Pictured: DeAnna Boyer. Photo courtesy of Ringling College of Art and Design.

Ringling College of Art and Design is pleased to announce that Illustration senior DeAnna Boyer has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award enhanced with a Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship for the 2022-2023 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. As a Fulbright participant, DeAnna will study and conduct research in Ireland for the 2022-2023 academic year through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Recipients of Fulbright awards are selected in an open, merit-based competition that considers leadership potential, academic and/or professional achievement, and record of service. As Fulbright alumni, their careers are enriched by joining a network of thousands of esteemed alumni, many of whom are leaders in their fields. Fulbright alumni include 61 Nobel Prize laureates, 89 Pulitzer Prize recipients, and 40 who have served as a head of state or government.

DeAnna’s Fulbright year will take place at the Burren College of Art in Ballyvaughan, Ireland and the National University of Ireland Galway where she will matriculate into the joint MA program in Art and Ecology. Her Fulbright project will include the creation of an illustrated book that seeks to connect the current culture and environment of Ireland to the historical stories and legends preserved through Celtic history. The interdisciplinary study of both art and science offered through the Art and Ecology program creates a unique opportunity to explore both sociological and ecological research through the eyes of an artist. DeAnna has also been awarded a Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship, which provides an opportunity for selected Fulbright U.S. Student grantees to participate in an academic year of storytelling on a globally significant theme. DeAnna will utilize a variety of storytelling tools, including illustration, plein-air painting, sketching, and social media to tell the story of Ireland’s historical and present connection to the environment to a global audience through National Geographic’s online platforms.

Pictured: DeAnna Boyer. Photo courtesy of Ringling College of Art and Design.