CalArts Graduation 2023 - Program of Events

CalArts Alma Mater

(as sung to the tune of the Mickey Mouse Club Alma Mater)

To Thee we sing dear old CalArts; we praise the Black and Blue.

Thou alabaster labyrinth, we pledge we shall be true, be true.

And so, dear fortress on the hill, our hearts before you lay –

P-R-A-I-S-E T-O C.I.A.

Program Designers

Jade Bobeda

Elena Reyna Hernandez

Dov Annuse

Graduation 2023 Order of Events

Pre-Ceremony Events:

3-6 pm

Blue Wall

Lei and Flower Vendor

Tatum Lounge

Coffee and snacks available for purchase

4-5:30 pm

Main Entrance

CalArts Balinese Gamelan Ensemble, directed by Nyoman Wenten (Faculty, Music); Balinese

Dance directed by Nanik Wenten

(Faculty, Music)

5 pm

Main Gallery

President’s Reception for Family and Friends

Hors d’oeuvre, water, ice tea, beer, and wine

available in the L-Shape Gallery and Main Gallery

5-6 pm

Graduation Courtyard

Graduation Courtyard open for seating

CalArts store selling merchandise

Graduation Concert

Pre-Ceremony Events:

6 pm Procession

African Music and Dance Ensemble, directed by

Andrew Grueschow (Faculty, Music)

Ravi Rajan, President

Tracie Costantino, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Lori Husein, Senior Vice President for Finance & Administration and Chief Financial Officer

Natalie Farrar Adams, Vice President for Advancement & Chief Advancement Officer

Eva Graham, Institute Diversity Officer

Kiara Brown, Chief of Staff

Michael Elgarico, Vice President of Enrollment

Management

Allan Chen, Vice President for Information Technology

Harry Le Grande, Interim Vice President of Student Experience

Graduation 2023

Welcome Events

Welcome Events:

6:15 pm

Welcome

Invocation from Tataviam Elder Dennis Garcia (Fernandeño Tataviam/Chumash)

CalArts sits on the unceded ancestral lands of the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians, who have been here for millennia and will forever call this place home.

Welcome Address

Tracie Costantino, Provost

Board Address

Charmaine Jefferson, Chair of the Board of Trustees

Honorary Degree Recipient

N. Scott Momaday

Degree accepted by Jill Momaday

Student Union Address

Ishika Muchhal, Student Union President

President’s Address and Conferring of Degrees

Ravi S. Rajan, President

Assisted by Chair of the CalArts Board

Charmaine Jefferson

ORDER OF EVENTS

Welcome Events:

6:15 pm 9:35 pm

Presentation of the Graduates

Graduation Celebration Reception

Main Gallery and Steve’s Cafe

African Music and Dance Ensemble, directed by Andrew Grueschow (Faculty, Music) and Sulley

Imoro (Faculty, Music).

CalArts Salsa Band, directed by David Roitstein (Faculty, Music)

Light refreshments and dessert in Steve’s Café

Water, iced tea, beer, and wine available in the L-Shape Gallery and Main Gallery

CalArts

Graduation

The ceremony will last approximately three hours and 30 minutes, followed by an indoor reception in the Main Gallery.

Stage Area

We thank you for refraining from approaching the stage. This area is restricted to graduates. To avoid obstruction of anyone’s view, a team of Institute photographers and videographers will document this celebration. Photos will be available for download and sent to the graduates.

Ceremony

As graduates, families, and friends look forward to this milestone with excitement and anticipation, we ask that you please remain seated until all graduates have been presented and the ceremony has concluded. The celebration will continue throughout the evening with a reception being held indoors in the Main Gallery immediately following the ceremony.

Restrooms

The closest restrooms to the Graduation Courtyard can be found on the campus map on page 44.

ADA Accessible Restrooms: The closest accessible restrooms are located on the first (ground) level as well as on the second level. Note: Those needing ADA accessible restrooms may enter through the glass doors on the ground level. When facing the stage, the glass doors will be on your left. ADA accessible restrooms are also located on the second level.

Gender Inclusive Restrooms

The closest gender inclusive restrooms are located on the third level near the Stevenson Blanche Gallery, adjacent to the Main Gallery. Anyone may use these restrooms regardless of their gender identity or expression.

Smoking

As a courtesy to those around you, please refrain from smoking while seated in the Graduation Courtyard.

Accessibility

American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation is available during the Graduation Ceremony. For an assigned seat with a clear view, please contact a volunteer. Seating for wheelchairs on the lawn may be made anywhere. For wheelchair users requiring a hard surface or other accessibility needs, a section has been reserved along the exterior wall of The Herb Alpert School of Music.

Alcohol

The consumption of alcoholic beverages in the Graduation Courtyard is permitted only to those who are of legal drinking age (21+ years old). Any person who appears to be 30 years old or younger will be asked to provide a valid photo ID. Wristbands are required to be served alcoholic beverages at the reception. You may obtain a wristband prior to, and after, the Graduation Ceremony in the Main Gallery.

Flowers

Many students opt to wear an orchid lei during commencement. If you did not pre-order your flowers online, you may still purchase bouquets and leis at near the entrance of the Lund Theater on the third floor.

Assistance

If you need assistance during the ceremony for any reason, please contact a volunteer. Volunteers will be identifiable from their purple Graduation t-shirts. Emergency medical staff and Campus Safety staff will be on campus throughout the event.

Honorary Degree Recipients

N. Scott Momaday

Received by Jill Momaday

N. Scott Momaday

N. Scott Momaday (born February 27, 1934) is an American poet, novelist, editor and academic. He studied at the University of New Mexico (BA in Political Science) and Stanford University (MA and PhD in English). His first novel, House Made of Dawn (1969) won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Additionally, he was the Oklahoma Centennial Poet Laureate, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writer’s Circle of the Americas, the National Medal of the Arts, and numerous honorary doctorates.

Momaday is the author of several other novels, prose collections, as well as a children’s book titled Circle of Wonder: A Native American Christmas Story (1994), and collection of plays, Three Plays: The Indolent Boys, Children of the Sun, and The Moon in Two Windows. Momaday is also the founder of the Rainy Mountain Foundation and the Buffalo Trust, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of Native American Cultures.

Jill Momaday

Jill Momaday is an actor, writer, and filmmaker whose film Return to Rainy Mountain (PBS) documents her Kiowa heritage and life in the arts as the daughter of Pulitzer Prize–winning author N. Scott Momaday. Jill is assistant

director of the N.Scott Momaday Literary Trust, and keeper of the Momaday family archives. Raised in Santa Fe, NM, she is currently working on a collection of short stories and memoir.

Presentation of the Graduates

School of Critical Studies

Presented by Dean Amanda Beech, assisted by Arne De Boever, Director, Aesthetics and Politics and Brian Evenson, Director, Creative Writing.

School of Film/Video

Presented by Dean Abigail Severance, assisted by Maija Burnett of Director, Character Animation; Alexander Stewart, Director of Experimental Animation; Lee Anne Schmitt, Director of Film Directing Program; Rebecca Baron and Julie Murray, Co-Directors of program in Film and Video.

The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance

Presented by Interim Dean Rosanna Gamson, assisted by Rosanna Talaverez.

School of Theater

Presented by Interim Dean Andrea LeBlanc assisted by Amanda Shank, Associate Dean; Ellen McCartney, Director of Experience Design and Production; Mirjana Jokovic, Director of Performance.

School of Art

Presented by Dean Steven Lam assisted by Tom Bland, Assistant Dean, Program in Graphic Design; Andrew Freeman, Associate Dean, Program in Photo Media; Darcy Huebler, Associate Dean, Program in Art.

The Herb Alpert School of Music

Presented by Dean Volker Straebel, assisted by Amy Knoles, Associate Dean, Larry Levine Chair in Contemporary Music; Robert Wannamaker, Associate Dean

School of Critical Studies

MASTER OF ARTS

Aesthetics and Politics

Cameron Weeks

Shu Xu

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Creative Writing

Farah Abouzeid

Yazmenne Archer

Madelaine Auble

Nicholas Barner

Charlie Bohem

Ayla Combes

Brandon Cooper

Michelle Cushing

Jen D'Mello

Michael Diskint

Brian Ffrench Jr

Charlie Fry

Andrew Hubbell

Collin Jonkman

Jam Lincoln

William Lockwood

Nikki Ochoa

Paola Parreno

Ica Sadagat

Lemiaye Taylor

Joshua Wolpert

School of Film and Video

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

Experimental Animation

Clare Britton

Sam Brown

Rainey Chevako

Devin Crockett

Pepi Eirew

Jessica Goh

Yoo Jung Hong

Mac Jude

Ryan Lee

Eva Liebovitz

Thomas Whalen

Zee Yorke

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Experimental Animation

Baris Cavusoglu

Yara Elfouly

Phoebe Hart

Chujun Jiao

Nuck Lee

Gun Yung Lee

Oliver Levine

Shuo Li

Jenny Nirgends

Nathan Sonenfeld

Jiaxin Wang

Chiahui Yu

Yiling Zeng

Chenxi Zhang

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

Character Animation

Kevin Castro

Jonathan Chen

Ramona Chen

Sapphira Chen

Sumin Cho

Michelle Choi

Claire Coleman

Noah Dean

Carys Feehan

Wan Ci Hua

Hanfei Huang

Artemis Huo

Maya Kanoe

Zoe Lacau

Vivian Le

Jay Lee

Hae Won Lee

Tianxiang Liu

Alisha Liu

Nadia Mueller

Don Nguyen

Jennifer Nie

Rebecca Payne

Julianna Romero

Rachel Shin

Michelle Tang

Jasper Wang

Rachel Wang

Christina Woo

Jingqi Zhang

Rui Zhou

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

Film and Video

Nic Addante

Emma Benson

Simone Bethancourt

Che Chen

Sailor DiNucci-Radley

Maximilian Harper

Rafael Lopez

Maria Maiguashca

Martina Mattar Basile de Donno

Hannah Panov

Cameron Plaszewski

Kyan Soh

Shi Tang

Nikoleta Vujnovic

Jiawen Wang

Seokyoung Yang

Max Yelgeldina

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Film and Video

Rachael Benson

Alix Blevins

Carla Bobrowicz

Joy Chan

Isabela Costa

Alexia De Montalembert

Alex Gao

Da Hee Kim

Holden King

Ruohan Li

Gabriella Mykal

Zazie Ray-Trapido

Nehal Vyas

Gavati Wad

Jingchen Zhao

Jingya Zhou

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Film Directing

Advik Beni

Joseph Chih

Jacob D'Annunzio

Leomax He

Zhiyu Hu

Gregory Jenkins

Disa Johannsdottir

Jou-Hsuan Lee

Geqi Li

Junyao Li

Antonio Moura

Siyan Qin

Miranda Stewart

Yuxi Wang

Sangyi Zhao

Yanbin Zhao

Fanfan Zhou

Chenliang Zhu

The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

Dance

Josie Anders

Mandolin Burns

Jaden Johnson

Ava Kough

Jules Mara

Lena Martin

Maiko Okajima

Risa Padilla

Alicia Pak

Nia Scovel

Andrea Soto

Mao Tokunaga

Madeline Wray

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Choreography

Master of Fine ArtsChoreography

Livya Howard-Yashar

Tianyi Shao

Annalee Traylor

Jiayin Wang

Shoji Yamasaki

Zhihan Yang

Siye Zhang

Zihao Zheng

SCHOOL

School of Theater

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

Design and Production

Soowan An

Theo Anderson

Karen Ayala

Evan Brownell

Jack Cannon

Shang-Wei Chien

Sam Dubois

Matt Duran

Zeni Hyden-Soffer

Woori Kim

Donghyun Kim

June Kim

Cian Pickron

Runqing Wen

Aaron Wilson

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Costume Design

Yuwei Hu

Selena Jin

Loren Weldon

Huizhen Zhong

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Interactive Media for Performance

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Lighting Design

Claire Chrzan

Violet Smith

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Producing

Yameng Deng

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Scenic Design

Taizun Partapurwala

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Stage Management

Nicole Theep

Lanae Wilks

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Directing

Hector Alvarez

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

Acting

Carolyn Avenger

Ling Chang

Emma Crawfis

Kyle Digiorgio

Olivia Fogel

Avalon Greenberg Call

Ava Hase

Oscar Hernandez

Clay Hollander

Chloe Le Lievre

Rory Leech

Hugh Lewis

Willington Liu

Ronaldo Medina

Ishika Muchhal

Sofia Rahaniotis

Magdalene Raith

Lily Rutman

Sawyer Shine

Jeannette Srinivasan

Chacha Tahng

Faryn Thomure

Amelia Whitney

Aaron Zucke

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Acting

Madeleine Barnette

Gary Cook

Diana Dimiri

Heather Friedman

Joe Groth

Alice Guo

Ryan Nebreja

Gala Nikolic

Marie Sadd

Jeremy Spektor

Henry Winship

SCHOOL OF ART

School of Art

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

Graphic Design

Dov Annuse

Jade Bobeda

Mackenzie Costa

Paulina Gruzdev

Ryan Horn-Clegg

Hayden Lee

Joshua Lin

Elena Reyna Hernández

El Rube

Kento Shirotsuka

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Graphic Design

Shiqi Cao

Tracy Fu

Stephanie Lane Gage

Chengcheng Hang

Brian Hsieh

Maria Barr

Caihui Chen

Katherine Hughes

Mandy Jin

Zhen Lu

Wenxian Shi

Megan Texido

Gandhar Vamburkar

Hongzhou Wan

Louise-Audrey Zenezini

Luyao Zhang

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Art and Technology

Yun Gi Ahn

May Chen

Christine Gaffney

Alex Hawthorn

Catherine Hsu

Jules Hyun

David Jang

Christopher Johst

Junha Kim

Hyunju Lee

Andrew Moses

Teresa Piecuch

Kathi Schulz

Zhouyi Ye

Huizhen Zhong

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

Art

Julia Aguila

Breanna Bowra

Hunner Burgin

Seeva Dawne

To Ferreira

KD Jiu

Hwa Yeon Kim

Yebin Kim

Renee Levin

Gregor Martin

Spencer Miguel-Strah

Portia Nelson

Jing Ni

Nova Odette

Julian Prins

Isabel Riedling

Conor Scheinberg

Jisoo Seo

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Art

Asgerdur Arnardottir

Lisa Banta

Erick Antonio Benitez

Hejun Cai

Clemente Ciarrocca

Robert Demangus

Jungsub Eom

Jonathon Hornedo

Ak Jenkins

Sohyong Lee

Kenix Liang

Yue Liu

Bethlehem Mariam

Lauren McAvoy

Gwendolyn Moon

Katie Nolan

Laura Ohio

Antonio Okun

Jennie Park

Malavika Rao

Tom Ryan

Rosa Sarholz

Rose Tsang

Erin Calla Watson

Nieves Winslow

SCHOOL OF ART

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

Photography and Media

Emiliano Aguirre

Scarlet Anderson

Harry Callow

Sydney Canty

George Davis

Eva Gondelman

Isabel Jimenez

Maddie Keyes-Levine

Michael Kim

Nicholas Lee

Philipp Lerman

Zoe Tiller

Marco Zhang

Zhe Zheng

Guancun Zhu

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Photography and Media

Yasaman Alipour

Shiqing Ban

Zac Chen

Zoe Josephina Moon

Jheyda McGarrell

Wes Weisbaum

Guang Yang

Johnson Yang

The Herb Albert School of Music

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

Music

Jean Rhee

Ben Schultz

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

Performer-Composer

Guthrie Gates

Mary Hamilton

Spencer Hauck

Sage Henriksen

Diego Magana

Jakob Michaels

Rachel Selch

Marley Wall

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Performer-Composer

Charles Behring

Eliot Burk

Yenju Chen

Redfield Clipper

Tamara Davidson

Rachel Epperly

June Higgins

Matthew LeVeque

Evan Losoya

Tyler Martin

Mason Moy

Victor Sintchak

Tyson Thurston

SCHOOL OF MUSIC

DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS

Performer / Composer

Jeonghyeon Joo

Emilia Moscoso Borja

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

World Music Performance

Gabriel Stout

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

World Music Percussion

Meng-Hang Shih

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

Jazz Performance

Kira Markman

Sebastian Marulanda

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Jazz Bass

Marco Caramelli

Lucas Helfman

Holden King

Wes Nelson

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Jazz Drums

Lonn Hayes

Anton Iakukhin

Lucas Lenique

Angelo Velasquez

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

Jazz Guitar

Takoda Barraza

Jacob Wolff

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Jazz Keyboard

Tianci Lu

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

Jazz Reeds

Amanda Campos

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Jazz Reeds

Evan O'Brien

Nazariy Aleksandryants

Eilish Wilson

SCHOOL OF MUSIC

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

VoiceArts Performance

Rhian Bristol

Annie Dai

Jordyn Foley

Erin Mihalka

Emily Tschirhart

Rob Weddle

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

VoiceArts Performance

Kathrina Feigh Aranas

Mikaela Elson

Jolee Gordon

Menghe Jing

Elliot Menard

Rogelio Resendiz

Tracy Thompson

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

InstrumentalArts: Viola

Nicki Chen

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

InstrumentalArts: Bassoon

Tyler Harper

Lauren Martin

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

InstrumentalArts: French

Horn

Nick Ginsburg

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

InstrumentalArts: Violin

Holly Knoch

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

InstrumentalArts: Guitar

Brent Lopez

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

Composition and Experimental Sound Practice

Dejohn Cartier

Alex Fortunato

Gabe Le Neveu

Carina Lim

Angad Mishra

SCHOOL OF MUSIC

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Composition and Experimental Sound Practices

Maddi Baird

Elif Dincer

Alex Hawthorn

Jack Herscowitz

Anqi Li

Amanegentoku Morigami

Pranav Nigam

Mimi Nissan

Nikki Ochoa

Drew Sensue-Weinstein

James Thomer

Nickolas Welch

Samuel White

Suola Zhu

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

Musical Arts and Experimental Pop

Maya Al-Soufi

Caroline Baughman

Evan Bone

Makai Colvin

Samuel Cooper

Robert Crocker

Andrew Durkee

Ariella Fett

Blossom Freeman

Olivia Fries-Farr

Quejo Hanna Al Shaikh

Liam Hayden

Isabell Hernandez

Caidin Kennard

Graham McLaren-Finelli

Lucian Meisler

Leti Soriano

Hayden Waggener

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

Music Technology

Francisco Beltrao de Farias

Adam Boyko

Matt Brucell

Cc Butcher

Max Fishman

Ruiqi Qu

Marcel Rodriguez-Riccelli

Tracey Scott

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Music Technology

Hyeong Choi

Scott Cohen

Gauri Deshpande

Micah Keren-Zvi

Naomi Mitchell

Luisa Pinzon

Sankarsh Rajeev

Congratulations from the Alumni Association

To our Class of 2023 Graduates,

On behalf of the Office Alumnx and Family Engagement, congratulations on your commencement!

We are so proud of you and the marks you have left on this Institute (some of you, literally). Your work and dedication has paid off, and today you join a special global community of CalArts graduates. You have learned to be innovators, problem solvers, and thought leaders who shape the world we live in. I hope that you will continue to learn and grow in community with one another and seek out other CalArts alumnx along your journey forward.

Wherever your path leads, I hope that CalArts and the alumnx community will remain an active part of your story. I invite you to stay connected with CalArts through our office as you move on to your next adventure.

Congratulations again on your achievement!

Sincerely,

Justin A. Gerboc Executive Director, Alumnx and Family Engagement

Scholarships at CalArts

On this special day, we salute our remarkable and talented graduates and thank the many generous and forward-looking individuals, foundations, and corporations that have recognized the creative brilliance and the tremendous potential of our students. They help ensure our graduates’ future success by contributing to and, in many cases, endowing scholarships at CalArts. Approximately 400 graduating students received scholarships totaling close to $5.2 million. All gifts and pledges for scholarships will help secure the future of our Institute and shape the futures of our students. Your support is a vote of

confidence in our efforts to nurture, challenge, and transform the lives of students and allows us to be good stewards of this extraordinary community.

Thank you to the many members of the CalArts community who have established the scholarships listed here and on the following page. Congratulations to our new graduates, their families, & friends!

The JJ Adkisson Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

William H. Ahmanson Endowed Scholarship Fund

The Herb Alpert Foundation Scholarship

The Herb Alpert School of Music Fund

The Animator Letters Project Scholarship

Art Alumni Scholarship

John Baldessari Memorial Scholarship

The Remo and Ami Belli Scholarship

The David Bermant Fellowship in Art and Technology

Tikam Berry Scholarship

Beutner Family Community Arts Partnership Award

Bing Fund Incorporated Scholarship

The Jeremy Blake Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Betty and Morris Boltuch Memorial Scholarship

Herb Alpert School of Music

Irene Borger Endowed Scholarship in Creative Writing

Mark Borneman Memorial Scholarship

Shirley Burden Scholarship

CalArts Trustee Scholarship

Robert Cannon Memorial Scholarship Fund

Truman Capote Literary Fellowships

You can make a gift today in honor of your graduate at calarts.edu/donate.

Cartoon Network Scholarship

Lily Chiao and James Chiao Scholarship

Memory of Nelbert Chouinard Scholarship

Georgia and Les Clark Scholarship

Memory of Heidi Clarke Scholarship Fund

Pamela and Shannon Clyne Scholarship

The Colburn Foundation Scholarships

Covey/Brooks Scholarship

The Richard and Jean Coyne Family Foundation Scholarship

Marc Davis Memorial Scholarship

Roy O. Disney Memorial Scholarship

Walt Disney Company Foundation Scholarship

Walt Disney Company Foundation Scholarship in Character Animation

The Jimmie and Ruth Dodd Scholarship Fund

Dean Drummond Scholarship

The Duke/Surdna Foundation Scholarship

Dumont Foundation Scholarship

Robert Egelston Endowed Scholarship Fund

The Michael Eisner Scholarship Fund

Joan Ellis Scholarship Fund in Photography

James Elrod Memorial Library Scholarship

Jules Engel Scholarship in Experimental Animation

Beno Eston Memorial Scholarship

Feature ATG Music Scholarship

David and Marianna Fisher Scholarship

Betty Freeman Music Scholarship Fund

Charles Gaines Diversity Scholarship

Memory of Michael David Green Scholarship

Jonathan L. Greene Foundation Scholarship for Stringed Instruments

Harold and Jetta Goudal Grieve Memorial Scholarship

Charlie Haden Jazz Scholarship

The Hamill Family Trust Endowed Scholarship in Honor of Dr. Rajeev Taranath

Dale M. Herklotz Memorial Scholarship

Eugene Hill-Smith Memorial Scholarship

The Hillenburg Family Scholarship

Stephen Hillenburg Scholarship for Animation

Lewis Hine Merit Scholarship

Hollywood Foreign Press Association Endowed Scholarship

Hollywood Foreign Press Association Scholarship

Derpy Hooves Endowed Scholarship in Character Animation

Flora Hollingsworth Hurschler "Good Citizenship" Scholarship

James Irvine Foundation Scholarship

The Fletcher Jones Foundation Scholarship

Alain Jourdenais Scholarship Fund

Felix and Helen Juda Memorial Scholarship

Keane Foundation Scholarship

Constance and Daniel Kunin Scholarship Fund

John and Maria Laffin Trust Scholarship

Memory of Walter Lantz Scholarship

Gar LaSalle, M.D., MFA Endowed Scholarship Fund in Honor of Jules Engel

Steven D. Lavine and Janet Sternburg Scholarships

The Lee Family Scholarship Fund

Gunther R. Lessing Memorial Scholarship

Helen Levitt Merit Scholarship

The Phil Lind Scholarship Fund

The Litvack Endowed Scholarship Fund

The Ralph B. Lloyd Foundation Scholarship Fund

The Sharon Disney Lund Foundation Scholarship in Dance

Sharon Disney Lund Scholarship in Dance

The Mercedes and Gabriel García Márquez Scholarship Fund

Harpo Marx Fellowship

Joshua L. and Elizabeth Meador Memorial Scholarship

Joan Simon Menkes Scholarship Fund in Art

National Society of Arts & Letters Scholarship

Daniel M. Neidich & Brooke Garber Neidich Scholarship

The Nickelodeon Endowed Scholarship in Animation in Honor of Jules Engel

The Michael Nock Endowed Scholarship Fund in Honor of Jules Engel

Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation Scholarship

The Pat Notaro, Sr. Endowed Scholarship Fund

Irene Carter Oates Scholarship

Lita Odell Scholarship Fund in Memory of Nelbert Chouinard

Zoë Peyronnin Scholarship

The Anne and Buzz Price Scholarship Fund

The Jory Prum Scholarship for Sounds That Redefine Normal qey’s (dream) Scholarship for Indigenous Artists

Joe Ranft Alumni Scholarship Fund

Janet Dreisen Rappaport Scholarship

James Reddy Scholarship

Stephen Reinstein Memorial Scholarship

The Anita Richmond Memorial Scholarship

David Rosenbloom Endowed Scholarship

Michael Rosenthal Scholarship Fund

The David and Lucinda Schiff Scholarship

Richard Seaver Scholarship Fund

The Shubert Scholars Program

The Martin and Leah Sklar Scholarship for Ryman Program Graduates

Michael Skloff Merit Scholarship in Music

Donnie and Joe Smith Scholarship

Rudyard Smith Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship Fund

Peter Stark Scholarship Fund

Harry Stein Memorial Scholarship Fund

Viola Hegyi Swisher Scholarship Fund

Donn Tatum Scholarship for Minority Students

Loraine E. Tedder Memorial Scholarship

The United Plankton Animation Scholarship

The United Plankton Animation Scholarship Fund

Thomas E. and Janet Unterman Family Scholarship

The Lulu May and Richard R. Von Hagen Scholarship Fund

Momo Wang Scholarship

Ashraf Y. Wassef Scholarship

Lew and Edie Wasserman Scholarship

Wells Family Scholarship

A Few of the Programs and Resources Available to Alumnx

Alumnx-to-Alumnx Mentor Program

Career Services provided by the Patty Disney Center for Life and Work

Professional development talks and workshops

Volunteer to be an Alumnx Chapter Leader or Ambassador

Participate in the events that we host all designed with CalArts Alumnx in mind

Come back to campus and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Institute with us next year

Check out The Network e-newsletter for updates and opportunities

Stay in the loop with the alumnx publication The Pool

If you have any questions or would like to get in touch, email us at alumnx@calarts.edu or call us at 661-222-2742. Visit our website at calarts.edu/alumni.

CalArts Board of Trustees

Officers

Charmaine Jefferson, Chair

James B. Lovelace, Vice Chair

Ravi S. Rajan, President

Tracie Costantino, Provost

Lori Husein, Treasurer

Kiara J. Brown, Secretary

Trustees

Joan Abrahamson

Lyndon Barrois Sr. (Film/Video MFA 95)

David A. Bossert (Film/Video BFA 83)

Maija Burnett, Faculty Trustee

Don Cheadle (Theater BFA 86)

Melissa Cobb

Clarissa Crawford, Alumnx Trustee (Theater MFA 15)

Caroline Cronson

Jonathan Dolgen

David Fisher

Rodrigo García

Westley Garcia-Encines, Staff Trustee

Rick Haskins

Charmaine Jefferson

David G. Johnson

Thomas Lloyd

James B. Lovelace

Greg McWilliams

Ramsey Naito (Art MFA 95)

Tina Perry

Ravi S. Rajan, President (Ex-Officio)

Keith Rivers

Justine Camesa Gorry, Student Trustee

Tom Rothman

David L. Schiff

Michael Skloff (Music MFA 15)

Clark Spencer

Susan Steinhauser

Theresa Strempek

Ric Whitney

Deans

Amanda Beech, Dean, School of Critical Studies

Abigail Severance, Dean, School of Film/Video

Rosanna Gamson, Interim Dean, The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance

Andrea LeBlanc, Interim Dean, School of Theater

Steven Lam, School of Art; Jill and Peter Kraus Distinguished Chair in Art

Volker Straebel, Dean, The Herb Alpert School of Music

Trustee Emeriti

Austin M. Beutner

V. Shannon Clyne

Joseph Cohen

Robert J. Denison

Tim Disney

Douglas K. Freeman

Harriett F. Gold

Jeffrey Katzenberg

Thomas L. Lee

Peter Norton

Michael Pressman

Janet Dreisen Rappaport

Graduation Production Team

Abigail Salling, Co-Producer, Facilities

House Dow, Production Manager

Woori Kim, Co-Scenic Designer

Jayden S. Chien, Co-Scenic Designer

Grace Hlavacek, Video Designer and Assistant Scenic Designer

Janelle Leigh Safford, Sound Designer

June Kim, Technical Director

Trevor Desai, Assistant Technical Director

Sami Hansen, Stage Manager

Sam Millette, Assistant Stage Manager

Elizabeth Zaragoza, Assistant Stage Manager

Katherine Paez Froehlich, House Manager

Recorded announcements read by Atlas Molina and Rory James Leech

Musical Guests - Blue Wall

Gamelan

CalArts Balinese Gamelan "Burat Wangi," (Fragrant Offering) is an active gamelan club in Southern California, based in California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) which was founded in 1976 by I Nyoman Wenten (Artistic Director), Nanik Wenten (Dance Director) and K.P.H. (Kanjeng Pangeran Harya) Notoprojo, familiarly known as Pak Cokro, our beloved faculty member who retired in 1992, the most prominent Javanese court musician and prolific Indonesian composer.

CREDITS

Musical Guests - Grad Courtyard

The Creative Repertory Ensemble

Jordyn Foley

Aidan Ross

Emma Xu

Graham McLaren

Joseph Dockery

Lily Maase

Sebastian Marulanda

Paper Citizen

Claire Goh

Jacob Furgason

Sarah Mori

Devon Dipaolo

Musical Guests - President’s Reception

The Earthly Escape

Joseph Dockery

Ray Kim

Trevor Newman

Andreas Hester

Dorothy Lu

DoRay Fusion Ensemble

Ray Kim

Dorothy Lu

Callen O’Brien

Sebastian Marulanda

Trevor Newman

TWO Trio

Telesmar Sanchez

Wes Nelson

Angelo Velasquez

Special Thanks

CalArts Staff Volunteers

CalArts Office of Facilities Management

CalArts Office of Student Experience

CalArts Office of the President

Kinetic Lighting

Steeldeck, Inc.

AmRamp

Rosebrand

Launch AV

Graphic Design

Jade Bobeda

Elena Reyna Hernandez

Dov Annuse

Printed by Stacey Hauge Printing

Typefaces

Ogg

ABC Ginto