Sat, May 13, 2023, 3 –5 pm Children's Theatre Main Stage Annual Event Image Join the class of Spring 2023 as they celebrate the completion of their degrees. The ceremony can also be viewed at mcad.edu/live. Following the ceremony, please join us for the reception of the commencement exhibition in the Main Gallery, where work by graduating BFA and BS students is on display. Due to limited seating, tickets are required for admission to the ceremony. Commencement Speakers Commencement Address: Sean Sherman Author and award-winning chef Sean Sherman will be MCAD's Spring 2023 Commencement Speaker and recipient of an honorary doctorate. A member of the Oglala Lakota tribe of South Dakota and recipient of three James Beard awards, he has been focused on the revitalization, evolution, and accessibility of healthy Indigenous foods throughout North America for over 30 years. He was named one of Time magazine’s top 100 most influential people of 2023. Graduating Students Master of Arts Including Summer and Fall 2022 Master of Arts Graduates Graphic and Web Design Christopher Alday Spring ’23 Los Angeles, California Clarissa Baniecki Summer ’22 Fort Worth, Texas Fern Denne Fall ’22 Saint Louis, Missouriliketheplant.com | fernwerm.art@gmail.com Megan Ann Hild Fall ’22 Rutherford, New Jersey Amy Jo Spring ’23 Minneapolis, Minnesotamissamyjo.com | hey@missamyjo.com Marni Kaldjian Summer ’22 Eau Claire, Wisconsin Tamara McLean Fall ’22 Green Bay, Wisconsintamaramclean.com | connect@tamaramclean.com Sustainable Design Kelsey Barajas Spring ’23 Minneapolis, Minnesota Maren Butenhoff Fall ’22 Aitkin, Minnesota Amanda George Spring ’23 Robbinsdale, Minnesota Tica Lubin Spring ’23 Tahoe City, California Ethan Mitchell Fall ’22 Bloomington, Illinois Molly Nemer Spring ’23 Minneapolis, Minnesota Jennifer O'Connell Spring ’23 Los Angeles, California Luxme Patel Fall ’22 North Carolina Natalie Potts Fall ’22 Portland, Oregon Cindy Shi Spring ’23 Oakland, California Allison Tenn Spring ’23 Chicago, Illinois Master of Fine Arts Eric Butler Spring ’23 Orlando, Florida Nick Chatfield-Taylor Spring ’23 New Bedford, Massachusetts Shilun Chen Spring ’23 Huizhou, Chinashilunchen.com | shilunchen@outlook.com Rosario Parker Gordon Spring ’23 Saint Louis, Missouri Kara Faye Gregory Spring ’23 Minneapolis, Minnesota Yifei He Spring ’23 Guangdong, China Kay heino Spring ’23 Ann Arbor, Michigan Jesus Spring ’23 Lima, Peru Lokho Kotile Spring ’23 Saint Paul, Minnesota Tianxin Li Spring ’23 Shanxi, China Yuanrong Li Spring ’23 Cincinnati, Ohio Anna Lyle Spring ’23 Birmingham, Alabamaannalyle.com | annalyleart@gmail.com MacKenzie Mitzuk Spring ’23 Elk River, Minnesotahexaween13.weebly.com | macmitzuk@gmail.com Lauren Nicole Spring ’23 Santa María de Dota, San José Yimin Pi Spring ’23 Anhui, China Amanda Ann Rose Spring ’23 Saint Paul, Minnesota Alexis Faith Schramel Spring ’23 Guttenberg, Iowa Abram Shriner Spring ’23 Milwaukee, Wisconsin emmy e smith Spring ’23 5,430 elev Angela St. Vrain Spring ’23 Minneapolis, Minnesota Ivonne Yanez Spring ’23 Mexico City, Mexicobehance.net/ivonneyanez_manthra | ivonneyanezart@gmail.com Ali Yager Spring ’23 Monticello, Minnesota Bachelor of Fine Arts Bennett Anderson, Drawing and Painting New Hope, Minnesota Bella Arnquist, Drawing and Painting Santa Ana, California Isabella Avedikian, Drawing and Painting Chanhassen, Minnesota@artofbellarose | bellarose.avedikian@gmail.com Stella Banach, Illustration Mantorville, Minnesotasparklingstellaris.squarespace.com | stellambanach@gmail.com Jack Barron, Animation Houston, Texas Hunter Bartlett, Illustration Cedar Rapids, Iowahibartlett.tumblr.com | hbartlett729@icloud.com Nicholas Jon Bianca, Graphic Design Manalapan, New Jersey Hazel Bidwell, Comic Art Wauwatosa, Wisconsinmoodieindie.wixsite.com/fort-tuna-art | moodieindie@gmail.com Parker Charles Boisvert, Illustration Edina, Minnesota Zachary Brathwaite, Illustration Brooklyn, New YorkVizualSamurai.webflow.io | Vefer365@gmail.com Liam Brubaker, Graphic Design Minneapolis, Minnesota@hattowo1f Isabell Brumagen, Illustration Mankato, Minnesota, isabellbrumagen.com | hello@isabellbrumagen.com Skylar Bull Lyon, Print Paper Book Madison, Wisconsinskylarbulllyon.com | skylarbulllyon@gmail.com Robert Carl, Illustration Wilmington, North Carolinarcillustration1.wixsite.com/rc-illustration | rc.illustration1@gmail.com Sally Carr, Drawing and Painting Wasilla, Alaska sallykcarr.com | sallycarrk@gmail.com Min Choi, Comic Art Maple Grove, Minnesota@minfonica | minfonica@gmail.com Tristan Crawford, Filmmaking Elk River, Minnesota Hannah Crupper, Graphic Design Woodbury, Minnesota Jill Daberitz, Illustration Chicago, Illinois@toad.patrol Ngoc Doan, Comic Art Eagan, Minnesotangocdoan.com | ngoc.p.doan@gmail.com Emma Lee Maxine Dochterman, Illustration North Liberty, Iowaemmalmdart.wixsite.com/my-site | EmmaLMDArt@gmail.com Tiffany Dresher, Comic Art Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin@trashchild.jpeg/ | tiffdresher18@gmail.com Cade Duff, Fine Arts Studio Minneapolis, Minnesotacademduff@gmail.com Zero Blue Everhart, Comic Art Longfellow, Minneapolis, Minnesota Kennedy Fleck, Illustration Eden Prairie, Minnesotakennedycatrinaart.wixsite.com/my-site-1 | kennedycatrinaart@gmail.com Carter Greene, Illustration Edina, Minnesota@soapy_toad | carterg5413@gmail.com Bailey Gross, Comic Art Greensboro, North Carolina Abby Groth, Animation Sioux Falls, South Dakota Mathias Grove, Animation Red Wing, Minnesotamathiasgroveart.carrd.co | mthsgrove@gmail.com Eva Hanks, Graphic Design Warsaw, Minnesota evahanks.cargo.site | eehanx@gmail.com Alyssa Hannan, Illustration Watertown, Minnesotaalannan13.wixsite.com/website | alannan13@gmail.com Ren Harris, Illustration Fort Dodge, Iowaren-harris.com | hren00419@gmail.com Amy Hasbrouck, Comic Art Great Falls, Montanaash-comics.com Alyssa Herrera<, Drawing and Painting Worthington, Minnesotaalyssaherrera.art | alyssa.herr99@gmail.com Megan Holck, Furniture Design Omaha, Nebraskameganholck.carrd.co | mholck180@gmail.com Ngan Huynh, Illustration Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnamnganelichuynh.com | nganelichuynh@gmail.com INDEPENDENCE, Photography Minneapolis, Minnesotaindepenndence.com | pennbarnesphoto@gmail.com Ariel Islam, Drawing and Painting Minneapolis, Minnesota@arl__art | arielislam@icloud.com Isamar Jaquez, Illustration Lake Worth, Floridisamarjaquez.wixsite.com/arts | isamarjaquez.art@gmail.com Emryk Jensen, Animation Portland, Oregonhamryk.artstation.com | Emrykjensen@gmail.com Dylan Johnson, Graphic Design Mounds View, Minnesota Sarah Johnson, Animation Belle Plaine, Minnesota Eli Kranz, Comic Art Ridgefield, Washington Angela Lechak, Comic Art Saint Augustine, Floridarobokitten2.0@gmail.com Emily Lewis, Animation West Fargo, North Dakotaivoryskiesart.wixsite.com/website | emilylewis685@gmail.com Crystal A Lopez, Animation Storm Lake, Iowa Kip Lou, Comic Art Rochester, Minnesotakidkip.wixsite.com/kiplou | kidkippo@gmail.com Emma Mason, Comic Art Northport, New York Kevan McClaflin, Fine Arts Studio Birmingham, Alabama Talulah R.M., Sculpture Minneapolis, Minnesotatalulahrm.cargo.site | talulah.rm7@gmail.com Kaitlyn Morrison, Illustration Big Lake, Minnesotatpc-artistry.art | Tpc.artistry@gmail.com Norah Mortenson, Graphic Design Minneapolis, Minnesota Tammy Mussack, Drawing and Painting Minneapolis, Minnesotatmossback.com | tmossback@gmail.com Ashley Nelsen, Animation Eagan, Minnesota Winston Novacek, Animation Roseau, Minnesota Lyssa Owens, Graphic Design Eden Prairie, Minnesotalysowens.cargo.site/ | lysowens@gmail.com Wally Parsons, Illustration Maple Grove, Minnesotawallyparsonsart.wixsite.com/site | wallyparsons22@gmail.com Kyle Perrin, Chaska, Minnesota Carly Gallant, Drawing and Painting Fayetteville, Arkansascarolinagallantart.wixsite.com/carolinagallant | carolina.gallant.art@gmail.com Joanna Quick, Fine Arts Studio Coon Rapids, Minnesotajoannaquick.com | joannaquick19@gmail.com Lynn Ragsdale, Graphic Design Franklin, Tennessee@ragsdale_art | lynn.ragsdale15@gmail.com Olivia Lee Reinhardt, Illustration Saint Paul, Minnesotaolivialeeillustration.com | olivialeeillustration@gmail.com Elyse Rennhack, Drawing and Painting Reeseville, Wisconsin James "Wyatt" Richards, Graphic Design Saint Paul, Minnesota@wyfry_ Mitzy Rivas, Graphic Design Miami, Floridasoymitzy.wixsite.com/mrportfolio | mitzy.rivas07@gmail.com Matt Roster, Animation Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota James Schallenkamp, Sculpture Brookings, South Dakotajamesschallenkamp.cargo.site/ | schallenkampjames@gmail.com Alexandra Schmitz, Illustration Dilworth, Minnesotaschmitzillustration.com | ga.schmitz3@gmail.com Zander Skelton, Print Paper Book Minneapolis, Minnesota@zander_skelton | zander.skelton@gmail.com El Starcher, Animation Crystal Lake, Illinois Olivia Seone Stern, Animation Minneapolis, Minnesota Luke Swenson, Drawing and Painting Park Rapids, MinnesotaMizzWormhole.com | MizzWormhole@gmail.com Star Swift, Illustration Excelsior, Minnesotastarswiftillustration.com | starswiftillustration@gmail.com Chance Tatum, Furniture Design San Antonio, Texaschancetatum01.wixsite.com/my-site | Chancetatum01@gmail.com Dain Thompson, Illustration Big Lake, MinnesotaDainsArt.com | DainThompson13@gmail.com Kiana Tucker, Animationkitoonist.wixsite.com/kitoonist | kitoonist@gmail.com Shreya Tuladhar, Graphic Design Kathmandu, Nepalbit.ly/shreyatuladhar | shreyartuladhar@gmail.com Kiaan Van Dusseldorp, Illustration Pierre, South Dakotakiaanvand.wixsite.com/mysite | kvandusseldorp@gmail.com Johannes van Overbeek, Comic Art Austin, Texas Natalie Vilter, Illustration Wausau, Wisconsinnavilter.wixsite.com/website | navilter@gmail.com Mady Vrkljan, Animation Saint Michael, Minnesota Eliza Walcott, Photography Wheaton, Illinoiselizawalcott.wixsite.com/my-site Vivian Walters, Comic Art Lyons, Michigan Austin Watts, Animation Kansas City, Missouri Megan Weidenfeller, Animation Hopkins, Minnesota Kayli Woods, Illustration Saint Paul, Minnesota kayliwoodsillustration.com | kayliwoodsillustration@gmail.com Riley Wright, Illustration Pearl City, Illinoislineovermatter.com | line.over.matter@gmail.com Emma Wysocki, Drawing and Painting New Brighton, Minnesotaemmawysockiart.com | wysocki.emma@comcast.net Cynth Xie, Illustration Brooklyn, New York Imani Younger, Comic Art Columbia, Marylandimani.a.younger@gmail.com Bachelor of Science Lux Fabre Entrepreneurial Studies Minneapolis, Minnesota Kamryn Friedrich Entrepreneurial Studies Corcoran, Minnesota Hallie Holtz Entrepreneurial Studies Saint Cloud, Minnesota Justin Robert Lees Entrepreneurial Studies Bloomington, Minnesota Zamira Mendoza Entrepreneurial Studies Saint Paul, Minnesota