Art

Cherry received his BFA from Northern Arizona University where he began painting as a figural artist exploring domestic narratives. After receiving his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he attended with the Presidential Fellowship, he set up his studio practice and began to exhibit around Chicago and the Midwest in galleries such as Lyons-Wier, Gescheidle, and fifty-50.

He has taught and guest lectured at: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Ox-Bow, the University of Chicago, the Evanston Art Center, and Pennsylvania College of Art and Design. His solo exhibition at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design debuted his titan-sized nude portraits entitled someBODIES. He has served as Dean of English, Fine Arts, and Humanities at South Suburban College; and Academic Dean at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design. He is currently Associate Professor and Chair of the Fine Arts and Foundation departments here at the College of Art and Design. His work has been featured in several volumes of New American Paintings and in multiple issues of Poets and Artists.

Michael David is a Professor of Fine Arts focusing on painting and printmaking. He holds an MFA in Painting from Boston University (1980), a BA in Fine Arts from Brandeis University (1977), and is a graduate of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (1981). He has held over thirty solo exhibitions around Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.

Anthony Apesos is a painter who studied at Vassar College (BA), Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Certificate) and the Milton Avery Graduate School of Fine Arts at Bard College (MFA). He was a critic for the New Art Examiner. Apesos was Chair of the Fine Arts department and was the founding Director of the MFA in Visual Arts program here at the College of Art and Design. He is currently a Professor in the Fine Arts department. 

Gene Dorgan is an Associate Professor in the Foundation department here at the College of Art and Design. Gene has shared his expertise in painting and printmaking in the following courses: Hands, Head, Feet; Form, Content and Context; and Color and Composition. He holds an MFA and BFA in Painting from Boston University (1983) (1981) and an Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts from the University of Wisconsin Center-Richland (1977).

Santiago Hernandez teaches Advanced Projects in Painting, Abstract Painting, Collage, Mixed Media Assemblage, Abstract Drawing, and Interdisciplinary Studio courses here at the College of Art and Design. In addition to his teaching and professional work as a painter, Santiago is a professional musician. He plays jazz drums and Afro-Cuban percussion. He performs regularly in the Boston area with various ensembles and his own jazz trio.

Elizabeth Mooney was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts. She has taught Painting at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, RISD, and Carnegie Mellon University.

As a working ceramic artist, Schön exposes students to the wide-ranging professional practice of contemporary ceramics and sculpture. She challenges students to draw on a rich variety of historic multi-cultural ceramic traditions. Her technical demonstrations emphasize the expressive potential of both wheel-throwing and hand-building methods. Schön encourages creative exploration in her courses by asking students to reach beyond their first ideas, making iterative evolutions of form, and discovering diverse possibilities for material interpretation and manipulation. Students use the concrete evidence of their work to reflect on their artistic process, generate new ideas, and develop future work with clearer intention.

Sarah Slavick is a member of the Fine Arts faculty here at the College of Art and Design. Her focus has been drawing, painting, and professional development. She holds an MFA in Painting from Pratt Institute and a BA in Studio Art from Wesleyan University.