alumn i n ews
Summer 2013
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T r acey H e r man S hababo
K ean T onetti
Selina Strasburger
traceyherman@gmail.com
stonetti@gmail.com
selina.strasburger@gmail.com
2006 S a r ah C r omwell
Kwasi Agbottah reported, “My wife and I just came out with our first spoken word CD project! It's a collection of
2003
poems based on the theme of intergenerational healing
W ynn M ye r s
and reflections on five years of marriage. There are videos
wynnmyers@gmail.com
and blogs attached to the website to better give context to the poetry. It's at www.40rty-years.tumblr.com. Enjoy!”
sarahcromwell@aol.com
Rose Robertson has been busy planting cotton and running the family farm. She has been planning her wedding in May 2013 and is super excited!
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Leslie Vaughn completed her first year at Notre Dame
Lauren Beck is currently teaching visual language, a
B r ian K aufman
drawing and theory course, at the University of Chicago.
brian.r.kaufman@gmail.com
change Commission in Washington, D.C., this summer
She had her second New York solo show this past Febru-
Law School. She will intern at the Securities and Exand plans to pursue a career in international business transactions. She plans to study in London next spring
Drew Harrison works for
and is also planning a future trip to China. She is look-
Rhythm and Hues Studios (www.rhythm.com), winner
ing forward to spending the summer enjoying all the
Valerie Herd Parker’s son, Harrison, just turned 5, and
of an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for “Life
amazing things D.C. has to offer and socializing with
her daughter, Avery, just turned 3.
of Pi.” She has a new web site, www.drewharrison.net,
non-legal friends to regain her sanity.
ary at Newman Popiashvili Gallery.
with a detailed resume (and perhaps secrets of the art Alexis Asher went to Thailand in May to fight Muay Thai
of visual effects). Here’s what she said about her work
and work for six months. She reported that “Life is good.
on the movie: “I created textures for many of the flavors
I moved from New York City to Salt Lake City and just
of the tiger asset, such as the young tiger and the three
bought a house.”
sick flavors leading up to the emaciated tiger with one additional texture painter. I took over this asset from
Rebecca Row wrote that “after graduation I spent 1.5 years in Germany, then spent some time in Austin taking the GRE, then moved to Vegas to do a three-month Americorps stint, working on a trail crew in the Spring Mountains. Now I am living in St. George, Utah, and am working for Second Nature Entrada, a wilderness
Melissa Stratton Potapova lives in Houston and works
another artist, and I worked on it for the last half of the
at Vinson & Elkins in international arbitration and oil
“Life of Pi” production. I was mainly responsible for the
the wilderness of southern Utah with adolescents and
and gas litigation. She and her family went to Russia in
facial features on the base tiger, which were seen full
young adults who have mental health issues ranging
October to baptize their 17-month-old daughter, Elea-
screen and often back-to-back with cuts of an actual
from depression, eating disorders, substance abuse,
nora. The orthodox priest was a former communist party
tiger. There were more than 100 maps created and in-
nonverbal learning disorders and personality disor-
official who got a huge kick out of baptizing the daughter
tense scrutiny from the VFX supervisor to get it as close
ders, among other things.”
of an American.
to the actual tiger as possible. I worked very closely with the fur groomer to get the stripes and patterning in the
Chris Mihm founded Enviromass (enviromass.com),
exact position. I also created several displacements and
a recycling and environmental consulting firm in Los
masks to create the life-like feel of the skin on the fur
Cabos, Mexico.
transitional areas.” After graduating from St. Stephen’s, Drew earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interactive Design
therapy program. I am a field instructor working in
Matthew Fischler is still in Chicago (a city that gives Austin a serious run for its money) working for Mayor Rahm Emanuel as a member of his policy team. Eating a lot of tacos and having a lot of adventures. (see photo next page)
Victoria Schiller Givens and her husband bought a
and Game Development from Savannah College of Art
Spencer Craven got married this June! Since Spencer
house in D.C. in May.
and Design in Georgia in 2008.
studies all the time to become a “medical doctor,” Matthew Fischler, John McKetta, Mark VanMid-
Tracey Herman Shababo and her husband, Ben, welcomed their daughter, Noa July, in March and are really
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hoping she will be big enough for a trip to Schlitterbahn
Rachel K at z , rpk228@gmail.com
this summer.
S ha r ina L offlad , s_shaw_2000@yahoo.com
dlesworth, Neil Baron, Walter Heymann, Michael Goldberg and Nick Le decided to kidnap him — and treated him to a surprise weekend in New Orleans. Chelsea Fullwood graduated from Baylor Law School
2001 J uliet F r e r king
frerking@gmail.com
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St. Stephen’s Episcopal School
Patrick Incerto graduated from UT Law School in May 2013 and plans to work for Vinson & Elkins in Houston.
in May and will spend the summer in Austin preparing for the bar exam and looking for a job. Jack Hale is a total beast and ran 100 miles in under 24 hours.