Education Alumni
Over ninety percent of VSW’s graduates work in media arts related fields. Many have gone on to very prominent careers as artists, writers, curators, executives, and educators with world–renowned institutions.
Join us for a celebration of VSW students, teachers, and friends May 29-31, 2026! Registration and details are here.
1971 David Brown • Jim Denaro • Richman W. Haire • Roberta Mages • Stephanie Torbert • Anne Wilkes Tucker • Henry Wessel • David Willis
1972 Paul L. Baron • Diane Becotte • Michael Becotte • Josephine Coatsworth • Frank DiPerna • Diane Edkins • Joe Flaherty • Paul B. Gandel • Alan Klotz • Dennis Longwell • Jay Manis • Gary Metz • Jack Mlynek • Tom Policano • Matthew Schwartz • Lionel Suntop • Joel Swartz • Roger Mertin
1973 Paul Albert • Paul Berger • Bonnie Donohue • Carol Drobek • Mark W. Dyer • Bill Edwards • David Freund • Larry Gale • John Gould • Andre Haluska • John Heroy • Helmmo Kindermann • Thomas Robinson • Ron Testa • John Witter • Barbara Jenkins
1974 Louis A. Confessori • Penny Cousineau • Sylvain (Henri) Cousineau • Mike Hager • Scott Hammen • Bruce Horowitz • Dennis Inch • Richard LeFrande • Wayne Luke • Joan Lyons • Ellen Manchester • Suzanne Mitchell-Maupin • Roberto Muffoletto • Linda Parry • Carl Sesto • Ken Slosberg • Jerri Zbiral
1975 Marilyn Anderson • Gunther Cartwright • Diana Crane • Charles Gershwin • Charles Hagen • Timothy Hearsum • Mark Hockman • Joseph Jennings • Leslie Knowlton • Barry Matus • Jonathan Morse • Alex Sweetman • Barbara Wilson-D’Andrea
1976 Patti Ambrogi • Skip Atwater • Rick Becker • James Borcoman • Joan Downing • Douglas Holleley • Susan Jahoda • Leslie Locketz • Don Myer • Arthur Nager • Ilka Normile • Kenda North • Elliott Rubenstein • Carl Toth • Elsa Voelcker • Alan Winer
1977 Yolanda Andrade • Kevin Osborn • Charles Desmarais • Deborah Flynn Post • Kevin Franke • David Goldes • John Helmore • Mark Klett • Ed Lepler • William MacKenzie • Denny Moers • Loraine Peek • John Sharlin • Robert Simon • Jim Smith • Juliana Swatko • Jim Sylvia • Greg Taylor • Robert Wright • Jim Via
1978 Fred Bacher • Laura Blacklow • Frank Duffy • Edward Earle • Carvin Eison • Tom French • Martha Gever • Tad Goodale • Laddy Kite • Fritz Klemperer • Robbie McClaran • Amanda Means • Dan Meinwald • Kevin Noble • Ann Rosen • Jeremy Ross • Howard Spector • Robert Stevens • Anna Strickland
1979 David Chappe • Penny Cousineau • Alec Dann • Marion Faller • Willis Hartshorn • Chris Holderness • Tamarra Kaida • Kataro Masuda • Michela Murphy • Anna Pomaska • Marita Sturken • David Trend • Katherine Tweedie • Janet Zweig
1980 Mauro Altamura • Pamela Benham • Stephen Bohrer • Mark Brady • Stephen G. Foote • Margaret Fox • Dorothy Handelman • Rick Hock • Deans Keppel • John Miller • John Staszyn • Arthur Tsuchiya • Philip Zimmermann • Dan Younger
1981 Martha Chahroudi Mock • Bruce Childs • Janis Croft • Barbara Gilson • Robert Gilson • Deborah Klochko • Karen Lightner • Lee Silverman • Nancy Weaver • Adam Weinberg
1982 Audrey Bernstein • Bobbe Besold • Douglas Beube • Helen Brunner • Leslie Kippen • Lucinda Furlong • Judith Gerber • Nancy Gonchar • Fiona Hall • David Henry • Brenda Matrella • Theresa Miller • Peter Mitchell • William Paris • Ed Reed • Don Russell • David Sachter • Randy Saharuni • Linn Underhill • Mary Gail Walker
1983 Andrew Allen • Pat Byrne • David Creek • Greg Erf • Trish Gallagher Niemi • James Hart • Bryan Kirkey • Philip Lange • Catherine Lord • Nathalie Magnan • Scott McCarney • Lynn Moser • Nancy Norwood • Howard Peller • Joanne Ross • Beth Sahyoun • John Simboli • Skuta Helgason • Michael Yampolsky
1984 Mario Biagioli • Lisa Bloom • Lisa K. Bolstad • Ruth Cowing • David Kwasigroh • Judith Thorpe
1988 Elizabeth McDade
1989 Jacqueline Polonko
1990 Ann Carol Goldberg • Susan Hayes • Sylvie Poirier • James Prez • Marion Ware
1991 Mark Boren • Karen Chase • Hermann Feldhaus • Marc Gordon • Carol Lafayette • Rose Marasco • Karen Messerman • Ray Robbenalt
1992 Lisa LaLonde • John Neel • David Pruden
1993 Dan Fuller • Stephen Garrow • Ellen Mahaffy • Andrew Ortiz • Russ Rosener • Nina Tovish
1994 Harold Coogan • Ava Eckhardt • Susan Feldman • David Reville • Roger Rowley • Tina Tryforos
1995 Ann Curran • Kurt Jones • Dina Light • Tracy Rudzitis
1996 Barry Chow • Julieve Jubin • Alizabeth Towery • Sarah Webb
1997 Lee Bewicke • Devon Cummings
1998 Emily Branch • Susan Gold • Kitty Hubbard • Brian Truglio • Tonjia Williams Dunham • Cynthia Young • Rae Frank
1999 Brad Pease • Chris Russo
2000 Elizabeth Alderman • Eric Chartier • Stephen Eckel • Fran Giordano • Vincent Giordano • Rick Hill • Arnold Icasiano
2001 Pat Bacon • Millard Wesley Long Chiseler • Kostas Epimenidis • Megan Pinch • Eric Wander • Mai Nakagami
2002 Margaret LeJeune • Karmen Polydorou
2003 Leslie Kroeger • Rebecca Mello • Liz Ronk
2004 Liz Richards • Daniel Christmann • Sara Duffy • Stephen Dybas • Amy Bonk Johnston • Kristen Merola • Heather Wetzel
2005 Bleu Cease • Jenn Libby • Kristin Miller Hopkins • Micah Pastore
2006 Katherine Mayer • Kelly Roe • Tate Shaw • Moira Speer
2007 Ilana Chlebowski (Swerdlin) • Elena Dubas • Kiera Faber • Amber Hares • Eric Le Roy • Jinwoo Lee • Yi-chun (Ariel) Lin • David Mount • Kirby Pilcher • James Rajotte • Sara Segerlin • Marlene Seidman • Luke Strosnider • Matt Walker
2008 Bernice Cross • Tammie Malarich • Forest McMullin • Nyssa Schauer • Katherine Schoenfelder • Meghan Smith • Elisabeth Tonnard • Lisa Wright
2009 Marta Filipek • David Frassetto • Rona Gelman • Matthew Mann • Jeffrey Nichols • Lars Samuelsson • Robyn York
2010 Michael Bartolotta • Romy Hosford • Fumiko Koizumi • Michael Leonard • Sara McKenna • Joshua Morris
2011 Jaimee Lindvay • Kelly Watson
2012 Philippe Gouvernet • Dan Varenka • Sarah Weeden
2013 Megan Charland • Sarah Cox • Laura Minor • Brian Murphy • Megan Sullivan • Alicia Taylor Austin
2014 Rachael Deeley
2015 Amanda Chestnut • Rachel Ferraro • Rob Hoffman • John Lake • Juliana Muniz
2016 William Fleth • Gregory Eddi Jones • Ray Ray Mitrano • Stephanie Vance
2017 Sasha Rose Herbert • Andrea Thompson
2018 Crystle Slavy • Tian Wang
2019 Jacklyn Das
2020 Steve Arenius
2021 Nilson Carroll • Michael Darcy • Kasey Edgerton • Mary Lewandowski • Talmadge Krajowsky • Rashaad Parker
2022 Christopher Cilento • Brian Hathaway • Jonathan Merritt
2023 Megan Asbeck • Walter Colley • Michael Latragna • MK Mehlrose
2024 Cocoa Rae David • Anna Brasted