Kaspar Horsfield

For Kaspar Horsfield ’21, Purchase was his first choice to study graphic design even though he felt it might be too close to his northern Westchester county home. He was wrong. The academics, the faculty, and the community were just right.

His Italian heritage drew him to take Italian as a gen ed requirement. “I progressively got more excited to fully learn the language, thanks to my professor and pre-existing connection with Italian culture. So after the first few classes, I declared my minor!”

He traveled to Italy for a three-week immersion trip with other students from the Italian program. In addition to learning about the culture, “I was really interested in learning how Italians approach graphic design and where they draw their inspiration from.”

Kaspar was active on campus as a volunteer. After participating in the Summer Success Fellows program, he then became a Success Fellows mentor. He was also a Student Orientation Leader. 

The nature of inclusivity at Purchase is probably one of his favorite things.

He’s now sharing his love of art as an educator of all ages in upper Manhattan at The Art Studio NY.