Visual and Communication Arts Careers

EMU students have remarkable opportunities for professional networking, internships, and media exposure.

Here are a few samples:

VaCa student work has received attention from national and international media. The Washington Post covered our class documentary on the Kurdish community in Harrisonburg, and the BBC ran student photos from the documentary on their Web site.

Andrew Gascho interned as a photographer for a D.C. newspaper called The Hill where he photographed Washington policitians such as Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain. His photographs of former US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson recently appeared on a PBS FRONTLINE documentary called Inside the Meltdown.

Matthew Gillis, a photography major, has interned for National Geographic Adventure in New York City, the D.C. United soccer team and Oregon’s Statesman Journal. He was the winner of the Associated Press Photo of the Month for October, 2009.

Steven Stauffer submitted his photography portfolio from the Advanced Black and White Photography class to the Festival of the Photograph and was awarded a scholarship to study with National Geographic photographer Bill Allard for a week. Steven’s work was shown at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville to an international audience that included some of the most talented and best known photographers in the world.

Kari Martin’s work has been exhibited in three shows in the region this academic year. A senior art major, her paintings were selected for a consortium student show at Bridgewater College. They were also the only student works accepted into an invitational show, “Red” at the Smith House Gallery. Additionally, Kari won an award for one of the paintings in the Artful Dodger’s first juried show.

Our graduates are bringing their Visual and Communication Arts training to a variety of vocations.

Here are a few samples:

Benjamin J. Myers is a successful freelance photojournalist and photo editor for a Washington, D.C based newspaper called The Hill.

Mary Yoder-Anderson is the Publications Coordinator for the American Shakespeare Center .

Todd Yoder is a graduate student in painting at San Francisco Academy of Art.

Mikaela Bender is an intern with the Society for Contemporary Craft.

Frank Ameka is a media designer for James Madison University. His photography was recently published in Time Magazine.

Tiffany Horst is a photo editor for Rosetta Stone , the creators of the leading language learning software.

Melanie Pritchard is a graduate student in sequential art at Savannah College of Art and Design.

Kelley Horst teaches art at Harrisonburg High School.

Shawn Hunter became a media producer for Mennonite Central Committee .

Jon Styer is a graphic designer at Eastern Mennonite University.

EMU is not responsible for the content of external links.