Zoeann Murphy, CORC MA ’14, doesn’t shy away from intense situations. In fact, she heads right for them. Over the last 16 years as a photographer and video journalist, she’s traveled across the U.S. and to more than 20 countries capturing images and stories that focus on humanitarian and environmental crises, and, often times, breaking […]
As an art fraud expert, Colette Loll’s (CORC MA ’09) work sits at the intersection of art and technology. Whether she’s helping private collectors, museums, companies, or law enforcement, she’s actively working to protect cultural and historical records. But Loll didn’t start her career as an art fraud expert — or even in the art world. […]
Thanks to Denny Henry, CORC BFA ’07 and Jackie Henry, CORC BFA ’10, for sharing their story! Where and how did you meet? Denny says that we met at the registrar’s office. I say that we met by the “free bench,” a place where you could always find something you didn’t know you needed. I […]
Thanks to Nakeya Brown, CCAS MFA ’17, and Larry W. Cook, CCAS MFA ’13, for sharing their story! Our commitment to our photography practices led to our paths crossing. Larry and I first encountered each other in a professional practice course I was enrolled in. My professor selected him to be a guest speaker for […]
Our most popular feature of the year is back! Alumni Valentines tell the stories of couples and friends whose lives are forever intertwined thanks to GW. Do you have a love story to share? Send an email to [email protected] for next steps! Additional submissions will be accepted through February 22, 2019. Alumni Valentines Charles and Jamila Colleen […]
Thanks to Katelyn Manfre, CCAS MFA ’16, and Michael Thomas, CCAS MFA ’16, for sharing their story! Where did you meet? We met our first day at the Academy for Classical Acting. You may not know the program—or the building itself—exists! It’s a one-year Shakespeare-focused master’s program offered in partnership with the Shakespeare Theatre Company. […]
Thanks to Brian McCall, ESIA BA ’10, GWSB MTA ’12, and Kate (Guesman) McCall, CCAS BA ’08, for sharing their story! Where did you meet? We met on the stage of the Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre in the fall of 2006. We were building a set for Juvenelia for [what was then] the department of theatre […]
Thanks to Curtis Bateman, CCAS MA ’08, and Nancy (Perschbacher) Bateman, CCAS MA ’07, for sharing their story! Where did you meet? Fall 2005, during the campus tour on the second day of orientation. Curtis: I slept through the first day of student orientation, thinking that the second day was actually the first. Whoops. In hindsight, it […]
Thanks to Amber Boris, CORC BFA ’17, and Eddy Aldana, CORC BFA ’17, for sharing their story! Where did you meet? Amber: We met at the Corcoran building during freshman orientation. I remember he was at the same table as me and the red hat he was wearing. Eddy: I don’t remember much from the […]
Intimate touch, live combat, a man dangling upside down by his ankles speaking in an Irish brogue. Welcome to the theatrical world of Matthew R. Wilson, CCAS MFA ’09. As an accomplished actor, choreographer and director, he goes “there” – wherever the story leads – and embraces the macabre, the tragic and the comic, reveling […]
