Faculty
Meet the Art Faculty
Tony Gant, Co-Chair
Associate Professor of Art
M.F.A., Yale University, 1988.
Lynette Lombard, Co-Chair
Associate Professor of Art
M.F.A., Yale University, 1989
"What compels me is how light, form, colour, and composition are informed by the feeling of walking a terrain, working in all kinds of weather and fusing several moments of time into one painting."
Gregory GilbertDirector of the Art History Program, Associate Professor of
Art HistoryPh.D., Rutgers University, 1998
"My specialized area of research is focused on modern and contemporary American art, specifically contextual and theoretical issues associated with the Abstract Expressionist, Neo-Dada and Pop Art movements."
Mark HolmesAssistant Professor of Art
M.F.A., Yale University, 1985
Claire ShermanAssistant Professor of Art
M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2005
Michael GodsilInstructor in Art
B.A., Knox College, 1976 and 2004
"My personal, creative photography is primarily of landscapes and nature details and is usually made using a large format, 4" x 5" field camera, with traditional film and analog darkroom methods; although I also do some work in digital photography."
Sherry LindquistVisiting Assistant Professor in Art
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1995
"I study how art and imagery constructs identities and influences societies."
Lecturers
Jenna Price
Lecturer in Art, Knox/Box Artist-in-Residence
B.A., Knox College, 2006
Judy Koon
Visiting Artist
M.F.A., Yale University, 1986
Cooperating faculty from other programs
Stephen FinebergSzold Distinguished Service Professor of
ClassicsPh.D.,Classics,1975,University of Texas at Austin
"I am working on a book on the god Dionysos. The evidence I draw upon comes from literary and visual sources, especially the Athenian vase paintings."
Jon WagnerProfessor of
AnthropologyPh.D., Anthropology, 1975, Indiana University
"I've always been an incorrigible generalist with a strong interest in how the various fields of knowledge relate to one another and to the big questions of human existence."
Emeritus faculty
Harland Jean Goudie
Chancie Booth Ferris Professor Emeritus of Art
Henry Joe
Professor Emeritus of Art
Frederick Ortner
Professor Emeritus of Art
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