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Notable Alumni


Art and Art History

Kristen Coates '05: Double-majored in Art & Art History. For a number of years, she directed year-long marketing and logistics efforts for the National Guitar Workshop’s summer music program. read more...

Josh Dorman '88: "If Josh Dorman had been born in the 17th century, he would have become one of those eccentrics who curated the Wunderkammers, the room-size collections of oddities taken from nature, science, and myth." read more...

Anne Hughes '76: Earned a BS in Studio Art, minor in Art History. After working at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum for Design and Decorative Arts in New York City for a year, she earned her MFA in printmaking from the Rhode Island Institute of Design in 1980. read more...

Doug Schatz '92: graduated from Skidmore with a degree in Art and Geology. "I have an MS in Geology from Vanderbilt, but decided art was more for me and got an MFA from the University of Kentucky in 1999," he writes. read more...

 

Theater

John Beckman '94: "I graduated in the hopes of running right to Chicago to start designing and working in a scene shop. That didn't happen right away, however. read more...

Ellen Dreyer Wolff '90: I graduated Skidmore with a Theater major, Elementary Education minor, with dreams of opening a fine arts preschool :). Right after graduation, I started touring nationally with a children's theater group (American Family Theater out of Philadelphia), and worked with them for 3 years (I have been all across the US & Canada). read more... 

Ann Jamison '77: I was a Theater major with a minor in studio art. I had a 10 year professional career in the theater after graduation and earned money at it! I always had a bread and butter job. read more... 

Margaret Ying Drake '07 (dual major): Margaret Ying Drake is an actress working in New York City. She studied Classics and Theater at Skidmore while training in Judo with US Olympic Coach Jason Morris. read more...

Gabriel Weissman '10: Gabriel was just seven when his parents took him to his first Broadway show, How to Succeed in Business in Business Without Really Trying.“Since the moment that curtain closed, I knew I wanted to be an actor,” he says.Calling his decision to attend Skidmore a “no-brainer"...Read more