Alumni Spotlights – Art & Art History
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Manager of UMAR Arts Center, Charlotte
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Professional Artist
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Professional Artist
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Practicing Artist/ Assistant Professor of Drawing at the University of Florida
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Artist/ Ceramics Instructor, Temple University, Philadelphia
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Senior Vice President of North America, Valtech, Charlotte
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Artist and Curator
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Content Strategist, Earth Fare, Asheville, NC
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Professional Artist
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Professional Artist
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Professional Artist
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Senior Designer at ABC News
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Professional Artist
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Decorative Artist, Leo Dowell Designs
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Visual Art Teacher at The Brawley IB World School in Mooresville
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Landscape Architect and Horticulture Director for the UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens
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Professional Artist and Arts Educator
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Visual Arts Teacher for Swansboro High School, Swansboro, NC
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Marketing Lead for Swiss Diamond
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Photographer/Videographer and Gameplay Capture Artist for EPIC Games
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Art Teacher at WM Irvin Elementary School, Concord, NC
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Professional Artist, Curator
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Professional artist, business owner
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Artist, Art Educator at Shamrock Gardens Elementary School, Charlotte
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Professional Visual Artist
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Elementary Art Teacher, David Cox Road Elementary School
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Digital Curator at the New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
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Art Historian, Admissions Officer at the University of Glasgow, Scotland
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Artist/ Lecturer at UNC Charlotte
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Artist; Professor Emerita of Art, Ohio University-Chillicothe
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Associate Director of Education at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art