Alumni in the News

The Rockport Center for the Arts (RCA) announces the appointment of Catey Arnold (B.A., Studio Art, 2016) as its Barrow Foundation Curator of Exhibitions

March 26, 2024

Altin Sencalar (B.M., Jazz Studies, 2017) interviewed by New York Times about life in New York City since relocating in 2022

March 22, 2024

Renuka Jayasinghe (B.M., Jazz Performance) breaks into Austin’s music scene with local band Big Wy’s Brass Band

Feb. 21, 2024

Headshot of Renuka Jayasinghe

Danny Tejera (M.F.A., Theatre, 2020) to teach writing class at PlayPenn

Feb. 13, 2024

Headshot of Danny Tejera

Margaret Juhae Lee (M.A., Art History, 1992) releases memoir "Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History"

Feb. 13, 2024

Lee's memoir will be published March 5.

Margaret Lee's memoir cover

James Sclater's (D.M.A., Composition, 1970) new Concerto for Violin and Orchestra premiered by the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra

Feb. 13, 2024

The three-movement, 23 minute work was commissioned by the First Presbyterian Church Choir of Jackson, MS in honor of Kemp's selection as the new concertmaster of the MSO.

Headshot of James Sclater

Dustin Wills (B.A., Theatre and Dance, 2006) receives Obie Award for his direction of "Montag, Wet Brain and Wolf Play"

Feb. 13, 2024

Headshot of Dustin Wills

Ryan K. Johnson (M.F.A., Dance, 2023) on his ACDA piece No Shoes Allowed

Jan. 30, 2024 | Vimeo

Ryan K. Johnson portrait

Altin Sencalar (B.M., Jazz Studies, 2017) releasing his 5th album on Posi-Tone Records

Jan. 30, 2024 | Dusty Groove

The album releases on March 29.

Altin Sencalar portrait holding a trumpet

Catherine Powell-Warren (Ph.D. Art History, 2021) publishes new book "Gender and Self-Fashioning at the Intersection of Art and Science"

Jan. 30, 2024 | Art and Art History

Powell-Warren's book cover