Sang-Wook Lee | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

Sang-Wook Lee

Assistant Professor

Sang-Wook Lee grew up and was educated in South Korea where he received both a BFA and an MFA from Dong-A University in Busan. Subsequently, he came to the US and earned an MFA from University of Georgia in textiles. Prof. Lee has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in the U.S. and Asia. He recently had the exhibition, “Noodle Noodle” at Emory University, Atlanta, GA, “Ramen Noodle 2008” at MOCA, Jacksonville, FL, “19620” at The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA, and invitational group show “Pojagi-2007 Cheongju International Craft Biennale” at Cheongju Craft Museum, Cheongju City, South Korea. His work was reviewed in “The art of noodling around with a food staple” by Catherine Fox, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Amazing Noodle Art!” by Vickie Whitlock, CNN, “Ramen Noodle 2008” by Rami Kim, The Korea Daily, and “Ramen: Cheap Food or High Art?” by Frances Allitt, The Emory Wheel. These instant noodles (which he has loved to eat since childhood) installation works are a symbol of his Korean popular culture within cross-cultural expression.

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Patrick Kelley | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

Patrick Kelley

Visiting Assistant Professor

Patrick Kelley received the BA in Studio Art, with Distinction, from St. Olaf College and the MFA in Photography from Cranbrook Academy of Art. His works have shown at the Minnesota Museum of American Art; The Kunsthalle Düsseldorf in Germany; The Minneapolis Foundation, the Katherine Nash Gallery at the University of Minnesota; Intermedia Arts, Rochester Art Center, College of Visual Arts Gallery and Steensland Art Museum at St. Olaf College in Minnesota; the Minnesota Center for Book Arts; Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge; Pontiac Art Center and the Cranbrook Art Museum in Michigan, and Boyden Gallery at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.

Kelley has taught digital media photography and video courses at St. Olaf College, the University of Minnesota and St. Mary's College of Maryland.

Kelley's awards and honors include two Faculty Development Grants from St. Mary’s College of Maryland (2007-08), a Jerome Foundation Travel/Study Grant (2004), finalist for the Bush Foundation Artist Fellows Program (2004), an Artist Residency at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado (2003); the McKnight Foundation's Artist Fellowship for Photographers (2001-02); a Jerome Foundation and Forecast Public Artworks commission for a permanent installation in the Open Book building, Minneapolis (2000); inclusion in the Portfolio Old Ways, New Views: Photographic Processes on Handmade Paper published by Hand Papermaking's Limited Edition Portfolios, Washington, D.C. (1999); the Jerome Foundation's and Blacklock Nature Sanctuary's Artist Residency Fellowship (1998-99); Presenting Photographer, Photographic Artists Forum, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin (1998).

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Paul Davis | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

Paul Davis

Shop Supervisor, Bldg. Safety Coordinator

Paul Davis is the Art Department Shop Supervisor and Building Safety Coordinator. Paul has studied at Hobart Institution of Welding Technology (welding instructor); State of New York (hazardous materials technician); State of New York (hazardous materials first responder-operations) and Hudson Valley Community College (electrical code studies). Paul has been a 13-year member of the Greenfield Center Fire Department and a 10-year member of the International Association of Electrical Inspectors.

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Denise Hughes | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

Denise Hughes

Secretary in Studio Art

Denise Hughes, Department Secretary, began her career at Skidmore at the Van Lennep Riding Center where she was the Riding Program Assistant from 1981 – 1990. Denise worked closely with the Skidmore College Women’s Polo Team and still keeps in touch with many of the players and coaches. Denise joined the Art Department in January 1990 and has taken classes in Ceramics, Jewelry & Metals, Drawing, Textile Design, Weaving, Graphic Design and Photography. Denise served on the Skidmore Employees Federal Credit Union board of directors for many years and maintains memberships in USET, USPA, and The National Museum of Racing. Denise graduated from Saratoga High School majoring in business law/business math. Denise and her family are currently researching the family history in Saratoga Springs. Relatives were recorded as early as 1791 in the Saratoga County Clerk’s Office. There are two streets named after Denise’s grandparents, Van Dorn Street and Waterbury Street on the west side of Saratoga. Denise plans to publish the genealogical diagram soon. Denise is also in the process of recording and photographing the remaining coach stones located on streets throughout Saratoga and Greenfield Center. Denise plans to publish the history of coach stones in the area next summer.

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Kathleen Thum | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

Kathleen Thum

Visiting Assistant Professor

Kathleen Thum

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Rebecca Shepard | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

Rebecca Shepard

Visiting Assistant Professor

Rebecca Shepard

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Victoria Palermo | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

Victoria Palermo

Visiting Assistant Professor

Victoria Palermo, Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art, teaches courses in foundation design and sculpture. She has exhibited both two- and three-dimensional work in galleries and art venues across the country, and has been reviewed in Sculpture magazine. Currently represented by John Davis Gallery in Hudson, New York, she has received awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and has been an artist in residence at Yaddo. Her professional background also includes directing the Art Department at Adirondack Scenic, Inc. (Glens Falls, NY) with responsibility for creating set and scenic designs. She received her BS in Art from Skidmore College and her MFA from Bennington College (Bennington, VT).

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Deborah Morris | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

Deborah Morris

Visiting Assistant Professor

Deborah Morris, Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art, has exhibited her work widely throughout the region and on the West Coast. She received her MFA from California State University, Long Beach, and she did undergraduate study at the University of Utah, the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and Arizona State University where she received her BFA. Recent exhibitions include the Saratoga County Arts Council, the Visual Arts Gallery at Adirondack Community College, and the Lake George Arts Project. She teaches courses in Drawing and Painting at Skidmore, and for the past several years has been co-director of the Arts Pre-Orientation Project for incoming students.

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Trish Lyell | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

Trish Lyell

Visiting Assistant Professor

Trish Lyell Patricia Lyell, Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art, teaches courses in Drawing and Painting for the Department and is a long time participant in Skidmore’s Liberal Studies I course. She has won several grants, awards and residencies including a decentralization grant from the New York State Council on the Arts and a residency at the Vermont Studio Center. She received her BS in Art from Skidmore College and her MFA from the Mt. Royal Graduate School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore, MD). She has shown extensively throughout the region, most recently at the Lake George Arts Project (Lake George, NY), the Saratoga County Arts Council (Saratoga Springs, NY), the Rice Gallery (Albany, NY), and Blue Mountain Gallery, NYC. Her work is held in the permanent collection of the Hoyt Institute of Fine Art and in several corporate collections in Albany, NY and Boston, MA.

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John Galt | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

John Galt

Visiting Assistant Professor

John Galt, Visiting Assistant Professor, received his BA in Sculpture at SUNY Cortland and his MFA in Sculpture at the University of Pennsylvania. He has taught undergraduate courses at the University of Pennsylvania as well as currently at Skidmore, including Elementary and Advanced Sculpture courses, and he is prominently involved in the bronze casting process each semester. John is the owner of IBIS CASTING, specializing in Lost Wax ceramic shell fine art casting, and he has designed and executed various types of sand molds at both Atlas Brass and Aluminum Company, Inc. and Laran Bronze, Inc. His work in sculpture has been featured inexhibitions both regionally and nationally.

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Leslie Ferst | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

Leslie Ferst

Visiting Assistant Professor

Leslie Ferst, Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art, received her BA in Art History from Skidmore College and her MFA from Boston University. She teaches courses in Skidmore’s ceramics studio and helps to manage it, and has also taught at Boston University, the University of Vermont and Johnson State College (Johnson, VT). Her work in clay has been featured in exhibitions regionally and nationally, most recently at the Lacoste Gallery, Southern Vermont Arts Center, the 60th Exhibition of Central New York Artists at Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute, the Clay Art Center (Port Chester, NY), and the Signature Shop & Gallery (Atlanta, GA). Her work has been reviewed in The Contemporary Potter and The Best of Pottery, among other publications. She has held a number of artist’s residencies and won a several grants and awards for her work, including a NYS Craft Artist’s Grant from the Empire State Crafts Alliance. Her ceramics are included in permanent collections including Siena College (Loudonville, NY), Georgia Council for the Arts and Humanities and the Frederick Weisman Museum of Art.

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Joanne Vella | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

Joanne Vella

Associate Professor

Joanne Vella, Associate Professor of Art, teaches all levels of drawing and painting. She has been represented by the McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, GA from 1982- 2000 and has exhibited nationally, receiving many awards. Her works are held in numerous public and private collections throughout the U.S., including the Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University; the Des Moines Art Center; Del Mar College Gallery; and the Huntsville Museum of Art. She received her BFA in Art Education, a BFA in Painting, and her MFA from the University of Illinois. She has given numerous drawing demonstrations and lectured widely on her own work and that of others, including a gallery talk at the Whitney Museum on Joan Mitchell. She has also juried/curated a variety of exhibitions and her work has been reviewed in the Atlanta Journal, the New Art Examiner, the Des Moines Register and Iowa Architect, among other publications.

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Pete Stake | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

Pete Stake

Associate Professor

Pete Stake Peter Stake, Associate Professor of Art, teaches courses in painting and drawing at all levels. He has shown work in numerous individual and group exhibitions across the country, most extensively on the West coast, and recently at the Center for Art and Design, University of Wales Institute. He received his MFA degree from California State University, Long Beach and his BFA from Arizona State University.

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Paul Sattler | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

Paul Sattler

Associate Professor

Paul Sattler, Associate Professor of Art, came to Skidmore from Boston University in 1998, where he served as Assistant Professor in the School of the Arts (1994-1998). Sattler is represented in New York by the Gerald Peters Gallery and in Boston by Alpha Gallery; he has also exhibited extensively in regional exhibitions. In 2006 he was the recipient of the John R. Solomon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. In 2004 he was selected to exhibit at the 179th Annual Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art at the National Academy of Design in New York, where he received the Wallace Truman Prize. Reviews of his work have appeared in and ArtNews, The Boston Globe, and Art New England, among others. He attended Albright College, received his BFA in Painting/Printmaking from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1992 and his MFA in Painting from Indiana University, Bloomington in 1994. He currently lives in Greenfield Center, New York with his wife and two daughters. He teaches courses in Drawing, Painting and Color Theory.

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David Peterson | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

David Peterson

Associate Professor

David Peterson, Associate Professor of Art, has exhibited his jewelry and sculpture regionally and throughout the country. His work has recently been seen in several national traveling exhibitions including The Commemorative Cup (beginning at the Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, NY), The Art of the Brooch (beginning at the Edith Lambert Gallery, Sante Fe, NM), Born with a Silver Spoon (sponsored by Rosanne Raab Associates, beginning at the National Ornamental Metals Museum, Memphis, TN), Young Americans (beginning at the American Craft Museum, New York, NY), and in the international traveling exhibitions Amulet and Talisman (a juried West German exhibition) and Works on Paper (sponsored by and beginning at Indiana University). Reviews of his work have appeared frequently in Metalsmith magazine and other publications. He earned his BA from the State University of New York at Geneseo and his MFA from Indiana State University. He teaches courses in jewelry and metals and manages the metalsmithing studio.

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Iona Park | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

Iona Park

Assistant Professor

Iona Park Bio

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Kate Leavitt | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

Kate Leavitt

Associate Professor, Chair

Kate Leavitt, Associate Professor of Art and Department Chair, received her BFA from the University of Southern Maine and her MA in Printmaking and MFA in Painting from the State University of New York at Albany. She later apprenticed at the Tamarind Institute at the University of New Mexico, where she received the title of Tamarind Master Printer. She teaches courses in Printmaking, Drawing and Painting and manages the Department’s Printmaking Studio, and she frequently lectures and gives demonstrations on various printmaking and book art techniques, including the innovative arts of laser photo-litho and photopolymer intaglio. She exhibits her work extensively both regionally and internationally, most recently at the Southern Graphics Conference in Boston, the Qingdao International Print Biennale, the Society of American Graphic Artists in NYC, and the exhibition 40 Artists/40 Miles at the Art Center for the Capital Region in Troy.

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Regis Brodie | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

Regis Brodie

Professor

Regis Brodie, Professor of Art and Consultant, Summer Art Program, received his BS and Masters in Art Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and his MFA from the Tyler School of Art of Temple University. In addition to teaching courses in ceramics and managing Skidmore’s state-of-the-art Ceramics Studio, he exhibits work both nationally and internationally. Recent exhibitions include "Earth & Fire, A Celebration of Clay & Ceramics:, Albany Institute of History & Art, NY, 2007, "2006 Collectors Show", Invitational Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, "Upstate Visions", 4-Person Show, Loveed Fine Arts, New York, NY 2006, "Ceramics: The Vehicle of Culture", World Ceramic Biennale 2005 Korea, World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Republic of Korea, SOFA NEW YORK, SOFA CHICAGO, "The International Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art".

His work can be seen in collections throughout the country as well as Korea, Japan, Qatar, Spain, France, Russia, Egypt, England & Wales. His lectures and demonstrations have been featured at the Smithsonian Institution, Princeton University, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, American Craft Museum, and New York University, among many other national and international venues. He is the author of The Energy-Efficient Potter (Watson-Guptill Publications, 1982), and his widely published information on the creative process, efficiency in the studio, and firing techniques, has appeared in Ceramics Monthly, The Studio Potter, and other professional journals.

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Kyle Ford | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

Kyle Ford

Visiting Assistant Professor

Kyle Ford, Visiting Assistant Professor of Photography, is an internationally published photographer.

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Janet Sorensen | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

Janet Sorensen

Associate Professor

Janet Sorensen, Associate Professor of Art, received her BFA from Kansas State University and her MA and MFA degrees from the University of Iowa. Specializing in drawing and painting, she also has a strong interest in intaglio printmaking. Her work has been featured in many regional and national exhibitions, most recently at the Rice Gallery of the Albany Institute of History and Art, the Yates Gallery at Siena College, and the Slocum Gallery at East Tennessee State University. She has been a visiting artist and guest lecturer at regional, national and international venues, including the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, and Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy.

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John Cunningham | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

John Cunningham

Professor

Senior faculty member in sculpture John Cunningham currently holds the Robert Davidson Chair in Art. His work has appeared in individual and group exhibitions at museums and galleries nationally including New York City, Chicago, Washington D. C., Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, and New Orleans among others, and he has recently exhibited a year-long show of monumental sculpture at Texas A & M University. Along with exhibitions, he has lectured and published extensively on his sculpture and his engineering-related work inspired by his sculpture. He has published in Nature magazine and he holds numerous patents on devices for vibration isolation and earthquake resistant systems. He received a BA in Physical Chemistry from Kenyon University and BFA and MFA degrees in studio from Yale University.

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Mary Jablonski | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

Mary Jablonski

Asst. Director, Schick Art Gallery

Mary Jablonski Mary Kathryn Jablonski is a visual artist/poet who has served as a gallerist at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY since 2002, and is program consultant to the Adirondack Center for Writing, based at Paul Smith’s College. Her poems have appeared in the Beloit Poetry Journal, The Healing Muse, and Chronogram Magazine, among others. She is the author of the chapbook To the Husband I Have Not Yet Met (APD Press, 2008) and is completing final edits on her first book-length collection of poems.

Jablonski has received degrees from Cazenovia College and Skidmore College and has studied at the Studio Art Centers International (Florence, Italy), the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute School of Art, and the University at Albany. From 2000-05, she was Director of the Saratoga Poetry Zone, inviting such renowned poets as Andrew Hudgins, Martín Espada, Denise Duhamel, and Brigit Pegeen Kelly to the Saratoga region. She initiated and curated a program of monthly literary readings to complement exhibits at the Arts Center Gallery in Saratoga Springs as gallery director from 1999-2002.

Jablonski has a special interest in artist/writers and visual poetry and was a 2007 recipient of a NYSCA Individual Artist’s Grant in art & poetry to create new work and interview artist/writers on the Internet. She has read her poems and exhibited her artworks widely throughout NY State. Her poetry was also recently published in Germany by painter/publisher Christoph Ruckhäberle, as it related to a collection of his portraits, in a book coordinating with a January 2009 Berlin exhibition of his work.

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Deb Hall | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

Deb Hall

Associate Professor

Inspired by design, type, language Deb Hall’s digital prints reflect our highly caffeinated, constantly moving, technological environment. Deb’s digital prints revel in the sound and beauty of typography, but her messages respond to our anxieties about how design saturation can affect our perception and assumptions. Before coming to Skidmore, Deb was designer and co-owner of a design and printing company working both locally and in Los Angeles. Part romantic and part cynic Deb mines the profession of design while advocating for individual expression. Language, symbols, information and communication are continuing themes in Deb’s energetic, passionate work.

Deb Hall, Associate Professor of Art, received her BFA in Photographic Illustration from Rochester Institute of Technology and an MFA in Digital Visual Art from Vermont College. She also studied at both the Art Center College of Design and Kent State University in communication design and typography. She teaches courses in Communication Design, Interactive Design and Photographic Theory. She publishes and exhibits her work both regionally and internationally, and is featured as a guest lecturer on typography and digital art. Her work is included in the permanent collection of the Portland Art Museum and in many private collections throughout the United States.

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John Danison | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

John Danison

Visiting Assistant Professor

John Danison, Visiting Assistant Professor, received his BA in Fine Arts at Empire State College and his MFA in Printmaking at SUNY Albany. John started in the Computer Services department in 1987 as a computer consultant. In 1992, John consulted with the Art Department to establish a state of the art 3D Animation Studio stocked with Silicon Graphics Unix Workstations and TDI Explore animation software. Shortly after the lab was up and running, he assisted in teaching classes on the Unix operating system, TDI Explore (which has evolved into AutoDesk Maya today) and other visualization tools, while still working in the Computer Services department. Eventually he became the Assistant Director for the Center for Information Technologies, managing the Media Services/Curriculum Support department, while still teaching 3D classes in the evenings. John continues to teach two courses in the department; Computer Imaging I in the fall and Computer Imaging II in spring semester. Several of John's students have gone on to work on notable productions and films such as Ice Age and The Incredibles.

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Doretta Miller | Faculty | Studio Art at Skidmore College

Doretta Miller

Professor

Doretta Miller, Professor of Art, received her AB degree from Ripon College, and Doctorate of Art Education and Masters of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing from Northern Illinois University. She teaches courses in foundations, drawing and painting, and art theory at Skidmore College. Her gouache paintings and colored-pencil drawings have received numerous awards, and are included in the permanent collections of The Hyde Collection and the Albany Institute of History and Art. Her current work is featured at First Street Gallery in New York City. In 1996 Miller was visiting professor of Western-Style Oil Painting at Qufu Teachers’ University in China. In 2003 she served as Faculty Curator at the Tang Teaching Museum and co-authored the catalogue for the exhibition “Brushing the Present: Contemporary Academy Painting from China", and in 2008, was guest curator at First Street Gallery and editor of the catalogue for the exhibition “Beijing Now: Oil Paintings by Twelve Chinese Artists”. Miller held The Robert Davidson Chair in Art from 2004-2009.

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