Alumni Spotlights
Highlighting alumni contributions
Department of Art alumni are everywhere. Disney. Apple. Amazon. Michael Kors. Southwest Airlines. Hundreds of university and school classrooms across the country. They are leaders, innovators, scholars, creators, and game changers. They are making a difference. We're very proud of them.
We celebrate the legacies of our alumni and highlight the contributions they've made to their communities, their professions, and the department.
"Our Department of Art alums are amazing! They’re shaping the world with their creativity and passion, and we couldn’t be prouder!"
- Joy Christiansen Erb, Chair and Professor
Astra Zarnia Early Career Fellowship
Anthony Angelilli (B.F.A., ’19, Interdisciplinary Studio Arts) was recently awarded the prestigious Astra Zarnia Early Career Fellowship by the Citiva Institute in Northern Italy. He also had a solo exhibition in March 2020 at the Trumbull Art Gallery (TAG) in Warren, OH.
Artist + Educator
Dominic Lippillo (B.F.A., ’05, Studio Art) is an Associate Professor at Mississippi State University. His research questions the role of photography by making digitally constructed images that address notions of space versus place, memory, and experience. His work has been featured in publications such as Don’t Take Pictures, Mono Chroma, Exposure, Daily Serving, and The Eye of Photographyand is included in the permanent collections of The Museum of Photographic Art and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.