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FineArts

Faculty

The Fine Arts program consists of seven award-winning resident faculty, six representing each of the studio concentrations and one in Art History. All Fine Arts faculty hold terminal degrees in their respective fields and are active exhibiting artists and published scholars at the regional, national and international levels. The members of the Fine Arts faculty at IU Southeast are distinguished teachers and professionals; four of the six have received IU Southeast's award for Outstanding Research and Creative Work; six are members of the Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET) with one of them receiving the campus’ Distinguished Teaching award.

The IU Southeast studio faculty have exhibited work in numerous museums, public and private collections; they have collectively participated in over 350 competitive, invitational, and solo exhibitions in the U.S. and abroad. IU Southeast Fine Arts faculty members have been invited to serve as visiting artists and scholars and as artists-in-residence in over 35 different institutions throughout the nation.

Art History Faculty

[Photo] Anne Allen

Anne Allen (Art History) is Professor of Fine Arts and has taught at Indiana University Southeast since 1994. She also oversees the Art History and Art Appreciation curriculum. Anne received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from the University of California, San Diego. Her Master of Arts in Art History is from California State University, San Diego. Her Master’s thesis is The Tapa Cloth of Tonga and Samoa: A Study in Continuity and Change. Anne received her Doctor of Philosophy in Art History from Columbia University in New York City. Her dissertation is titled Space as Social Construct: The Vernacular Architecture of Rural Samoa. She is a Fulbright-Hays Scholar, which funded a full year of research in the independent Pacific nation of Samoa. She returns there whenever possible to continue her work. Her research areas include Pacific village architecture, cloth, and ritual, and how these are reflected in and facilitate cultural conceptualizations and usage of the spatial domain. She has numerous publications in the field of Pacific Art History as well as international and national conference presentations. Anne is currently co-editor of the international journal Pacific Arts. She is a member of the College Art Association, the Pacific Arts Association, the Polynesian Society, and the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania.

In addition to her scholarly work Anne has received numerous awards for teaching, including the Indiana University Southeast Distinguished Teaching Award in 2005. She was selected as a member of Indiana University’s FACET (Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching) in 2004 and currently acts as the campus liaison to the statewide organization. In 2008 she was presented with a Trustees Teaching Award. At Indiana University Southeast she teaches a broad range of topics including both Western and indigenous art traditions: Native America, South Pacific, Africa, Baroque, Japanese, Northern Renaissance, and Ancient art, among others. Anne also sponsors trips to major cities such as Chicago, Washington D.C., and New York on a regular basis in order to broaden and enrich her students’ experience of art and culture. Working with students, Anne has curated several exhibitions for the Indiana University Southeast Ronald Barr Gallery of art from Africa, the Pacific, and Native America.

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Ceramics Faculty

[Photo] Brian Harper

Before coming to IU Southeast, Brian taught ceramics at Baylor University in Waco, Texas for two year. He was able to offer many types of firing including wood, salt, raku, pit, electric, low fire fuming, using three gas kilns and a 40 cu ft. Bailey car kiln.

He started graduate school at the University of Iowa in Iowa City in September of 2002. Originally he went there for the wood firing program. While initially continuing his explorations into wood fire and his large sculptural forms, he ultimately moved into his current style of work which consists mainly of carving fired ceramics. He experiments with kiln building, include two soda kilns, and three anagamas.

His recent 2008 exhibits include: Feats of Clay 2008, Lincoln Arts and Culture Foundation, Lincoln, California, Dualis (Invitational), Grand Arts Center, Tracy, California, Studio Faculty Exhibition, Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, Brian Harper: Private Archaeology, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, Texas.

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Drawing Faculty

[Photo] Brian Jones

Brian H. Jones is Professor of Fine Arts, in the areas of Printmaking, Drawing, and Art Theory. He received his B.F.A. from Indiana University in 1975, and his M.F.A. from the University of Cincinnati, in 1977. His work has been exhibited in over 30 solo exhibitions and in over 125 international, national, and regional exhibitions, receiving numerous awards at each level. Brian’s work is further represented in museum, university, and corporate collections throughout the country. The recipient of over 15 individual artist fellowships, Brian has been a Fellow to such programs as the MacDowell Colony, the Corporation of Yaddo, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. As a teacher and creative researcher, Brian has received five University teaching awards and the University’s Outstanding Research and Creativity Award. Brian also maintains blogs for his classes: Intalyo and IUSArtCar.

[Photo] Susan Moffett

  • Susan Moffett
  • M.F.A., Northern Illinois University
  • Teaching Printmaking/Drawing
  • sumoffet@ius.edu

Susan Moffett teaches printmaking and drawing and has exhibited widely. Artworks are in collections such as the Evansville Art Museum, the Hyatt Regency, Louisville, and The University of Dallas. She has received two grants from The Kentucky Foundation for Women and the Distinguished Research and Creativity at Indiana University Southeast. Moffett is also a member of the Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching at Indiana University. During a 2006-07 sabbatical, she spent two weeks as a guest at the Belfast Print Workshop in Northern Ireland.

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Foundation Studio Faculty

[Photo] Donna Stallard

  • Donna Stallard
  • M.F.A., University of Dallas
  • Foundations Coordinator
  • dstallar@ius.edu

Donna Stallard is a Lecturer in Fine Arts teaching foundations drawing, 3-D Design, and 2-D Design Color. She is director of the Ronald L. Barr Gallery on campus. Donna received her M.F.A. from the University of Dallas, in 1994, where afterward she also taught. Her three-dimensional relief prints have been shown in juried, invitational, and solo exhibitions, and are included in many permanent collections including Better Homes & Gardens, National City Bank of Louisville, KY; North Texas Heart Center, Dallas, TX; GTE Corporation, Lewisville, TX; Penn State University, University Parks, PA, and Indiana University Southeast.  Stallard was commissioned to create a 3-D wall-sized relief print as part of the dedication of the Ogle Cultural and Community Center by the then-retiring Chancellor, Leon Rand.

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Graphic Design Faculty

[Photo] Marilyn Whitesell

Marilyn Whitesell is an Associate Professor in Fine Arts teaching Graphic Design. This program has had success in attracting students from both Kentucky and Indiana. Graphic Design has also been successful in placing its talented students in internships where they have the opportunity to gain valuable experience in the field before graduation. Professor Whitesell's background is in print and multimedia design and she is able to share her knowledge of the field and personal expertise with her students. She is also involved in digital printmaking and exhibits regionally, nationally, and internationally.  Marilyn was the recipient of the Indiana University Southeast’s Distinguished Research and Creativity Award for junior faculty and the Indiana University Bloomington’s New Frontiers Grant for research in digital media. Marilyn also maintains the following blog: www.the-glyph.blogspot.com.

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Painting Faculty

[Photo] Deb Clem

Debra Clem is a Professor of Fine Arts. She has taught fine arts at the college level for more than thirty years. Debra has shown her work in more than 60 group, invitational, and solo exhibitions. Debra also maintains the Painting Guide, an online painting manual for her students, as well as the Turptown blog. She is a member of FACET (Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching) and is an active visual artist whose works have been exhibited on a local, regional, and national level. She has been awarded five individual artist grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, the Al Smith Fellowship as well as fellowships to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the Vermont Studio Center. Debra is also the recipient of the university’s 2006 Distinguished Research and Creativity Award.

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Printmaking Faculty

[Photo] Brian Jones

Brian H. Jones is Professor of Fine Arts, in the areas of Printmaking, Drawing, and Art Theory. He received his B.F.A. from Indiana University in 1975, and his M.F.A. from the University of Cincinnati, in 1977. His work has been exhibited in over 30 solo exhibitions and in over 125 international, national, and regional exhibitions, receiving numerous awards at each level. Brian’s work is further represented in museum, university, and corporate collections throughout the country. The recipient of over 15 individual artist fellowships, Brian has been a Fellow to such programs as the MacDowell Colony, the Corporation of Yaddo, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. As a teacher and creative researcher, Brian has received five University teaching awards and the University’s Outstanding Research and Creativity Award. Brian also maintains blogs for his classes: Intalyo and IUSArtCar.

[Photo] Susan Moffett

  • Susan Moffett
  • M.F.A., Northern Illinois University
  • Teaching Printmaking/Drawing
  • sumoffet@ius.edu

Susan Moffett teaches printmaking and drawing and has exhibited widely. Artworks are in collections such as the Evansville Art Museum, the Hyatt Regency, Louisville, and The University of Dallas. She has received two grants from The Kentucky Foundation for Women and the Distinguished Research and Creativity at Indiana University Southeast. Moffett is also a member of the Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching at Indiana University. During a 2006-07 sabbatical, she spent two weeks as a guest at the Belfast Print Workshop in Northern Ireland.

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Adjunct Faculty

The department of Fine Arts is further strengthened by several Associate faculty members in studio art and Art History. Adjunct Faculty can be reached by leaving a message with the School of Arts & Letters Secretary at (812) 941-2342.

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