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Mark Anderson, B.F.A., M.F.A.
Interim Department Head

University of South Dakota. Major exhibitions: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art; Florida Gulf Coast Art Center. Collections: John Kohler Art Center; Florida Gulf Coast Art Center.

Patrick Lindhardt, B.A., M.F.A.
Department Coordinator

St. Cloud State University; University of South Florida. Master printer. Collections: Federal Express; Mase Art Center; other private collections. Owner: Flatstone Studio. Advisor for Printmaking by Saff and Sacilotto. Member: Florida Printmaking Society.

Peter Brown, B.S., M.F.A.

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Kevin Costello, B.A.,  M.A.

Chelsea School of Art/Goldsmiths College [Sculpture]; Goldsmiths College, University of London [Art History]. Kevin has previously taught at Stetson University, Eckerd College, and Ringling College of Art and Design. Currently, Kevin is a writer and reviewer of Sculpture, Painting and Architecture for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He has also worked for the Bradenton Herald, West Coast Woman Magazine, Artshows International, and Sarasota Art Review. www.kevincostelloart.com  

Robert Farber, B.F.A., M.F.A.

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Sheryl Haler, B.F.A., M.F.A.

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Dee Hood, B.A., M.F.A.

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David Kinsey, B.F.A., M.F.A.

Ringling College of Art and Design; Yale School of Art. Works have been shown in numerous exhibitions in New York, Connecticut, Missouri and Florida. Awards: Yale Norfolk Teaching Assistant Fellowship, Ashby Foundation Fellowship, Ellen Batell Fellowship, Fine Art Society of Sarasota Scholarship, and the Emerging Artists Show Arts Magazine Award.

Jill Lerner, B.F.A.

Arizona State University. Master Printer at Limestone Press with publisher Hank Hine. Production coordinator for Graphicstudio/Institute for Research in Art at the University of South Florida. Participated in planning and sponsoring educational and technical workshops including Oaxaca, Mexico where the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Oaxaca hosted photogravure and heliorelief workshops.

Mark Ormond, B.A., M.A.

University of Pennsylvania; George Washington University. Graduate of Museum Management Institute at University of California at Berkeley. Former Director of the Center for the Fine Arts, Miami; Deputy Director for Collections & Programs and Senior Curator, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Over 25 years of professional experience in museum management, museum studies, and as an art historian and curator. Author, editor and contributor of art criticism, catalogue essays and monographs on contemporary art and architecture. 

R. Shawn Pettersen, B.F.A., M.F.A.

Ringling College of Art and Design; Montclair State University. Past professional experience: Sculpture Instructor, Montclair State University; studio assistant, installation design and completion at the Whitney Museum of American Art’s 72nd Biennial, New York, NY. Works have been included in selected exhibitions in Florida, New York and New Jersey. 

Jeff Schwartz, B.F.A., M.F.A.

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Peg Trezevant, B.A., M.F.A.

University of South Florida. Also taught as an adjunct professor at the University of South Florida. Ms. Trezevant received the Emerging Artist Award at the Hyde Park Fine Arts Second Annual Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition, and has exhibited her work in numerous solo and group exhibitions.

Bradley Wester, B.F.A., M.F.A.

University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA; Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ. Works have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions in New York and the US, and are part of museum [New Jersey State Museum, Mississippi State Museum, The Drawing Center NYC], corporate [The Maslow Collection, Prudential Insurance, Nordstrom] and private collections [Edward Albee, Ross Bleckner, Estelle Dodge, Vera List, Richard & Margaret Matthews-Berenson]. Awards include: Senior Specialist Fulbright to Kyoto Japan, Visiting Artist at The American Academy in Rome, Two MacDowell Fellowships, Pollock-Krasner Grantee, and two NJ State Council Grants. Twice published in New American Paintings. Designed theatre works for Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and in Los Angeles for producers such as Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Fox Television, The Promenade Theatre-NY, LaMama-NY, Music Theatre Group-NY, and The Court Theatre-LA. Designed productions for noted playwrights Eve Ensler, David Greenspan, Lucy Wang, and James Lecesne. Visiting lecturer at Kyoto University of Art & Design, Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, and University of Louisiana Lafayette. www.bradleywester.com

Wendy Wischer, B.F.A., M.F.A. 

University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. Past teaching experience: Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL, Visiting Faculty; New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL, Instructor; Special projects: Artist in Residence, Atlantic Center for the Arts; Artist in Residence, Miami Museum of Science and Planetarium; RAC Fleet Shuttle Bus Wrap, Broward County Art in Public Places; Project Curator/Coordinator, Creeping Lightly, Art and Flowers, Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens, Miami, FL. Guest Lecturer: College Art Association Conference 2008, The Honors College at Florida International University, Miami, FL; Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL; Miami Intelligence Series, Miami Museum of Science; Art and Academia, MDC-Wolfson Campus, Miami, FL. Wendy’s works have been exhibited in solo and numerous group exhibitions nationally including Florida, California, Minnesota, New York, Washington, D.C., Tennessee, Connecticut and abroad in Mexico, Spain, the Dominican Republic and Israel. Her works are also part of several public collections: Art Bank, Art in Public Places, Miami, FL; Progressive Art Collection, Mayfield Village, OH; Miami Art Museum; Arthur and Mata Jaffe Collection, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; Jay Jill, Boston, MA. Wendy is the recipient of numerous awards, including five Artist Access Grants, Tigertail Productions, Miami, FL; four Artist Enhancement Grants, Miami-Dade Division of Cultural Affairs; three awards of Teacher Recognition, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts; the New Forms Grant, Division of Cultural Affairs, The South Florida Cultural Consortium, The Florida Individual Artist Grant and the Pollock-Krasner grant. Her works have also appeared in several books, catalogues, brochures and periodicals. www.wendywischer.com

 


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