Distinguished Alumni include:

• Jack Carver - Management, Walt Disney Studios
• Greg Colson - Assemblage Artist
• Jeff Colson - Painter
• Claudia Garcia Des Lauriers - Research Scholar at Cotsen Institute, UCLA and has taught at Pomona College, UNLV and UC Santa Barbara
• Carlos Estrada-Vega - Painter
• Teo González - Painter
• Ed Lightner - Painter
• Michael Miller - Sculptor and curator
• Dale Ruffolo - Model Sculptor, Pixar Animation Studios
• Jill Thayer, Ph.D. - Artist, Marketing Strategist, Curator, Educator, and Art Historian. Post-doctoral scholar, Claremont Graduate University.

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Alumni working in Art Education in the Bakersfield Area include:

• Corky Blain, Paramount Bard Academy, Delano
• Sophie Rasmussen, Taft Union High

Bakersfield Schools:

• Cliff Johansen, Ridgeview High
• Lisa Mayo, Foothill High
• Mary Neumann, East High

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CSUB alumni attending or recently graduated from Graduate Program include:

• Andrew Borrego, Brian Bosworth, Jennifer Mitchell, and Tina Jennings – received MFA’s from Claremont Graduate University
• Andres Felipe Duque, MFA in Film, Video and New Media, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago
• Miguel Gonzalez, Character Animation program, CalArts
• Jorge Mujica completed MA at The School of the Art Institute, Chicago, and is attending a MFA program at Yale School of Art
• Allie Padget , Oakland College of the Arts

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