{"id":11576,"date":"2021-01-28T10:53:07","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T15:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/?page_id=11576"},"modified":"2021-01-29T13:22:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T18:22:19","slug":"fine-arts-alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/fine-arts-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Fine Arts Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a> Alex Subers \u201915<\/a> -<\/span> Former Philadelphia 76ers photographer talks career, passion, and how URI informed his success. <\/span><\/div>
Christina Allen ’80<\/a> -<\/span> Art

\"Every discipline needs the arts... The best scientists, engineers, teachers, and almost every profession is often better with creative, outside-the-box thinking.\"<\/span><\/div>
Shantia Anderheggen ’84<\/a> -<\/span> Art History

\"Along with my M.A., my undergraduate degree provides the foundation for any work I do in preservation, architectural history, and more broadly with cultural resources.\" <\/span><\/div>
James J. Bagley ’05<\/a> -<\/span> Theatre

\"The arts are what makes life worth living; they connect human beings and evoke strong emotions.\"<\/span><\/div>
Sara Breslin ’15<\/a> -<\/span> Art

\"My degree helped me create an amazing network of like minded people that have helped drive me and my dreams forward.\"<\/span><\/div>
Ashley Caldarone ’15<\/a> -<\/span> Art

\"During my time at the URI, everyone made it clear that the most important goal is to develop students into graduates that are able to set themselves apart from everyone else. <\/span><\/div>
Poppy Champlin ’82<\/a> -<\/span> Theatre

\"Art, theatre, and comedy are all so valuable to the human condition to make sure we stay human. I like to say we comics put the humor in human.\"<\/span><\/div>
Natalie Coletta ’87<\/a> -<\/span> Art History

\"We possess the deepest breadth of potential when we acknowledge, witness and bring agency to our creativity selves.\"<\/span><\/div>
\"\"<\/a> Denise Andres ’75<\/a> -<\/span> Denise Andres has been nominated for an Emmy Award as HBO Max's The Gilded Age costume supervisor. <\/span><\/div>
\"\"<\/a> Erin Grafing ’24<\/a> -<\/span> Working in sound design, Grafing earned a spot in Trinity Repertory Theatre Department\u2019s competitive internship program for college graduates for the 2024-2025 season.<\/span><\/div>
Alyssa Frederick ’19<\/a> -<\/span> Theatre

\"My URI degree really opened my eyes to the multiple different sections of theatre and all the things I could do within the arts that's not just acting.\"<\/span><\/div>
Cynthia Galvin ’05<\/a> -<\/span> Music

\"Every culture in the world has always developed some sort of art, whether musical, visual, or theatrical, to express itself through because the arts are the great unifiers.\"<\/span><\/div>
Liz Gotauco ’00 ’10<\/a> -<\/span> Theatre

\"I am fully convinced my theatre degree has put me above other candidates in my field as a librarian, especially as a candidate for youth services positions.\"<\/span><\/div>
Jon F. Howe ’20<\/a> -<\/span> Music

\"My time at URI really helped me develop the skills I needed to be a freelance composer.\"<\/span><\/div>
\"\"<\/a> Kirby Nu\u00f1ez \u201916<\/a> -<\/span> Art & Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design<\/span><\/div>
Mallory Leonard ’18<\/a> -<\/span> Music

\"Music and art are what bring people together. It has brought so many connections across cultures and the world.\"<\/span><\/div>
\"\"<\/a> Manny Maldonado ’23<\/a> -<\/span> Manny Maldonado will continue his theater education experience as an apprentice at Trinity Rep Theater this academic year.<\/span><\/div>
Erica O’Connell ’17<\/a> -<\/span> Art

\"I have the honor of using art to promote healing in therapy and it is a special tool that opens up a multitude of avenues for a person's wellbeing.\"<\/span><\/div>
Alyssa C. Opishinski ’10<\/a> -<\/span> Theatre

\"The hands on work involved in URI's theatre productions gives you a great skill set that is applicable in any job setting, as well as life in general: project management, teamwork and leadership experience, creative decision making and critical thinking, and how to work with diverse groups of people respectfully.\"<\/span><\/div>
Danni Pascuma ’10<\/a> -<\/span> Art History

\"The value of an arts degree to our sensory understanding of the world is immeasurable. Art drives innovation, and vice versa\"<\/span><\/div>
Kristina Cinquegrana Petrilli ’07<\/a> -<\/span> Art

\"During my junior and senior years I was afforded highly valuable opportunities to specialize in 3-D modeling through National Science Foundation grants, and to intern at the Fine Arts Center Galleries under former director Judith Tolnick Champa.\"<\/span><\/div>
Max Ponticelli ’09 ’20<\/a> -<\/span> Theatre

\"My degree prepared me to be a well-rounded and hard worker, regardless of the path I took going forward.\"<\/span><\/div>
Devon Russo ’13<\/a> -<\/span> Music

\"A life in the arts is constantly shifting, and URI gave me the space to focus on my fundamentals and grow into myself.\"<\/span><\/div>
Nicholas Schleyer ’20<\/a> -<\/span> Music

\"My time at URI taught me time management, organization, networking, and teamwork.\"<\/span><\/div>
Melena Schug ’19<\/a> -<\/span> Music

\"The leadership and collaborative skills that I learned during my time at URI have become invaluable skills in my life after graduation.\"<\/span><\/div>
Josh Short ’08<\/a> -<\/span> Theatre

\"The things I learned at URI and the connections that I made while there have proven invaluable to me time and time again.\"<\/span><\/div>
Dr. Carl D. Swanson ’78<\/a> -<\/span> Music

\"URI allowed me to find myself. There were so many people there that listened to me and pointed me in the right direction.\"<\/span><\/div>
\"\"<\/a> URI fall art exhibit examines the \u2018Politics of Personality\u2019<\/a> -<\/span> Presented in concert with fall Honors Colloquium, Democracy in Peril, in Lippitt Hall<\/span><\/div>
Devin Vietri ’15<\/a> -<\/span> Theatre

\"Through theatre, art and storytelling we are able to learn about our past, understand and explore our present, and build toward a better future.\"<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-11576","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11576"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11605,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11576\/revisions\/11605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}