ABOUT OUR Graduate Program Students

Courtney grew up in Horsham, Pennsylvania. She received a BFA in illustration from Rhode Island School of Design. After graduation she moved back to Pennsylvania where she started her own gallery and custom frame shop. During this time she returned to school to study Biology and soon realized what path she wanted to take. Her love for art, science and medicine brought her to Hopkins where she is excited to combine her passions into a career in Medical and Biological Illustration. Courtney loves to spend time with her family, friends and dog Duncan. She enjoys running, snowboarding, cooking, being outdoors and traveling whenever possible.

"I am grateful everyday to be at Hopkins where I am surrounded by prestigous faculty who are passionate about teaching and classmates who have become a second family."

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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Master of Arts in Medical and Biological Illustration, May 2012.

Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA
Studies in Biological Science, 2009-2010.

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration, 2006.

:: experience & activities

Animator
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, 2011.

Illustrator
National Aquarium in Baltimore
Baltimore, MD, 2011.

Owner, Artist
Courtney McKenna Gallery
Doylestown, PA, 2007-2010.

Archaeological Illustrator
Poggio Civitate Archaeological Excavation
Murlo, Italy, Summer 2005 & 2006.

ASSOCIATIONS:

• Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI), Student Member, 2011 - present.

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2010, 2011 William P. Didusch Scholarship
2010, 2011 Ranice W. Crosby Scholarship

Rhode Island School of Design
2005 Summer Archaeological Illustration Scholarship, Italy

:: exhibitions

• Association of Medical Illustrators, Annual Salon Exhibition, Baltimore, MD, 2011.
• Art as Applied to Medicine, Centennial Exhibit, JHMI, Baltimore, MD, 2011.
• 19th Annual Manayunk Arts Festival, Philadelphia, PA. 2008
• 77th Annual June Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show, Philadelphia, PA. 2008
• Grand Opening Solo Exhibit, Courtney McKenna Gallery, Doylestown, PA. 2007
• Phillips' Mill 78th Juried Art Exhibit, New Hope, PA, 2007.
• 14th Annual New Hope Arts Festival, New Hope, PA, 2007.
• Poggio Civitate Archaeological Exhibition, RISD, Providence, RI, 2006.
• Senior Art Exhibit, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2006.
• Illustration Senior Show, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2006.
• Illustration Junior Show, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2005.