Catharine Draper MFA '00
Catherine studied at Smith College and earned her BFA in Painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Her work has been exhibited at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport, the Betty Rymer Gallery at the Art Institute of Chicago, Thomas Moser Cabinetmakers in New York (a show she also curated), and Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio, among other places. She has participated in a variety of artist talks and discussions, and has been a visiting artist at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Southern Maine. In 2001, she received a full scholarship to the Vermont Studio Center, in Johnson, Vermont. About her piece for the Alumni Exhibition, she writes, "In upholstering these sculptures with my old velvet skirt and my grandmother’s beaver coat I thought about the nature of family. My genes, like the chairs, are a structure handed down through the generations that get reupholstered with each era."

"Upholstered Fur", mixed media, 20"x 16" x 27"

"Upholstered Velvet", mixed media, 15" x 24" x 13"