List of Cornish College of the Arts people

Following is a list of notable people associated with the Cornish College of the Arts, located in the American city of Seattle, Washington.

Presidents

 * Nellie Cornish (1914–1939)
 * Melvin Strauss (1975–1985)
 * Robert N. Funk (1985–1994)
 * Sergei P. Tschernisch (1994–2011)
 * Nancy Uscher (since 2011)

Music

 * Guy Anderson
 * Eric Banks
 * Vicki Boeckman
 * John Cage
 * Jay Clayton
 * Corigliano Quartet (artist-in-residence)
 * Chuck Deardorf
 * Christopher DeLaurenti
 * Jody Diamond (artist-in-residence)
 * Robert Dick (artist-in-residence)
 * Bill Frisell (artist-in-residence)
 * Janice Giteck
 * Randy Halberstadt
 * Lou Harrison (artist-in-residence)
 * Bern Herbolsheimer
 * Wayne Horvitz
 * Laura Kaminsky
 * Bun-Ching Lam
 * Art Lande
 * Rudresh Mahanthappa (artist-in-residence)
 * Ingrid Matthews
 * Myra Melford (artist-in-residence)
 * Meredith Monk (artist-in-residence)
 * Butch Morris (artist-in-residence)
 * Michael Nicolella
 * Hossein Omoumi (artist-in-residence)
 * Frank J. Oteri (artist-in-residence)
 * Gary Peacock
 * Julian Priester
 * Jovino Santos Neto
 * Seattle Chamber Players (artist-in-residence)
 * Adam Stern
 * Stephen Stubbs
 * Paul Taub
 * Tom Varner
 * Linda Waterfall
 * Melia Watras (artist-in-residence)
 * Matt Wilson (artist-in-residence)

Dance

 * Merce Cunningham
 * Seán Curran (artist-in-residence)
 * David Dorfman (artist-in-residence)
 * Bill Evans (artist-in-residence)
 * Syvilla Fort (artist-in-residence)
 * David Gordon (artist-in-residence)
 * Martha Graham
 * Alonzo King (artist-in-residence)
 * Ralph Lemon (artist-in-residence)
 * Liz Lerman (artist-in-residence)
 * Donald McKayle (artist-in-residence)
 * Bebe Miller (artist-in-residence)
 * Mark Morris (artist-in-residence)
 * Steve Paxton (artist-in-residence)
 * Elizabeth Streb (artist-in-residence)
 * Twyla Tharp (artist-in-residence)
 * Jennifer Tipton (artist-in-residence)

Design

 * Ellen Forney


 * Guest and visiting artists
 * Ping Chong (artist in residence)
 * Hand2Mouth Theatre, Portland, OR

Fine art

 * John Butler
 * William Cumming
 * Imogen Cunningham (artist-in-residence)
 * Thomas J. Duffy
 * Jesse Edwards
 * Morris Graves
 * Gary Hill
 * Charles Stokes
 * Mark Tobey
 * Windsor Utley
 * Ron Wigginton

Dance

 * Merce Cunningham
 * Ann Reinking

Music

 * Magdalen Hsu-Li
 * Mary Lambert
 * Karyna McGlynn
 * Todd McHatton
 * Patrick O'Hearn
 * Reggie Watts
 * Steve White of The Blue Man Group
 * Frances Williams
 * Michael Wilton

Theater

 * Wolfe Bowart (clown, physical theater writer, performer)
 * Brendan Fraser (actor)
 * David Gasman (actor, director, voiceover artist)
 * Chet Huntley (NBC broadcast legend)
 * C.S. Lee (actor, Showtime's Dexter)
 * Jinkx Monsoon (Jerick Hoffer) (actor, singer)
 * Lady Rizo, also known as Amelia Rose Zirin-Brown (cabaret performer-actor)

Fine art

 * Clayton Lewis, painter and sculptor
 * James McMullan
 * Felicia Oh
 * Mark Velasquez
 * Ron Wigginton

Film

 * Colleen Atwood, costume designer, three-time Academy Award winner