Alumni in the News

Amanda Douberley (Ph.D. Art History, 2015) Leads Retrospective Exhibition of Artist Maureen McCabe at UConn

Sept. 10, 2025 | Benton Museum

The exhibition, Fate and Magic: The Art of Maureen McCabe, at the William Benton Museum of Art at the University of Connecticut covers McCabe's six decade career and features rarely seen works from the artist's studio and private collections. 

Amanda Douberley

Malena Pennycook (M.F.A. Directing, 2024) Selected for Beyond The Realm Festival at Off-Broadway Playwrights Realm

Sept. 10, 2025 | Playwrights Realm

Pennycook's play, Choreomania 1518, which was part of UTNT, will go up as part of the festival that focuses on plays that experiment with form beyond the traditional play model. 

Malena Pennycook

Rosie Clements' (M.F.A., Studio Art, 2024) UV-printed photograph on bubble wrap on the cover of The New York Times Sunday Opinion in print

Sept. 8, 2025 | Department of Art and Art History

Rosie Clements's work, Thunderhead, a UV-printed photograph on bubble wrap, was the cover photo for The New York Times Sunday Opinion Section in print on Aug. 10.

New York Times Opinion section cover featuring the work of Rosie Clements

Jenni Brandon (M.M., Composition, 2001) releases new album of original compositions

Aug. 22, 2025 | Novona Records

Brandon's new album is Songs of Sea and Stone.

Album cover for Songs of Sea and Stone

Jacob Aaron Schnitzer (B.M., Music Studies, 2016) named music director of Gateway Chamber Orchestra

July 29, 2025 | Clarksville Now

Schnitzer was named music director of the Gateway Chamber Orchestra for its 2025-2026 Season. In this role, Schnitzer will shape the GCO’s artistic vision, leading programming, performances and community initiatives.The GCO is composed of leading symphony players, recording musicians and college faculty from throughout Nashville and Clarksville, Tennessee, where Jacob is director of orchestral activities at Austin Peay State University. He also will continue working in Austin, Texas, for his ninth season as artistic director of Density512, Austin's leading chamber orchestra and new music collective.
 

Jacob Schnitzer

 Altin Sencalar (B.M., Jazz Performance, 2017) appointed Assistant Teaching Professor of Jazz Studies at CU Boulder

July 29, 2025 | University of Colorado Boulder

Sencalar's appointment will be with the Thompson Jazz Studies Program at CU Boulder.

Altin Sencalar poses with his trombone