Faculty Spotlight Questions

• What do you most hope students will take away from your class?

  The ability to speak about art confidently.

• How do you approach students who find creating or studying art difficult?

  I find something that they are really into and then show them to the art that’s within it.

• How would you describe your workspace?

  Cozy

• What types of books do you read? What are you reading now and/or what is one of the most treasured books on your bookshelf?

  My most treasured is A Coney Island of the Mind autographed to me from Lawrence Ferlinghetti, my favorite is The Little Prince, and I’m reading Once There Were Wolves now.

• What do you like to do for fun?

  Find a great old movie (late 30’s and forward) that I haven’t seen in a while. And coffee with friends. And yoga, running, paddling, surfing, etc

• What skills and abilities make a good teacher?

  Patience, loving what you teach, and being open to new things.

• What is an early experience with art or a specific artwork that made you decide to pursue a career in the arts? How has that experience shaped you and/or how do you view art differently now?

  When I was in high school, I saw Rousseau’s Sleeping Gypsy at the MOMA and it has stayed in my heart since.

• If you could study under or interact with any living or historical artist, who would it be?

  Hilda af Klint

• How would you describe our current moment in art?

  Over political.

• Describe some of your former projects, do you see a common thread that connects them?

  Most everything I’ve made has had an intentional beautiful-ugliness about it.