Given the faulty perception that artists struggle to earn a living, it is important to note the many Augustana alumni who are working successfully as artists, architects, graphic designers, teachers, and more.

• Brady Holm '11 is a graphic designer for Matt Jensen Marketing, Sioux Falls, SD.

• Audrey Stommes ’10 is a graduate student in drawing at the University of Nebraska.

• Andrew Brynjulson ’09 is a graphic designer for Astronaut Studio, a brand studio focused on communications work for sustainable businesses, clean technologies and eco-initiatives.  He and Andrew Osborn '09 co-founded and operate  Harlequin Prints.

• Andrew Osborn ’09 worked for OBI Creative and is now a freelance Independent Creative in Omaha, doing art direction, design and creative strategies for a range of regional and national clients.

• Rachel McAllister ’09 teaches art in Lennox, South Dakota. 

• Don Johnson ’09 is a graduate student in printmaking at the University of Idaho.

• Kat Burdine ’08 is a designer at Fresh Produce in Sioux Falls.

• Chase Kramer ’08 earned his Masters of Architecture from Iowa State University.  He is an architectural intern at VanDeWalle Associates in Sioux Falls, SD.

• Kiel Mutschelknaus ’07 is a graduate student in design at the Cranbrook Academy of Art.

• Carrie Jo Ammermann ’04 is an art director at Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners in Sausalito, California (named Agency of the Decade in 2009).

• T.J. Olson ’04 is Project Technician at Koch Hazard Architects in Sioux Falls.

• Sarah Hellstrom Hoehn '03 is a designer and art director at the advertising agency Martin Williams in Minneapolis, MN.  Her clients include Payless, Finnegans Irish Amber, Pfizer Animal Health Equine and Syngenta.

• Jennifer Borchardt ’01 is a creative director for Lavender Magazine in Minneapolis.

• Bridget Beck ’00 is a sculptor in Clear Lake, Wisconsin. She has worked at Franconia Sculpture Park, Socrates Sculpture Park, Mark DiSuvero’s Spacetime Studio, and the Connecticut Sculpture Park.

• Chad Lindemann '00 is an Associate Professor of Art at Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, WI.

• Alicia Sauer ’98 works in fashion advertising for Target. She travels to New York and Los Angeles, arranging and directing photo shoots.

• Chad Nelson ’95 teaches art at Brandon High School in Brandon, South Dakota.

• Karine Swenson '93 is a visual artist and works in Southern California, near Joshua Tree National Park.

• Dave Greenlund ’89 is a studio artist and pastor of Peace Lutheran Church in the Twin Cities.

• James Cambronne ’83 is chair of 2D Fine Arts at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. He is represented by the Alexandre Gallery in New York and the Nielsen Gallery in Boston.

• Brad Widness ’82 is an Adjunct Professor of Art at Minnesota State University-Mankato.

• Shelly Fuller ’81 is Professor of Photography at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

• Peter Kilian '79 is a Professor of Art at Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD, where he teaches drawing, painting, and printmaking.

• Kent Kapplinger '77 is an Associate Professor of Art at North Dakota State University where he teaches printmaking and drawing.  He is also a master printer for Printmaking, Education and Research Studio (PEARS) in Fargo, ND.  He has received fellowships from the Hungarian Multicultural Center, North Dakota Council on the Arts, Woodstock School of Art in New York, and Vinalhaven Press in Maine.

• Scott Schnepf ’77 is Professor of Art and Acting Chair of the Department of Art and Art History at the University of New Hampshire.

• Bob Booker ’77 is Executive Director of the Arizona Commission on the Arts in Phoenix, Arizona.

• Fred Lawyer ’76 is a printmaker and art educator in Mobile, Alabama.

• Brian Hansen ’73 owns an architectural firm in St. Paul, Minnesota.

• Sam Wang '64, now retired, was a Professor of Art at Clemson University, SC.  He has exhibited throughout the United States and China.  His book, Sam Wang Four Decades of Photographic Explorations, was published by China Jiangsu Arts Publishing in 2010.

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