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  Manuel Aja-Herrera
  Savannah
  B.A., University of Central England; M.A., Manchester Metropolitan University; M.A., London Institute, Central Saint Martins.
  
  
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  Edward Barbier
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Nicholls State University; M.F.A., University of Illinois.
  
  
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  Beth Baronian
  Savannah
  B.F.A., San Francisco State University; M.F.A., Carnegie-Mellon University; M.F.A., Academy of Art College.
  
  
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  George Bauer
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Academy of Art College; M.A., M.F.A., West Texas State University; Ph.D., Texas Tech University.
  
  
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  Anne Bessac
  Savannah
  B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.F.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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  Anne Bessac was the first gallery director for the R.C. Morre Gallery at Gainesville College in Georgia. A few of the many exhibitions that she curated include: "African Hand: African Art Collection of Bert and Edith Carpenter," "Surfaces and Connections: American Crafts in the South," "The Collaborative Art: Costume, Stage Set, and Lighting Design," "Henry Casselli's Watercolors & Drawings" and "Mattie Lou O'Kelley, A Northeast Georgia's Folk Artist." From 1998-2005, Bessac was head of the Gainesville College art department. She has shown her large charcoal drawings regionally and internationally. She has performed extensive post-graduate studies in printmaking.
  
  Presentations and Lectures:
  

  • CAA panel chair, "Nexus Press: A Reflection of the Triumphs of and Challenges to the Book Art"
  • Visiting artist lecture, State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Ga.
  • Visiting artist lecture, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Ind.
  • SECAC/MACAA panel chair, "Old Roots of the New South"
    

  Solo Exhibitions:
  

  • State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Ga.
  • Hoag Student Center Gallery, North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega, Ga.
  • Emmanuel Art Gallery, Emmanuel Art Center, Swainsboro, Ga.
  • Quinlan Center For the Arts, Gainesville, Ga.
  • Art Gallery of the University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Ind.
    

  Group Exhibitions:
  

  • Bowen Center for The Arts, Dawsonville, Ga.
  • Imatra Taidemuseo, Imatra Kulttuurikeskus, Imatra, Finland
  • Kouvolan Taidemuseo, Kouvola, Finland
  • Hoag Student Center Gallery, North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega, Ga.
  • Georgia Perimeter College Fine Art Gallery, Clarkston, Ga.
    

  Awards and Grants:
  

  • Who's Who in America's Teachers, 2004, 2005
  • Gainesville College Foundation Travel Grant, Italy
  • Fulbright-Hayes Group Travel Grant, India
  • Howard Art Scholarship for Artistic Excellence, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  • Chancellor Purchase Award, Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    

  Courses:
  

  • Drawing I and II
  • Life Drawing
  • Color Theory

  
  
  
  
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  Dick Bjornseth
  Savannah
  B.S., Iowa State University; M.F.A., Florida State University.
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  Dick Bjornseth's academic and professional career spans a variety of fields including architecture, city planning, landscape architecture, graphics and signage, public art and interior design. Bjornseth's paintings and drawings have been featured in eight solo exhibitions and nearly 40 group shows over the past 20 years.
  
  Publications:
  

  • American Artist Drawing Magazine, February 2007

  Awards:
  

  • Florence Award, Florida State University
  • SCAD Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development

  Courses:
  

  • Drawing
  • Color Theory
  • Life Drawing
  • Drawing for the Environment
  • 2-D Design

  
  
  
  
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  Kristie Bruzenak
  Savannah
  B.S., M.Ed., Kutztown University of Pennsylvania; M.F.A., Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
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  Kristie Bruzenak studied classical drawing and design at the Barnstone Studios for seven years before earning her Master of Fine Arts degree at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. She also has a M.A. in art education from Kutztown State University. At SCAD, Bruzenak has initiated several courses, including an online version of 2-D Design and the course Drawing for Design, which has become a requirement for several majors. Her paintings and drawing are symbolic and embrace the traditions of classical systems.
  
  Group Exhibitions:
  

  • The Museum of Fine Arts, Austin, Texas
  • Queens College, Cambridge England
  • Biola University, La Mirada, Calif.
  • Gallery 54, Sacramento, Calif.
  • Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pa.
  • Merrick Gallery, New Brighton, Pa.
  • Concordia University, Austin Texas
  • Gallery Latreuo, Jacksonville, Fla.
  • Sea Cliff Gallery, Sea Cliff, N.Y.
  • Red Gallery, Savannah, Ga.
  • Savannah Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.
  • Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.
  • Pearl S. Buck Foundation Headquarters and Cultural Center, Dublin, Pa.
  • The Contemporary Gallery, Marywood College, Scranton, Pa.
  • Sharadin Gallery, Kutztown University, Kutztown, Pa.
  • The Museum of American Art, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa.
  • The Barnstone Studios, Coplay, Pa.
    

  Honors and Awards:
  

  • Commissioned by Augsberg Fortress Press, 1997
  • Elected to Delta Kappa Gamma, 1998
  • Honorable Mention, Lehigh Art Alliance, 1994
  • Distinguished Artist Award, Gallery Latreuo, Jacksonville, Fla., 1995
    

  
  
  
  
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  Adriana Burgos
  Savannah
  B.F.A., University of Costa Rica; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
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  Laurie Darby
  Savannah
  B.F.A., B.A., Carnegie-Mellon University; M.F.A., Temple University, Tyler School of Art.
  
  
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  Karen Davies
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Western Michigan University; M.F.A., University of South Carolina.
  
  
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  Henry Dean
  Savannah
  M.A., University of St. Andrews; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  Henry Dean has been a foundation studies professor at SCAD since 1999. From 1981-83, he worked as sculptor and painter in London, England. In 1984, Dean moved to Philadelphia, Pa., where he produced paintings and sculptures for exhibitions and commissions across the United States and the United Kingdom. In 1999 he moved to Savannah, Ga., where he produces drawings, paintings, photographs and conceptual and outdoor landscape-based installations. Dean's work was featured in the article "Concepts Grounded in Concrete Sketches" in the February-May 2009 edition of American Artist: Drawing magazine. The article explores Dean's sketchbook art and the way this ties into his outdoor installations.
  
  Exhibitions and Installations:
  

  • "Georgia Green," GCSU Art Museum, Milledgeville, Ga.
  • "LAOKÖON 2007," outdoor installation, Savannah, Ga.
  • "Composite/Dig," Savannah, Ga.
  • "The Memory of Water," Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, N.J.
  • "Evocation Pole: Rediscovering Golden Mountain," Sierra City, Calif.
  • "Art At The Armory," Philadelphia, Pa.
    

  Courses:
  

  • Drawing I and II
  • Life Drawing I and II
  • Landscape Drawing

  
  
  
  
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  Sherran Deems
  Savannah
  B.F.A., M.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University.
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  Sherran Deems has had numerous one-person exhibitions throughout the American Southeast and has participated in national and international group exhibitions. She has worked as an editor, writer and artist and has served on the textbook review and editorial advisory board for Collegiate Press and Prentice Hall for color theory.
  
  Selected presentations:
  

  • "Moving from Black and White to Color," Virginia Art Education Association, Fairfax, Va.
  • "Methods of Evaluation in the Classroom," Talk About Teaching, SCAD
  • "Teaching Studios - Experiences of Senior TAs," School of Graduate Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
    

  Selected exhibitions:
  

  • "Landscape Revisited" (solo), Pinnacle Gallery, SCAD
  • "Recent Paintings" (solo), Shockoe Bottom Arts Center, Richmond, Va.
  • "Scissors, Rock, Paper" (solo), Clark Pollard Gallery, Richmond, Va.
  • Arts in Embassies program, United States State Department, American Embassy in Slovenia
  • "Diverse Images II" (group), Galerie Corti, Brussels, Belgium
    

  Selected awards and recognition:
  

  • Who's Who in American Education
  • Who's Who Among America's Teachers
  • Listed in Who's Who in America 2008 and 2009
  • Listed in Who's Who in the World 2009
  • Who's Who in America nominations (2007, 2008)
  • SCAD Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development, 2005
  • Fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth University
    

  Selected memberships:
  

  • Faculty chair for the Undergraduate Studies Council, SCAD

  Courses:
  

  • Drawing I and II
  • Life Drawing 
  • Color Theory
  • Color Drawing
  • Drawing Methods

  
  
  
  
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  Heather Deyling
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Kent State University; M.F.A., Tyler School of Art.
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  Heather Deyling has shown her work in numerous exhibitions throughout the Northeast, Southeast and Midwest. She is the recipient of a Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She is represented by Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles, Calif., and 2CarGarage Contemporary Art Gallery, Savannah, Ga. Visit her Web site.
  

  Solo Exhibitions:

  • ADA Gallery, Richmond, Va.
  • Balance Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
    

  Group Exhibitions:
  

  • "Seven from Savannah," 2CarGarage Contemporary Art Gallery, Savannah, Ga.
  • Telfair Art Fair, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Ga.
  • "New Work," Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles, Calif.
  • "LaGrange National Biennial," LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange, Ga.
  • "Cul-de-Sac: Art from a Suburban Nation," Radford University Art Museum, Radford, Va.
    

  Memberships:
  

  • College Art Association
  • New Media Caucus
  • Southeastern College Art Conference
  • Foundations in Art: Theory and Education
    

  Courses:
  

  • Drawing I, II and III
  • Life Drawing
  • Color Theory
  • Sumi-e Drawing

  
  
  
  
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  Nancy Doolan
  Savannah
  B.F.A., University of North Florida; M.F.A., Radford University.
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  Nancy Doolan has exhibited paintings and drawings extensively over the past 20 years. Her drawings have been published in The Naples Review, Superstock Publications and UNF Soundings. Her drawing "Tapestry" was recently selected for publication in American Artist. She has also been a freelance writer and created a publication called The Depot Dispatch, which still is operating in Elkhart Lake, Wis., after 20 years.
  
  Selected awards:
  

  • Winner, SCAD 25th Anniversary Poetry Competition, 2004
  • Winner of Jacksonville Symphony poster competition
  • Juried exhibition awards, Kohler Art Center, UNF Gallery and Atlantic Beach Merchants
    

  Memberships:
  

  • Golden Key National Honor Society
  • High Museum
  • National Public Radio
    

  Classes:
  

  • Drawing I, II and III
  • Life Drawing
  • Landscape Drawing
  • Drawing Methods Studio
    

  
  
  
  
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  Margaret (Maggie) Evans
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Utah State University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
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  Gayle Fichtinger
  Savannah
  B.S., University of Wisconsin; M.F.A., Arizona State University.
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  Prior to teaching at SCAD, ceramic sculptor Gayle Fichtinger was the studio foundations coordinator in the art department at Plymouth State University, where she taught drawing and design. Before joining PSU in 2000, she worked for 15 years as a full-time studio artist, continuously exhibiting ceramic sculpture in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States. Her works are included in numerous private collections as well as the collections of the Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona State University Art Museum, Danforth Museum of Art, Erie Art Museum, Racine Art Museum, DeCordova Museum and the Czech Ceramic Design Agency. Articles and reviews of her work have been published in "Ceramics: Art and Perception," Ceramics Monthly, American Craft and The Boston Globe.
  
  Publications:
  Marvin Sweet, "The Yixing Effect: Echoes of the Chinese Scholar," Foreign Languages Press Beijing, China, 2006
  Marvin Sweet, "Gayle Fichtinger: Carving a Path," in Ceramics: Art and Perception, March 2003, pp. 60-61, No. 51
  
  Solo Exhibitions:
  "Firewood: Terracotta Portraits," McCoy Gallery, Merrimack College, North Andover, Mass.
  "Gayle Fichtinger," Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, Md.
  
  Group Exhibitions:
  "The Yixing Effect: Echoes of the Chinese Scholar," Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Mont. (Two-year traveling exhibition, book/catalog)
  "Taking It With Us: Ceramics by Sister Dennis Frandrup and Former Students," Benedicta Arts Center, College of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph, Minn.
  
  Courses:
  2-D Design
  3-D Design
  Drawing
  Color Theory
  Ceramics
  

  
  
  
  
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  Joy L. Flynn
  Savannah
  B.A., M.F.A., University of North Dakota.
  
  
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  Stephen Gardner
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design; M.F.A., Parsons School of Design.
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  Stephen Gardner has been teaching in the foundations studies department at SCAD since 1993. He is the director of the drawing minor and acts as the drawing coordinator for the department. Gardner is a figurative painter who generally combines realistic painted figures with irregularly shaped formats. In addition, he regularly accepts portrait commissions and produces monthly illustrations for Better Homes and Gardens magazine.
  
  Accomplishments:
  

  • SCAD Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development to produce the text, "The Artist's Traveling Sketchbook"
  • Illustrator for "Small Gardens of Savannah and Thereabouts," Pelican Press
  • Illustrator for "Toxicology of the Lung," Taylor and Francis Group

  Courses:
  

  • Drawing II
  • 2-D Design
  • 3-D Design
  • Design Methods Studio
  • Perspective
  • Travel Portfolio

  
  
  
  
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  Maureen Garvin
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art; M.F.A., Temple University.
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  Maureen Garvin is the dean of the School of Fine Arts at SCAD. She started teaching in the college's foundation studies department in 1988 and served as chair from 1991-2003. Her work has been exhibited in Atlanta, Chicago, New York City and Philadelphia, as well as Beijing, China, and London, England. Her studio creations include handmade paper pieces, large oil pastel works on paper, and wall relief pieces made with paper pulp.
  
  Selected presentations and lectures
  

  • Lecture/papermaking workshop, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1998
  • Slide lecture, "Staging a Still Life to Teach Drawing Concepts," FATE Conference, 1997
  • Chair of panel "Introducing Conceptual Processes in Foundation Drawing," FATE Conference, 1995
  • Visiting artist/slide lecture, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, 1986
  • Visiting artist/slide lecture, Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, 1986
    

  Selected exhibitions:
  

  • Group show, Capital State Gallery, Atlanta, Ga., 2001 (invitational)
  • "98 China Art Expo" (group exhibition), Beijing, China, 1998 (invitational)
  • "Georgia Arts 96" (group exhibition), Jordan Hall, Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Ga., 1996 (juried)
  • "More Fruit in the Garden of Good and Evil" (group exhibition), the Gallery in Cork St., London, England, 1996 (invitational)
  • Group show, Institute Gallery, Chicago, Ill., 1996 (invitational)

  Awards:
  

  • Grant for residency, Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock, N.Y., 1993
  • Grant for residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Va., 1985
  • Grant for residency, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, Ga., 1984
  • Nominated by SCAD for Professor of Year Award, 1997 and 1998

  Memberships:
  

  • College Art Association
  • F.A.T.E.

  
  
  
  
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  Lois Gruberger
  Savannah
  B.F.A., The Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture; M.F.A., The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 
  
  
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  Amanda Hanlon
  Savannah
  A.A., Pratt Institute; B.A., University of Wisconsin; M.F.A., University of Washington.
  
  
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  Krista Harberson
  Savannah
  B.F.A., University of Montevallo; M.F.A., Florida State University.
  
  
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  John Harkins
  Savannah
  B.F.A., University of Michigan; M.F.A., Wayne State University. 
  
  
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  Cynthia Hartness
  Savannah
  B.I.D., North Carolina State Univeristy; M.A., M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  Cynthia Hartness uses furniture forms and large format panel paintings to carry out her creative visions. With carefully chosen materials, she creates artifacts out of items that would otherwise have no further purpose. She has studied under Ateliers Jean Nouvel, and worked with such artistic masters as Tokujin Yoshioka and nARCHITECTs.
  
  Publications:
  

  • Architectural Record
  • Surface Magazine
  • Icon
  • Domus
    

  Courses:
  

  • 3-D Design
  • 2-D Design
  • Drawing for Design
  • Drawing 1
  • Sculptural Furniture
  • Furniture Design: Soft Furnishings
  • Introduction to Industrial Design
  • Industrial Design Model Shop
  • Introduction to Exhibition Design
  • Furniture Rendering and Presentation

  
  
  
  
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  Cynthia Hartness
  Savannah
  B.I.D., North Carolina State University; M.A., M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
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  Jeffrey Scot Hicks
  Savannah
  B.A., Pembroke State University; M.F.A., Winthrop University.
  
  
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  Wynne Hodges
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design; M.F.A., Radford University.
  
  
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  Jason Hoelscher
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design; M.F.A., Pratt Institute.
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  Before joining SCAD as a foundation studies and painting professor, Jason Hoelscher was a faculty member at Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Ga., and Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, Colo. At the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, he also served as director of the New York Studio Project in New York, N.Y. Previously, Hoelscher was artist-in-residence at the Institute for Experimental Studies, Denver, Colo., where he interacted with students regarding his work and studio practice and participated in critiques of student art. Hoelscher also was assistant director of the Susan Sheehan Gallery, New York, N.Y., from 2002-07. There he was responsible for exhibition design and installation.
  
  Solo Exhibitions:
  

  • Cornell DeWitt Gallery, New York, N.Y.
  • Pratt-Steuben Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • OK Harris Gallery, New York, N.Y.
  • Rule Modern & Contemporary, Denver, Colo.
  • Edge Gallery, Denver, Colo.
    

  Selected Group Exhibitions:
  

  • Rule Modern & Contemporary, Denver, Colo.
  • Red Gallery, Savannah, Ga.
  • FIU Gallery, Miami, Fla.
  • Art Gotham, New York, N.Y.
  • Splashlight Studios, New York, N.Y.
  • LA Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, Calif.
  • White Columns, New York, N.Y.
  • Cornell DeWitt Gallery, New York, N.Y.
  • Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver, Denver, Colo.
  • OK Harris Gallery, New York, N.Y.
  • Arvada Center for the Arts, Denver, Colo.
  • Museum of Outdoor Art, Denver, Colo.
  • Philip J. Steele Gallery, Denver, Colo.
  • Republic Plaza, Denver, Colo.
    

  Courses:
  

  • Theories and Processes I
  • 2-D Design
  • Drawing I

  
  
  
  
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  Sara Paula Hoffman
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Fontbonne University; M.A., Fontbonne University; M.F.A., Fontbonne University.
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  Grants and Awards:
  

  • Fitzgerald Art Tuition Scholarship, 1999
  • Award of Excellence, Art St. Louis XXI, 2005
    

  Solo and Group Exhibitions:
  

  • St. Louis Community College at Meramec Gallery of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Mo.
  • Gallery at Thomas Jefferson School, St. Louis, Mo.
  • Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, Mo.
  • Messing Gallery at Mary Institute Country Day School, St. Louis, Mo.
  • Center for Ibsen Studies, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
  • Gallery at Congregation Neve Shalom, Creve Coeur, Mo.
  • Blackburn College Visual Arts Center Gallery, Carlinville, Ill.
  • Gallery of Contemporary Art, St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, St. Louis, Mo.
  • Bonsack Gallery at John Burroughs School, St. Louis, Mo.
  • The Ethical Society, St. Louis, Mo.
  • Gallery of Art St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo.
  • Sun Yat Sen Memorial Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Red Dot Fine Art, Santa Fe, N.M.
  • Fleishman Hillard Corporate Headquarters, St. Louis, Mo.
  • Critical Mass Tour, Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, Mo.
  • St. Charles Community College, Cottleville, Mo.
  • Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack, N.Y.
  • Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, Mo.
  • Castello di Spannocchia, Tuscany, Italy
  • The McCreery Building, St. Louis, Mo.
  • Fontbonne University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, Mo.
  • Sun Yat Sen Memorial Museum, Taipei and Kaoshiung, Taiwan
    

  Memberships:
  

  • College Art Association
  • Ibsen Society of America
  • Art St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo.
    

  Courses:
  

  • Drawing I and II
  • Color Theory
  • Life Drawing

  
  
  
  
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  Hillary Hopkins
  Savannah
  B.A., College of Idaho; M.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design.
  
  
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  Cynthia Huff
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Murray State University; M.F.A., University of Notre Dame.
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  As an accomplished painter, designer, muralist and illustrator, Cynthia Huff utilizes her visual art experience as a professor at SCAD. In addition to her distinguished teaching experience, her art is included in exhibitions ranging from the Kemper Corporate Collection to the Government of Guam. Natural history museums and visitor centers throughout the world also display her paintings, which educate patrons about nature's beauty and fragility on a daily basis. Her work for the Discovery Creek Children's Museum in Washington, D.C., led to her receiving the SCAD Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development, for which she detailed the process of how a mural becomes part of an interactive educational diorama.
  
  Memberships:
  College Art Association
  
  Awards:
  SCAD Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development
  Nominated as exceptional faculty by SCAD student body
  
  Exhibitions:
  One-person Show, Loci Gallery, Savannah
  "The Creation of the Rolling Rainforest: How a Mobile Diorama Was Made," Savannah
  Crandell Gallery, Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio
  Chroma Gallery, Savannah
  "The Big Picture Show," Alexander Gallery, Savannah
  
  Classes:
  Color Theory
  2-D design
  Drawing
  Mural Painting
  

  
  
  
  
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  Bertha Husband
  Savannah
  C.F.A., University of Oxford; M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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  A painter and installation artist, Scotland native Bertha Husband has been teaching drawing at SCAD since 2001. She has exhibited nationally and internationally for the last 30 years in museums including the Art Institute of Chicago and the Bradford City Art Museum, Bradford, England; and in cultural centers, galleries and art schools in London, Cambridge, Chicago, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Mexico. Her critical essays about art have appeared in various publications, such as Third Text, London; Left Curve, Oakland; and Art Papers, Atlanta; and her newspaper reviews have appeared in the Chicago Reader. She is the resident art critic for Connect Savannah.
  
  Exhibitions:
  La Escuela de Artes Plasticas, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2006
  Oaxaca, Mexico, 2005 and 2006
  University of Illinois Gallery, Chicago, 2005
  Galleria Polvo, Chicago, 2003
  
  Lectures:
  Art First, SCAD, 2004
  Austrian Cultural Forum, London, England, 2003
  
  Publications:
  Catalog essay for Northern Illinois University Art Museum, De Kalb, Ill., 2006
  "Michael Banks" review, Art Papers Magazine, 2006
  "Tulip Reverie, Toward a Definition of Fine Art," The Dial, Vol. LXXXI, No. 2, 2005
  "Reality Out of Greyness," feature article about Ricardo Manuel Diaz, Art Papers Magazine, 2005
  

  
  
  
  
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  H. Pernell Johnson
  Savannah
  A.A., Art Institute of Atlanta; B.S., Florida State University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  Pernell Johnson was born and raised in Cordele, Ga. He joined the SCAD faculty in 1997. His goal is to nurture and cultivate the unique qualities of each person through his artwork. His life was shaped by his mother and father, Diane Flood and Henry Johnson. It is this upbringing that inspires his remarkable work. Although Johnson has called himself "ordinary," his ability to make the ordinary special through his art is extraordinary.
  
  Solo Exhibitions:
  

  • "Toward A World View in Illustration," Cordele, Ga.
  • "Family Reminiscence," Savannah, Ga.
  • "Family Reminiscence," Tifton, Ga.
  • "Face the Hair," Cordele, Ga.
    

  Group Exhibitions:
  

  • Black Heritage Festival, Savannah State University, Savannah, Ga.
  • Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, Ga.
  • Living Hope Community Fellowship, Savannah, Ga.
    

  Memberships:
  

  • College Art Association
  • Society of Illustrators
    

  Courses:
  

  • Drawing l and ll
  • 2-D Design
  • Color Theory
  • Travel Portfolio
  • Advanced Drawing and Painting
    

  
  
  
  
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  Stefani Joseph
  Savannah
  F.A., Ruskin School of Drawing, University of Oxford; M.A., M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  Stefani Joseph is a figurative painter who has participated in both national and international exhibitions. She has taught at SCAD for 16 years.
  
  Selected solo exhibitions:
  

  • The Sally and Harmon Boyette Gallery
  • The Annette Howell Center for the Arts, Valdosta
  • The Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum
  • Sinclair College, Ohio
  • Stillman College

  Selected collections:
  

  • Maya Angelou
  • Christopher Lloyd, Ph.D., Keeper of Western Art, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England
  • Templeton College, Oxford, England
  • St. Hilda's College, Oxford, England

  Awards:
  

  • Who's Who of American Women
  • Who's Who in American Education
  • Who's Who in American Art

  Classes:
  

  • 2-D Design
  • Color Theory
  • Life Drawing I and II
  • Graduate Teaching Internship

  
  
  
  
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  Sarah Kankiewicz-Arkins
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Purchase College; M.F.A., Rochester Institute of Technology.
  
  
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  Chris Kienke
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Kansas City Art Institute; M.F.A., Southern Illinois University.
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  Chris Kienke's recent exhibitions include the first Brussels Biennale, Brussels, Belgium, "C'est La Vie" at GARDENfresh, Chicago, Ill., and a solo exhibition at 2CarGarage Contemporary Art Gallery, Savannah, Ga. In 2004, Kienke completed a 96-hour course on bon fresco painting in Bottega del Bon Fresco in Florence, Italy. His work is in the permanent collections at ABN Amro Bank, the Savannah College of Art and Design and the Hospitalfield Trust in Scotland. He was a fellow at the Vermont Studio Center in 2003 and 2007. He has been invited to participate in exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, India, Europe and the United States.

  
  
  
  
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  Karla Knudsen
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Carnegie Mellon University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
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  James Langley
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design; M.F.A., The New York.
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  A seasoned artist and designer, James Langley counts among his recent projects decorative architectural painting in collaboration with Thomas Gordon Smith Architects at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Civic and ecclesiastical projects include renderings for a 9/11 memorial in Lower Manhattan, decorative painting design for the Cleveland Public Theater, an inlaid marble pattern for historic St Ann's church in Cleveland Heights, and an altar triptych for the Opus Dei Headquarters in New York City. His paintings in private and corporate collections have been acknowledged by the American Watercolor Society, the Institute of Classical Architecture and the National Civic Art Society. Read more about James Langley.
  
  Selected Commissions:
  

  • Decorative mural painting for classical galleries in the American wing, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y.
  • "Via Dolorosa," 14 oil paintings installed at St. Paul Church, Pensacola, Fla.
  • Oil-on-canvas portrait, Dr. Cedric Stratton
  • Altar triptych, Murray Hill Place Inc., New York, N.Y.
  • Design and painting for Anathan Theater, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, Ohio
    

  Selected Exhibitions:
  

  • "Memory and Desire: The Figurative Art of James Langley," solo exhibition, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Mich.
  • "Imagine New York: An Exhibition of Ideas," Urban Center Galleries, New York, N.Y.
  • "68th National Midyear," The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
  • "Reconquistare lo Spazio Sacro," international juried group exhibition at Palazzo Valentini, Rome, Italy
  • Solo exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Salem, Ohio
    

  Visiting Lecturer:
  

  • Hillsdale College Distinguished Artist Series, Hillsdale, Mich.
  • University of Notre Dame School of Architecture, Notre Dame, Ind.
  • Pontifical North American College, Rome, Italy
  • Ave Maria College, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • Brown University, Providence, R.I.
    

  Courses:
  

  • 2-D Design
  • Drawing I and II
  • Life Drawing I and II
  • Classical Rendering
  • Portrait Drawing
    

  
  
  
  
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  Debra Malschick
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Temple University; M.F.A., California State University, Long Beach.
  
  
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  Jeff Markowsky
  Savannah
  Dip.Vis.A., Alberta College of Art, Canada; M.F.A., School of Visual Arts.
  
  
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  Kelley McClung
  Savannah
  B.A., Transylvania University; M.F.A., University of Minnesota.
  
  
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  Patrick McKinnon
  Savannah
  B.F.A., M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  Patrick McKinnon teaches foundation studies classes while creating his own work.
  
  Exhibitions:
  

  • SCAD Scholarship Gala, group show, Savannah, 2004, 2005 and 2006
  • "NANA: New Artists New Art," group show, Cork Street Gallery, London, England, 2002
  • "Modification," solo show, Café Metropole, Savannah, 2002
  • "International Young Art," Artlink @ Sothebys, group show, Sothebys Galleries, Tel Aviv, Israel, Chicago and Vienna, Austria, 2000.
  • "Self portraits," solo show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, 1997
    

  Courses:
  

  • Drawing 1, II and III
  • Life Drawing I
    

  
  
  
  
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  Sharon McNeil
  Savannah
  B.A., Lewis and Clark College; M.F.A., California State University, Long Beach.
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  Sharon McNeil earned a B.A. in art and theatre from Lewis and Clark College in Portland Ore. While at Lewis and Clark, she spent five months in Greece studying the language and culture on the island of Nysiros. This experience filled her with images and themes that permeate her work to this day. McNeil worked as a scenic artist for many theatrical organizations including Seattle Repertory Theatre, the Seattle Opera and A Contemporary Theatre before moving to California, where she earned an M.F.A. in drawing and painting at California State University Long Beach. She taught at various colleges and universities in Southern California.
  
  Selected Exhibitions:
  

  • Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, Calif.
  • PCA Project Gallery, Pomona, Calif.
  • Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, Calif.
  • Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
  • Period Gallery, Omaha, Neb.
  • San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, Calif.
  • Lake Tahoe Community College, Calif.
  • Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, Calif.
  • Second City Council, Long Beach, Calif.
    

  Courses:
  

  • Drawing I and II
  • Life Drawing
  • 2-D Design
  • Color Theory
    

  
  
  
  
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  Terry Moeller
  Savannah
  B.A., Sam Houston State University; M.A., M.F.A., Stephen F. Austin.
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  Since 1985, Terry Moeller has pursued her career as a studio artist. The landscape imagery of her oil paintings and pastel drawings reflects her interest in nature. Her art is represented in the permanent collections of 60 corporations. She has had 11 solo exhibitions and participated in more than 50 group shows. For the past 20 years, she also has maintained an active teaching career at the college level.
  
  Permanent Collections (selected):
  Blue Cross Blue Shield
  Central Carolina Bank
  Exxon
  The Federal Reserve
  Hallmark Cards
  McGraw Hill Publishing Co.
  Shell Oil
  United State Embassies
  
  Courses:
  Color Theory
  Drawing I and II
  

  
  
  
  
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  Patrick Mohr
  Savannah
  B.F.A., California College of the Arts and Crafts; M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art.
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  Patrick Mohr is a veteran artist, educator and expert in the field of public art, installation and sculpture. He has produced permanent examples of public art for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Agency, Arts Council of Long Beach and City of Long Beach Public Art Collection. Mohr recently was the invited keynote presenter at the Public Art Expo, co-presented by the Fulton County Arts Council Public Art Program, City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Public Art Program, and City of Atlanta Department of Aviation Art Program. He was appointed to the steering committee for the Long Beach Cultural Master Plan and Long Beach Museum of Art Foundation strategic planning committee. Mohr has taught at the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, California State University, Long Beach, and is a Fulbright-Hays Research Fellow.
  
  Awards:
  

  • Design Excellence Award, Long Beach Planning Commission, 1997
  • Distinguished Visual Artist Award, Long Beach Arts Council, 1990
  • Faculty Development Grant, New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y., 1990
  • Fulbright-Hays Research Fellowship, Portugal, 1977-78
    

  Group Exhibitions:
  

  • "Summer Group Show," Metro Arts, Phoenix, Ariz.
  • "Percepciones de L.A.," Casa de Valazquez, Madrid, Spain
  • "L.A. New Art," Universidad Cumplutense, Sala de Facultad de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
  • "Pre-Columbus Quincentenary Primal Experience Extravaganza Sale: A Mohr-Stone Promotion No. 2," Bank of America Gallery Project Room, South Coast Metro Center, Costa Mesa, Calif.
  • "Pseudo Trade Theory And Other Dokumenta II," Santa Monica College Art, Santa Monica, Calif.
    

  Collections:
  

  • Mary Norris, (private collection) Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Calif.
  • Metropolitan Transit Authority, Metro Art Public Art Collection, Los Angeles, Calif.
  • Robert Gumbiner, CEO (retired), FHP Corporation, Long Beach, Calif.
  • KPMH Pete Marwick LLP, Washington, D.C.
  • University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, Calif.
  • City of Long Beach Art in Public Places Program, Public Art Collection
  • Long Beach Public Corporation for the Arts, Public Art Collection
  • Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, Public Art Collection
  • Legacy Partners, Long Beach, Calif.
  • California State University San Bernadino, Sculpture Collection
    

  Memberships:
  

  • Long Beach Arts Commission (PCA)
  • College Art Association
  • California Arts Council
    

  Courses:
  

  • Drawing I and II
  • 2-D Design
  • 3-D Design
  • Sculpture In Context (Public Art)
  • Beginning Sculpture Practices I and II
    

  
  
  
  
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  Deborah Mosch
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Pennsylvania State University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
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  Marcia Neblett
  Savannah
  B.F.A., State University of New York at Purchase College; M.F.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook.
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  Marcia Neblett attended courses at Cornell University and the Art Students League of New York before receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Purchase College, where she studied woodcut under master printmaker Antonio Frasconi. She earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in painting and printmaking under Howardina Pindell at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. In addition to teaching at SCAD, she serves on the advisory board of the Children’s Art League of New York, Inc. Visit her Web site.
  


  Awards:
  

  • The Fulbright Foundation
  • The MacDowell Foundation
  • The Jerome Foundation
  • The New York Foundation for the Arts
  • The Alden B. Dow Creativity Center

  Selected exhbitions:
  

  • The Nehru Center, Mumbai, India
  • Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, India
  • The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, N.Y.
  • The Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, N.Y.
  • The Plains Art Museum, Fargo, N.D.

  Courses:
  

  • Drawing II
  • Design
  • Color Theory
  • Life Drawing
  • Medical Illustration 

  
  
  
  
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  Christopher Nitsche
  Savannah
  B.F.A., M.A., Northern Illinois University; M.F.A., University of New Mexico.
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  Christopher Nitsche creates sculptures, drawings and temporary installations involving a rigorous exploration of the visual and metaphorical attributes of ship forms. For him the ship is an iconic entity that envelops form and content, connecting humanity with tangible reality. It is rich with an emotional and psychological presence. The processes he employs in creating the work are wide-ranging, allowing the form to transform conceptually and expressively as needed, resulting in dynamic shapes and appearance. For more information, visit www.chrisnitsche.com.
  
  Exhibitions:
  

  • "A Decade of New Hampshire Visual Artist Fellows," Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, N.H.
  • "Toys: An Artistic Look at Playthings," Arizona Museum for Youth, Mesa, Ariz.
  • "Vindauga: Two-part Installation," Maxwell Library, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Mass.
  • "La Luz: A Multimedia Outdoor Installation Approaching the Infinite," SculptFest05, Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, West Rutland, Vt.
  • "31º North of East," Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas
  • "Reflective," University of Wyoming Museum of Art, Laramie, Wyo.
  • "Confluence: Sculpture, Installation, Drawings," Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, Colo.
    

  Awards:
  

  • Individual Artist Fellowship for Artistic Merit, New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
  • Alumni Association Grant, Keene State College Alumni Foundation
  • Faculty Professional Development Grant, Keene State College Foundation
  • Fellowship Award for Artistic Merit in Three-dimensional Art, Colorado Council on the Arts
    

  Courses:
  

  • 3-D Design
  • 2-D Design
  • Beginning Sculpture Practices I
  • Installation Art
    

  
  
  
  
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  Sam Norgard
  Savannah
  B.F.A., University of North Carolina, Greensboro; M.F.A., University of Cincinnati.
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  Sam Norgard's current work pursues three areas of separate but related interests: perishable constructions, larger sculptural venues and beaded works of adornment. The content of her work is informed by ideas as diverse as Tibetan Sand Mandalas, haute couture and 1940s wallpaper patterns. She is driven by the simple joy of making and find endless possible in visual metaphor. Learn more about Sam Norgard.
  
  Grants and Awards:
  

  • Faculty Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 2008
  • Presidential Fellowship, 2008
  • Faculty Research Grant, 2004
  • Grant, Annapolis Regional Arts Council, Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada, 2003
  • Mini Research Development Grant, 2003
  • Who's Who in American Art, 1998-2009
  • Chancellors Award for Teaching Excellence (students with disabilities), University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1998
    

  Selected Exhibitions:
  

  • "Razzle Dazzle!", May Poetter Gallery, Savannah, Ga.
  • Trois Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.
  • "Intersectionalities," University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • "Landmarks," New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, Wis.
  • "Threads," Gulf ArtSpace, Fairhope, Ala.
  • Faculty Exhibition, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • "One from WI," West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, Wis.
  • Galerie Pere Leger Comeau, St. Anne University, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • "Scar Tissue," Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, Wis.
  • "Remarkable Women," Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, Wis.
  • "Women are Everywhere," Kortman Design Center, Rockford, Ill.
  • "Mediated Image," Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • "Wed to Elements," Arts Place, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • "Flora: The Beauty of Botanicals," Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Ill.
  • Group Show, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, Wis.
  • "Elements," Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • "Water," Walkers' Point, Milwaukee, Wis., and Summit Gallery, Fairhope, Ala.
  • "Spare Art Parts," Concordia University, Mequon, Wis.
  • "Dwellings," Opelika Art Center, Opelika, Ala.
  • "Two Degrees North," Center Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • "C.A.S.T.," Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • "A Couple's Things," Center Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • "Men Who Run with the Arts and a Woman Named Sam," Morning Song Gallery, Lenoir, N.C.

  
  
  
  
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  Periklis Pagratis
  Chair
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Higher School of Fine Arts in Athens, Greece; M.F.A., George Washington University.
  
  
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  Jesse Payne
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Indiana State University; M.F.A., Northern Illinois University
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  Jesse Payne has exhibited on a national and international level and has been recognized for his work through awards and publications. Most recently, Payne completed a private study/apprenticeship with the noted Norwegian figurative painter Odd Nerdrum. Payne has published papers on the topics of design thinking, idea development and creativity, curriculum development and assessment. He is vice president for regional coordinator for Foundations in Art: Theory and Education.
  
  Courses:
  

  • Drawing
  • Life Drawing
  • 2-D Design
  • Color Theory
    

  Memberships:
  

  • Foundations in Art: Theory and Education
  • Chicago Artists' Coalition
  • College Art Association
  • Southeastern College Art Conference
  • Mid-America College Art Association
    

  
  
  
  
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  Dawn Peterson
  Savannah
  B.A., Mary Baldwin College; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
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  Benjamin Phillips
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design. 
  
  
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  Vanessa Platacis
  Savannah
  B.F.A., New Mexico State University; M.F.A., Tufts University.
  
  
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  Vanessa Platacis
  Savannah
  B.F.A., New Mexico State University; M.F.A., Tufts University.
  
  
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  Richard Prisco
  Savannah
  B.S., University of Bridgeport; M.F.A., Rochester Institute of Technology.
  
  
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  Nan Rainey
  Savannah
  B.A., College of William and Mary; M.F.A., Pratt Institute.
  
  
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  Steven A. Ramsey
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Cleveland Institute of Art; M.F.A., Illinois State University.
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  A professional illustrator and glass artist, Steven A. Ramsey has had illustrations exhibited internationally at SIGGRAPH and MacWorld Expo, published in 3D World magazine and featured on the covers of several national business publications.
  
  Awards:
  

  • Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development, SCAD
  • First prize, Strathmore Papers International Digital Art Competition
  • First prize, MetaCreations Corp. International DigitalArt Competition
  • Second place, Impressions Magazine Industry Award 
  • Second place, State of Illiniois Awards for Craft
    

  Memberships:
  

  • College Art Association
  • Glass Art Society
    

  Classes:
  

  • Drawing 1 and II
  • 3-D Design
  • Introduction to Sculptural Processes: Cold Glass
  • Introduction to Sculptural Processes: Warm Glass
  • Pate de Verre
    

  
  
  
  
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  John Rise
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Arizona State University; M.A., M.F.A., University of New Mexico.
  
  
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  Andrea Rountree
  Savannah
  A.A., Armstrong Atlantic State University; B.A., University of Georgia; M.A., M.F.A., Northern Illinois University.
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  Andrea Rountree has 20 years of teaching experience — five years in secondary school and 15 at the college level. She recently completed her sixth year in the foundation studies department at SCAD. As an employee of Friends of Community Public Art, Rountree designed and executed murals and mosaics for public parks in Illinois. Her work has been exhibited in galleries, cultural centers and museums in Illinois, including the “Chicago Show,” and she has had solo exhibitions at the ARC Gallery in Chicago. Positive reviews of her work have appeared in the Toronto Globe and Mail, a nationally syndicated column by Byron Belt of Newshouse News Service, and Art Calendar. She is one of 11 artists featured in the book “The Great Walls of Joliet” by Jeff Huebner (University of Illinois Press).
  
  Memberships:
  ARC Gallery, Chicago
  Mythopians
  Chicago Artists Coalition
  

  
  
  
  
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  David Rousseau
  Savannah
  B.A., Lyndon State College; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  David Harland Rousseau has taught drawing and design courses in the SCAD School of Foundation Studies since 2005. He is an entrepreneur, award-winning illustrator, graphic designer and author, as well as a former video journalist and news reporter.
  
  Publications:
  

  • "Savannah Ghosts: Haunts of the Hostess City" illustrated by Julie Collins
  • "Savannah Tavern Tales and Pubs Review" co-authored with Dow Harris, illustrated by Julie Collins
  • Turner Networks/TruTV's CrimeLibrary.com
  • Southern Homescapes
  • Creative Loafing
  • Treasured Poems of America
  • The Lyndon Review
    

  Achievements and Honors:
  

  • Eagle Scout
  • "40 Under 40" Dynamic Young Business Leader, The Business Report and Journal, 2008
  • Silver ADDY Award, 2006
    

  Memberships:
  

  • Screen Actor's Guild (eligible)
  • City of Savannah Tourism Advisory Committee
  • Knights of Columbus
    

  Courses:
  

  • 2-D Design
  • Drawing I
  • Drawing for Design
  • Drawing for Storyboarding
  • Author, Visual Storytelling I
    

  
  
  
  
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  Ruben Salinas
  Savannah
  A.A., The Art Institute of Houston; B.A., Universidad Regiomontana; M.F.A., Stephen F. Austin State University.
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  With a specialty in figure drawing, Ruben Salinas worked for 20 years in as a freelance illustrator and storyboard artist for the Hively Agency, Academy Sports and Outdoors, Ogilvy and Mather, and Rives Carlberg Advertising.
  
  Memberships:
  

  • Conceptart.org
  • College Art Association
    

  Classes:
  

  • Drawing I and II
  • Drawing for Design
  • Life Drawing I
  • 2-D Design
    

  
  
  
  
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  Matthew Stromberg
  Savannah
  B.F.A., M.F.A., University of North Texas.
  
  
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  Heather Szatmary
  Savannah
  B.S., University of Texas at Austin; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  Balancing an undergraduate degree in architecture and a master's degree in fine art with an obsessive interest in objects and language, Heather Szatmary builds metaphorical mixed-media assemblages. She has exhibited her work in venues throughout the United States, including North Carolina State University, University of Wisconsin and the Jacksonville (Fla.) Museum of Modern Art, and internationally in England, India, Canada and Australia.
  
  Coverage:
  

  • Jackson, Ally. "Communication Breakdown." Campus Chronicle, 14 December 2001.
  • Gitlin, Holly. "Excess Is Best." Creative Loafing/Connect Savannah, 6 October 2001.
  • Shuter, Marty. "Look Beyond the Periphery at Installation." Savannah News-Press, 18 February 1996.
  • Hamilton, Lynn. "Heather Szatmary: Constructed Realities." ART PAPERS, January-February 1996.
    

  Memberships:
  

  • College Art Association
  • Foundations in Art Theory and Education
    

  Classes:
  

  • 2-D Design
  • 3-D Design
  • Color Theory
    

  
  
  
  
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  Kebedech Tekleab
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Howard University; M.F.A., Howard University.
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  Kebedech Tekleab is a published poet, a painter and a sculptor. Since graduating in 1995, she has had several solo shows and participated in more than 20 group exhibitions. She has lectured at various conferences and art institutions and been featured on TV and radio programs. She collaborated with the late Skunder Boghossian to create an outdoor sculpture for the Embassy of Ethiopia in Washington, D.C., for which she received a national award from the government. Tekleab has received institutional recognition for her work through exhibitions, commissions and purchases. Recently, the Holocaust Museum in Illinois purchased one of her paintings for its permanent collection. She has taught at Montgomery College in Takoma, Md., Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Va., and Howard University in Washington, D.C.
  
  Permanent Collections:
  

  • Illinois Holocaust Museum, Skokie, Ill.
  • Ethiopian Embassy, Washington, D.C.
  • Archives Navy Memorial, Washington, D.C.
  • Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington, D.C.
  • Harris Patricia School, Washington, D.C.
    

  Solo Exhibitions:
  

  • Delaware State University, Dover, Del.
  • Radford University, Radford, Va.
  • University of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.
  • University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Md.
  • North Dakota State University, Fargo, N.D.
    

  Selected Group Exhibitions:
  

  • Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
  • Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York, N.Y.
  • Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Fla.
  • Addison Ripley Fine Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.
    

  Courses:
  

  • Color Theory
  • Drawing I and II
    

  
  
  
  
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  Scott Thorp
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Georgia State University; M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art.
  
  
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  Matthew Toole
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Georgia Southern University; M.F.A., Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville.
  
  
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  Simoni Trapsioni
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Aristotle University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  Simoni Trapsioni teaches in the SCAD painting and foundation studies departments. A native of Greece, she has participated in many solo and group shows in both the United States and Europe. She also has a studio in Savannah, Ga.
  
  Publications:
  

  • "To Palikaraki," illustration of a children's book, 1998

  Selected exhibitions:
  

  • "This Gift is a Problem for you to Solve," Red Gallery, Savannah, 2006
  • "Combined Talents," 20th Annual Florida International Competition, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla., 2005
  • "By My Self: Emerging Georgia Women Artists," Swan House, Atlanta, 2004
  • "Dimensions 2004," Associated Artists, Winston-Salem, N.C., 2004
  • "Fallen Fruit," Spiller Vicenty Gallery, Jacksonville, Fla., 2004

  
  
  
  
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  Joel Varland
  Savannah
  B.A., Spring Arbor College; M.F.A., State University of New York at Buffalo.
  
  
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  Ashley C. Waldvogel
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University; M.F.A., Pratt Institute.
  
  
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  Karen Walker
  Savannah
  B.A., University of Georgia; M.S., Medical College of Georgia.
  
  
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  Ben Ward
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
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  Christopher Williams
  Savannah
  B.A., College at Cortland; M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art.
  
  
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  Jason Zimmer
  Savannah
  B.F.A., McKendree College; M.F.A., New York Academy of Art.
  
  

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  Larry Anderson
  Atlanta
  M.V.A., Georgia State University.
  
  
  
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  Margaret (Meg) Aubrey
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
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  Brett Callero
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., University of Dayton; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
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  Dale Clifford
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., Miami University; M.F.A., Clemson University.
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  Dale Clifford was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. From 1996 - 2002, he was chair and assistant professor of visual communication at the American University in Dubai, located in the United Arab Emirates. He joined the SCAD faculty in 2002 and has been teaching at SCAD-Atlanta since January 2006. Clifford's prints and drawings have been exhibited in 12 countries in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
  
  Selected exhibitions:
  

  • 25th National Print Exhibition 2006, Silvermine Guild Galleris, New Canaan, Conn.
  • 26th National Print Exhibition at Artlink, Artlink, Fort Wayne, Ind., 2006
  • 40th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Cristi, Texas, 2006
  • Hilo National Invitational Exhibition, University of Hawai'i at Hilo, Hilo, Hawaii, 2006
  • "American Democracy Project," Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Mo., 2006

  Presentations and lectures:
  

  • "Perspective of Prospectives," Advanced Placement Annual Conference 2006 Orlando, Fla.

  Awards:
  

  • SCAD Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development, 2004

  Memberships:
  

  • Atlanta Printmakers Studio, Atlanta 2006 - present
  • Southern Graphics Council, 2004 - present
  • Southeastern College Art Conference, 2004 - present

  Courses:
  

  • Drawing I and II
  • Life Drawing I and II
  • Intermediate Painting
  • Drawing Methods Studio
  • Formal Aspects of Painting (graduate)
  • Painter's Modes of Expression (graduate)

  
  
  
  
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  Marcia Cohen
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., Wayne State University; M.A., University of New Mexico.
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  A 31-year veteran of teaching at the Atlanta College of Art, Marcia R. Cohen is a professor in the painting and foundation studies departments at SCAD-Atlanta. Cohen's paintings, drawings and photographic works have been exhibited widely, with recent solo and group exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, the University of Texas, the University of Charlottesville and Callanwole Fine Arts Center. Cohen has lectured nationally and internationally about the interdisciplinary aspects of color theory at professional conferences and as a visiting artist in Spain, France, New York and California.
  
  Awards:
  King Baudouin Foundation U.S. Cultural Exchange Fellowship
  Fulton County Arts Council
  SCAD Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development
  
  Memberships:
  Inter Society Color Council
  Southeastern College Art Conference
  College Art Association
  Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
  The Contemporary
  Black Mountain College Museum
  
  Classes:
  Drawing I
  Water-based Media Exploration
  

  
  
  
  
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  Yana Dimitrova
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
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  Amanda Dumas-Hernandez
  Atlanta
  A.A., The Art Institute of Atlanta; B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design; M.F.A., Alfred University.
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  Amanda Dumas-Hernandez is an interdisciplinary artist who uses the practices of sculpture, painting, installation and digital imaging in her work. Dumas-Hernandez earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the New York State College of Art and Design at Alfred University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design. She also has attended the Munchen Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Germany. She has exhibited and been reviewed or featured in art publications throughout the United States, Europe, and Australia. Dumas-Hernandez was recently interviewed by BBC Radio and her images were displayed on British television. She taught at various institutions, including the Art Institute of Atlanta, the Atlanta College of Art, and Alfred University before joining SCAD-Atlanta.
  
  Gallery Representation:
  Groundfloor Gallery, Sydney, Australia
  
  Memberships:
  International Sculpture Center
  
  Classes:
  3-D Design
  Drawing for Design
  Drawing
  Color Theory
  

  
  
  
  
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  Krista Grecco
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., Alfred University; M.F.A., The Ohio State University.
  
  
  
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  Elizabeth Hart
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., Atlanta College of Art; M.F.A., University of California - Los Angeles.
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  Lisa Hart has been a visiting artist at California State University-Long Beach; Haystack School of Arts and Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine; and the Governor's Honors Program, Valdosta. From 1993 - 2006, she taught at the Atlanta College of Art, where she was head of the visual studies department. Hart's work is mixed-media, and much of her art deals with observations of cycles and patterns in nature. She has exhibited work in museums and galleries throughout the United States and in Europe and Mexico. Her work is included in many private and public collections, including the Decorative Museum of Art, Ghent, Belgium; Chattahoochee Valley Museum of Art; and King and Spalding Law Firm.
  
  Memberships:
  

  • Foundations in Art: Theory and Education

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  • 2-D Design
  • Color Theory
  • Mixed Media
    

  
  
  
  
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  Jennifer Hartley
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., M.F.A., University of Georgia.
  
  
  
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  Chin-Cheng Hung
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., Fu Hsing Kang College; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  Chin-Cheng Hung has received numerous awards from different juried competitions internationally. His works hang in many private and corporate collections in Taiwan and the United States. His biography is listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Art and Who's Who in American Education.
  
  Publications:
  International Artist
  Pastel Artist International
  The Pastel Journal
  New American Paintings
  Savannah Morning News
  
  Presentations and Lectures:
  Instructor of workshop "Painting Portrait in Pastels," Georgia Art Educator's Conferences, Atlanta and Athens, Ga., 2002 and 2003
  Instructor of workshop "Painting Portrait in Pastels," Florida Art Educator's Conferences, Ft. Lauderdale and St. Petersburg, Fla., 2001 and 2004
  Guest Lecturer, Chinese calligraphy, watercolor, and painting, the Youth Activity Center, China Youth Corps, Penghu, Taiwan, 1991-94
  
  Exhibitions:
  "Wu Xia," solo exhibition, Carrollton Cultural Arts Center, Carrollton, 2006
  Foundation Studies Faculty Drawing Exhibition, Anderson Hall Gallery, Savannah, 2006
  Classical Rendering, Anderson Hall Gallery, Savannah, 2005
  32nd Annual Exhibition for "Pastel Only," Pastel Society of America, National Arts Club Grand Gallery, New York, 2004
  "Contemporary Focus: Mirroring the Creative Self," Focus Gallery, The Earle W. Newton Center for British-American Studies, Savannah, 2004
  
  Awards:
  Finalist, International Artist Magazine Challenge No. 36, People and Figures, 2006
  Popular Vote Award, Pastel Society of America's 32nd Annual Exhibition for "Pastel Only," 2004
  First place, Pastel Society of New Mexico's 10th Annual National Pastel Painting Exhibition, 2001
  Anita Wolff Portrait Award, Pastels U.S.A., Pastel Society of the West Coast's 15th Annual International Open Exhibition, 2001
  Finalist, New American Paintings, Open Studios 2001 Southern Competition, 2001
  
  Memberships:
  Chinese-American Academic and Professional Association in Southeastern United States, President
  Pastel Society of America, Signature Member
  College Art Association
  Atlanta Chinese Art Association
  
  Classes:
  Drawing I, II and III
  Life Drawing I, II and III
  Portrait Drawing
  Color Drawing
  Classical Drawing
  

  
  
  
  
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  Stuart Keeler
  Atlanta
  M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
  
  
  
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  Kenneth Knowles
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design; M.F.A., University of Georgia.
  
  
  
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  Jenny Krasner
  Atlanta
  B.A., Hamilton College; B.F.A., University of Oxford; M.F.A., Columbia University.
  
  
  
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  Mark Leibert
  Atlanta
  B.A., University of California; M.F.A., Rochester Institute of Technology.
  
  
  
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  Carl Linstrum
  Atlanta
  A.A., Santa Fe College; B.A., University of South Florida; M.F.A., Georgia State University.
  
  
  
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  Cynthia Lollis
  Atlanta
  A.B., Mount Holyoke College; MFA, The University of Georgia.
  
  
  
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  Anne-Marie Manker
  Atlanta
  B.A., University of Southern California; M.F.A., Georgia State University.
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  Ann-Marie Manker has been teaching drawing and painting since 1997. She served at Georgia State University and the Atlanta College of Art before joining the painting department at SCAD-Atlanta. She is active in the Atlanta art community and exhibits both locally and in Los Angeles.
  
  Awards and accomplishments:
  

  • Forward Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award, Atlanta, 2006
  • Selected by Artists in Residence International for the “TransAtlantic” exhibition in Berlin, 2006
  • Former gallery director and founder of ArtSpot Gallery, named Best Alternative Art Space 2003 in Creative Loafing, Atlanta
    

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  • Member and founder of Golden Blizzard Art Collective, Atlanta

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  • Water-based Painting
  • Professional Practices in Painting
  • Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Painting
    

  
  
  
  
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  Jo Peterson
  Atlanta
  B.A., American University; M.V.A., Georgia State University; M.F.A., University of Florida.
  
  
  
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  Chris Revelle
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts.
  
  
  
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  Shana Robbins
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., Atlanta College of Art; M.F.A., Georgia State University.
  
  
  
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  Chris Schweizer
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., Murray State University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
  
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  Ben Smith
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., Atlanta College of Art; M.F.A., Tulane University.
  
  
  
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  Mark Wentzel
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., Michigan State University; M.A., Eastern Michigan University.
  
  
  
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  Martha Whittington
  Atlanta
  A.A., Portfolio Center; B.F.A., Kansas City Art Institute; M.F.A., Temple University.
  
  
  

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  Daniel Leroy Lottmann
  eLearning
  A.A., East Central College; B.F.A., Southwest Missouri State University; M.F.A., Arizona State University.