List of Cornish College of the Arts people

Following is a list of notable people associated with the Cornish College of the Arts, located in the American city of Seattle, Washington.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

Presidents

• Nellie Cornish (1914–1939)
• Melvin Strauss (1975–1985)
• Robert N. Funk (1985–1994)
• Sergei P. Tschernisch (1994–2011) ^[1]
• Nancy Uscher (since 2011) ^[2]

Notable faculty

Music

• Guy Anderson
• Eric Banks
• Vicki Boeckman
• Jay Clayton
• Corigliano Quartet (artist-in-residence)
• Chuck Deardorf
• Christopher DeLaurenti
• Jody Diamond (artist-in-residence)
• Robert Dick (artist-in-residence)
• Bill Frisell (artist-in-residence)
• Janice Giteck
• Randy Halberstadt
• Lou Harrison (artist-in-residence)
• Bern Herbolsheimer
• Wayne Horvitz
• Laura Kaminsky
• Bun-Ching Lam
• Art Lande
• Rudresh Mahanthappa (artist-in-residence)
• Ingrid Matthews
• Myra Melford (artist-in-residence)
• Meredith Monk (artist-in-residence)
• Butch Morris (artist-in-residence)
• Michael Nicolella
• Hossein Omoumi (artist-in-residence)
• Frank J. Oteri (artist-in-residence)
• Gary Peacock
• Julian Priester
• Jovino Santos Neto
• Seattle Chamber Players (artist-in-residence)
• Adam Stern
• Stephen Stubbs
• Paul Taub
• Tom Varner
• Linda Waterfall
• Melia Watras (artist-in-residence)
• Matt Wilson (artist-in-residence)

Dance

• John Cage (accompanist)
• Seán Curran (artist-in-residence)
• David Dorfman (artist-in-residence)
• Bill Evans (artist-in-residence)
• Syvilla Fort (artist-in-residence)
• David Gordon (artist-in-residence)
• Martha Graham
• Alonzo King (artist-in-residence)
• Ralph Lemon (artist-in-residence)
• Liz Lerman (artist-in-residence)
• Donald McKayle (artist-in-residence)
• Bebe Miller (artist-in-residence)
• Mark Morris (artist-in-residence)
• Steve Paxton (artist-in-residence)
• Elizabeth Streb (artist-in-residence)
• Twyla Tharp (artist-in-residence)
• Jennifer Tipton (artist-in-residence)

Design

• Ellen Forney

Guest and visiting artists

• Ping Chong (artist in residence)
• Hand2Mouth Theatre, Portland, OR

Fine art

• John Butler
• William Cumming
• Imogen Cunningham (artist-in-residence)
• Thomas J. Duffy
• Jesse Edwards
• Morris Graves
• Gary Hill
• Charles Stokes
• Mark Tobey
• Windsor Utley
• Ron Wigginton

Notable alumni

Dance

• Merce Cunningham
• Ann Reinking
• Micaela Taylor

Music

• Magdalen Hsu-Li
• Mary Lambert
• Karyna McGlynn
• Todd McHatton
• Patrick O'Hearn
• Reggie Watts
• Steve White ^[3] of The Blue Man Group
• Frances Williams
• Michael Wilton

Theater

• Wolfe Bowart (clown, physical theater writer, performer)
• Brendan Fraser (actor) ^[4]
• David Gasman (actor, director, voiceover artist)
• Chet Huntley (NBC broadcast legend)
• C.S. Lee (actor, Showtime's Dexter)
• Jinkx Monsoon (Hera Hoffer) (actor, singer)
• Lady Rizo, also known as Amelia Rose Zirin-Brown (cabaret performer-actor)

Fine art

• Clayton Lewis, painter and sculptor^{[ citation needed ]}
• James McMullan
• Felicia Oh ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Mark Velasquez
• Ron Wigginton

Film

• Colleen Atwood, costume designer, three-time Academy Award winner ^[5]

See also

• Biography portal
• Lists portal

• List of people from Seattle

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 28, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
2. "Cornish College of the Arts: News - Dr. Nancy Uscher Named as Next President of Cornish College of the Arts". www.cornish.edu. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010.
3. Chansanchai, Athima. "Looking for a Blue Man Isn't All Black and White". Seattle Post-Intelligencer .
4. "Alumni US | Cornish College of the Arts, Greater Seattle Area".
5. "Who Dresses Johnny Depp? Costumer Colleen Atwood, a Northwest Native". The Seattle Times . December 11, 2010.