Alumni Stories
![Piece by Brian Rochefort 07 CR involving intense color, multiple firings and thick, oozy glazes](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1567183457567_Rochefort-hero.jpg?h=3378616a&itok=6y2uFqtK)
LA-based artist Brian Rochefort 07 CR is gaining growing recognition through multiple shows this year.
![Isabel Hajian 19 AP sewing](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1566327153453_HajianListing2.jpg?h=2992ba0a&itok=dIylJQXN)
Isabel Hajian 19 AP sculpts bold cotton eveningwear for the Supima Design Competition at NYFW.
![Michelle Grohe MA 02 with group of people viewing paintings](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1565666074894_Michelle-Grohe-listing-alt.jpg?h=316df784&itok=Sp1zmeQS)
Museum educator Michelle Grohe MA 02 takes an inclusive approach at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
![Jordan Seaberry 14 PT, photo by Suaznne Kreiter, Boston Globe](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1564078593050_photo-by-Suaznne-Kreiter-Boston-Globe.jpg?h=b3660f0d&itok=8uG4XTTr)
Artist/activist Jordan Seaberry 14 PT encourages students enrolled in RISD’s Pre-College Program to pay attention and get involved in the world around them.
![Alexander Rosenberg 06 GL on Netflix's Blown Away](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1563479371827_BLOWN-AWAY.jpg?h=2fad2f52&itok=qs0-xQ0Z)
Two alumni are central to the cast of the competition show Blown Away on Netflix.
![Ben Wright MFA 09 GL](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1561515921402_Ben-listing.jpg?h=e46a3856&itok=poBKmZIT)
As the new artistic director at Pilchuck Glass School, artist/educator Ben Wright MFA 09 GL is building on the vision of the school’s founder Dale Chihuly MFA 68 CR.
![Hanbok attire, traditional clothing from Korean culture](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1559920436388_Bonny-Cai-hanbok.jpeg?h=7e059404&itok=KNoga_zs)
Recent graduates will advance interesting art and design research in Africa, Asia and Europe during the 2019–20 academic year.
![Children at Karam House in Syria](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1556657057095_Karam-student-in-body.jpg?h=5075ac2f&itok=nnwX8UEI)
Lina Sergie Attar MArch 01 and the Karam Foundation are helping young Syrian refugees learn new ways of thinking through design-based education.
![Tavares Strachan 03 GL](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1556664376483_Tavares-listing.jpg?h=ef98e588&itok=sOsItenU)
Nicole Eisenman 87 PT and Korakrit Arunanondchai 09 PR are the only two artists worldwide invited to show in both the 2019 Whitney and Venice biennials.