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APRIL O'NEIL BAILEY (00 / Painting) Portrait artist work featured on the ABC Good Morning America in 2010. MELISSA MANN BEAN (96 / Photo & Graphic Design) Owner of Melissa Mann Photography in Louisville, KY RAY GREGORY (97 / Ceramics) Owner of Spero Pottery and art professor at Mississippi College of Art. KRISTEN MARKS MURPHY (11 / Graphic Design) Senior Digital Designer at Pine Cove Camps in Tyler, TX. RUSS CAMPBELL (04 / Graphic Design) UI/UX Director at Nudge, LLC. ERIC BOTBYL (01 / Ceramics) Owns Botbyl Pottery in Humboldt, TN. REBECCA PHILLIPS FORSTER (02 / Ceramics) Attended Florence Academy of Art in Florence, Italy. CEO of Long Island Academy of Fine Art. REBEKAH FROST (10 / Art Ed) Art educator in Kenya, Africa ALAN KNOX (08 / DMS Art) Motion Designer at St8mnt in Nashville, TN. JESSICA WHITE (98 / Painting) Professional painter and artist in Olive Branch, MS. ADAM HOUSTON (05 / DMS Art) / Owner of Alphidesigns in St. Louis, MO. MEREDITH WALTER HOLDER (08 / Ceramics) Owner of Meredith Walter Pottery and studio manager at Mid-South Ceramics in Nashville, TN. JOSH WILKERSON (07 / Graphic Design) Art director at DVL Advertising in Nashville. SARA LANE BASKIN (12 / Graphic Design) Owner of Sara Lane & Stevie - wedding photographers in Nashville, TN. WILL OATES (06 / DMS Art) Art Director for HCA MediaWorks in Nashville, TN. KRISTI McMURRY WOODY (10 / DMS Art) Photographer for Union University. JONATHAN MILLER (04 / DMS Art) Senior UX Designer/Developer at Wolters Kluwer in Dallas, TX RICKY SANTOS (18 / Graphic Design) / Designer at Aldersgate Marketing in Jackson, TN. ELLEN KAY INGLE (09 / Graphic Design) / Published children’s book illustrator ROB ALSOBROOK (04 / Sculpture) Professional sculptor. MFA from Bowling Green University NICOLE HAYES RAINEY (13 / Art Therapy) / Art Therapist with Children's Home Society working in Sexual Abuse Treatment Program. TERILYN WASSELL (12 / Graphic Design) Graphic designer at Biola University. NATHAN EVANS (05 / Sculptor) Furniture maker and professional sculptor. KAYLI SOMMERS (17 / Graphic Design) / Designer at Chapel Green in Akron, Ohio and published children's book illustrator for the United Nations. ASHLEY BECK (15 / Art Therapy) Owner of Alma Therapy in Nashville / KELSEY NAGY (14 / Ceramics) Assistant Curator for Exhibitions at Morean Center at St. Petersburg, FL. HANNAH MEREDITH RUSSELL (16 / Photography) / Studio manager at WELD & owner of Hannah Meredith Photography in Nashville, TN. LORI NOLEN (01 / Ceramics) Attended Alfred University for graduate school, MFA from University of Georgia. Owner of Lilo + Company MEGAN KERSEY WEISE (15 / Graphic Design) UX Designer at St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis, TN. CHELSEA WOOD (14 / Graphic Design) / Premise Health, UI / UX Designer. JULIA HEMBREE (14 / Graphic Design & Photography) / Freelance Editorial Photographer in NYC - Vogue / Runner’s World KATE ALLEN (12 / Graphic Design) / Designer at BrightCarbon in Boston, MA. COURTNEY SEARCY (15 / Graphic Design) / Design Editor of Our Jackson Home Magazine. ZACH LANCASTER (16 / Ceramics) / Museum of Art at University of Michigan. MARY SCARLETT LABERGE (17 / Graphic Design) / Owner of M.Scarlett Creative. ANNA GUTHRIE (18 / Graphic Design) / Designer at Precept Ministries in Chattanooga, TN. HANNAH BARR (18 / Graphic Design) / Art Director at Liberty University GIOVANNA DE SOUZA (20 / Graphic Design) / Design Associate at International Paper in Memphis, TN. MARIA K. STEWART (19 / Graphic Design) / Art Director at Englewood in Jackson, TN. MATTHEW WATKINS (19 / Sculpture) / Franconia Sculpture Park. CHLOE ACKERS MONROE (18 / Photography) / Owner of Chloe Maria Photography. RILEY STRONG (19 / Sculpture) / Artist in Residence at Worcester Center for Crafts in Worcester, MA.
Internships /
Arrowmont School for Arts and Crafts / Gatlinburg, TN
Anderson Ranch / Snowmass Village, CO
Mama Sauce / Orlando, FL
Angela + Ithyle / Los Angeles, CA
Pine Cove / Tyler, TX
Jackson Arts Council / Jackson, TN
Wilson Sporting Goods / Humboldt, TN
Butin Group / Nashville, TN
Dixon Gallery and Gardens / Memphis, TN
Film Roman Animation Studios / Los Angeles, CA
Younger & Associates / Jackson, TN
Good Advertising / Memphis, TN
STAR Center / Jackson, TN
Centrifuge / Nashville, TN
Glorieta Retreat Center / Glorieta, New Mexico
Lifeway Corporate / Nashville, TN
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Memphis, TN
Country Music Television (CMT) / Nashville, TN
Krispy Kreme National Headquarters / Winston-Salem, NC
Masterfit Medical / Jackson, TN
Hatch Print Shop / Nashville, TN
Windshape Camps / Rome, GA
Baltimore Clayworks / Baltimore, MD
Northern Clay Center / Minneapolis, MN
CHS Health Services / Nashville, TN
Vineyard Cincinnati Church / Cincinnati, OH
TURN Gallery / New York, NY
Bebiano David Las Ponas Studio / Brooklyn, NY
Tennessee Performing Arts Center / Nashville, TN
Appalachian Center for Craft / Smithville, TN
Natchez Pottery / Natchez, MS
Women’s Studio Workshop / Rosendale, NY
The CO / Jackson, TN
Englewood Baptist Church / Jackson, TN
Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital / Saint Louis, MO
Bennett Graphics / Tucker, GA
Bosch USA / Chicago, IL
International Paper World Headquarters / Memphis, TN
Day Spring Cards International / Siloam Springs, AR