10th Annual Art & Art History Alumni Panel
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Announcing the 10th Annual Art and Art History Alumni Panel. Come to learn about the creative and exciting career paths of our Alumni in the arts.
The Art and Art History Department is excited to present our 10th Annual Art and Art History Alumni Panel:
Katie Mascia ’19, Art Therapy
Katie graduated from Adelphi University in 2019 with a BFAin Art Education and a minor in Psy-chology. Her thesis work consisted of large-scale geometric paintings that emphasized color theory. After graduating from Adelphi, she went on to obtain her MA in Creative Arts Therapy and Counseling from Hofstra University. She graduated from Hofstra with her masters in 2021.
Katie now works at Good Samaritan University Hospital as a Art Therapist/Child Life Specialist on the inpatient pediatric and pediatric intensive care units.
Bernard Raifer ’23, Art Education
Bernard Raifer graduated from Adelphi in 2023 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art and Design Education and minors in Graphic Design and Art History. Currently he teaches and works on his own craft as an oil painter. Believing that objects can tell stories within his work, he strives to rip away what we know to be as a typical still life painting. Starting from collages, he crops compositions and applies various techniques to disorient the viewer.
Alaina Hemlall ’16, Graphic Design
Alaina Hemlall is a graphic designer at Kravet Inc. and specializes in motion design and digital media. She graduated from Adelphi University in 2016 with a BFA Concentrating in Graphic Design, along with a minor in Communications. Alaina is a native New Yorker with a love for museums and gardens.
Katherine Volpe ’16, Artist & Educator
Katherine Volpe graduated from Adelphi University in 2016 with a BFA in Studio Art, concentration in painting and minor in art history. In 2018, Katherine received an MFA degree from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Her work has been exhibited in several museums throughout Philadelphia, including the Historic Landmark Museum and the Woodmere Muse-um. Her first Solo Exhibition was in 2022 in Waynesburg University’s Benedum Gallery in Penn-sylvania. Group exhibitions include galleries in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Center City Philadelphia, Chestnut Hill and Long Island City. Katherine most recently had four of her paintings acquired by the 9/11 Memorial Museum in NYC into their permanent collection in 2024.
For any questions please contact Kellyann Monaghan at monaghan@adelphi.edu or 516.877.4460.