Alumni

Title	Created Date
Alumna and Producer Elli Legerski's (Film) “Jane Austen’s Period Drama” receives Oscar shortlist nomination for "Best Live Action Short"	February 17, 2026
Jonathan Dillon (Music), alumnus Peter Girgenti (BME ‘25), and student Allie VanLeuven (BME ‘26) co-author "Composing character motifs" article in "Teaching Music"	January 16, 2026
Film alumni Abby Ellis (BA ’11) and Beth Kearsley (BA ’21) honored for work on "The Lake" at 2026 Sundance Film Festival	December 11, 2025
Art alumna Nikayla Starr (BFA '24) awarded Chateau d'Orquevaux International Artists & Writers Residency	December 08, 2025
Theatre students, alumni, and faculty in SLAC’s production of "Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience"	December 05, 2025
Music alumnus Brandon Horrocks (BMU ’02, MMU ’21, DMA ‘24) leads Great Falls Symphony’s holiday concert as candidate for ensemble lead	December 03, 2025
Alumna Krista Derington (Modern MFA ’15) coached and accompanied students to the 2025 China International Folk Arts Festival in Foshan, China	November 19, 2025
Alumna Kimberly Richardson (Modern Dance BFA ’00) returns to Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis for the bilingual musical Go, Dog. Go! • Ve Perro ¡Ve!	November 19, 2025
Members, Faculty, Alumni (Dance) return to Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT) stage to perform in restaging of "Ryoanji" by Jacque Lynn Bell (Theatre)	November 14, 2025
Mark Fossen (TS ’14) directing "Green Day’s American Idiot” at SLCC’s Grand Theatre	November 11, 2025
Sydney Porter-Williams (Art) receives “Best in Show” for "Awakening" installation/sound piece "Requiem" at Bountiful Davis Art Center’s Statewide Emerging Artists’ Annual Competition	November 11, 2025
Assemblage Art Fund announces 2025-2026 Awardees: Josh Graham (Art), Sara Serratos (Art), Stephanie García (Dance) among them	November 11, 2025
SLCAC's Finch Lane Gallery features exhibitions curated by Holly Rios (Art) and Carlissa Shaw (Art) & a solo exhibition by Dan Evans (Art)	November 11, 2025
Art by Hadley Rampton (Art BFA ’99) featured in Delta Sky Lounge at the Salt Lake City International Airport	November 11, 2025
Art is Everywhere: Refugee Agriculture, Psychology, and Justice	October 28, 2025
Department of Theatre alumnus Cooper Howell (MTP '15) is Associate Director for Broadway's "Cats: The Jellicle Ball”	October 24, 2025
Alumnus Candido Jessee Abeyta (MM ’22) is pop saxophonist for Neon Trees, performs at U's RedFest	October 18, 2025
Pieces from Nancy E. Rivera's (UMFA, Art MFA ’16) "Family Portrait" series acquired by Hood Museum of Art for "Visual Kinship" Exhibition	September 12, 2025
Carol Sogard, Zak Jensen, and Benjamin Childress (Art) announced in 2026 Finch Lane Gallery Lineup	September 12, 2025
Theatre alumni Olivia Hellin (BFA ‘25) and Jordan Cruz (BFA ‘25) perform with Adjunct Instructor Eric Sciotto (Theatre) and Tony Award winners Sutton Foster and Kelli O’Hara, accompanied by the Utah Symphony	August 01, 2025

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