Faculty and Staff Art Show 2019

The faculty Art Show, this year, was a joy!  Everyone is working on incredible work!

Remnants: Shades of Brown by Aya Takashima Digital Inkjet Print on Washi Paper

I really enjoyed hanging the show.  Everyone’s art really complimented the space.

This year’s show included some of our NOVA volunteers.  Dick White is an exceptional ceramicist and helps the program with creative firings.

Goldie Lox and the Three Bare’s, a collection of vases by Ceramic’s studio assistant Dick White. Photo by Britt Conley

Jim McClellan, our Dean of Liberal Arts is an avid photographer and has been traveling the world each year, amassing and beautiful portfolio.

Salamanca Cathedral by Jim McClellan, our Dean
of Languages, Arts, and Social Sciences.

Our student volunteers were also included and everyone is thrilled with the talent and wonderful eye they each have.

Fence Line by Russel Creger Barajas. Photographic Print

Bikki is a master a crystaline glaze.  Her work and glazes just glow.  She sells her work through the Torpedo Factory and is enjoying a wonderful professional life.

Morning Glory by Ceramics Studio Assistant, Tuyen Striker, Chrystaline Glaze
Condensation Wall by Photography Assistant Julie Gilmore Inkjet on transparency film.

Charl Anne Brew teaches drawing in our Fine Art department.

Inquisitive Hands by Charl Anne Brew

Mark Roth adjuncts for our Photography Department.

Looking Up by Photography Adjunct, Mark Roth, Inkjet Print

Britt Conley, our Studio Assistant for Fine Arts and Admin Assistant for Music specializes in drawing and painting music.  Her studio resides at The Workhouse Arts Center and her work can be seen at The Torpedo Factory and The Arts Club of Washington as well.

Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite by Britt Conley.

Lisa Hill doesn’t just teach Graphic Design, she is also a full artist and her work has, “been been part of numerous museum and gallery shows and invitationals”  Her studio resides in Kensington, Maryland.

Neath by Graphic Design Faculty Lisa Hill Inkjet prints

Christian Hand is the instructional assistant for the Photography Department.  She works with large format printing and her  visuals are memorable.

Untitled by Christin Hand, instructional assistant for the Photography Department.

Jessica Gardner, our 3-D faculty,  is a ceramicist who works with issues of motherhood.  Her work can be seen in various venues. and is currently on tour.

Delicate Pinnacle
by Ceramics Instructor, Jessica Gardner, Porcelain/Low Fire Glaze

Ireene Clayton-Jones is a wonderfully whimsical artist and works as an assistant to our ceramics program.

Box of Pencils, Hot Fudge Sunday and Urban Evolution by Ceramics Studio Volunteer Ireen Cleaton-Jones

Pete Van Riper has been teaching art at NOVA for a long time.   He specializes in the figure, and currently teaches drawing 1-4.

After only one ride
in Yorkshire by Drawing Adjunct Pete van Riper, Charcoal

Amanda Sauer is a an adjunct for the Photography Department.

Portrait of Leo Sideways
by Photography Adjunct, Amanda Sauer. Photograph

Amy Reed is an assistant to the Ceramics Program.

Orca by Ceramics Assistant, Amy Reed, Ceramic Raku

Zach Reddin is the Instructional Assistant for Graphic Design.  He also has an equally impressive background as a chef.

Greg Eckler is not only a designer, and amazing faculty, he’s also an expert letter artist.  That’s where his passion lies.

Hell Yeah, The Vicious Circus, and … Like You Give A Damn by Graphic Design Faculty Greg Eckler

Angela Terry teaches Design for Web, Typography, Introduction to Graphic Skills as well as running our NOVA studio, an internship opportunity for students to work with real-world clients on projects before they graduate.  She is an amazing print maker as well.

20 Facts by Angela Terry, Screen Print

Bob Laubach  is our Photography Department office manager.  Photographing architecture is his passion.  His show submissions are from a recent trip to Florida.

Beach Patrol Headquarters by Photography Instructional Assistant, Bob Laubach, Inkjet print

Stacy Slaten is our 2-D faculty.  She loves birds and especially parrots.   She has an upcoming show at the Schlesinger Arts center in 2020.

Nesting 12, Deidra and Liberty and Nesting 6 by Stacy Slaten, Graphite