnesota Lyssa Owens, Graphic Design Eden Prairie, Minnesota lysowens.cargo.site/ | lysowens@gmail.com Wally Parsons, Illustration Maple Grove, Minnesota wallyparsonsart.wixsite.com/site | wallyparsons22@gmail.com Kyle Perrin, Chaska, Minnesota Carly Gallant, Drawing and Painting Fayetteville, Arkansas carolinagallantart.wixsite.com/carolinagallant | carolina.gallant.art@gmail.com Joanna Quick, Fine Arts Studio Coon Rapids, Minnesota joannaquick.com | joannaquick19@gmail.com Lynn Ragsdale, Graphic Design Franklin, Tennessee @ragsdale_art | lynn.ragsdale15@gmail.com Olivia Lee Reinhardt, Illustration Saint Paul, Minnesota olivialeeillustration.com | olivialeeillustration@gmail.com Elyse Rennhack, Drawing and Painting Reeseville, Wisconsin James "Wyatt" Richards, Graphic Design Saint Paul, Minnesota @wyfry_ Mitzy Rivas, Graphic Design Miami, Florida soymitzy.wixsite.com/mrportfolio | mitzy.rivas07@gmail.com Matt Roster, Animation Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota James Schallenkamp, Sculpture Brookings, South Dakota jamesschallenkamp.cargo.site/ | schallenkampjames@gmail.com Alexandra Schmitz, Illustration Dilworth, Minnesota schmitzillustration.com | ga.schmitz3@gmail.com Zander Skelton, Print Paper Book Minneapolis, Minnesota @zander_skelton | zander.skelton@gmail.com El Starcher, Animation Crystal Lake, Illinois Olivia Seone Stern, Animation Minneapolis, Minnesota Luke Swenson, Drawing and Painting Park Rapids, Minnesota MizzWormhole.com | MizzWormhole@gmail.com Star Swift, Illustration Excelsior, Minnesota starswiftillustration.com | starswiftillustration@gmail.com Chance Tatum, Furniture Design San Antonio, Texas chancetatum01.wixsite.com/my-site | Chancetatum01@gmail.com Dain Thompson, Illustration Big Lake, Minnesota DainsArt.com | DainThompson13@gmail.com Kiana Tucker, Animation kitoonist.wixsite.com/kitoonist | kitoonist@gmail.com Shreya Tuladhar, Graphic Design Kathmandu, Nepal bit.ly/shreyatuladhar | shreyartuladhar@gmail.com Kiaan Van Dusseldorp, Illustration Pierre, South Dakota kiaanvand.wixsite.com/mysite | kvandusseldorp@gmail.com Johannes van Overbeek, Comic Art Austin, Texas Natalie Vilter, Illustration Wausau, Wisconsin navilter.wixsite.com/website | navilter@gmail.com Mady Vrkljan, Animation Saint Michael, Minnesota Eliza Walcott, Photography Wheaton, Illinois elizawalcott.wixsite.com/my-site Vivian Walters, Comic Art Lyons, Michigan Austin Watts, Animation Kansas City, Missouri Megan Weidenfeller, Animation Hopkins, Minnesota Kayli Woods, Illustration Saint Paul, Minnesota kayliwoodsillustration.com | kayliwoodsillustration@gmail.com Riley Wright, Illustration Pearl City, Illinois lineovermatter.com | line.over.matter@gmail.com Emma Wysocki, Drawing and Painting New Brighton, Minnesota emmawysockiart.com | wysocki.emma@comcast.net Cynth Xie, Illustration Brooklyn, New York Imani Younger, Comic Art Columbia, Maryland imani.a.younger@gmail.com Bachelor of Science Lux Fabre Entrepreneurial Studies Minneapolis, Minnesota Kamryn Friedrich Entrepreneurial Studies Corcoran, Minnesota Hallie Holtz Entrepreneurial Studies Saint Cloud, Minnesota Justin Robert Lees Entrepreneurial Studies Bloomington, Minnesota Zamira Mendoza Entrepreneurial Studies Saint Paul, Minnesota