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Last Updated May 20, 2008
2008 Faculty
Kaz McCue, M.F.A.
Director of the Visual Arts Department
Hartmut Austen, M.F.A.
Drawing/Painting. Artist. Adjunct faculty, Wayne State University, Detroit; Faculty, Birmingham Bloomfield Arts Center.
Pamela Ayres, M.F.A
BFA Seminar Instructor and Gallery Director at Central Michigan University. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Sculpture and her Master of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture, Installation and Performance Art from Long Island University/C.W. Post Campus in Brookville, New York. Ayres’ previous teaching experience includes Bradley University, the University of Bridgeport and Nassau Community College. At Bradley University, she also taught courses in Gallery Management and Collections and led the BFA Seminar and she has also taught classes in Visual Organization, Drawing, Sculpture, and Interdisciplinary Practices / Multi-Media Arts. Ayres has also served in the Master Teaching Artist Program for the Connecticut Commission on the Arts conducting workshops in welding, casting, Raku ceramics, papermaking, integrated media, performance art, educational design and curatorial programming at such places as Storm King Art Center, Weir Farm National Historic Trust, and the Music and Arts Center for Humanity.
Richard Barlow, M.F.A.
Advanced Painting and Drawing. Adjunct Professor, Drawing, Painting, 2D Design: St. Cloud State University, St Cloud, MN. Adjunct Professor, Orientation to Art and Design: College of Visual Art, St Paul, MN. Instructor, Observational Drawing: Minneapolis College of Art and Design (Continuing Studies), Minneapolis, MN. Co-Artistic Director, Flaneur Productions. MFA Painting and Drawing (Art History minor), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. BFA Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.
Kit Burke-Smith, B.F.A.
Jewelry/Metalsmithing and Drawing. Adjunct faculty, Drawing and Design, State University of New York at New Paltz. MFA in Metals from SUNY New Paltz, NY. BFA in Jewelry (Art History minor) from Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.
Abi Chodosh, M Ed., ATR
Global Arts Instructor. She holds a B.A. in mathematics from Bennington College in Vermont and a M. Ed. (Art) from University of Central Oklahoma. She completed the coursework to earn certification as a Registered Art Therapist, at the University of Oklahoma. Her teaching experience includes working with at-risk-youth in alternative education and students of all ages in community arts settings. She is the co-founder of the Natural Dyes Program at City Arts Center in Oklahoma City as well as a member of Oklahoma State Arts Council Artist Roster.
Kip Deeds, M.F.A.
Printmaking and Drawing. Degrees received from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Tyler School of Art, Temple University.
Christopher Douglas Arnold, M.F.A.
Drawing and Photography. Christopher received his M.F.A. from Savannah College of Art and Design and his B.F.A from the University of Missouri, Columbia. Currently he is working as the "Solo Expositions" curator for the Third Floor Gallery in St. Louis, MO and is a represented professional artist and illustrator.
Jennifer Drinkwater, M.F.A.
Degree received in Painting from East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. Received B.A in Studio Art and Anthropology from Tulane University in New Orleans, LA
Sarah Kabot, M.F.A.
Fibers, Drawing. Instructor of Fibers and Foundations, Interlochen Arts Academy. Degrees received from Cranbrook Academy of Art and the University of Michigan.
Kel Keller, M.F.A.
Mixed Media Photography. B.A. Princeton University, M.F.A. University of Michigan.
Kel is a visual artist living in Atlanta, and a native of Michigan. He was a McKnight Photography Fellow and has received grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Minnesota Art Over AIDS Commission and FORECAST Public Artworks. Keller has taught photography for over sixteen years, most recently for the University of Georgia's program in Cortona, Italy, as well as at The Mediterranean Center for Arts and Sciences in Sicily.
Sharon Massey, M.F.A.
Metalsmithing and Jewelry. Recieved MFA in Metal Design from East Carolina University in Greenville, NC, and BFA from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC. Sharon's work is included in several public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. She currently teaches metals and 2D/3D foundations at Interlochen Arts Academy.
Julie K. Mecoli, M.A.
Sculpture faculty. Originally from Michigan, Mecoli exhibits in both the US and UK where she also works as a lecturer teaching fine art undergraduates. M.A. Fine Art, Sculpture, Wimbledon School of Art, London, UK. B.A. (Hons) Fine Art (First Class) Sculpture/Art & Architecture, Canterbury School of Art, Kent Institute of Art and Design, Canterbury, UK.
Kate Stevens, B.F.A.
Drawing and Painting. Graduate student Towson University. Degree received from Maryland Institute College of Art.
Elijah Van Benschoten, M.F.A.
Painting and Drawing. BFA in Painting received from Siena Heights University. MFA in Painting received from Syracuse University. Drawing and 2D Design instructor at Adrian College. Visiting instructor at Albion College for Fall 2007.
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