Natcha Wongchanglaw is a Thailand-born, US-based visual artist who incorporates herself and
her experiences to explore the themes of home, culture, community, identity, and the relationship
between people and places.

Graduated in 2024.

Website: natchaw.com
Instagram: @nanaka9

I grew up with a mother in New Mexico and a father in Hawaii. I now call the river-run Missouri my home. I'm a mother. I'm terrified of life, yet more in love with it than I can begin to say. I've photographed for 15 + years and have my MFA in photography from SIUE. It's the observation and connection with this gorgeous, weird world that keeps me in this beautiful practice.

Graduated in 2017.

Website: https://www.riverbreathandbody.com/about/

Graduated 2007.
Website: petergifford.myportfolio.com/work
Instagram: @thepixelpete

Heather Kniffel's current work is a typological series of large-format photographs documenting the overwhelming amounts of polystyrene; more widely known as Styrofoam, she finds in and along the banks of the Mississippi River.

Graduated in 2013.

Website: heathervkniffel.com/about

Brooke is a first-generation college graduate from rural southern Illinois. The central focus of her work is the anguish that women experience in a patriarchal society.
Graduated in 2024.

Instagram: @brooke_stlou

Jenny Kettler's work consists of surveyed the Midwestern landscape photographing plastic bags caught in trees and bushes in a region with no bag bans.

Graduated in 2020.

Website: jennykettler.com
Instagram: @jennykettler

Graduated 2022.
Instagram: @rosalindwilliams5

Graduated 2016.

Following an autism diagnosis she received at 22 years old, Maia became hyper-aware of the overwhelming misinformation surrounding autism. Her work presents 30x40” large-scale portraits of adults with autism, a grid of manipulated Polaroid portraits of children with developmental disabilities treated with chlorine dioxide, and a performance-based video about sensory overstimulation in autistic people.
Graduated in 2026.

Website: maiahuddleston.com
Instagram: @maiakay

Amanda Pfister is a visual artist working with photography exploring ideas of place, feminism, community, and social engagement.

Graduated in 2010.

Website: amandapfister.com/home.html
Instagram: @amanda.pfister_studio

Graduated 2006.