1960s & 1970s

Ellen deRoxtro ’69 had work included in a World Oceans Day exhibition at Singer Island Marina, FL.

Mona Brody ’72 participated in Manufacturers Village Artists’ Fall Open Studios in East Orange, NJ.

Laurie Mitchell ’72 had 20 watercolor pieces featured in a two-person show at the Deptford Galleria (Deptford, NJ).

Janet Way ’72 retired from Metamorphix Studio, where she specialized in photo retouching. She currently serves as President of the Shoreline Preservation Society and is working at the Seattle Convention Center.

Joanne Adda Lawrence ’74 had drawings of historic Chester County locations on display in the Pennsylvania Capitol Complex in Harrisburg.

Shirley Johnson ’74 earned a master’s degree in counseling and art therapy and authored a book on art therapy interventions for women’s addiction recovery.

Janice Merendino ’74 was interviewed by CanvasRebel, an online magazine that features conversations with entrepreneurs, artists and creatives.

Marne Ryan ’76 received first prize at the Kimberton Fair (Phoenixville, PA) for her jewelry and ceramic works.

Lisa Hess Hesselgrave ’77 had work featured in Silvermine Art Center’s Summer Salon (New Canaan, CT) in August 2025.

Leah McCloskey ’77 celebrated 25 years running her solo graphic design studio.

Carleen Zimbalatti ’78 was featured in Through Lines, an online exhibition curated by Tara Anne Dalbow for Site:Brooklyn.

1980s

Janet Biggs ’81 presented a solo exhibition, Eclipse (Amazon, September 7, 1858), at Private Public Gallery (Hudson, NY) in summer 2025. The immersive video installation explored survival and transformation in the Amazon while tracing the path of an 1858 eclipse.

Valeria Marcus ’81 exhibited work at Holtzman Art Gallery (Margate, NJ), the African American Heritage Museum of South Jersey (Williamstown, NJ), and Atlantic Cape Art Gallery (Mays Landing, NJ), where she earned second prize in the oil painting category.

Celeste O. Norfleet ’81 had her book One Night in Georgia featured on Google Play Books’ YouTube channel.

Sandra Riley ’81 launched her own design studio in 2025 after spending 30 years at Tomsheehan Worldwide (1994–2024).

Liz Wuillermin ’82 presented Room for My Lens at Perkins Center for the Arts (Collingswood, NJ) in early 2026.

Wendy Liss ’84 is now represented by Werring Contemporary Gallery (Devon, PA). Her work is also available through In Liquid, The Art Shop at Moore and Parisa Rugs and Decor in Old City.

Tula Telfair ’84 brought NATURE does not locate itself, an exhibition featuring 33 hyper-realistic imagined landscapes alongside selections from the museum’s collection, to the Morris Museum (Morristown, NJ) in 2025.

Kathy Butterly ’86 was featured in Decor Maine, which profiled the summer home and studios she shares with her husband, artist Tom Burckhardt, in Searsmont, Maine.

Dale Najarian ’88 presented TRANSLATIONS, a two-person exhibition exploring light, shadow, motion and stillness through photography and encaustic wax painting.

1990s

Donna Caruso-Cratin ’90 celebrated 30 years in studio art education and fine arts leadership in Philadelphia Archdiocesan high schools.

Shannon Boutilier ’91 was featured in Chester County Press for her creative impact in Oxford, PA. The article highlights her work as a painter, her longtime involvement with the Oxford Arts Alliance, and her role in shaping the town’s vibrant arts scene through initiatives like First Fridays and The Hook Experiment.

Terri Saulin ’92 had work accepted into The Center for Emerging Visual Artists’ exhibition, Future Continuous, curated by Lauren Sandler.

Jill Bell ’96 co-organized the Brooklyn Ceramic Arts Tour (BCAT), now in its fourth year.

Anne Canfield ’99 was featured in Second Gen: An Intergenerational Art Exhibit for All at 20*20 House (Lansdowne, PA), showing alongside her husband, Hiro Sakaguchi, and daughter, Aya.

2000s

Michelle Wilson ’00 was highlighted in Mission Local for creating courtroom sketches that capture immigration proceedings, blending activism and artistry in her work and teaching.

Kathy Mueller ’03 co-founded United States for Abortion, a design initiative supporting abortion justice whose work has been featured in exhibitions including M(other)ing at Virginia Tech’s Perspective Gallery and in Ms. Magazine.

Kate VanVliet ’07 celebrated the 15th anniversary of BYO Printmaking Collaborative, the nonprofit print studio she co-founded in Philadelphia.

Erin Daley Gillespie ’09 served as owner’s representative on Temple University’s design team for the renovation of Paley Hall, the university’s first WELL-certified building and future home of the College of Public Health. She also collaborated with SOM on interior design for Temple’s new Klein College of Media and Communication building.

2010s

Autumn Oser ’10 was featured in House Beautiful’s “Next Wave 2025,” highlighting design stars changing the way we look at our homes.

Natalie Flor Negrón ’11 completed Mount Airy Way, a mural commissioned by Mural Arts Philadelphia as part of the Mount Airy Walls Project. The work celebrated local architecture and the Wissahickon landscape while drawing on her Puerto Rican heritage and Northwest Philadelphia roots.

Hanna Lee ’12 was promoted to Senior Psychotherapist and led community outreach around art and mental health with partners including Asian Arts Initiative, the Bartol Foundation and Ginger Arts Center.

Gladys Pasapera ’12 entered her 13th year teaching high school art and began a new position at Design Works High School in Brooklyn.

Aimee Koran ’13 was featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer for mixed-media work exploring motherhood, labor and identity.

Dawn Kramlich ’13 accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Painting & Drawing at Elmhurst University and was named a “2025 Artist to Watch” by Comfort Station Logan Square. She also participated in a group exhibition at Parlour & Ramp (Chicago) and will present a solo exhibition at Compound Yellow (Oak Park, IL) during the 2026–2027 academic year.

Erika Land ’13 developed and teaches an arts program for trafficking survivors at a safe house and leads community-based workshops. She is a member of Upstairs Studio Artists in Phoenixville, PA, earned master’s degrees in Cultural Anthropology and Arts Administration and is pursuing a PhD in Arts Administration in the UK while teaching anthropology at Eastern University.

Ali Sanderson ’15 founded Studio Ages, an interior design firm in Tucson, Arizona, and is currently pursuing general contractor credentials to expand her practice.

Chela Ixcopal ’18 received the Leeway x Fleisher Visual Artist Residency and the 2025 Fairhill-Hartranft Staying Power Artists Grant from The Village of Arts and Humanities and collaborated with the Barnes Foundation’s Everyday Places Artist Partnerships and the Open Kitchen Sculpture Garden on community-based workshops.

Yaroub Al-Obaidi ’19 hosted a public conversation at the Museum for Art in Wood with Iraqi Americans and Iraq war veterans about their view of the bald eagle egg as a symbol of new beginnings and how an American pastime, football, has brought them together.

2020s

Qiaira Riley ’21 was featured in Chestnut Hill Local for her cyanotype printmaking workshop, Who Made the Cornbread?, which connected photography and culinary history to honor Black food culture.

Emily Morton ’22 launched That Rad Booth, a photobooth business that complements her wedding photography business, Emily Morton Photography.

Dan Callahan ’24 had their senior publication project selected for Creative Quarterly.

Morgan O’Halloran ’25 started a new role as a Motion Designer at PXP of Publicis Groupe.

Alex Stevenson ’25 worked with the 20/20 Photo Festival and had images and poems published in Frame/Sequence, a Philadelphia-based photography magazine.