Where are they now?
ArtistYear alumni are actors, educators, arts administrators, composers-in-residence, touring dancers, medical students, PhD candidates, orchestral musicians, photographers, freelance designers, soloists, teaching artists, and instillation artists.

Manuela Romero, ArtistYear '19
Manuela is a full-time music teacher at her former partner school in the School District of Philadelphia.

Robert Conselatore, ArtistYear '18
Robert is Communications Manager at Settlement Music School in Philadelphia.

Rebecca Arthur, ArtistYear '19
Rebecca Arthur is a Fulbright Scholar in Photography in France.
Impact Spotlight: Aqil Rogers, ArtistYear '18
A Maker Space for Executive Functioning:
ArtistYear Alum, Aqil Rogers, is a metalsmith and product designer who graduated from Drexel University and served at Mastery Charter Harrty Upper School in West Philadelphia.
Aqil collaborated closely with the school’s executive functioning teacher to add creativity, art, and design thinking into the course. This class is for students who struggle to fully integrate into school culture and who need additional tools and support to self-regulate their emotions and behaviors. Through Aqil’s background as a metalsmith and product designer, students found a new way to engage in learning. While the Harrity community managed a particularly difficult semester after the arrest of a trusted staff member, Aqil’s students designed and created “light boxes” to remind themselves and others that they still hold the power to create beauty and hope for their school.
Today, Aqil is a full-time teaching artist in a Philadelphia school, increasing arts offerings for underserved students.
Where are they now?
ArtistYear alumni are actors, educators, arts administrators, composers-in-residence, touring dancers, orchestral musicians, photographers, freelance designers, soloists, teaching artists, instillation artists, and graduate students.

Tomal Hossain, ArtistYear '19
Tomal is a Doctoral Candidate in Ethnomusicology at the University of Chicago.

Michael Blumenthal, ArtistYear '19
Michael was hired by his ArtistYear partner school as a visual and media arts teacher in the School District of Philadelphia.

Stanislav Chernyshev, ArtistYear '17
Stanislav is Principal Clarinetist of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.
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