Visual and Performing Arts Department Faculty

Meet the Visual and Performing Arts Department Faculty

Visual & Performing Arts Director

  • Laura Watts Sommer, Associate Professor of Art History; B.F.A., University of Kansas; M.A., Ph.D., Temple University.

Faculty

  • James Allen, Professor Emeritus, B.F.A., University of Notre Dame; M.F.A., Wayne State University.
  • Michael Anthony, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design; B.S., Buffalo State College; MFA, Vermont College.
  • Dennis W. Barraclough, Fine Arts Director; Professor of Sculpture; B.F.A., University of Buffalo; M.F.A., University of Michigan.
  • Christian Brandjes, Performing Arts Director; Associate Professor of Theatre; B.A., University of Vermont; M.F.A., Brandeis University.
  • James Dana Hatchett, Assistant Professor of Fine Arts; B.F.A., S.U.N.Y. at Purchase; M.F.A., S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo.
  • Kevin Kegler, Graphic Design Director; Professor of Graphic Design; B.A., M.A., University at Buffalo.
  • Felice Koenig, Assistant Professor of Painting; B.F.A., Southern Oregon University, M.F.A., University of Texas at San Antonio.
  • Robert Waterhouse, Assistant Professor of Theatre; Ph.D., University at Buffalo.
  • Mary Wolf, Art Education Director; Assistant Professor of Art Education; B.S. of Art Education, Edinboro University College of Pennsylvania; M.A. of Art Education, Maryland Institute College of Art; Ph.D., Penn State University.

 Instructors

  • Steven Appler, Adjunct Professor; B.S. of Art Education, State University of New York at Buffalo; M.A. of Art Education, State University of New York at Buffalo.
  • Michael Gelen, Adjunct Professor, B.A. in English, SUNY College at Buffalo; J.D., University at Buffalo Law School.
  • Brian Hammer, Adjunct Professor; B.S., Daemen College; M.A., University of Buffalo. 
  • Jane Marinsky, Part-Time Assistant Professor; B.A. in Fine Arts, University of Rochester; B.F.A. in Communication Design, University of Buffalo; M.A. in Illustration, Syracuse University.
  • Kate S. Parzych, Adjunct Professor; M.A., State University of New York at Buffalo. 

In the Gallery:

2012 Senior Exhibition: Bachelor of Fine Arts 

Opening Friday, May 11, 2012

In the Goldman-Greenfield Gallery on the Daemen Campus: the work of Nicole Castek and Alicia Malik.

 

Reception from 5-7pm

 

The work of Lyndsay Cannizzaro, Kevin Dzimian, Ryan Mis, and Danielle Werynski will be featured at the ICEA Gallery at the Tri-Main.

 

Reception from 7-9pm

 

Please contact us at 839-8241 for gallery hours.

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