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Carter Osterbind
Interim Department Head
Painting and Drawing
Professor
Office Phone:
(256) 782 5661
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I received a BA in English literature at Rhodes College and a BFA,
M.Ed., and MFA in painting from the University of Florida. I teach
drawing, painting, and beginning photography. When I first became
interested in art, my conception of it was very narrow. My studio
teachers and art history teachers opened up the narrow conception I
had and made art, for me, more fascinating than I had ever imagined. I
try to pass this larger view on to my students. I also try to increase
students awareness of formal means to expressive ends, or, in other
words, to stress that it is important to look at the way to make an
expression and how the way fits the expression. Lastly, I feel
strongly that individual temperament is an important part of the art
equation. Temperament should not be left out.
♦Portfolio Sample: Carter Osterbind
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Ron Baker
Foundation Courses
Adjunct Professor
Office Phone:
(256) 782 8149
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“Good art is like any intimate relationship, to make it magical
you have to be willing to spend your time and your heart's emotions on
it. Counting the cost may not be an option.”
MA | University of Alabama
MFA | University of Georgia
♦Portfolio Sample: Ron Baker
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Diana Cadwallader
Graphic Design
Professor
Office Phone:
(256) 782 5644
dianac@jsu.edu |
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Diana Cadwallader has a BFA in Graphic Design from Arizona State
University and an MFA in Graphic Design from Yale University. Her
recent work covers the gamut of design and includes exhibition design
for The Berman Museum of World History, a “Support the
Arts” car tag for the State of Alabama, and set
design for the first stage adaption of Robert Nye’s The Late
Mr. Shakespeare presented at the Stone Center Theatre for the
Performing Arts at Jacksonville State University. Together with Dr.
Wayne H. Claeren of the Drama Department and Dr. Steven Whitton of the
English Department she received Jacksonville State University’s
2003 Faculty Scholar Lecture Award for The Late Mr.
Shakespeare. Ms. Cadwallader’s work reflects a design
philosophy that seeks to make life more comprehensible and enriching.
♦Portfolio Sample: Diana Cadwallader
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Doug Clark
Photography
Assistant Professor
Office Phone:
(256) 782 8149
dclark@jsu.edu |
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Doug Clark has a BFA in Sculpture from Radford University and an MFA
in Photography and Digital Imaging from Central Washington University.
In the last few years he has had award-winning work exhibited in
national and international juried exhibitions. His work explores the
natural and social landscape around us through mixed media, and digital imaging.
♦Portfolio Sample: Doug Clark
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Gary Gee
Painting and Drawing
Professor
Office Phone:
(256) 782 5735
ggee@jsu.edu |
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Gary Gee is a native of South Carolina. He received his BA at Emory-Henry College in Virginia, and his BFA and MFA in Painting
from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Before coming to JSU in 1980, Gary Gee was on the Hunter Museum teaching staff in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
His work has received numerous awards and honors and is included in many private, college, industry, and museum collections.
♦Portfolio Sample: Gary Gee
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Jane Greene
Department Secretary
Office Phone:
(256) 782 5626
jgreene@jsu.edu |
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Jane Greene has worked as the Department of Art secretary since June
1, 2002. In December 2003 she was named Jacksonville State University Employee of the Month.
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Karen Henricks Ph.D
Art History
Professor
Office Phone:
(256) 782 5707
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Dr. Karen Henricks has taught at JSU for over 14 years. She received her
Ph.D. in Art History and Archaeology from the University of Missouri,
Columbia. Along with pursuing her own research in American Art History
she also serves the regional community as a consultant, guest curator,
museum board member, and volunteer. Her most recent projects have
included research on New Deal art and architecture, Egyptomania, early
20th century books, and the Alabama artist, Geneva Mercer.
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Phillip Kesler
Graphic Design
Assistant Professor
Office Phone:
(256) 782 8342
pkesler@jsu.edu |
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Phil Kesler is a native Utahn. He earned a BA and an MFA in Art with an emphasis
in Graphic Design from Utah State University. For 8 years in-between he worked
as a Graphic Designer for Marketing at USU as well as for various freelance
clients. “I have found beauty in unexpected places: in the “ugly” and the
mundane; in lower-case letters and in web pages. We all respond to this beauty,
sometimes aware of how it grabs us. More often, we take for granted its power.
To me, the graphic message is not mere manipulation, but an opportunity to
uplift. Facilitating that experience is the great challenge.”
♦Portfolio Sample: Phil Kesler
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Steve Loucks
Ceramics and Sculpture
Professor
Office Phone:
(256) 782 5708
sloucks@jsu.edu |
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My role, as an instructor, is to stimulate the students on
intellectual and emotional levels. By activating, challenging,
confronting, and opening new doors, I help them transform their
imaginations and creative energies into visual, artistic expressions
from their own personal insights and sensibilities with expert
craftsmanship. I provide aesthetic insight and guidance, as well as,
technical information, historical references, skill building, and
instruction on how to use the equipment. The goal is to develop the
students’ awareness and understanding of artistic concepts,
design, and means of expression through their work as they solve problems
and express their insights and relationships of “being and
meaning.” Emphasis is stressed equally on craftsmanship with a
healthy knowledge of, and facility with, the materials; and on content,
making well-articulated statements. Experimentation, risk taking, and
individuality are encouraged with each student. I enjoy the
interaction with other artists and students, the exchange of ideas,
all the productive activity, and most of all, the challenge helping
students develop and actualize their artistic ideas, imagination, and
creative energies.
MFA | Ceramics | University of Alfred
♦Portfolio Sample: Steve Loucks
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Marvin Shaw
Printmaking
Professor
Office Phone:
(256) 782 5736
mshaw@jsu.edu |
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Marvin Shaw has taught in the Department of Art at Jacksonville State University for close to 30 years.
Before coming to JSU he taught at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa. His work has been shown locally, nationally, and internationally.
He holds a BFA in Commercial Design and an MFA in Printmaking and Ceramics from the University of Alabama
in Tuscaloosa.
♦Portfolio Sample: Marvin Shaw
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