GREAT GRADS These artists got their start at Brainerd High School, and those classes launched careers or lifelong hobbies in the arts. But one notable thing has changed since they graduated. Written By: fccnn Administrator | × These artists got their start at Brainerd High School, and those classes launched careers or lifelong hobbies in the arts. But one notable thing has changed since they graduated. "One student called me up and said, 'Do you think I should show in the exhibit?' and I said, 'Sure,'" said curator Evelyn Matthies, who came up with the idea for the exhibit last spring along with Kent Montgomery, another Franklin Arts Center artist. "And he said, 'Am I gonna be graded?'"