CAA Conversations

Natasha Hovey is currently an assistant professor at Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas, where she teaches: Ceramics 1, Intermediate and Advanced Ceramics, Sculpture 1, Intermediate and Advanced Sculpture, and Practicum Course for Seniors. She never thought she would miss it, but she longs for the Midwest's subzero temps and feet of snow.

Steve Hilton is a professor of art at the Lamar D. Fain College of Fine Arts at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, teaching both Ceramics and Art Education. He just found out that the current MSU ceramics resident has been offered a full-time position, which means the MSU residency program is 6 for 6 in placing residents.

Paul Catanese is an associate professor at Columbia College Chicago where he directs the graduate program for the Art and Art History Department; he’s been known to fly kites, launch rockets, pilot drones, and lately a blimp as part of his art practice.

Greg Pond is professor of art at Sewanee: The University of the South in Tennessee. Originally from Portland, Oregon, Pond is one of the founder's of Nashville's Fugitive Projects and a sculptor who incorporates sound, video, and digital media into his practice and also makes documentaries about social justice issues in inner city Kingston, Jamaica.

Elizabeth Guffey, Matt Ferranto, and Rebecca Mushtare discuss "Bringing Access to Design Practice: Teaching Inclusion in the 21st Century."

Elizabeth Guffey is Professor of Art & Design History, State University of New York at Purchase.

Matt Ferranto is Associate Professor of Design, Westchester Community College.

Rebecca Mushtare is Associate Professor of Graphic Design, State University of New York at Oswego.

Sarah Berkeley is an artist who works across media questioning cultural norms such as the 9:00 to 5:00 work day, the office environment, indoor living, gender stereotypes, and the voluntary sharing of personal data.

Steve Snell is an assistant professor in the Foundation Department at the Kansas City Art Institute whose work is inspired by American history, mythology, and the image (and experience) of adventure.

Martha Hollander is a professor of art history at Hofstra University. 

Tyler Rockey is an adjunct professor of art history at Neumann University.

Janis Chakars is associate professor of communication and digital media, Neumann University.

Martha Lucy is deputy director for research, interpretation and education at the Barnes Foundation.

Amy K. Hamlin is Associate Professor of Art History at St. Catherine University.

Karen J. Leader is Associate Professor of Art History at Florida Atlantic University. They are the co-founders of Art History That, and are co-authoring the book Art History That: Initiatives for the Future of a Discipline. https://sites.google.com/site/arthistorythat/

Elaine Grogan Luttrull outlines five basics steps to help individual artists with managing their finances. Feel free to download and use the example budget as you listen to the podcast: http://www.collegeart.org/pdf/ExampleBudgetforArtists.pdf

Elaine Grogan Luttrull is a certified public accountant and the founding owner of Minerva Financial Arts, a company devoted to improving financial literacy among artists and arts organizations through tax services, budgeting support, business planning, and education. She teaches at Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio.

This podcast explores various issues artists may consider when pondering and operating within administrative roles, including how administrative assignments can both borrow from and complement one’s studio activity.

Thomas Berding is associate professor of studio art at Michigan State University in East Lansing, where he is currently in his eighth year as chair of the Department of Art, Art History, and Design. A practicing artist, Berding has exhibited his paintings widely and been recognized with awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation.

This podcast offers a condensed set of mentorship strategies that will help arts professionals, especially those in academe, to become more effective and confident advocates for their students and colleagues, as well as for the practices and disciplines that they represent.

Amy Broderick uses the processes of drawing and paper construction to explore the methods we humans use to locate ourselves relative to our physical and information environments. She is associate professor of drawing and painting at Florida Atlantic University in Fort Lauderdale.