Carter Osterbind
Interim Department Head
Painting and Drawing
Professor
Office Phone:
(256) 782 5661
costerbi@jsu.edu

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.
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Ron Baker
Foundation Courses
Adjunct Professor
Office Phone:
(256) 782 8149

“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
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Diana Cadwallader
Graphic Design
Professor
Office Phone:
(256) 782 5644
dianac@jsu.edu

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.
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Doug Clark
Photography
Assistant Professor
Office Phone:
(256) 782 8149
dclark@jsu.edu

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.
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Gary Gee
Painting and Drawing
Professor
Office Phone:
(256) 782 5735
ggee@jsu.edu

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.
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Jane Greene
Department Secretary
Office Phone:
(256) 782 5626
jgreene@jsu.edu

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
khenrick@jsu.edu

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

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.”
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Steve Loucks
Ceramics and Sculpture
Professor
Office Phone:
(256) 782 5708
sloucks@jsu.edu

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
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Marvin Shaw
Printmaking
Professor
Office Phone:
(256) 782 5736
mshaw@jsu.edu

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.
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