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The Yale School of Art celebrates its graduating class of 2024 with a commencement address by Los Angeles-based artist and educator Patty Chang.
The 2024 candidates for the Degree of Master of Fine Arts:
Graphic Design: Simon Charwey, Julio Correa Estrada, Davy Dai, Sara Duell, Kayla Hawkins, Darnell Henderson, Junyan Hu, Claire Hungerford, Kaming Lee, Siri Lee, Daedalus Guoning Li, Lobbin Liu, Xinyi Liu, Neeta Patel, Orlando Porras, June Lihua Yu, Qiang Wang, Ken Wenrui Zhao.
Painting/Printmaking: Adam Amram, Creighton Baxter, Sydney Cain, Zoe Ann Cardinal Cire, Earthen Clay, Haleigh Collins, Michael Cuadrado Gonzalez, Justin Emmanuel Dumas, Ricardo Galvan, Irisol Gonzalez-Vega, Madeleine Gray, Eloise Hess, Mei Kazama, Lauren Klotzman, Louise Mandumbwa, Laura Camila Medina, Mike Picos, Nadir Souirgi, Khalif Tahir Thompson, Katharen Wiese, V Yeh.
Photography: Torry Brown, Andina Marie Osorio, Pat Garcia, Whitney Klare, Jarod Lew, Avion Pearce, Tanner Pendleton, Darby Routtenberg, Patricia Voulgaris, Shelli Weiler.
Sculpture: Ivana Dama, Yacine Fall, Elli Fotopoulou, Patrick Henry, Y. Malik Jalal, Baxter Koziol, Marcelline Mandeng Nken, Andrew Ordonez, Rafael Villares, Rachel Youn.
The 2024 School of Art Commencement begins with Yale’s University-wide commencement exercises on Old Campus in New Haven on Monday, May 20. This event will be followed by the Yale School of Art Diploma Ceremony and Reception in the Sculpture Garden at the Yale University Art Gallery.
With their families and friends in attendance, graduates will hear addresses from Yale School of Art Stavros Niarchos Foundation Dean and Professor of Art Kymberly Pinder and invited commencement speaker Patty Chang.
About commencement speaker Patty Chang
Patty Chang is a Los Angeles based artist and educator who uses performance, video, installation and narrative forms when considering identity, gender, transnationalism, colonial legacies, the environment, large-scale infrastructural projects and impacted subjectivities. Her most recent collaborative project, Learning Endings, is a multi-part interdisciplinary research that has surfaced amidst the overlapping contexts of climate crisis, threatened ocean ecosystems, and challenges to scientific expertise. In addition to numerous awards and fellowships, her work has been exhibited at institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim Museum, New Museum, M+ Museum in Hong Kong, and Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden. She teaches at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California.
