Art and Visual Culture

Art Students, Past and Present

Jim Busby, Art Major
Jim Busby, Art Major

Alumni Profile

Alumni of the Art Department have been accepted into a number of prestigious graduate programs, including the Pratt Institute in New York, the School of the Chicago Art Institute, and Claremont Graduate School. Other students have gone directly into careers in business, art therapy, bio-medical illustration, arts administration, graphic design, web design and publishing. Others have obtained the certification necessary for teaching art in elementary or secondary schools.

(Former and current art students: We realize this list is incomplete. Please send information about your art-related activities to Prof. Ron Mills at rmills@linfield.edu)

A Sampling of Past and Current Linfield Art Student Activities and Achievements:

Internships help art majors make decisions about directions for their work and their careers. In recent years students have pursued internships working, usually though not always unpaid, in a variety of settings, ranging from graphic and web design for businesses and corporations to assisting in galleries and museums, including the Portland Art Museum, the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Broderick Gallery and Froelick Adelhart Gallery in Portland.

  • Dakota Witzenburg ('00) was accepted into MFA programs at Claremont Graduate University and USC, and has decided to begin at USC in the fall of 2000 or the spring of 2001.
  • Steve Shoffner ('00) was accepted into MFA programs at USC, Claremont Graduate University and the University of Illinois. He has chosen Claremont, and expects to begin study there either in the fall of 2000 or spring of 2001.
  • Molly Jasper is off in the fall of 2000 to the Seattle Art Institute for work in interior design.
  • Dakota Witzenburg ('00) collaborated with Professor Nils Lou on an art project commissioned by "Da Vinci Days" in Corvallis, Oregon. They designed and installed eight triple-sized windsurfing sails in a public park.
  • Steve Shoffner, senior, had a sumner internship at Froelick Adelhart gallery, Portland, Oregon.
  • Dakota Witzenburg, senior, has an internship at PICA, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art.
  • Whitney Wilcox, senior art student, has an internship at Cottage Gallery, in McMinnville.
  • Leah Eberhart ('99) has a new job at Broderick Gallery in Portland, Oregon.
  • Tammy Bremer ('99) was accepted to the School of the Chicago Art Institute, the Boston Museum School, and Claremont Graduate School programs leading to the Masters of Fine Arts (MFA).
  • David Anderson ('97) formerly webmaster for the Statesman's Journal in Salem, Oregon, now works for a web design firm in Portland, Oregon.
  • Shannon Kindy ('97) is a free-lance graphic designer and works for Spirit Mountain casino in Sheridan, Oregon.
  • Tammy Bremer ('99) and Rachel Potter ('99) were invited to exhibit their work at Blackfish Gallery in Portland, Oregon.
  • Polly Bartels continues to direct and own a prestigious art gallery in Scottsdale, AZ.
  • Jacci Den Hartog ('84; MFA Claremont Graduate School '86) has produced a distinctive body of work which has gained her a national following, and which was featured in 1995 in the 44th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. Jacci currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband, fellow artist
  • Patrick Nickell ('84), is a practicing artist in L.A.
  • Richard Larson ('85) is a practicing artist in Seattle, WA.
  • Carda Burke ('98) is working at Bullseye Connection, a Portland, Oregon glass gallery.
  • Brandy Alexander ('97) is teaching in the public school system in L.A. and intends to pursue graduate study in art.
  • Eddy Tjahjadi runs a gallery in Jakarta, Indonesia.
  • Andrea Hewitt has a fall 1999 internship at Broderick Gallery in Portland, Oregon.
  • Steve Shoffner has a sumner 1999 internship at Froelick Adelhart Gallery in Portland, Oregon and a past internships at NACo (national association of counties) in Washington DC. doing graphic design and mass mailings, plus two internships in Australia doing web design.