{"id":2862,"date":"2026-04-07T14:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:50:09","slug":"meet-alum-demetrius-wilson-18-independent-fine-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/2026\/04\/07\/meet-alum-demetrius-wilson-18-independent-fine-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Alum Demetrius Wilson &#8217;18, Independent Fine Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2863\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/04\/unnamed-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/04\/unnamed-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/04\/unnamed-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/04\/unnamed-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/04\/unnamed.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name: <\/strong>Demetrius Wilson<\/p>\n<p><strong>Class Year<\/strong>: 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Title:<\/strong> Independent Fine Artist<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organization Name:<\/strong> Demetrius Wilson Studio<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>1. In one sentence, what does your job entail?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Painter in the Fine Art World<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. What planned and unplanned events connected you to your industry and your first employer after Holy Cross? How did you learn\/decide it was a good fit for you?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just before Covid hit I managed to get into the Boston Art scene. Covid showed me I wanted way more so I decided to move to NY and pursue a MFA.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>3. What were you involved in when you were on campus?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>MPE, BSU, Fashion Club<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>4. What was your major and how did it affect your career decisions?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Fine Art \u2014 it allowed me to work relentlessly towards my goal of being an established fine artist<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>5. What are one or two skills that you developed at Holy Cross that you use in your work?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Strengthened my ability to not just talk but communicate effectively with my words.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><b>6. What advice do you have for students on campus today?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Pursue your goals but develop structure so that you aren\u2019t banking on hopes with no foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: Demetrius Wilson Class Year: 2018 Title: Independent Fine Artist Organization Name: Demetrius Wilson Studio &nbsp; 1. In one sentence, what does your job entail? Painter in the Fine Art World &nbsp; 2. What planned and unplanned events connected you to your industry and your first employer after Holy Cross? How did you learn\/decide it &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/2026\/04\/07\/meet-alum-demetrius-wilson-18-independent-fine-artist\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Meet Alum Demetrius Wilson &#8217;18, Independent Fine Artist&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":460,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,23],"class_list":["post-2862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-alum-feature","tag-arts-career-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/460"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2862"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2865,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862\/revisions\/2865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}