Pacific Northwest College of Art - Commencement 2022

Sunday, May 22, 2022, 4 p.m.

Emerald Ballroom, Tiffany Center, Portland

PROCESSIONAL WELCOME REMARKS Jennifer Cole, Jordan Schnitzer Dean,

INTRODUCTION OF BFA STUDENT SPEAKER Linda Kliewer, Director, BFA Thesis

BFA STUDENT ADDRESS Emma Wiseman, BFA in Graphic Design PRESENTATION OF UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS Linda Kliewer

INTRODUCTION OF GRADUATE STUDENT SPEAKER Sharita Towne, Program Head MFA Visual Studies GRADUATE STUDENT ADDRESS Elizabeth Arzani, MFA in Visual Studies

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS Jessie Spiess Werner, Administrative Director of the Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies CONFERRING OF EMERITUS DIPLOMA Jennifer Cole

INTRODUCTION OF COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER Jennifer Cole

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Kimberly Howard Wade, Executive Director, Caldera Arts CONFERRING OF DEGREES Stephen E. Thorsett PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS Ron Rutter, Registrar INTRODUCING Kelvin Clark, Associate Dean of Students HOODING Jennifer Cole

PRESIDENTIAL VALEDICTORY & CONCLUSION Stephen E. Thorsett RECESSIONAL Last Regiment Drum Corps

Reception to follow at the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design, 6–7:30 p.m.

KIMBERLY HOWARD WADE

Executive Director, Caldera Arts

Prior to coming to Caldera, Howard Wade led PGE Project Zero, Portland General Electric’s social impact initiative to empower the next generation to create cleaner, greener, more equitable communities. As part of the Community Impact Team at PGE, she provided leadership, project management and community engagement strategies for education and workforce development. She also served as the program officer for the PGE Foundation. Howard Wade is excited to lead Caldera to inspire and support young people to awaken the potential of their creative voice through a unique fusion of arts, environment and mentorship. She has worked in the public, private and nonprofit sectors. She was the Trust manager of the Oregon Cultural Trust, managing director at Portland’s Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, education/outreach director for Artists Repertory Theatre and the Director of Catering for Il Solito (formerly known as Pazzo Ristorante,) part of the Kimpton Group. She currently serves as chair of the Oregon State Board of Education; she also serves on the board of directors for Portland Playhouse, and the Center for Performance and Civic Practice. She previously represented Oregon on the Western States Arts Federation’s Regional Multicultural Advisory Committee. In addition, Howard Wade is an accomplished actress, with credits in New York, the Williamstown Theatre Festival and several Portland theaters. After attending Wellesley College, she received her BA from Pacific Union College in political economic history. She holds an MFA in acting from Columbia University and has taught theater at Walla Walla University.

EMMA WISEMAN BFA in Graphic Design

ELIZABETH ARZANI MFA in Visual Studies

ROSE BOND Department Head of Animated Arts

24 years of service

Katherine Elizabeth Andersen Painting Laguna Niguel, California Degree Awarded January 2022

Lisa Arroyo General Fine Arts Sumas, Washington

Sage Ascar Illustration Rancho Cucamonga, California

Mercury Baxley Illustration Hampton, Virginia

Brianna Benjamin Video & Sound Portland, Oregon

Ashley Blender Illustration Portland, Oregon

Madison Rose Brooke-Willbanks Photography Minor in Art & Ecology Portland, Oregon

Quandre Brown-Rhone Animated Arts Portland, Oregon

Idit (‘Casper’) Beracha Cahana Painting Portland, Oregon

Sasha Makoto Campbell Illustration Minor in Creative Writing Huntsville, Alabama Degree Awarded January 2022

Geovanna Alexis Carrasco Creative Writing Gladstone, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022

Ellie Cayo Animated Arts Happy Valley, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022

Riley Jasper Daniel Clark Illustration Minor in Drawing Portland, Oregon

Kathryn Z Close Animated Arts Bend, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022

Jesse Cobb Photography Portland, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022

Ashley Conjugacion Graphic Design Battle Ground, Washington

Autumn Bonner Cornell Painting Minor in Art History Portland, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022

Neil Cox Graphic Design Portland, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022

Jakob Dawahare Graphic Design Las Vegas, Nevada Degree Awarded January 2022

William Dowsett Animated Arts McHenry, Illinois Degree Awarded January 2022

Shannon Rose Driscoll Painting Minor in Art & Ecology Oysterville, Washington Degree Awarded January 2022

Angelina Dukhonina Animated Arts Vancouver, Washington

Luna Enriquez General Fine Arts Ukiah, California

Taylor Evans Painting Bozeman, Montana

Nicolás Falquez Hidalgo Animated Arts Portland, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022

Rachel Gering Painting Tigard, Oregon

Sarah Christine Graham Graphic Design San Francisco, California

Sydney Grimsley-Kattine Illustration Missoula, Montana

Bernadette Haley Painting Vancouver, Washington

Sara Heili Illustration Casper, Wyoming Degree Awarded January 2022

Peter Roslyn Henig Illustration Casselberry, Florida

Canon Herbold General Fine Arts Boise, Idaho

Mazey Hoffman Printmaking Bothell, Washington

Eveline Reid Aldeguer Hooper Sculpture Beaverton, Oregon

James Houghton Sculpture Portland, Oregon

William Grant Inman Printmaking Portland, Oregon

Connor Jeffries Painting Santa Rosa, California

Camryn Kaufman Graphic Design Ridgefield, Washington

Diego E. Keen Intermedia Portland, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022

Hayato Kikkawa Painting Nagoya, Japan

Rowan Eleanor Kingsbury Illustration Duvall, Washington Degree Awarded January 2022

Camryn Wanda Kirkpatrick Illustration Portland, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022

Madelief Kruidenier Illustration Minor in Graphic Design Cambridge, United Kingdom

Jodi Noel Kuchenbecker Animated Arts Hillsboro, Oregon

Bailey Lawlor Illustration Knoxville, Tennessee

Layna Lewis Intermedia Portland, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022

Kiara Lime Illustration Spokane, Washington

Ada Lan McCall General Fine Arts Minor in Art & Ecology Berkeley, California

Charlie Theodore Miller Animated Arts Hillsboro, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022

Griffin Wickström Morse Photography Portland, Oregon

Vincent Morse Photography Battle Creek, Michigan Degree Awarded January 2022

Marnie Elizabeth Pagter Intermedia Coburg, Oregon

Lane Palmer Animated Arts Portland, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022

Kaylie Pendleton Illustration Minor in Graphic Design Ventura, California

Charlie Pugliese Illustration Minor in Graphic Design, Game Design Portland, Oregon

Jackson Joseph Pyryt Painting Minor in Graphic Design Milwaukie, Oregon

Michael Connor Edwardo Ray Video & Sound Portland, Oregon Degree Awarded on Completion

Tabitha Rickard Animated Arts Portland, Oregon

Alim Ringgold Intermedia Ellicott City, Maryland

Dustin Rivera Photography Ocala, Florida

Brandon Alan Roberts Graphic Design Portland, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022

Riley Eugene Rohrbacher Graphic Design Sonoma, California

Elene Shavgulidze Illustration Tbilisi, Georgia

Lauren Simmons Intermedia Minor in Art & Ecology Grand Rapids, Michigan

Alexander Ian Smith Intermedia Columbia, Missouri Degree Awarded January 2022

Skylar MacGregor Smith Illustration Minor in Graphic Design Sherwood, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022

Eduardo Soto Illustration San Dimas, California Degree Awarded January 2022

Abbie Soule Video & Sound Waterbury, Connecticut Degree Awarded January 2022

Shanna Spiering General Fine Arts Banks, Oregon

swan staveski General Fine Arts Portland, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022

Rudolf Szilvasy Graphic Design Minor in Fashion San Rafael, California

Victoria Alexandra Taylor Painting Saint Paul, Minnesota

Veronica Taylor General Fine Arts Alameda, California

Marty Trammel Sculpture Minor in Ceramics Tallahassee, Florida

Alicia Isabella Vidal Graphic Design Baltimore, Maryland Degree Awarded on Completion

Kayla Marie Waddleton Animated Arts Sammamish, Washington Degree Awarded January 2022

Emelia Mary Mae Whiteside Printmaking Austin, Texas

Elizabeth Catherine Whitney Graphic Design Lake Oswego, Oregon

Maxwell Wickstrom Intermedia Grass Valley, California Degree Awarded January 2022

Talor R. Williams Illustration Minor in Fashion Warner Robins, Georgia

Aspen Willows Illustration Portland, Oregon

Emma Grace Wiseman Graphic Design Salem, Oregon

Ryker Charles Woodward Painting San Diego, California

Eva Miranda Wrzesinski Illustration Portland, Oregon

Zisheng Xu Sculpture Guan, China Degree Awarded January 2022

Mohamed Belal Yahya Animated Arts Tigard, Oregon Degree Awarded January 2022

Julia Yusem Painting Portland, Oregon

Lin Yuxin Graphic Design Beaverton, Oregon Degree Awarded on Completion

Tongyao Zhang Illustration Guagnzhou, China Degree Awarded January 2022

Jordan Zinn Illustration Germantown, Tennessee

Subject to the successful completion of all degree requirements

Erin Bodfish Critical Studies Also receiving Master of Fine Arts BA, Oregon State University

Heaven-Leigh Carey Critical Studies BA, Touro College

Ameenah Aishah Carroll Design Systems BSS, Ohio University

Justin Duyao Critical Studies BA, Harding University

Teague Napier Critical Studies Also receiving Master of Fine Arts BS, Southern Oregon University

Alexis Neumann Critical Studies Also receiving Master of Fine Arts BA, University of Washington

Sarah Russell Critical Studies BA, MA, The New School

Heidi Scheidl Critical Studies Also receiving Master of Fine Arts BA, University of Oregon MLIS, San Jose State University

Inbar Soffer Sharon Design Systems BA, Tufts University

Subject to the successful completion of all degree requirements

Kasey E.L. Anderson Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, Marylhurst University

Sarah Bat Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BFA, Pacific Northwest College of Art

Elizabeth Arzani Visual Studies BFA, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Wenefred R. Battles Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, Marylhurst University

Erin Bodfish Visual Studies Also receiving Master of Arts BA, Oregon State University

Janel Brubaker Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, Marylhurst University

Isabel Diana Campos Bedard Print Media BFA, Ontario College of Art

Amirah Chatman Visual Studies BFA, Arizona State University

Katherine Curry Visual Studies BFA, University of North Texas

Jeremy Cushman Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, University of Oregon

Cheryl Irene David Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, Marylhurst University

Kelsey Davis Visual Studies Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, Lewis and Clark College

Holli Dougan Applied Craft and Design BAS, Robert Morris University, Illinois

Cassandra Ferguson Print Media BS, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Elena Marnin Ferry Applied Craft and Design BA, San Jose State University

Olivia Lindsey Fishwick Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, Arizona State University

McKenzie Jerofke Visual Studies BFA, Northern Arizona University

Joanna Kaufman Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BS, Northern Arizona University

Ryan William Kitson Visual Studies Degree Awarded August 2021 BFA, Southern Oregon University

Eric A. Lelack Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, Marylhurst University

Tanner Lind Visual Studies BFA, North Dakota State University

Rosalie Scarlett Lingo Visual Studies BFA, Oregon State University

Janna Beth Lopez Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, Marylhurst University

Robert Maciel Applied Craft and Design BA, Santa Clara University

Christina Martin Print Media BFA, University of Texas at Austin

Margaux Mellott Print Media BA, University of Hawaii at Hilo

Thomas Moshe Copeland (trey) Visual Studies BFA, Kansas City Art Institute

Larry Brian Moore Jr. Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BM, Eastern Oregon University

Julia Morgans Applied Craft and Design BS, University of Oregon

Oliver Myhre Visual Studies BA, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse

Teague Napier Print Media Also receiving Master of Arts BS, Southern Oregon University

Alexis Neumann Visual Studies Also receiving Master of Arts BA, University of Washington

Ilsa Payne Visual Studies BA, Eastern Washington University

Madison Queen Visual Studies Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, The Evergreen State University

Heidi Scheidl Print Media Also receiving Master of Arts BA, University of Oregon MLIS, San Jose State University

Wade Schuster Visual Studies Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire

Madeline Silberger-Franek Collaborative Design BS, University of Oregon

Cheyenne Singree Print Media BFA, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts

Rowan Solana Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, Marylhurst University

Alexandra Stone Applied Craft and Design BA, San Francisco State University

Rob Summerlin Visual Studies BFA, Savannah College of Art and Design

Amelia Sutherland Print Media BS, University of Wisconsin–La Crosse

Scott W Talley Visual Studies BA, The Colorado College JD, Lewis and Clark College

William Washburn Visual Studies BA, California State University, Los Angeles

Douglas Matthew Gordon Wiltshire Visual Studies Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, University of Oregon

Christopher Zimmerly-Beck Creative Writing Degree Awarded August 2021 BA, Prescott College