Alumni Exhibition & Distinguished Alumni
Celebrating the Moore alumni who make an impact.
2023 Alumni Invitational Exhibition and Alumni Award Ceremony
By Design: 2023 Alumni Invitational Exhibition
June 3 – September 1, 2023
This year’s presentation celebrates the work of Moore’s alumni who earned degrees in design-based fields including Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, and Textile Design. Graduates who received their BFA on anniversary years 1963, 1973, 1983, 1993, 2023 and 2013 were invited to submit projects for consideration and the exhibition features work by twelve graduates in a variety of media. The selections demonstrate a mastery of materials over a broad range of practices and reminds us that creative production is an inherent part of life after Moore. These alumni provide inspiration as committed makers both in their professional and personal spaces.
Artists in the exhibition: Niarus Benjamin Walker ’93, Jean Broden ’83, Mary Jo Brown ’83, Erin Daniels ’93, Diane Deery ’93, Renee Derr ’03, Michelle "Shell" Kennedy ’83, Suzanne Kopko ’93, Rachel Lopez Cerrato ’13, Kathy Mueller ’03, Andrea Pinkowitz ’73 and Jessica Robles ’03.
Register for the 2023 Alumni Award Ceremony here.
2023 Alumni Award Winners
The Alumni Exhibition Opening Ceremony honors and recognizes our inaugural Fitzgibbon Alumni Prize winner and 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients.
Emcee: Mary Jennings ’88, Alumni Council President
2023 Fitzgibbon Alumni Prize Winner: Veronica Hicks ’13.
2023 Distinguished Alumni Award Honorees: Darla Jackson ’03 and Anne Marie Miller ’75.
2023 Fitzgibbon Alumni Prize Winner
The Fitzgibbon Endowed Alumni Prize was established in honor of Cecelia Fitzgibbon, who served as the 10th President in the history of the College. Each year, Moore alumni are invited to submit an original essay in response to the prompt, “What Moore means to me", to be eligible for a monetary prize.
Veronica Hicks MA ’13, Art Education with an Emphasis in Special Populations is an art teacher, arts-based researcher, and comics author who explores themes of gender, race, and ability through narrative inquiry and collaborative art-making. Veronica advocates for art students from diverse populations as past lead commissioner for California Art Education Association’s Equity Diversity and Inclusion Commission, and was awarded Special Needs Art Educator of the Year from the National Art Education Association (NAEA). Veronica is now the Chair of Alternative Publications as part of the NAEA History and Historiography in Art Education (HHAE) Interest Group, where she reviews self- or independently-published zines and underground comix.
2023 Distinguished Alumni Award Honorees
The Distinguished Alumni Awards recognize the professional achievements of Moore alumni, their commitment to the College, and their accomplishments in the field of visual arts.
Ann Marie Miller ’75 is Director of Advocacy & Public Policy for the ArtPride NJ Foundation and served as its Executive Director for 20 years. Prior to joining ArtPride, Ann Marie was Director of Development at McCarter Theatre, a Tony-award winning regional theatre and performing arts center, and Grants Coordinator at the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Ann Marie is Chair of the Arts Ed New Jersey board and serves as a trustee for Young Audiences of NJ & Eastern PA. She is also Chair of the Hightstown Cultural Arts Commission in her hometown. A recipient of the 2015 Alene Valkanas State Arts Advocacy Award from Americans for the Arts, Ann Marie is a graduate of Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia with a B.S. in Art Education. A fiber artist working primarily in tapestry, Ann Marie has exhibited at museums and galleries throughout New Jersey and the metropolitan region.
Darla Jackson ’03 is a sculptor living in Philadelphia and received a BFA in Sculpture from Moore College of Art in 2003. After receiving a John S. and James L. Knight Arts Challenge Grant in both 2011 and 2013, she founded the Philadelphia Sculpture Gym, a membership based community sculpture studio.
Her work has been shown in numerous exhibitions locally, including galleries and museums such as the Philadelphia Art Alliance, Seraphin Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Woodmere Art Museum and a Wind Challenge exhibition at the Fleisher Art Memorial and across the country at museums and galleries such as the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA, Thinkspace Gallery in Culver City, CA, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts in Wilmington, DE and Parlor Gallery in Asbury Park, NJ. She has shown internationally in Belgium and Germany and has lectured about her work at venues including the Barnes Foundation and Wagner Free Institute of Science. Jackson is an Assistant Professor of Sculpture at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and teaches Sculpture workshops across the country. She is also an elected Sculptor member of the National Sculpture Society, and serves on its Honors and Awards Committee. In 2021, she joined the board of Philadelphia Sculptors. In 2023, Darla was appointed to the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee as the member specifically qualified in sculpture or medallic arts.
Every year, as part of Alumni Reunion, we celebrate the winners of our annual Distinguished Alumni Awards. Click below to see the recipients from 1995 through the present.
Distinguished Alumni
Award Recipients by Year; Includes Undergraduate Major or CE Certificate
- Beatrice Kirkbride ’28 | Fashion Illustration
- Chiarina Tredanari ’40 | Illustration
- Clara MacKannan ’28 | Illustration
- Edith Kaplan ’41 | Graphic Design
- Estate of Mary Schwarz ’42 | Illustration
- Ida Dengrove ’40 | Graphic Design
- Janice Levit ’38 | Art Education Certification
- Kathryn Leslie ’38 | Textile Design
- Kathryn Van Roekens ’20 | Unknown Degree and Curriculum
- M. Tana Hoban ’38 | Illustration
- Mellicent Allen ’45 | Painting
- Mildred Greenberg ’34 | Unknown Degree and Curriculum
- Miriam Troop ’38 | Illustration
- Professor Louise Stahl ’42 | Art Education
- Ruth Gilbert ’30 | Art Education Certification
- Theresa Bernstein ’11 | Unknown Degree and Curriculum
- Vita Solomon ’37 | Illustration
- Anna Russell Jones ’22 | Design
- Betty Bowes ’32 | Illustration
- Gladys Bloch ’35 | Illustration
- Katharine Renninger ’46 | Painting
- Phyllis Beck ’40 | Art Education
- Anna Eshom ’41 | Art Education Certification
- Berta Sands ’37 | Illustration
- Carolyn Pitts ’47 | Interior Design
- Katherine Pitchford ’38 | Unknown Degree and Curriculum
- Lillian Molloy ’40 | Art Education Certification
- Mary Burgess ’35 | Fine Arts - Two Dimensional
- Mary Fuges ’38 | Illustration
- Mary Hallowell ’43 | Interior Design
- Rose Kirkpatrick ’44 | Fashion Illustration
- Sylvia Barkan ’37 | Graphic Design
- Harriette Bescoe ’57 | Art Education Certification
- Helen Bershad ’56 | Painting
- Jane Fulton ’56 | Textile Design
- Margo Allman ’55 | Unknown Degree and Curriculum
- Mildred Ivins ’53 | Fashion Illustration
- Nancy Bergman ’52 | Art Education Certification
- Rose Finkel ’57 | Graphic Design
- Ruth Peckmann ’54 | Illustration
- Deborah Larkin ’70 | Graphic Design
- Deborah Warner ’69 | Art Education Certification
- Gretchen Wheaton ’70 | Photography
- Lynne Horoschak ’66 | Art Education Certification
- Peg Gorson ’59 | Textile Design
- Frances Robertson Graham ’66 | Interior Design
- Hollis Hatton ’70 | Graphic Design
- Louise Curl Adams ’62 ’76 | Textile Design
- Mary Judge ’75 | Painting
- Sharon Wohlmuth Teacher ’75 | Photography
- Ann Marie Stiliha ’72 | Art Education
- Betsy Miraglia ’66 | Advertising Design
- Ms. Carol Porter ’71 | Graphic Design
- Beth Reinhardt Emmott ’66 | Graphic Design
- Maggy Gay Robinson ’68 | Graphic Design
- Teresa DeFazio ’63 | Painting
- Diane Keller ’71 | Painting
- Kathleen Lister ’78 | Graphic Design
- Pauline Monson ’78 | Graphic Design
- Eleanor Schimmel ’84 | Painting
- Rochelle Levy ’79 | Painting
- Sarah Frank ’81 | Textile Design
- Jane Likens ’66 | Fashion Design
- Janie Gross ’74 | Advertising Design
- Polly Smith ’71 | Fashion Design
- Carolyn Simons ’78 | Interior Design
- Mindy Glassman ’72 | Graphic Design
- Arlene Finston ’56 | Textile Design
- Eileen Coyne ’70 | Textile Design
- Joanne Adams ’74 | Graphic Design
- Debra Sachs ’75 | Painting
- Jane Walentas ’66 | Advertising Design
- Pamela Deitrich ’70 | Illustration
- Shirley Luber ’47 | Fashion Illustration
- Karen Daroff ’70 | Interior Design
- Marsha Braverman ’74 | Graphic Design
- Sheila Letven ’56 | Textile Design
- Longina Rossi ’70 | Graphic Design
- Margie Palatini ’72 | Graphic Design
- Mary Lou Ford-Dallam ’66 | Art Education Certification
- Emily Bittenbender ’89 | Interior Design
- Gail Bracegirdle ’65 | Textile Design
- Gail Gaines ’89 | Fashion Design
- Anne Occi ’77 | Illustration
- Heather Bryson ’92 | Sculpture
- Roslyn Pilla ’92 | Graphic Design
- Jill Kerwick ’78 | Illustration
- Mona Brody ’72 | Printmaking
- Deborah West ’92 | Art Education Certification
- Janet Biggs ’81 | Sculpture
- Carol Durham ’65 | Art Education Certification
- Tula Telfair ’84 | Painting
- Harshita Lohia ’02 | Textile Design
- Janice Merendino ’74 | Ceramics
- Dale Najarian ’88 | Graphic Design
- Susan Sommer ’72 | Painting
- Kathleen Vissar ’80 | Ceramics
- Kia Weatherspoon ’10 | Interior Design
- e bond ’96 | Graphic Design & Art History
- Janell Wysock ’04 | Textile Design, Fashion and Art History
- Dom Streater ’10 | Fashion
- Robin Dintiman ’72 | Textile Design
- Betsy Casanas ’00 | Fine Arts - Two Dimensional
- Ann Marie Miller ’75 | Art Education
- Darla Jackson ’03 | Fine Arts
