HUNTSVILLE, Ala., May 1 -- The University of Alabama in Huntsville issued the following news release:
Jess Braden stands at the entrance to her senior exhibition, "It Feels Frivolous," in the Union Grove Gallery on the campus of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) on April 17, 2026. Braden will receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking and a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in art history and English from UAH during spring commencement ceremonies on May 4, 2026, at the Von Braun Center Propst Arena.
When Jess Braden was growing up, Vogue and Marie Claire were not her friends.
"When you're a teenage girl, fashion magazines control your body image," she said. "They tell you what's in style, what's not. It becomes all-con...