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Documentation of the 2021 Yale School of Art commencement, with the banner carried each year by a graduating student.Documentation of the 2021 Yale School of Art commencement, with the banner carried each year by a graduating student.
Documentation of 2021 Yale School of Art commencement exercises. Photo: Angela Chen, Photography MFA ‘20.

The Yale School of Art celebrates its graduating class of 2022 with a commencement address by acclaimed native artist and cultural preservationist, Rose B. Simpson.

Faculty Marshal: Anoka Faruqee, Co-Director of Graduate Study, Painting/Printmaking

Student Marshal: Cristóbal Gracia Garrido, Sculpture MFA

Banner Bearer: Opal Ecker DeRuvo, Painting/Printmaking MFA

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Graphic Design

Alvin Ashiatey

Jessica Flemming

Han Gao

Yuan Gao

Miguel Gaydosh

Rok Hudobivnik

Kathryn-kay Johnson

Mengjie Liu

Ana Lobo

Kang Ma

Churong Mao

Hannah Tjaden

Betty Wang

Mike Tully

Immanuel Yang

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Painting/Printmaking

Rachael Anderson

Salvador Andrade Arevalo

Quinci Baker

Brianna Bass

Bhasha Chakrabarti

Zoila Andrea Coc-Chang

Kendrick Corp

Grant Czuj

Opal Ecker DeRuvo

Katherine Yaochen Du

Brett Ginsburg

Samantha Joy Groff

Anne Mailey

Kristoffer McAfee

Patricia Orpilla

Alex Puz

athena quispe

Matt Smoak

Brennen Steines

Ashley Teamer

Justin James Voiss

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Photography

Emily Barresi

Dylan Beckman

Amartya De

Anabelle DeClement

Eileen Emond

Ian Kline

Chinaedu Nwadibia

Brian Orozco

Rosa Polin

Jessica Tang

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Sculpture

Jannick Deslauriers

Riley Duncan

Pap Souleye Fall

Cristobal Gracia

Erik Nilson

Lucas Yasunaga

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The 2022 School of Art Commencement begins with Yale University’s larger in-person commencement exercises on Old Campus in New Haven on Monday, May 23. This event will be followed by the Yale School of Art Diploma Ceremony and reception for graduating students and their guests, hosted in the Sculpture Garden at the Yale University Art Gallery.

With their families and friends in attendance, graduates will hear addresses from Yale School of Art Stavros Niarchos Foundation Dean and Professor of Art Kymberly Pinder and invited commencement speaker Rose B. Simpson.

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Rose B. Simpson is a mixed-media artist working in ceramic, attire, performance and custom cars. Her practice centers primarily around the figure—often portrayed as androgynous—as a proxy to address the emotional and existential impacts of our collective humanity. Her work is deeply rooted in her personal history; Simpson is of Santa Clara Pueblo, a tribe famous for the ceramics its women have produced since the 6th century AD. Witness to her mother, an acclaimed native artist and cultural preservationist, Simpson grew up in an innovative and inquisitive atmosphere, and continues to demonstrate these values to her young daughter. After three university degrees, including an MFA from both the Rhode Island School of Design in Ceramics and the Institute of American Indian Arts in Creative Nonfiction, Simpson continues to inspire her practice from her studio and carshop in Northern New Mexico.

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