Faculty

The Art Department has a simple organizational chart with the Chair at the helm, and faculty who teach the various classes.

There are no "Directors" or "Heads" of the different department areas.

Sven Anderson, Associate Professor
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Computer Art and Printmaking

Sven Anderson is from Long Beach, California. He received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (85) and his BFA from the University of Hawaii at Manoa (83) He studied printmaking with Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17 in Paris France.

Sven was honored to be named an "Apple Distinguished Educator" for 2000-02. The first class of 50 educators from Apple Computer's Higher Education award program.

His interests include printmaking, woodworking, and computer art. He developed a computer automated etching and engraving system for the creation of traditional style prints from computer based imagery. His work can be found in many collections in the United states and Europe.

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John Bugyi, Adjunct Instructor
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Web Design

Nancy Callahan, Professor
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Drawing, Printmaking, 2D Design, and Artist's Books

Nancy Callahan is known for her creative work in screen printing and is a leader in the field of artist's book. She has exhibited her work since 1968 both nationally and internationally. Based on her research and development of unique book and paper structures, she has lectured at such places as the Center for Book Arts in NYC, Syracuse University, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, the University of Virginia and the Lee Art Center in Arlington, West Virginia.

She has received several research and project grants including two Walter B. Ford Grants, a Drescher Award, an Empire State Craft Alliance Grant, a fellowship at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and has just been selected as a Millennium Artist by the MId-Atlantic Art Foundation. She recently completed a residency in Hungary in conjunction with the International Book Arts Symposium. Professor Callahan maintains a studio in Gilbertsville, New York.

Jian Cui , Assistant Professor
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Computer Art and Drawing

Jian Cui received his MFA in New Media from the Pennsylvania State University, PA, and his MA in Computer Art from Savannah College of Art and Design, GA. He received BFA in Sculpture from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing. China.

 Jian Cui's monumental sculptures are seen as landmarks in China, and his drawings, watercolor paintings and Chinese paintings have been published in several books. His recently published 3D modeling and animation works have been widely used as instructional examples by schools throughout United States.

Jian Cui's works are dealing with the internal and external conflicts between an individual and the environment. He is interested in integrating traditional 2D, 3D arts with contemporary digital media. He sees “new” media as a smooth continuation of traditional media.

Allen Farber Ph.D., Associate Professor
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Art History

Allen Farber received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1980 with a major in Medieval Art History and minors in Medieval Intellectual history and Ancient Art. He is responsible for teaching introductory courses in Art History and advanced courses in Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance art.

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Rhea Nowak , Assistant Professor
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Foundations and Printmaking

Rhea Nowak received her BA from Bennington College in Printmaking and Painting,
her MFA from the University of Connecticut in Printmaking and Drawing, and a Master Printer Certificate from Il Bisonte an international school of printmaking in Florence Italy. Her prints, drawings and unique books have been exhibited in juried and solo shows in both the U.S. and Europe including Italy, Germany, and Bulgaria. Her work involves ideas of continuity, chance, and change, and draws from such sources as Buddhist philosophy, musical composition and current scientific theories.

Science tells us we are not made of particles at all, but patterns of probabilities of interconnections.

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Thomas Sakoulas, Associate Professor, and Chair of the Art Department
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Sculpture and Computer Art

Thomas Sakoulas received his Masters in Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Rinehart School of Sculpture in 1994, and his BFA from Florida International University.

He works in a variety of media, ranging from stone carving and metal fabrication, to digital media, 3D Modeling, Video, and Web Design. His work has been exhibited nationally, and is featured in collections in Florida, Maryland, and New York.

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Nancy Cooper Samstein, Adjunct Instructor
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Drawing

Nancy Cooper Samstein received a Master of Arts from New York University in 1984. Her paintings, drawings, and constructs address a dimension of landscape and its anthropology.

Her work is exhibited extensively and is housed in several collections here and abroad. Currently her work can be viewed at the Black Sheep Gallery in New Lisbon where she lives, works, and raises sheep.

"Truth is beauty
Beauty, truth

Toot, toot, rooty
And rooty, toot, toot"

John Keats and Fats Waller

Yolanda Sharpe, Professor
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Painting, Drawing, and 2D Design

Yolanda Sharpe received her Master in Fine Arts from Wayne State University in 1982. In 1979, she graduated from Michigan State University with a B.F.A. in Painting and Printmaking, and B.A. in Art History.

Her paintings and drawings have been exhibited internationally in various galleries and museums.

Sharpe's process of doing these paintings allows for the study of relationships between the physicality of paint, wood and canvas constructions, and color structures. Each painting represents a massive and substantial permanence that is both solid and diaphanous. Surfaces appear to crumble within long passages of time.

Some of the paintings incorporate the mythologies of angels. Other pieces represent larger-than-life universal personalities (Macbeth, Lady Macbeth).

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Sean Scherer , Adjunct Instructor
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2D Design

Sean Scherer began exhibiting his paintings and drawings in New york City in 1989 while attending the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study
Program.

He continues to show in this country as well as abroad including one-person shows in Caracas, Venuezela, Helsinki, Finland, and Montreal Canada.

Sean lives and works near Walton, New York.

Kathernine Spitzhoff, Lecturer,
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Graphic/Publication Design

Katherine Spitzhoff received her M.F.A. in painting from Brooklyn College (‘86) and her B.F.A. from Saint John’s University (‘78). She lived and worked in New York City until 2004, both painting and exhibiting egg tempera paintings and drawings and working in the field of Graphic Design.

Her paintings and drawings are concerned with the interaction of architectural spaces and nature, domestic ritual, and the symbolism of everyday objects.

Katherine worked in many areas of the design field including corporate identity, packaging, exhibition graphics, and information design. For 12 years she worked in the Design Department of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and currently has a design studio in Cherry Valley, NY. She teaches courses in Graphic Design.

June Tyler, Adjunct Instructor,
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Drawing and 2D Design

June Tyler has her studio, Pondside Pulp and Paper in Norwich, New York where
she gives summer workshops in handmade paper. She received the MFA degree in
printmaking from Syracuse University, an MA in graphics and painting from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison and a BA in Studio Art from SUNY @ Potsdam.
Her work has been exhibited regionally, nationally and internationally. In the summer of 2006 she had a retrospective exhibition of her work from 1975 - 2005, in Norwich at the Chenango County Council of the Arts Galleries.

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Janet Wentworth, Adjunct Instructor,
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Drawing

Janet Wentworth lived and worked in New York City before relocating her home and art studio in 2001 to Delhi, New York. After earning a B.F.A. in illustration from Parsons School of Design, her early art career included book illustration for such notable publishers as HarperCollins, McGraw-Hill, and Houghton Mifflin Co. Her passion for figure drawing and painting led to continued study at the National Academy School of Fine Art and the Art Student’s League of New York and a M.F.A. in painting from Brooklyn College. She was awarded several competitive foundation grants affording her opportunities to study abroad in France and Italy and visit Europe’s most renowned art museums, further synthesizing her ideas in depicting the human form.

Janet’s intention in art has always rested upon engagement with the human figure, it’s psychological and emotional resonance, and formal concerns emphasizing the interplay of light and shadow on form. Her figure paintings and drawings have been widely exhibited throughout the United States, including the First Street Gallery and the National Academy Museum in New York City, The Butler Institute of American Art in Ohio, and the Copley Society in Boston. Her work has received numerous awards, including those from the National Academy of Art, Academic Artists Association, Pastel Society of America, and Society of Illustrators.

She was invited in 1995 to join the faculty of the National Academy School Fine Art in New York City where she taught figure drawing and painting for almost a decade. In 2005, she joined the art department of SUNY-Oneonta where she currently teaches drawing.

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