Every Carthage student is required to submit a senior thesis or capstone project to demonstrate their mastery of their chosen area of study. Here is a look at some of the original work that Carthage art students have created for this requirement.

Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibitions

Below is a list of some of our brilliant senior theses from the past several years.

  • Amber Redmond ’24, “In the Round” — black and white digital photographs, ceramic sculptures, and installation
  • Kailee Nunzio ’24, “Miniature Trauma” — mixed media sculptures
  • Helen Marchant ’24, “Story Lines” — full color, digital photographs
  • Stewart Lilly ’24, “Her Legacy: A Man’s Reflection” — black and white digital photographs
  • Theresa Kalb ’24, “She is Me” — acrylic paintings and mixed media
  • Michelina Tuzil ’24, “Love and War” — ink drawings
  • Paige Smith ’24, “Layers of Struggle” — acrylic paintings
  • Madeline Frank ’24, “UnTouched” — fiber arts and ceramics
  • Katie Drummond ’23, “Formations” — ceramic sculptures
  • Tatiana Ebbinger ’23, “Materialistic” — mixed media artworks from found, reclaimed, and recycled materials
  • Mason Tucker ’23, “Compassion Drought” — mixed media artworks from found, reclaimed, and recycled electronics
  • Arianna Cunningham ’23, “Roots” — plaster casting and mixed media in her life-size figurative sculptures
  • Katie Libricz ’23, “Colorful and Calloused” — acrylic painting on vinyl and ceramic sculptures
  • Brianna Jordan ’23, “Reconnection” — acrylic paintings on canvases.
  • Michael McMurray ’23, “Saint Tranny” — installation of sculptures, large-scale digital drawings, and video art.
  • Mackenzie Stanley ’23, “Adrift” — drawings, prints, and site-specific pieces
  • Andrew Colletti ’23, “Freedom Confined” — large-scale video artworks
  • Sydney Hnatusko ’23, “Flow State” — watercolor painting on paper and ceramics
  • Victoria Olvera ’23, “Intertwined Roots” — ceramic sculptures and paintings
  • Noemi Norman ’23, “Shared World” — mixed media sculptures
  • Kenzie Zocher ’23, “Control” — acrylic paintings and ceramic sculptures
  • Jenna Watkins ’22, “Human” — acrylic paintings and mixed media sculptures
  • Sinclear Myhre ’21, “Woodscape” — printmaking, photographs and installations
  • Sonja Katt ’21, “Artifacts” — life-sized human plaster cast sculptures, video projection and found objects
  • Madeline Paakkonen ’21, “Recurrences” — video projections, mixed media installations
  • Jacob Del Negro ’21, “Machine Made” — conceptual sculptures and mixed media
  • Emily Trecroci ’21, “Stacked” — ceramic sculptures
  • Analisa Follensbee ’21, “Walk The Line” — paintings and sculptures
  • Miranda Gort ’20, “The Junk Drawer” — mixed media
  • Clare McCauley ’20, “How to Glaze Your Dragon” — ceramic sculpture
  • Megan White ’19, “Coming Full Circle — large-scale mixed media sculptures and hand built ceramic sculptures
  • Paul Salsieder ’19, “Meaningful Symbols in Meaningless Sequence” — paintings


Art Education / Student Teaching

Art education students complete their student teaching at local school districts.