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2007
| Michelle Gonzales | Art Education | 2007 | Accepted into an internship with the education director at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. |
| Corey Gossett | Painting | 2006 | Featured in a solo exhibit at Gallery 141 in Fort Worth. |
| Janet Chaffee | Painting | Current adjunct professor and featured in a solo exhibition at Mighty Fine Arts, Dallas, TX | |
| Suzanne Countryman | Photography | 2006 | Accepted into the MFA program at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. |
| Oscar Plascencia | Photography | Accepted a full time position as assistant professor in photography at Lycoming College in Ohio | Jennifer Tyner | Photography | Has completed her masters in photo preservation at Ryerson Univerisity in Toronto. She is working at Georgia Tech in Atlanta as a Digital Image Archivist | Hannah Friesner | Photography | Currently the director of Light Work, a non-profit, organization which features exhibitions in residency programs at Syracuse University. She was elected into the Board of Directors of the Society for Photographic Education | Amber Poe | Photography | Working in the Marking Deparment of B&H Photo in New York | Casey Logan | Painting | Completed his MFA from San Francisco Art Institute and is currently working and exhibiting in San Francisco | Brad Adams | Painting | Was accepted into the painting graduate program at New Mexico State in Las Cruces | Casey Arguelles | Painting | Was accepted into the painting graduate program at UT San Antonio | Kapil Dixit | Painting | Awarded the League for Innovation Outstanding Portfolio Award for 2007 | Joanne Fuller | Art Education | 2007 | Accepted a position teaching Art I, pre-AP, Ceramics, and Sculpture at Grapevine High School in North Texas | Nikki Milavec | Art History | Will begin the Master Program in Art Business from Sotheby's Institute of Art in London | Jennifer Haggerbome | Art History | Finishing MA in the History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London | Clare Roberston | Art History | Began doctural dissertation work in American art at the University of Kansas at Lawrence | Nada Shabout | Art History | Has been awarded a Fulbright to teach in Jordan and will be a visiting professor at MIT | Corbett Costello | Art History | Has been accepted into the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University |
2006
| Tom Fox | Photography | 1991 | The Katie Awards - Best Photography Portfolio Nomination & helped capture Hurricane Katrina's fury and its human aftermath through photographs. |
| Rey D. Latham | Visual Communication | 2000 | Was part of a three person team on staff at Sibley Peteet Design Studio that was recently awarded two silver and four bronze Telly awards for the Trivial Pursuit DVD Star Wars Saga Edition |
| Nada Shabout | Photography | 2005 | Featured front page photo in the Star Telegram |
| Jason Lujan | Painting | 2006 | Received an internship at New York's Museum of Modern Art |
| Chris Cunningham | Clay | 1999 | Teaches at Tarrant County College and was awarded Best of Show for his art work at the Irving Arts Center All Media National Juried Art Exhibition |
| Keith Alcorn | Film/Video | 2001 | Co-produced "Ant Bully" a computer animated film that scored 8.2 million. Alcorn created the cartoon character "Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius" and served as the executive producer and voiced several characters in the movie. |
| Matt Slocum | Photography | 2004 | The Katie Awards - Best Sports News Photo Nomination |
| Nada Shabout | Painting | 1988 | Received a $10,000 grant from the American Academic Research Institute to construct a list of missing art from the Iraq war and hopefully find some. |
| Tom Fox | Photography | 1991 | "2006 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography was awarded Monday to a Dallas Morning News team for its visual narrative of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. The winning entry was a portfolio of 20 photographs, depicting the storm's fury and its human aftermath, captured by photographers Michael Ainsworth, Melanie Burford, Barbara Davidson, Tom Fox, Michael Mulvey, Smiley N Pool and Irwin Thompson" (Dallas Morning News, 04/17/06) |
| Michael Gonzales | Photography | 2000 | Winner of the "New Works #9" of the annual En Foco Award. His Boxeo series will be shown at the Wilmer Jennings Gallery in new York City in May 2006. |
| Carla Tillman | Photography | 2005 | Entered into the MFA Program at the University of Texas, San Antonio |
| Oscar Gustavo Plascencia | Photography | 2002 | Presenting in Spring 2006 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition at the University of Colorado Art Museum in Boulder. The Exhibition is called "Effusion". Oscar plans to spend next year working in Spain. |
| Jennifer Gooch | Photography | 2002 | Was selected by Joan Davidow, director of the Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, to exhibit her new works in fiber at Women and their Work in Austin, TX. The title of the exhibition was "Stitch in Time: 9 Artists". |
| Ratsammee Suvannachakkham | Photography | 2005 | Invited to participate in an exhibition called "Naturalis" at the Bath House Cultural Center in Dallas. The curated exhibition of 32 visual artists features images dealing with themes of nature and the environment. |
| Alex Ham | Photography | 2000 | Working as a commercial photographer in Dallas. Check out his work at alexhamphotography.com. |
| Don Tarvin | Photography | 2000 | Working as a commercial photographer in Dallas. He works at Rusty Hill Photography on Dragon Street. |
| Johanna Frieser | Photography | 1996 | Is Associate Director at Light Work in Syracuse, NY. She recently wrote the essay for the work of Kanako Sasaki in the Light Work Publication, Contact Sheet. |
| Ashlee Attebury | Photography | 2000 | Working in the art department for Quick Technologies Inc. in Dallas. |
2005
| Jason Croft | Film/Video | 1999 | Producer and Director of photography of "Youngster", a film screened at Mann Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and also at the Deep Ellum Film Festival. |
| Kapil Dixit | Painting | 2004 | Feature artist on Nepalese non-profit website www.suskera.com promoting literature, arts, culture and social activism. Also featured in the Dallas Morning News for donating paintings for a silent auction at Northlake College in Irving, TX. Proceeds from donations went to Hurrican Katrina victims. |
| Matt Kurtz | Film/Video | 1999 | DVD release of first feature film, "Falling Hard". |
| Rey Latham | Graphic Design | 2000 | The team at the Sibley Peteet Design Studio in Dallas awarded two silver and four bronze Telly awards for art direction and writing questions and interactive puzzles for Trivial Pursuit DVD Star Wars Saga Edition game. |
| Jason Lujan | Painting | 1998 | Received internship at the New York Museum of Modern Art. He completed his MFA in painting at UC Boulder, Colorado. |
| Elizabeth Newman-Box | Painting | 1990 | Exhibited in Warehouse Living Arts Center Gallery. She paints, sculpts, and creates assemblages and teaches in the Arlington ISD. |
| Olivia Saldivar | Film/Video | 2005 | "Ana's House" was chosen at the Houston Film Commision's Texas Filmmaker's Showcase 2005 as prizewinning films. |
| Nada Shabout | Art History | 1988 | Featured in Nov. 18 Star Telegram on the front page with a photo (UNT Educator on trail of art lost in Iraq war) and 3B (UNT educator works to recover lost Iraqi art). Assistant Professor of Art History at UNT, she earned 4 degrees at UTA-BS in Arch. 1984, BFA-painting-1988, MA and PhD in Humanities in 1991 and 1999. |
| Robert Spence | RATV | 1988 | Is AISD media production specialist, running AISD TV. |
| Christ Weidner | Film/Video | 1997 | DVD release of first feature film, "My Comfortable Stranger". |
| Amalia Elmasri | Painting | 2002 | Exhibited in three-person exhibition "essential Elements" at the Arlington Museum of Art. |
| Constance Tilden | Painting | 2003 | In Biomedical Communications Graduate Exhibition (Five-person show) at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. |
| Mary Ann Hightower | Painting | 2002 | Represented by Hue Gallery in Mansfield, TX. |
| Scott Dykema | Painting | 2001 | Represented by Hue Gallery in Mansfield, TX. |
| Carolyn Natishyn | Painting | 2005 | Exhibition in one-person show at the Arlington Museum of Art. |
| Erica Reynolds | Painting | 2002 | Curated an exhibition at the Andrea Meslin Gallery in New York City. |
| Sharon Campbell | Clay | 2001 | Second gallery exhibition at the Upstairs Gallery in Arlington. |
| Diane Kieselhorst | Clay | 2001 | Earned MFA in Clay and Sculpture from the University of North Texas. |
| George Sellars | Clay | 1989 | Subject of a four page color article in Paper City, an arts, design, and fashion publication in Dallas. He has since opened a public gallery, design business, and a studio in Dallas. |
2004
| Billy Brumley | 2005 | Awarded Arlington Arts League Art Scholarship for 2004-2005 | |
| Jeanine Ford | Metal | 2004 | Awarded Juror's Award at the "Metal Arts 2004" exhibition at Ellen Noel Art Museum of the Permian Basin in Odessa, TX. |
| Michael Gonzales | Photography | 2000 | Won 1st place in competition sponsered by the Agfa Corporation. In addition to receiving a Hasselblad camera, his winning image will be printed on packages of multi contrast photo paper for a year. |
| Kimberly Hubartt | Graphic Design | 2005 | Won two Gold Addy awards in the Advertising Club of Fort Worth Addy Competition in February. She also won "Student Best of Show". |
| Johnny Rutledge | Film/Video | 2004 | Producer short film, "Separated by Light" one of 3 american films screened at international student film festival, Karafilm, in Pakistan. This film also won at the 26th Annual Telly Awards. Chosen at the Houston Film Commisioner's Texas Filmmaker's Showcase 2005 as prizewinning films.His films were exhibited at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary. |
| Sai Selvarajan | Film/Video | 2001 | Director of short film, "Separated by Light", one of 3 american films screened at international student film festival, Karafilm, in Pakistan. This film also won at the 26th Annual Telly Awards. Chosen at the Houston Film Commisioner's Texas Filmmaker's Showcase 2005 as prizewinning films.His films were exhibited at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary. |
| Christopher Simpson | Film/Video | 2003 | Producer and cinematographer of short film, "Separated by Light" one of 3 american films screened at international student film festival, Karafilm, in Pakistan. This film also won at the 26th Annual Telly Awards. Chosen at the Houston Film Commisioner's Texas Filmmaker's Showcase 2005 as prizewinning films.His films were exhibited at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary. |
| Amalia Elmasri | Painting | 2002 | Exhibition in five-person "Homage to Pablo Neruda" at the Latino Cultural Center in Dallas. |
| Chris Cunningham | Clay | 2000 | Earned MFA from Texas Tech University. Is currently teaching at TCCC Northeast and West campuses and has been awarded Artist in Residence at the Upstairs Gallery in Arlington. He has also was awarded Best of Show for his artwork at the Irving Art Center's All Media National. |
2003
| Kimberly Hubartt | Graphic Design | 2005 | Won "Student Best of Show" in the Advertising Club of Fort Worth Addy Competition. |
| Clair Roberson | Art History | 2000 | Completed MA @ Texas Christian University on full scholarship 2y ago, finished internship @ Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts and has begun her PhD @ the University of Kansas. |
| Leslie Roberson | Film/Video | 2003 | Awarded Women in Film Scholarship for film production ($3500 grant) |
| Barry Rodges | 2004 | Award from Office of the Dean to attend the Southern Graphics Council. | |
| Lorena Tinajero | Painting | 2003 | Awarded Arlington Arts League Art Scholarship for 2003-2004 |
| Breanne Trammell | Printmaking | Award from Office of the Dean to attend the Southern Graphics Council. Awarded an International Education Fee Scholarship to study printmaking in Florence, Italy. | |
| Marianna Williamson | Art History | 2003 | Awarded full scholarship for Master of Art @ Texas Christian University |