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Associate Professor Scott Anderson
Art Coordinator
Phone: x4335
E-mail: sanderson01@capecod.edu
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland he has strong family ties, spending vacations at North Berwick where his family have art studios and run the Pitclay Gallery. Scott co-authored A Visual Language; Elements of Design with his father David Cohen, a renowned ceramic artist who recently completed his second book The Basics of Throwing.
I completed my MFA in drawing and painting at Edinburgh College of Art (Scotland) in 1999. I taught art and design while working as a production potter in Portland, Oregon before moving to Massachusetts in 2004. I also taught in Scotland for seven years, developing my experience and passion for teaching art and design.
“It’s important for the student to understand, apply and experiment with visual language. Through this both student and teacher can reach a place for clear discussion and critique of the work. We develop a language through which to research, develop and realize ideas visually”.
Scott organizes a study abroad program with CCCC credit called Drawing and Writing in Scotland in July.
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Professor Marie Canaves
Phone: x4657
E-mail: mcanaves@capecod.edu
Returning Fall 2009
Professor Sara Ringler
Phone: x4355
E-mail: sringler@capecod.edu
She holds a BFA, and an MFA in painting and printmaking and has been working as a professional artist and professor of art at CCCC where she has taught studio art classes for the past 18 years. Recently she has returned from Florence, Italy and Japan where she was working as a visiting artist, studying and making art. Her approach to her own art and to teaching art explores a variety of media including drawing, painting, encaustic, printmaking, photography, book arts and papermaking.
"The studio art classroom is a place for the students to explore and experiment with the creative process. It is a place to introduce students to possibilities in art and to engage in thoughtful dialog and development of visual expertise with materials and process. Above all it is an exciting place in which to be challenged by new ideas and possibilities."
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Heather H. Blume
Adjunct Instructor
Phone: x4417
E-mail: hblume@capecod.edu
Heather Blume received her BFA summa cum laude in Painting from the University of North Florida and her MFA cum laude in Sculpture from the New York Academy of Art. She has been a practicing professional Artist and Art Educator for the past twelve years teaching courses and intensive workshops in Drawing, Painting and Sculpture.
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Continuity – Higgins Gallery exhibit, September 2007
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Jim Bowen
Adjunct Instructor
Phone: x4417
E-mail: jbowen@capecod.edu
James Bowen began his artistic voyage into the world of mosaics several years ago. Fascinated by the art history, he admired the ancient mosaics that the Roman Empire spread across the land in their epic quest. Bowen explains. “Mosaics are timeless and are some oldest art form that still exists. They capture light like no other medium.” He learned the art at workshops New York City and Ravenna, Italy.
Bowen pioneered the mosaic art form on Cape Cod, teaching his craft at The Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill and through private workshops before founding the mosaic program here at CCCC. His work has been shown during the Society of American Mosaic Artists annual convention and at local galleries and art associations, and can be found at restaurants on Cape Cod as well as private homes here and abroad.
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Brooke Mullins Doherty
Adjunct Instructor
Phone: x4417
E-mail: jdoherty01@capecod.edu
Born and raised in Lawton, Oklahoma, I grew up with a lot of time on my hands for thinking, reading, and making. I attended the University of Oklahoma for 6 years and emerged in 2005 with 199 credits, a BA in Philosophy, minors in Art History and Psychology, and a Summa Cum Laude BFA in Studio Art with emphases in painting and ceramics. . Then, I moved to Massachusetts to attend UMass Dartmouth for my MFA in Sculpture, where I began to use non-traditional materials such as wire, plastic, and fabric for my biomorphic, abstract sculptures.
I love the process of making, and I love working with students engaged in it as well. I encourage my students to experiment as much as they can and begin to work in tune with their own individual creative processes and motivations. I think that I learn as much from my interactions with students and their creative experiments as they do from my instructions, advice, and encouragement.
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Laura Durante
Adjunct Instructor
Phone: x4417
E-mail: ldurante@capecod.edu
Ever since my high school art teacher inspired me to express myself artistically, I knew I wanted to teach art. I enjoy seeing students progress and take a genuine interests in the arts. When not teaching, I work in my studio making prints, or enjoy the outdoors. I gather inspiration from the world around me. My mixed media work is subtle and harmonious. My intention is to create a beautiful atmosphere within my work. I also visually engage the viewer and allow them to see this space as a vast universe.
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Betty Carroll Fuller
Adjunct Instructor
Director – Higgins Art Gallery
I studied art at the University of Maryland and have been a working artist (with a few detours and breaks) since graduating in 1971. I consider myself to be a drawer and a painter, working two dimensionally with mixed media in a painterly abstract style.
I believe that: “The purpose of arts education is not to produce more artists, though that is a byproduct, the real purpose is to create complete human beings capable of leading successful and productive lives in a free society. Art addresses us in the fullness of our being—simultaneously speaking to our intellect, emotions, intuition, imagination, memory, and physical senses.” – Dana Gioia, National Endowment for the Arts Chairman
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Alfred Glover
Adjunct Instructor
Phone: x4417
E-mail: aglover@capecod.edu
I began my career as a painter, studying in Provincetown with Henry Hensche, in 1970. But I had always enjoyed working with wood and with objects that I found. Thus my career took a turn and I have devoted more than thirty years to sculpture in wood and found materials. I have improved my skills through studying with well-known sculptors and working in a variety of mediums, from wood to bronze.
I have conducted many workshops for people of all ages, from eight to eighty, in my own studio and in a number of other venues. My connection to Cape Cod Community College started in 1997 when I was asked to be the Artist in Residence. Soon after, I was invited to join the faculty as an Adjunct Professor of Sculpture, and have taught the Sculpture I class ever since.
My greatest pleasure in working with students is introducing them to viewing things in a different way and to exploring their own creative potential. I find that when a person takes a block of time to do things he/she has never done before, the activity often leads to a new awakening of his/her imagination. Many students arrive in class claiming they have no artistic ability and yet when encouraged to try using materials and tools to create a new object, they find great pleasure and satisfaction knowing they have found a new skill that is rewarding.
I look forward to each semester and the students I meet. Come and join the fun!
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Franny Golden
Adjunct Instructor
Phone: x4417
E-mail: fgolden@capecod.edu
My philosophy of teaching is a humanistic one: students are basically good; learning is intuitive as well as intellectual; successful curriculum addresses the student as well as his/her ever-evolving environment; discipline is essential for harmony; and freedom is essential for creativity. Within the studio/lecture hall there exists a reciprocal exchange between student and professor. Within the institution (ideally), there exists an integration of disciplines—nourishing a neo-Renaissance community of artists and musicians, scientists, writers and philosophers. As an educator I believe strongly in life’s lessons; that formal education is not necessarily the cornerstone of learning; that improvisation and problem-solving are foundations of creativity.
A professor of painting, drawing, life drawing, as well as the history of art for over seventeen years, I methodically incorporate an art history component into the studio—consciously confronting students with a high aesthetic historical context and the notion of collective unconscious imagery.
When working with students who might be challenged, the collective language of painting and drawing become socially engaging tools, through which such students are brought into universal inclusion, thereby promoting integration and socialization.
Finally, I believe strongly that since prehistory artists were among early “specialists” who maintained human records. I am committed to preparing artists to act as visual weathervanes, sensitive and responsive to streams of change; committed to instilling in students their responsibility to be actively involved in the achievements, anxieties and failures of the times— to respond to profound circumstances.
It is safe to say that artists will always be society’s responders, and as a professor of fine arts, I unequivocally encourage the ways and means for visual historians to continue to create and record.
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Wendy Olin
Adjunct Instructor
Phone: x4417
E-mail: wolin@capecod.edu, olinfineart@aol.com
Wendy Olin received her BFA with Honors from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She earned her MFA from Columbia University in NYC. She is the recipient of numerous scholarships and awards for painting and drawing, including the prestigious Art School Associates Award and acceptance to the Millay Colony of Art.
Her work has been presented in group and solo exhibitions in Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, New York City and Cape Cod. Exhibits include The Open Center, Helio Gallery, and The New Museum of Contemporary Art in NYC. Wendy is an Instructor for the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, the Cape Cod Museum of Art, and the Creative Arts Center in Chatham.
Her work is frequently on exhibit in their galleries, as well as in her home studio in Brewster. Wendy is a Mentor for the School to Careers Partnership of Cape Cod and currently teaches Advanced Drawing for the Cape Cod Community College.
“It is the collaborative effort between student and teacher I find deeply rewarding.”
Her interests include cooking, music, Nature photography, and walking the Brewster Flats with her Dachshund.
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Susan Stranz
Adjunct Instructor
Phone: x4417
E-mail: sstranz@capecod.edu
Susan Stranz has been painting local landscapes for many years. She is constantly exploring the relationships in nature and capturing them in her watercolors. Susan has studied drawing and painting at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and with several well- known artists. She uses her M.S. in Education and her knowledge of art to teach classes throughout New England both in colleges and art centers.
Her affiliations include membership in the National Watercolor Society, American Watercolor Society, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Cape Cod Arts Foundation, Cape Cod Art Association, and Cape Cod Waterworks. Currently, her work can be seen at the “Drawing Room Gallery” in Chatham, MA., and the “Watershed Gallery” in Cataumet, MA.
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James Warren
Adjunct Instructor
Phone: x4417
E-mail: jwarren@capecod.edu
James Warren has worked as a designer and illustrator for almost 30 years, freelancing for many publications including the New York Times, National Review magazine and Saturday Review magazine. For the last 21 years he has worked as staff artist and designer for the Cape Cod Times newspaper.
He has won many national and regional awards for his artwork and design work from the Society for News Design, The Associated Press and Print Magazine. He has taught digital imaging and illustration at Cape Cod Community College for the last nine years.
Passing on the knowledge from over 30 years of work as a professional artist to the students is a real joy.
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Joyce Gardner Zavorskas
Adjunct Instructor
Phone: x4417
E-mail: jzavorskas@capecod.edu
Orleans painter/printmaker Joyce Zavorskas has received both local and international recognition for her innovative monotypes and paintings. She has served on the board of directors for Boston Printmakers, Monotype Guild of New England, Printmakers of Cape Cod and Pittsburgh Print Group, and has taught printmaking for over 30 years at colleges, museums and art centers, as well as private studio classes. Zavorskas especially enjoys working with young adults and passing on her love of printmaking. Her interests include hiking, photography, science, nature, architecture, movies and reading.
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Between Tides – Higgins Art Exhibit, September 2005
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