Photography Student Works on Susquehanna River Project

SusquehannaHannah Close Photography

After taking her first darkroom class in high school, Havre de Grace native Hannah Close fell in love with photography. When she decided to further her education, Close found that Tyler’s Photography Department was a fit for her.

“I wanted to be further away from home than Baltimore, and Philly is a great city,” Close said. “Both of my parents went to Temple, plus Tyler was a beautiful, brand new facility. By far the nicest facilities of any of the art schools I applied to.”

Now Close is a senior and has recently been awarded both a Diamond Peers Teaching Award and a CARAS Project Grant.

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Canal Convergence Features Work From Joy Holland (BFA Sculpture ’06)

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Joy Holland (BFA ’06) studied Sculpture, Art History, and Italian when she was a student at Tyler. Now, her work in public art is being recognized everywhere from Pero, Milan to Scottsdale, Arizona.

“I’ve worked really hard to develop projects–to some degree of success–in which my audience is connected to me personally through collaborative relationships that develop over time,” Holland said. “In many public art works that is not the case.”

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