Faculty

Meet the Art Faculty

Mark Holmes, Chair
Associate Professor of Art
M.F.A., Yale University, 1985

Tony Gant
Associate Professor of Art
M.F.A., Yale University, 1988.

Gregory Gilbert
Director of the Art History Program, Associate Professor of Art History
Ph.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."

Lynette Lombard
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."

Michael Godsil
Instructor 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."

Tim Stedman
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
M.F.A., University of Illinois-Chicago, 2011

Cooperating faculty from other programs

Christie Cirone
Lecturer in Journalism
M.F.A., University of Illinois-Champaign, 1992

Stephen Fineberg
Szold Distinguished Service Professor of Classics
Ph.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 Wagner
Professor of Anthropology
Ph.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
Henry Joe
Professor Emeritus of Art

Frederick Ortner
Professor Emeritus of Art