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Taylor Erwin

Graduate Profile: Taylor Erwin

Taylor Erwin started at Alma College majoring in business administration, but decided to add an art major in the middle of her junior year.

“I've always enjoyed art, designing and creating, and that's when I decided just a business degree wasn't enough for me,” the 2008 graduate says. “I wanted to have more choices coming out of school and have the ability to pursue careers that I'd enjoy.”

Art student Taylor Erwin

Taylor Erwin

Erwin was attracted to Alma because of its academic reputation and hopes to someday own her own business.

“I feel my art major will help me with creativity and aesthetics and to gain experience using different mediums and time management,” she says.

Erwin was involved in the Center for Responsible Leadership and Pine River Anthology literary magazine. She also played softball and worked in the athletic offices for the football coaches.

“Art has allowed me to use my creativity, learn quality design, get hands on experience and enjoy my homework!” she says.

 

Students at Alma College can get involved in any of nearly 75 campus organizations, including fraternities and sororities, student government, academic honorary societies, campus media, intramural sports, the performing arts and worship groups.

 

Faculty Profile

Prof. Carrie Parks-Kirby

Prof. Carrie Parks-Kirby
Departments: Art and Design

The work of Carrie Parks-Kirby, professor of art and design, reflects an ongoing interest in historical, architectural, and ceramic forms while exploring contemporary themes through personal, often autobiographical, imagery. “I have felt deeply the influence of figures made for the tombs of ancient Chinese and Japanese nobles: Haniwa courtiers and farmers, Han dwellings and processions, T’ang horses and Q’uin soldiers,” she said. “The eloquent gestures and facial expressions of Mayan and Olmec figures and the serene dignity of Etruscan terra cotta couples never fail to move me.”