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Congratulations to our Classes of 2017!

by Marketing & Communications,
Justine Highsmith '17, Intermedia Major, during her BFA address. Image courtesy of Mack McFarland.

We would like to extend our greatest respect and hearty applause to all our 2017 graduating students - undergraduate and graduate alike. This past Sunday, May 21, 2017, our commencement ceremonies were held at Portland's Tiffany Center. Intermedia student Justine Highsmith delivered the undergraduate valedictorian address while Carla Javier Brea and Savanna Youngquist of the MFA in Print Media program delivered the graduate address. Andi Zeisler of Bitch Media joined us as guest commencement speaker. And as the students exited the hall, the Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers, as they do every year, played the students out of the ceremony and into the world.

Please join us in celebrating and welcoming this new class of PNCA alumni!

Bachelor of Fine Arts 2017 Graduates

Beryl Allee, Animated Arts

Kathryn Bailey, Communication Design

MacKenzie Bentley Baker, Illustration

Meredith Bardo, Illustration

Lauren Elizabeth Beck, General Fine Arts

Alison Marie Bingham, Sculpture

Madeline Ann Black, Communication Design

Jesse Mari Blalock, Photography

Malcolm Bridwell, Illustration

Christina Brister, General Fine Arts

Ashlin Bush, Painting

Molly Carlson, Animated Arts

Sage Cortez, Sculpture

Mariah Currey, Communication Design

Hope Darby, Illustration

Sydney Six Fort, Communication Design

Samantha Fowler, Illustration

Joaquin Golez, Illustration

Jack Graydon, General Fine Arts

Alexandra Gregory, Communication Design

Elana Gurewitz, Illustration

Hilary Hartner, Sculpture

Elisabeth Young, Illustration

Clive Hawken, Illustration

Justine Marin Highsmith , Intermedia

Catharine Hoch, Intermedia

Christopher Homan, General Fine Arts

Joshua Hughes, Sculpture

Ashley Innis, Photography

Bryson Kaps, Illustration

Elizabeth Karras, Communication Design

Zoe Kimball, Illustration

John Thomas Kirby, Painting

Tandy Kunkle, Illustration

Cassandra Lankford, General Fine Arts

Matthew Layng, Writing

Colin Luton, Illustration

Kalaija Quinn Mallery, Photography

Anna Marl, General Fine Arts

Troy Mathews, Painting

Vance Lump, Illustration

Davida Rae Lara McFadden, Printmaking

Caitlin E McIntyre , Animated Arts

Jessica Mick, General Fine Arts

Grace Murphy, Illustration

Kaitlyn Nelson, Illustration

Nyssa Oru, Illustration

Forrest Cameron Pass, Printmaking

Nicholas Pennell, Illustration

Katharyn Preston, Illustration

Michael Devin Ray, Video and Sound

Jamaali Roberts, Painting

Alden Rodgers, Photography

Tess Rubinstein, Illustration

Samantha Sausser, Illustration

Andrew Saxon, Photography

Kathryn Sifford, Sculpture

Jourdan Simmonds, Communication Design

Aimee Sitarz, Photography

Shelby Smith, Illustration

Charles Klein Stobbs III, Video and Sound

Shyla Villanueva, Printmaking

Lindsey Walker, General Fine Arts

Camille Westerberg, Photography

Subin Yang, Illustration

Masters of fine arts in Visual Studies 2017 Graduates

Vincent Aloia

Hunter Buck

Mack Carlisle

Adam Ciresi

Devin Cogger

Ardis DeFreece

Aruni Dharmakirthi

Bowen Feeley

Maximiliano Carlos-Raphael Francisco Martinez

Angélica Maria Millán Lozano

Keegan O'Keefe

Corrin M Olson

Jenna Katherine Reineking

Melanie Stevens

Masters of Fine Arts in Collaborative Design 2017 Graduates

Celina Coppetti

Joel Newman

Amanda Heather Schurr

Michelle Vorce

Masters of Fine Arts in Print Media 2017 Graduates

Brynden Harding

Carla Javier Brea

Doug Kessler

Juan Gerardo Solis Cruz

Savanna Katy Youngquist

Additional thanks to all those who spoke during commencement, introduced our graduating classes, and helped to present diplomas. Special thanks go out to:

BFA Student Address Speaker

Justine Highsmith, BFA in Intermedia

Graduate Student Address Speaker

Carla Javier Brea and Savanna Youngquist, MFA in Print Media

Guest Commencement Address Speaker

Andi Zeisler, Co-Founder & Editorial/Creative Director of Bitch Media

Closing Remarks

Don Tuski, President

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