art faculty

At the age of 27, Pete Petrine saw a nine-foot self-portrait by Chuck Close which changed his life. In his senior semester, as a conflict resolution major at George Mason University, Pete took a drawing class elective and immediately changed his major to fine art.

Don Russell has been an active contemporary art curator and arts administrator since 1979. His research focuses on the exploration and development of new social contexts for art.

Ryan McCoy is an artist based in the Washington DC area and a resident artist at Arlington Arts Center. He works in various media but his primary body of work, developed over the last 15 years, includes paintings...

Professor Wrbican has an MFA in Photography from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BA in Poetry from the University of Pittsburgh. Her studio is located in the Monroe Street Market Arts Walk in Washington, D.C.

Kimberly Sheridan is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology. She received her doctorate in Human Development and Psychology in June 2006 from Harvard University Graduate School of Education. She holds a joint appointment in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.

Mary Del Popolo’s specializations include drawing, painting and mixed media, with expertise in color pedagogy. Prior to her position in the School of Art, Del Popolo was a faculty member at the Corcoran College of Art and Design and Howard University’s Fine Arts department...

My research and art practice has been centered on five major areas that I have been developing in parallel. It is the idea of Environmental Theater by Richard Schechner; -in situ or contextual theater-, that best describes my art practice.

Stephanie Benassi is a conceptual artist working primarily with photography. She uses photographic images and processes to conceptually engage the contradictions, limitations, and material conditions inherent to the photographic medium.

Artist, professor, and commercial photographer. I have taught in the D.C. and Virginia area for over 20 years. As an artist, among others, I have shown at the National Museum of American History, IA & A at Hillyer and Pyramid Atlantic Art Center.

Shanshan Cui is a designer, painter, front end web developer, and educator. She has more than two decades of design practice in both print and electronic media. She worked as senior designer and/or art director in several companies...