Featured Members in Arts, Design & Media
Creative work begins with a point of view.
Meet Honor Society® members sharing interests in film, graphic and interior design, photography, journalism, creative writing, music, and public relations. Their public profiles provide a place to explore the ambitions, experiences, and ideas that shape their creative directions.
Explore more featured member collections
Start with these related collections, then explore the other fields and educational journeys in our featured member community.
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Business, finance & entrepreneurship
Explore member stories about accounting, finance, entrepreneurship, business operations, and leadership.
21 public member profiles
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Education & teaching
Discover aspiring and practicing educators sharing interests in teaching and continued learning.
6 public member profiles
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Returning to education & changing careers
Read stories of returning to education, learning while working, and preparing for a career change.
7 public member profiles
INTERESTS IN THIS COMMUNITY
What connects these member stories
This collection brings together performance, visual storytelling, communication, and design. Some members describe a developing creative practice, while others connect substantial experience with further study. Business interests and education also appear in these stories, showing how creative goals often extend beyond a single job title.
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Stories and audiences
Film, journalism, writing, and public-relations interests focus on how stories reach and connect with people.
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Visual ideas
Photography, graphic design, and interior design offer different ways to communicate through visual choices.
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Practice and performance
Music and performing-arts experience add another perspective on craft, collaboration, and continued learning.
BEHIND THE PROFILE
Meet the people behind the goals
The following introductions draw on members’ public profiles. Open a profile for the full story and its latest details.
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Returning to education through film
Desiree describes returning to education and building her film studies through successive programs. Her profile connects a commitment to learning with ambitions in directing, screenwriting, and producing. It is a personal account of developing a creative direction over time and continuing toward an important educational goal.
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Where design and entrepreneurship meet
Sayla’s profile connects graphic-design ambitions with experience creating business flyers and client-care materials. She describes an interest in combining creativity with business and client service. Her story shows how everyday practical work can help someone explain an emerging creative identity.
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A creative identity across disciplines
Matthew describes a background spanning piano, composition, acting, and education. His public profile brings those interests together with advanced musical study and a career direction centered on performance and teaching. It offers a view of a creative practice shaped by several related disciplines.
EXPLORE THE COLLECTION
Arts, design & media member profiles
Explore all 8 public profiles in this collection, listed alphabetically by first name. Each linked name takes you to the member’s existing HonorSociety.org profile.
Members provide their own education and study details. Information may describe past, current, or planned study. A member can appear in more than one collection.
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Banff Perkins
Study / interests: Journalism, Photojournalism, Creative Writing
Education: Eureka Jr. Sr. High School
Public member profile
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Christina Schock
Study / interests: Professional Photography
Education: Arizona State University
Public member profile
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Desiree Gibbons
Study / interests: Filmmaking
Education: Eastern Washington University
Public member profile
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Dorsa Shooshtari
Study / interests: radio television film
Education: UT Austin
Public member profile
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Emma Douse
Study / interests: public relations
Education: Northern Arizona University
Public member profile
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Jamirra Rhodes
Study / interests: interior design
Education: University of Alabama
Public member profile
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Matthew Krell
Study / interests: Doctor of Musical Arts
Education: University of Southern California
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Sayla Morrisey
Study / interests: graphic design
Education: old dominion university
Public member profile
Give your personal brand a clear voice.
Describe your medium, your interests, and the kinds of projects you want to create. Explain your role in collaborative work and link an appropriate public portfolio when available. A short explanation of your creative choices can be more revealing than a list of software or awards.
Add a clear photo and keep your introduction, education, experiences, and goals current. A complete public profile gives people a fuller picture of your interests and creates an opportunity to be considered as a featured member.
Sign in, open your profile, and review its information and visibility. Featuring is not guaranteed.
Arts, design, and media member FAQs
Which creative and communication fields are represented?
This collection includes film, graphic and interior design, photography, journalism, creative writing, music, and public relations. Members share different combinations of study, practice, performance, and career ambition. The linked public profiles introduce the people and ideas behind those creative directions.
What should I include in a creative member profile?
Describe your medium, the subjects or audiences that interest you, and the kind of work you want to make. Add concrete projects, performances, assignments, or experience and explain your contribution. Where available, share an appropriate public portfolio or work sample with enough context for someone unfamiliar with your work to understand it.
How can I connect creative interests with business experience?
Explain how a practical task informed your creative direction. Sayla Morrisey connects graphic-design goals with business flyers and client-care materials. That relationship helps readers see both a creative interest and its practical use. You can describe the audience, design choice, and purpose without presenting an early interest as an established business.
Can returning students build a creative personal brand?
Yes. A return to education can be part of the story that explains your perspective and commitment. Desiree Gibbons describes returning to study and developing ambitions in filmmaking, directing, screenwriting, and producing. Focus on the work you are pursuing now, the experiences that inform it, and the next creative step you want to take.
How should I present work that spans more than one creative discipline?
Give readers a connecting idea, then name the roles you hold in each kind of work. Matthew Krell brings together piano, composition, acting, and education in his public profile. Your introduction can make those relationships clear while specific examples show the contribution you made to each project or performance.
Where can I find members with related interests?
Continue with business, finance & entrepreneurship, education & teaching, or returning to education & changing careers. These collections connect related areas of study and experience; a member may appear in more than one. The complete featured member directory provides an alphabetical starting point for all public profiles in this series.
How can I share my story or update a featured profile?
Sign in and complete your public profile with a photo, an introduction, accurate education and experience, and current goals. Explain the details that make your interests in arts, design & media personal to you. A complete public profile creates an opportunity to be considered for a feature; selection is not guaranteed. For corrections to an existing feature or help with visibility, contact Honor Society.
Continue with scholarship opportunities, member resources, or information about Honor Society.
Honor Society® is an independent membership organization and is not affiliated with any other honor society. Schools and organizations mentioned in members’ profiles do not thereby endorse Honor Society. These features highlight member-provided interests and experiences; they do not establish a ranking or scholarship award.
