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1987

Nettrice Gaskins is a Computer Arts and Community Liaison at the Massachusetts College of Art where she teaches and develops workshops focused on computer art including imaging, time-based applications, and multimedia. Nettrice is also adjunct faculty at UMass Boston. She holds a BFA in Computer Graphics from Pratt Institute and MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Marshall Hall (Vocal Music), after graduating college, became a studio singer. About two years ago he joined the gospel quartet, the Gaither Vocal Band.

1988

Beth Hall Allison (Vocal Music) is married with three beautiful kids. She and her husband pastor a church outside of Nashville. She also heads up the church’s Fine Arts department. Travis Manley (Creative Writing) was recently promoted to deputy director of emergency management and homeland security at the University of Kentucky in 2005 after serving 11 years with the UK police department. Scott McLaughlin (Creative Writing) is a freelance writer for LEO in Louisville. Jane Tilford Watkins (Vocal Music) attended the Cleveland Institute of Music and received her Master’s in Vocal Performance in 1996. She has sung in several Oratorio works as soprano soloists including Handel’s Messiah.

1989

Barron Jones (Instrumental Music) is starting his tenth year of teaching at Madison Southern High School (now as assistant director) and Foley Middle School, where he is full-time director. Ted Kimmel (Creative Writing) is currently a Captain in the United States Marine Corps, serving in Iraq. Lauren Weigel (Drama) is a producer for an off-Broadway production company, The Play Company.

1990

Nathan Andary (Dance) received his BFA in Dance from Ohio University and went on to dance for the Salt Creek Ballet Company in Chicago, The Fusionworks Dance Company of Rhode Island, KITSUNEButoh of Boston and Katsura Kan in the Salt Imbaguines. Todd Chamberlain (Instrumental Music) received his Master’s degree in music education from Southern Oregon University in 2002. He currently is the band director at East Jessamine High School. Margaret Fitts Stein (Dance) is currently working in her hometown of Bowling Green for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. She and her husband welcomed their first baby, Nathaniel Nelson, whom they will call “Nate,” on June 29, 2006.

1991

Bonnie Moore McCarty (Creative Writing) is the assistant director of scholarships at Middle Tennessee State University, the largest undergraduate institution in Tennessee. Michelle Stanton Phillips (Dance) is currently living in New York City and is a Radio City Rockette. Spiff Wiegand (Creative Writing) has a band, The Randy Bandits, and they have just released their first CD, REDBEARD.

1992

Bridget Herp Couch (Visual Art) married fellow GSA Alum Stephen Couch. She is a graphic designer and Stephen is a professional musician and music teacher. Greg Sample (Dance) is currently living in Las Vegas and has performed with the Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Celine Dion and A New Day.

1993

Branan Whitehead (Drama) is currently living in New York City where is he is acting and directing. Erin Keane (Creative Writing) is founder and director of the InKY Reading Series, a monthly literature and music series in Louisville. Her chapbook, One Hit-Wonders, was published by Snark Publishing in 2006. She was a recipient of a fellowship from the Kimmel Nelson Harding Center for the Arts in Nebraska.

1994

Chip Anderson (Instrumental Music) has spent the past three years as band director in Henry County, teaching middle school and high school band, guitar, music theory, general music and humanities. Jessica Grimsley Crabtree (Instrumental Music) just finished her Master’s degree and still continues her musical interests by playing in a local brass quartet. Beth Newberry is pursuing her Master’s of Fine Arts degree in writing from Spalding University (with a focus in creative non-fiction). She is involved in the InKY Reading Series, a monthly literature and music series in Louisville, where she is music coordinator and secretary of the board. She is also vice-president of the Louisville chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Tara Niendam (Drama) graduated from Northwestern University and has moved to Los Angeles to pursue a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at UCLA. Molly Seifert (Drama) is currently working as a drama and English teacher at Beechwood High School in northern Kentucky.

1995

Matt Smith (Instrumental Music) is a professional freelance horn player in the Louisville and Cincinnati areas, regularly performing with the Louisville and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestras.

1996

Pam Bischoff (Instrumental Music) is executive director at the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen in Berea. Tracey McCauley Sanchez (Visual Art) began her fourth year as a teacher in Fayette county. She still loves to paint and tries to involve it in her class as much as she can.
Carrie Olivia (Ferguson) Adams, Creative Writing works for the University of Chicago Press and is the poetry editor for Black Ocean, an independent press based out of Boston. Her poems and criticism have appeared in such places as Quarterly West, Verse, Backwards City Review, Cranky, DIAGRAM, and Lilies and Cannonballs. Her chapbook "A Useless Window," was published in March 2006 and her first full-length collection of poems, Intervening Absence, is forthcoming from Ahsahta Press.
Ryan McNulty (Visual Art) attended Indiana University with a major in studio art. He is a product designer for Sid Factor 7 in Boulder, Colorado.

1997

Tania James’ (Creative Writing) documentary film, "Aspiration," was screened at the Indo-American Arts Council’s Fifth Annual Film Festival at the Anthology Film Archives in New York City in November, 2005. Erin Shiba (Creative Writing), since graduating from Oberlin in 1998, has been running a game and comic shop in downtown Oberlin with her husband. Chad Sloan (Vocal Music) graduated from University of Louisville in vocal music, and then studied at The Juilliard School in New York City where he just finished his Master’s Degree in performance.

1998

Jennifer Alton Brown (Drama) is coaching speech and debate while pursuing her degree. She has a 5-year-old child. Daniel Ball (Instrumental Music) was in the Coast Guard for 4 years. He now plans to move to Salt Lake City and enroll at the University of Utah majoring in Marketing. John Barr (Instrumental Music) taught music in Madisonville and is completing his degree at the University of Kentucky . Josh Bunch (Visual Arts) is employed by the Whitley County Sheriff Department as a Deputy and serves as a sketch artist for the department. Jody Caldwell (Creative Writing) is a MFA student in fiction at the Iowa Writers Workshop and is working on a novel about a Kentucky writer born in the Appalachian Mountains, integrating elements of folklore and folk magic. Andrea Fenwick (Dance)n lives in the Chicago area and teaches dance to children. Claire Pope (Visual Art) is applying to MFA in painting programs. Dan Barczak (Visual Art) is currently senior designer at Fisher Design, Inc. in Cincinnati, OH. Sara Pennington-Busick (Vocal Music) is currently assistant director for the Career Development Center at Indiana University. She currently teaches multiple career classes, holds advising and career counseling sessions, and plans numerous events on campus. Denise Sutton (Instrumental Music) graduated from UK last spring and is now attending Chiropractic College in Iowa.

1999

Caitlin Ross (Dance) is still an active dancer. Justin Ballard (Vocal Music) lives in New York City and is pursuing musical theatre and vocal performance opportunities. Joshua Hearne (Vocal Music) is married and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree at Duke University Divinity School. Harper Lee (Drama) has been working for an education advocacy non-profit organization at Western Kentucky University. He is moving to Japan at the end of the summer for a year. He then plans to move to New York to pursue an MA in art journalism at Syracuse University. David Mandel-Anthony (Creative Writing) was a Humanity in Action Fellow in Europe, studying minority immigration in the Netherlands. He currently works for two international human rights groups in New York City.

2000

Karen McWhorter (Instrumental Music) recently graduated from Transylvania University with degrees in Music and Communications. She is currently working towards her Masters in Piano Performance at the University of Tennessee. Sara Endicott (Dance) is a graduate of the University of Louisville and plans to study ethnomusicology and travel around the world doing field work. Brooke Haynes (Creative Writing) is interning with the Lexington Arts and Cultural Council. Lydia Hooper (Visual Arts) spent two years after high school, volunteering and traveling and publishing her own magazine. She graduated from the Lexington Healing Arts Academy and is a licensed massage therapist in northern Virginia. Ginger Pennington (Drama) studied in London , England last year and is going on a tour of Italy with her choir. Bethany Stiles (Vocal Music) recently finished a production of “Madame Butterfly” with the University of Kentucky Opera Theater as Suzuki and is currently auditioning for graduate school. Nichole Burruss (Creative Writing) is currently working for the University of Louisville in the Honors Department and is a graduate student. Rebecca Covington (Musical Theatre) just earned the major role in the touring production of Thoroughly Modern Millie. 

2001

Melodye Edwards (Creative Writing) graduate from college this May and is getting married this summer. Brittany Benningfield (Vocal Music) is a student at Campbellsville University studying Music Education and Voice. Aaron Bowling (Drama) will spend his fall semester in Sevilla, Spain studying language, culture, and the arts. Erica Brown (Creative Writing) will continue to write as she finishes her teaching degree at Morehead State University. Zachary Fulkerson (Instrumental Music) just graduated with degrees in Chemistry and Biology (minoring in Classics and Music Performance). Next year he will start medical school at the University of Kentucky. Kelly Shields (Vocal Music) attends Northern Illinois University where she is currently double majoring in Vocal Performance with an emphasis in classical voice and English.

2002

Savannah Barrett (Creative Writing) is attending the University of Louisville, majoring in Humanities, with plans to enter the field of Arts Administration. She is employed at the Paul Paletti Gallery. Nick Covault (Vocal Music) is at the University of Kentucky double-majoring in Vocal Performance and Arts Administration. John Cartwright (Dance) is studying Dance and Arts Administraion at Butler University in Indianapolis. Laura Ward (Drama) is double majoring in English and international studies at Bellarmine University. Her goal is to obtain a PhD in English and teach college. Josh Ford (Dance) has been training and teaching. He is also working on a hip hop album with his brother in Louisville. Sarah Griffin (Drama) is currently employed in the props department of the Central City Opera, Central City, CO. James Williams (Drama) graduated from the Los Angeles Film School and has continued success in the film industry.

2003

William Bauer (Vocal Music) plans to attend Western Kentucky University in the fall to possibly major in business with a minor in music. Bruce Bohman (Visual Art) attends the Savannah College of Art and Design, majoring in Film and Television. Laura Brymer (Creative Writing) is a student at Bryn Mawr College where she is starting an underground literary magazine. Christian Caldwell (Visual Art) recently got into acting and is thinking of studying journalism.  Daniel Marlowe (Drama) is majoring in theatre at Western Kentucky University . Nicholas Stanton (Musical Theatre) plans to attend Western Kentucky University and major in Musical Theatre. Michael Miller (Instrumental Music) is currently attending the University of Tennessee-Knoxville majoring in music education with a minor in performance. Lauren Dobson (Creative Writing) currently attends the University of Louisville, pursuing a BA in English with a minor in theatre arts. She will continue in the Master’s of Arts in Teaching program and has plans to become a high school English, creative writing, and drama teacher. Ben Havrilesko (Vocal Music) attends Vanderbilt University and is majoring in engineering and vocal performance. Sean Lair (Vocal Music) recently performed in Miami University Opera’s performance of Così fan tutte and will be traveling with the University Chamber Singers to Chicago this February.

2004

Brent Barnett (Creative Writing) has been giving readings promoting his chapbook, “FrontGround,” and his forthcoming novel, Songs about Rain . Callie Dowdy (Creative Writing) is involved with the forensic team and the academic team and is directing the school play. Rebbie Edmonds (Musical Theatre) played the role of Rose Alvarez in her high school's production of Bye Bye Birdie . John Gillan (Visual Arts) travelled to Paris , France over the Christmas holidays. He is currently selling his paintings. Tiffany Hume (Visual Arts) is involved in mural painting as a way to give back to the community. Melanie Reason (Creative Writing) has joined an artist collective. Alexandria Sweatt (Drama) is currently looking for the right college. Nick Breiner(vocal music) is currently attending Morehead State Univ. and is a bass trombone performance major. Erin Keesy (Vocal Music) won the regional NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singers) vocal competition in Jefferson City, TN. Rachel Klapper (Instrumental Music) is attending Murray State University, where she is studying engineering physics. Lizzie Meyers (Vocal Music) has plans to attend PCC and study political science. Kevin O. Olusola (Instrumental Music) is currently attending Yale and plays with the Yale symphony orchestra.. He performed Bach Cello Suites No. 3 Bourrees, and a Mozart Piano Trio. Dustin Pugel (Visual Art) is attending Asbury College studying history and applied communication. Josh Richards (Instrumental Music) is attending UK majoring in Music Education. Nick Hill, (Visual Art) is a sophomore at the Art Academy of Cincinnati studying painting and sculpture. He has recently exhibited work at the Chidlaw and Gateway Galleries. Ashley Quigley (Irish exchange student) is currently at Dundee University in Scotland studying History and Geography. She is involved with drama part-time at the local Rep Threatre. The Governors School for the Arts was the best experience i've ever had in my life.

2005

Emily Millizer (Dance) in July competed in a Florida National Competition. Dean Muir (Musical Theatre) won second place in the Kentucky Poetry Out Loud Competition. David Speer (Musical Theatre) will attend University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music for drama and worked for the Stephen Foster Theater Company in Bardstown during the summer.

2006

Danielle Harrison, Vocal Music will be attending Georgetown College in the fall as a psychology major and a music (vocal) minor, potentially moving to a major later on in college.