Our diverse faculty, students, and staff are committed to ongoing engagement with communities locally and globally
Department Leadership

Annette de Stecher
Assistant Professor, Critical Museology, Visual Arts of America • Associate Chair for Art History
Art History

Kim Dickey
Professor • Associate Chair for Arts Practices
Ceramics

Graham Oddie
Chair, Department of Art & Art History
Art History Faculty

Albert Alhadeff
Associate Professor • 19th & 20th Century European Art History
Art History

Kirk Ambrose
Professor, Art History • Late Antique & Medieval Art • Founding Director, Center for Teaching and Learning
Art History

Brianne Cohen
Assistant Professor, Contemporary Art
Art History

James Córdova
Associate Professor of Art History, Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America
Art History

Annette de Stecher
Assistant Professor, Critical Museology, Visual Arts of America • Associate Chair for Art History
Art History

Robert Nauman
Teaching Professor of Distinction • Modern Art & Architectural History
Art History

crystal am nelson
Assistant Professor of African Diasporic/Visual Studies
Art History

Stephanie Su
Assistant Professor • History of Asian Art
Art History
Art Practices Faculty

Mark Amerika
Professor of Distinction • Founding Director, Doctoral Program in Intermedia Art, Writing and Performance • Digital Arts

Scott Chamberlin
Professor
Ceramics

Albert Chong
Professor
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)

Matt Christie
Instructor
Printmaking

Kim Dickey
Professor • Associate Chair for Arts Practices
Ceramics

Françoise Duressé
Associate Professor of Art Practices • Digital Arts • Associate Director of TECHNE Lab • Faculty Affiliate, Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies • Faculty Affiliate, Intermedia Art, Writing and Performance (IAWP)
Painting & Drawing

Alvin Gregorio
Associate Professor
Painting & Drawing

Marina Kassianidou
Assistant Professor
Painting & Drawing

Jeanne Liotta
Associate Professor, Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts • Associate Chair, Graduate Studies, Film
Filmmaking

Megan O'Grady
Assistant Professor, Critical and Curatorial Studies

Jeanne Quinn
Professor
Ceramics

Yumi Janairo Roth
Professor
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice

Martha Russo
Lecturer

Richard Saxton
Associate Professor
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice

Hanna Rose Shell
Associate Professor • Critical & Curatorial Studies, Art Practices • Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts • Director of the Stan Brakhage Center for the Media Arts • Faculty Affiliate in History • Faculty Affiliate in Intermedia Art, Writing and Performance (IAWP)

Alex Sweetman
Associate Professor • Photography
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)

Anna Tsouhlarakis
Assistant Professor
Foundations

Luis Valdovino
Professor • Video
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)

Melanie Walker
Associate Professor • Photography
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)

Mike Womack
Associate Professor
Painting & Drawing

Melanie Yazzie
Professor
Printmaking
Emeritus Faculty

Marilyn R. Brown
Professor Emerita

Claire Farago
Professor Emerita

Deborah Haynes
Professor Emerita

Jerry Kunkel
Professor Emeritus

George Rivera
Professor Emeritus

C.Maxx Stevens
Professor Emerita
Faculty News
Receptacles of Memory
Lara Mashayekh speaks with artist Albert Chong and scholar Marci Kwon about the role of the archive and mysticism, their lived experiences as professionals in the art world, and their forthcoming endeavors. Read more
Glenn Ligon, article written by Megan O'Grady
"For over 30 years, the artist has been making work that speaks to American history — ambiguous, open-ended, existentially observant. At a time in which the fundamentals of fact and fiction are being questioned, his art captures the truth of a culture in decline." Written by Megan O'Grady, Assistant Professor of Critical and Curatorial Studies for the New York Times Style Magazine. Read more
The Artists Bringing Activism Into and Beyond Gallery Spaces
At a time when the basic power structures of the art world are being questioned, collectives and individuals are fighting against the very institutions funding and displaying their work. Article written by Megan O'Grady, Assistant Professor of Critical and Curatorial Studies. Read more
These Literary Memoirs Take a Different Tack
This article featured in the New York Times Style Magazine is written by Megan O'Grady, Assistant Professor of Critical and Curatorial Studies. "Rather than prioritizing confession and catharsis, today’s authors are focusing on the question of who gets to share their version of things and interrogating the form, along with themselves." Read more
Artnauts celebrate 25th anniversary with new exhibition
For its 25th anniversary exhibition this year, Dr. George Rivera and the Artnauts decided to exhibit in a country where they saw a major crisis of contention: the United States. With increasing tensions surrounding COVID and race relations, the exhibition titled Uncanny Times aims to address the discord that divides and alienates us. Artists were asked to explore this theme using whatever medium they wished. Read more
Social Change Drives Shifts in Graduate Arts Education Across the Southwest
Roth at CU Boulder says that graduate programs are evolving to reflect students’ changing goals. In the past, most aspired to academic positions or commercial sales through gallery representation. “Now many students are exploring socially engaged, field-based practice, starting their own small businesses instead of going into the academic or gallery world,” Roth explains. “Students are looking for a third way.” Read more
Staff

Evan Blackstock
Metal Shop & CNC Lab Coordinator

Michelle Erks
Office Manager

Jean Goldstein
Administrative Assistant

Katie Larson
Graduate Program Coordinator

Sarah Matsuda
Advisor • Art & Art History; Film Advisor

Elaine Paul
Director, VRC

Lia Pileggi
Digital Imaging and Technology Coordinator, VRC

William Rumley
Shop Supervisor • Building Proctor

Jason Sanford
Painting, Drawing, and Digital Studio Technician

Rick Seydel
Advisor • Art & Art History; Classics; Humanities; Philosophy Advisor

Kirsten Stoltz
Visiting Artists & Scholars Program, Coordinator

Misuhng Suh
Ceramics, Foundations, Sculpture Lab Coordinator

Mariana Vieira
IMAP Coordinator • Print Lab Manager
Current Graduate Students

Brianna Autin
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)

Laura Benson
Painting & Drawing

Emily Berkes
Art History

Joseph Benjamin Burney
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)

Harris Benjamin Deno
Ceramics

Andy DiLallo
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)

Dennis Doyle
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice

Kristin Enright
Ph.D. Arts of the Americas
Art History

Noa Fodrie
Painting & Drawing

A.C. Grix
Ceramics

Samira Hemmat
Painting & Drawing

Lauren Hooten
Ph.D. Arts of the Americas
Art History

Katheryn Horne
Printmaking

Mattelyn Hough
Art History

Erin Hyunhee Kang
Painting & Drawing

Marcella Marsella
Painting & Drawing

Cory McKague
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice

Aunna Moriarty
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)

Cody Norton
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice

Lexi Peterson
Art History

Madeline Plumley
Filmmaking

Eileen Roscina Richardson
Filmmaking

Shawn Simmons
Art History

Natalie Thedford
Ceramics

Dani Wasserman
Filmmaking

Elisa Wolcott
Ceramics
Post-Baccalaureate Students

Rob Balsewich
Post-Baccalaureate Student
Painting & Drawing

Madison Warp
Post-Baccalaureate Student
Painting & Drawing