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The Arts & Entertainment industry includes fields such as architecture, movie & theatre Production, museums and visual arts and fashion. Hamiltonians in this industry work at places such as the J. Paul Getty Museum, KPF Architecture, Tommy Hilfiger and more.

Scroll through the blog posts and stories below to learn more about Hamilton student and alumni experiences in this industry. Finally, meet with your career advisor and explore the Career Center curriculum to learn how to network with alumni to discuss your interests and learn more about their work.

Arts & Entertainment Blog

  • A 1994 Hamilton College graduate, Jessica Dalrymple studied fine art and trained as a painter at The Art Students League of New York. She has exhibited with many national and regional juried shows and received numerous awards, including the Fenimore Award which granted her a solo exhibit at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, New York. In addition to earning her certificate in horticulture from Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, Jessica is also a licensed city tree pruner through Trees New York, a volunteer coordinator for the Gowanus Canal Conservancy, and an active member of the Gowanus Swim Society, a Brooklyn-based artist collective.

  • Charlotte Simons graduated from Hamilton College in 2016 with a degree in fine arts and a minor in creative writing. At Hamilton, she was a part of Gamma Xi, the Alpine Ski Team, The Duel Observer (as a comic artist), The Spectator (as an illustrator), and the Wellin Museum (as a docent). She also did a bunch of internships. After college, Charlotte spent a year bartending before attending a portfolio school where she earned her master's degree in advertising and also ran away to the woods, hiking 1,600 miles of the Appalachian Trail. She now works at Disney's in-house ad agency as an associate art director.

  • Ellison Sherrill graduated from Hamilton in 2017. She majored in art and minored in education studies. She was a four-year varsity athlete on the lacrosse team, a resident advisor, a docent at the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum, and a Connect Team associate at the Maurice Horowitch Career Center. She is now an assistant lacrosse coach at Dickinson College.


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