Art Students See Extraordinary Success Throughout 2022-23

Top image: Mackenlee Martin ’23
Converse’s School of the Arts at Converse University inspires, teaches, and guides artists through creativity and scholarship. This past academic year, the Department of Art, Design & Letters has seen one of the most prolific printmaking and photography student outcome scenarios since 2018.
Student work was exhibited in more than 13 states in some of the most competitive galleries in the country.
Congratulations to the following students and alumni.
Mia Easler BA ‘25
Art of Photography, Art Square Gallery. Kunsmatrix online exhibition.
10th Annual Juried Exhibition. AT&T Headquarters Downtown Library Lobby, Spartanburg, SC.
Caitlin Kilpatrick BFA ‘24:
Small Works, Buckham Gallery. Flint, MI.
Crow Show, The Studio Door Gallery. San Diego, CA.
2023 Fine Arts Exhibition: Small Changes, Georgia Center for the Book. Decatur, GA.
Applause: Spring 23, Volume 33. University of Arkansas, Fort Smith, AR.
50th Annual Juried Show, Artists’ Guild Gallery @ SAM. Spartanburg, SC.
WREN: Rights and Empowerment Art Show, Internal Affairs, Spartanburg, SC.

MOOD, Athica: Institute for Contemporary Art. Athens, GA. Juror, Liz Andrews.
Print Austin’s 2022 Trade Portfolio, Print Austin. Austin, TX.
Frankie Malafrante BA ‘24 (Nisbet Honors)
South Carolina Festival of Flowers Juried Art Show, Arts Center of Greenwood. Greenwood, SC.
Atlanta Print Biennial, Kai Lin Gallery. Atlanta, GA.
Print Pachanga, Presa House Gallery. El Paso, TX.
Mackenlee Martin BFA ‘23
Creative Quarterly, Issue 67, pgs. 76-77. Brooklyn, NY.
(Mackenlee was the only undergraduate student accepted into this publication for this issue. An extremely successful outcome considering the usual acceptances come from Ivy League institutions including Yale, SCAD, RISD, Pratt, and UCLA.)
36th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper, Grand Gallery. McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA.
The Hand, Issue #40/May 2023. Prairie Village, KS.
Laney Milham BFA ‘23
Ecology: Monotype Guild of New England Member’s Exhibition. Silvermine Arts Center, Plymouth, NH.
* Rosetta Nesbitt BA ‘16
10th Annual International Print Exhibition, Remarque Print Workshop. Albuquerque, NM.
Everything Blue, MVA Gallery. Bethlehem, PA.
Print Day in May. Printdayinmay.com (Multiple Awards: Zea Mays Printmaking Award, 2nd Place Award, and Blick Art Materials Award)
Lifeline: Rosetta Nesbitt Documentary (In conjunction with honoring of Juneteenth). Chapman Cultural Center, Spartanburg, SC.

Mable Ni BFA ‘24
Full Court Press Juried Print Exhibition of the Americas, The Art Center. Corpus Christi, TX.
4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Artists Collective. Spartanburg, SC. Juror, Ryan Roth.
9th Annual Juried Exhibition, Spartanburg County Public Library. Spartanburg, SC. Juror, Shane Howell.
Small Works, Buckham Gallery. Flint, MI.
48th Annual Juried Show, Anderson Arts Center. Anderson, SC.
Contemporary Print @ Print Austin. Big Medium, Austin, TX.
50th Annual Juried Show, Artists’ Guild Gallery @ SAM. Spartanburg, SC.
Atlanta Print Biennial, Kai Lin Gallery. Atlanta, GA. http://www.atlantaprintmakersstudio.org/artist-calls
10th Annual Juried Exhibition. AT&T Headquarters Downtown Library Lobby, Spartanburg, SC.