Alumni Spotlights

The CoA+A is proud of the accomplishments of our alumni. Below are short profiles of some of the many former students who are contributing to their communities and beyond through the arts and design.

Are you a CoA+A alum? We’d love to add you to our alumni spotlight profiles! Let us know what you’ve been up to by filling out this form or contact Meg Whalen at meg.whalen@charlotte.edu.

For more information about how to stay involved at UNC Charlotte, visit the Alumni Association website.

Gabriella Pelkey

Printmaker and studio manager for painter Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, New York

Gail Cooper

Retired art educator, artist

Garrett Herbst

Project Manager and Architect at Little Diversified Architectural Consulting Education: BS in Architecture, University of Buffalo (2015)Master of Architecture, UNC…

Garrett Olin

Executive Vice President of McCulloch England Architects

Gerson Berrio

Marketing Lead for Swiss Diamond

Ginette Wessel

Architecture Professor at Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI

Hamilton Ward

Photographer/Videographer and Gameplay Capture Artist for EPIC Games

Hannah Allman

Art Teacher at WM Irvin Elementary School, Concord, NC

Hannah Grissom

Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Irvine in the Department of Art History’s Visual Studies

Hardin M. Minor

Performance Artist, Co-Founder/Artistic Director of OMIMEO Mime Theatre Education:Bachelor of Creative Arts, UNC Charlotte (1979) Hometown:Charlotte, NC Charlotte native and…

Heidi Breeden

Artistic Director at Arts for All

Holly Keogh

Professional Artist, Curator

Hope Thomas

Professional artist, business owner

Hunter Wayne Foster

Freelance Dance Artist, LA

Isabel Fee

Architect at Housing Studio, Charlotte, NC

Isabel Gonzalez

Professional Actor, Children’s Theatre of Charlotte