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Bethany Pena
Class of 2021 / Interior Design
A lot of my professors were really good at giving us hands-on experience and I think it is really important that our professors have the experience and know what the field is actually like. My RMCAD education really helped me know how the design process really works from start to finish.
Sarah Fox
Class of 2022 / Fashion Design
With my collection I wanted to make something a little bit more expressing. I like how the program helps you develop in different areas of the field in the industry.
Christopher Sweetwood
Class of 2017 / Game Art
RMCAD played an important step in my artistic development and my career. My instructors at RMCAD taught me the skills and software I use on a daily basis in my profession. Alumni Services helped me get into contact with industry professionals helping me get my start in game art.
Sydney Sais
Class of 2022 / Fashion Design
I was influenced by women in power who were not afraid to be feminine and sexual with their clothing. I will be the first kid in my immediate family to graduate college. It’s really a big deal and it’s really exciting.
Madalyn Gaydos
Class of 2022 / Fashion Design
I found this school and this is awesome. I don’t have to move anywhere and it’s all online!
Tya Alisa Anthony
Class of 2015 / Photography
My message is to be a humanitarian, to pull our moral imagination back to center.
Svitlana Pugh
Class of 2022 / Fashion Design
My hope is for the new generation! The hope that coming through the darkness, they grow and make a difference in their culture.
Brian Nugent
Class of 2004 / Animation
What’s really nice about the RMCAD community is that it is a community. We’re all good friends and we keep in contact. A lot of the people that I was here with are working in the industry, so that says how important those relationships are.
Damaria Moye
Class of 2022 / Fashion Design
What I love most about being a Fashion Design student at RMCAD is that it’s been a humbling experience to meet other creatives even outside the fashion program. I think we have a lot of world class creatives.
Paul Sullivan
Class of 2003 / Illustration
There is a lot I learned at RMCAD that I use in my career every day.
Libby Shaw
Class of 2022 / Fashion Design
Having the opportunity to design this senior collection has been amazing. The thing I love the most about being a Fashion Design student at RMCAD is the freedom to explore my interests and the tight-knit community really allowed me to develop genuine relationship with my instructors.
Kevin Tydlaska
Class of 2017 / Photography
RMCAD did the biggest thing for me that every artist needs to experience—it checked my ego…you’re always going to learn, and someone always has something to teach you.
Kai Boonthanom
Class of 2022 / Fashion Design
I think it was great the school let me have complete creative freedom in terms of discovering my aesthetic and exploring different avenues that I really wanted to tap into.
Michele Hart
Class of 2022 / Fashion Design
My best advice to Veterans that want to pursue their art degree is just to go for it! It’s kind of intimidating because art school is a whole different world and it kind of pushes you out of your comfort zone, but it’s all worth it!
Daniyil Onufrishyn
Class of 2012 / Graphic Design, Illustrative Design
It [RMCAD] taught me a lot about being a designer and being a better thinker – being more well-rounded.
Amaya Leverette
Class of 2021 / Fashion Design
Mikela Greene
Class of 2021 / Fashion Design
What I love most is that I got to do it. I was an online student and if it wasn’t for the online program, I don’t think I would have been able to do this.
Jenny Morgan
Class of 2003 / Fine Arts, Illustration, Illustrative Design
RMCAD was really influential for me, the teachers I had were extremely impactful and I still keep in touch with them. I think a smaller school like RMCAD can be really beneficial in terms of making connections and keeping those connections.
Melissa Grando
Class of 2021 / Fashion Design
What I love a lot about RMCAD is that they definitely prepared you for a lot of things.
Austyn Lewis
Class of 2021 / Fashion Design
For incoming students to RMCAD and the Fashion Department, I give the advice of: say yes. Say yes to every opportunity that you can get. Go for it even if its overwhelming and then also ask questions and be bold. Ask if you can do the crazy things. They will say yes.
Daniel Chavez
Class of 2006 / Interior Design
A lot of my technical experience is 100% Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design.
Candace Feren
Class of 2019 / Fashion Design
I’m proud to be a RMCAD graduate because there’s so many amazing staff here. They support you, challenge you and really push you to get where you need to be.
Haley Long
Class of 2019 / Fashion Design
What makes me proud to be a RMCAD graduate is the fact that I’ve been challenged so incredibly much here and that it’s actually been applicable outside of RMCAD.
Mark Fitzsimmons
Class of 2018 / Fine Arts
RMCAD gave me the space to experiment. All of the instructors I had let me take not only what I wanted but what I needed from the class I was in.
TJ Howell
Class of 2019 / Fashion Design
This is my final hoorah so it’s very important that this kind of shows who I am as a designer and what my aesthetic and who I am most importantly.
Irene Skupsky
Class of 2019 / Fashion Design
I design for the powerful woman who wears garments with more coverage to inspire her.
Gregory Hayes
Class of 2006 / Fine Arts
Ten years later I’ve developed a skill from my professor’s random act of kindness. That little bottle was the start of me dripping paint.
Anna Vo
Class of 2019 / Fashion Design
My only advice is: be confident and no matter what mistakes you made just keep going and you will go through it.
Phil Montaño
Class of 1988 / Graphic Design, Illustrative Design
You can come back here and know they’re going to have the curriculum and programs you need to succeed.
Nick Spriggs
Class of 2003 / Graphic Design, Illustrative Design
I think often of my foundation work at RMCAD. Some of those lessons stay with me today.
Lindsay Gruetzmacher
Class of 2010 / Illustration
RMCAD was great because it gives you a guideline for how to work in teams. How to create artwork for someone else, not just yourself.
Rebecca Kaufman
Class of 2002 / Interior Design
Rocky Mountain was one of the first colleges I looked at – loved the program, loved the area, and I never looked back.
Bill Gillies
Class of 2012 / Graphic Design, Illustrative Design
I wanted to immerse myself in an environment that would teach me, and that was what RMCAD was offering.
