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Stacy-Ann Rowe ’97

“As I work on my craft, I find inspiration and ways for my students to express themselves in the digital world through art as well.”

“Working as an artist and teaching at the same time has been great because young minds are so inspiring to me. The students push me to think outside the box,” shares Stacy-Ann “Ro” Rowe ’97, head of the Visual Arts Department and an associate director of the Center for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. 

“My artwork is full of colors and cultures from around the world,” she says. “As I work on my craft, I find inspiration and ways for my students to express themselves in the digital world through art as well.” 

Ro says she first fell in love with art when she was a student at Loomis. “As a freshman here, I took a drawing class with Mrs. [Marilyn] Rabetz and I was hooked,” Ro says. “I went on to major in graphic design as an undergraduate and earned a master’s degree in media design.”

Just as Marilyn helped spark Ro’s passion for art, Ro now shares that enthusiasm with a new generation of students.

“The way she practices her art and shows students what she is working on and talks about her work — it’s really inspiring,” says junior Sofia Mansilla, who took Ro’s Graphic Design and Digital Art class.

“I know that Ms. Ro is not just there to tell me what to do, but we actually discuss how to do it. This is because she is always doing art outside the class and thinks about her art like I do.”

Like Ro when she was a Loomis student, Sofia has discovered her own passion for art, inspired by what she describes as the diversity of talents and professionalism of her art teachers. “I didn’t know this world before coming to Loomis,” Sofia says. “It was like a seed inside of me that was missing water. When I came here, it felt like my teachers were giving me water and my art just blossomed.”


 

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