Meet your Creative U teachers!

Alexandra Barnett
Alexandra Barnett

Visual Arts Technician, Studio Art: Photography
M.F.A., Photography, Texas Woman's University, Denton
B.F.A., Photography, Baylor University, Waco, Texas

Instagram: Alexandra Barnett

Alexandra Barnett is a visual artist who explores self-expression through photography, mixed media and installation. Barnett's art has been showcased in juried exhibitions at Arts Fort Worth, Appleton-Patterson Arts Center of the Greater Denton Arts Council, Rockport Art Center, SRO Photo Gallery at Texas Tech University, Texas Woman’s University, and Baylor University.

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Clarissa Gonzalez

Visual Arts Technician, Studio Art: Printmaking & CVAD Adjunct Faculty
M.F.A., Printmaking, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 
B.F.A., Studio Art, University of Texas at Austin

Instagram: C_Gone331 | Website: Clarissa Gonzalez

Clarissa's studio practice considers the social influences of traditionally printed media, such as maps, geography, and shifting global culture.

The Creative U Printmaking in Public Spaces workshop will explore how printmaking, as an art medium, assimilates information and art in the public sphere. Students will learn how printmaking and art are used to share information. Projects include printing broadsides and creating linocut prints for a collaged mural.

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Whitney Holden-Rush

Program Coordinator, Undergraduate Communication Design Program
Lecturer, Communication Design: Graphic Design
B.F.A., Studio Art, University of Texas at Arlington

Instagram: Studio-Holden | Website: Whitney Holden and Studio Holden

Whitney Holden is an award-winning graphic designer, creative director, design mentor, artist, and entrepreneur. She has created brands, designed publications, and won national awards for small local agencies and global entities such as Funimation, Flower Mound, Texas, and Mary Kay, Dallas. Holden has served in creative leadership positions as the design studio supervisor at Mary Kay and recently as the creative director at Dodd Creative, Dallas. She has previous teaching experience as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Texas at Arlington. Her leadership and teaching style come from a place of empathy, lifelong learning and continual self-improvement.

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Sarah Loch-Test

Visual Arts Technician, Studio Art: Metalsmithing and Jewelry
M.F.A., Metal Design, East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina
B.F.A., Studio Art, Kent State, Kent, Ohio

Instagram: Sarah Loch-Test | Website: Sarah Loch-Test

Sarah became the first studio apprentice at Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, formerly known as the Society of Contemporary Craft of Pittsburgh. Her experience living in Pittsburgh, a resilient post-industrial city, profoundly influenced her metalwork. Her current work reflects her response to the impact of various industries on the environment and landscapes.

An avid trail runner, Sarah finds inspiration while running the trails in Texas, a state known for its oil and wind energy. Her work has been featured in the biennial exhibitions of the Enamelist Society in Norcross, Georgia, and is part of the permanent collection of the Enamel Foundation in Los Angeles.

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Max Raign

Visual Arts Technician, Foundations
Alum: M.F.A., B.F.A., Studio Art: Drawing and Painting, UNT 

Instagram: @maxothelioma | Website: Max Raign

Max is an intermedia artist with a background in painting. He uses humor and a gentle touch to explore themes of self-examination, our relationship to the spaces we inhabit, and suburban sublimation. By playfully challenging cultural and artistic norms, Max questions the very purpose of art and highlights the small moments of joy and intimacy that shape everyday life.

An active presence in the Dallas-Fort Worth art scene, Max has exhibited in venues including the MAC Gallery, Ro2 Gallery, and the Appleton-Patterson Arts Center at the Greater Denton Arts Council. His work is currently featured at the UNT CoLab in Denton, Texas, where his all-occasion greeting cards extend his art practice and showcase his soft style and sharp wit.

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