Alumni Stories & Careers
Our graduates have received national and international recognition of their work, and have established a variety of successful creative practices, all linked by an investment in making.
Alumni Businesses & Studio Practices
Amigo Modern
Babes Be Kind
Bright + Weather
Briones Made
Caitlin Rose Sweet
Camp Copeland
Circle . Option . Shift
Cumulus Cooperative
Cynthia Star
East Creek Art
Gina Rios
Jason Lee Starin
Jason Rens
Jennifer Cooke
JPA Atelier
Kath Forgan
Kyla Sjorgen
Laura Allcorn
LK James
Ma Wovens
Matthew Phillip Williams
Nathan Paul Rice
rainbow + yarrow
Ramona Street Art Farm
Robert Maciel
Snowmade
Steel Huts Concepts
Taylor Kibby
The French Fury
Variegated Place
Featured Alumni
Bukola Koiki
Fountainhead Fellow for the Craft and Materials Studies department at Virginia Commonwealth University. Featured in Art Practical , Art:21 Materialities: Contemporary Textile Arts, c3:initiative + Pulp & Deckle Papermaking Residency & Exhibition. Received 2016 RACC Professional Development Grant and AICAD Teaching Fellowship at Maine College of Art.
Kyla Mucci
Sole recipient, Surface Design Association's Graduate Creative Promise Award 2012. Designer/weaver, Pendleton. Founder, Pastoral Textiles.
Andreas Kindler von Knobloch
Awarded MFA AC+D Post Graduate Fellowship. Solo show at Mermaid Arts Center in Dublin, Ireland, and upcoming group show at Project Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland.
Eric Trine
Sight Unseen's American Design Hot List. Exhibited in Design Milk's East, Meet West Showcase, NY, West Coast Craft , San Francisco.Featured in Apartment Therapy, Dwell, Gray Magazine.
Laura Allcorn
Nominated for Design To Improve Life Index Award. Senior content strategist, Second Story. Featured in Portland Mercury, GOOD, Wired UK, The Oregonian, Design 360.
Caitlin Sweet
Featured in Paper Magazine, Posture Magazine & Feminine Moments. Exhibited in Queer Prophecies, San Francisco, & Heels on Wheels, Brooklyn.
“You don’t feel you’re contributing anonymously. We’re doing something real. Not just for us, but for someone else too”
Get in touch
Get in touch with MFA in Applied Craft + Design Program Chair, Sara Huston, to schedule a tour or to learn more.
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