Art Department Faculty & Staff
Faculty
Susannah Biondo-Gemmell | 118 McWethy Hall | (319) 895-4827 | sbiondo@cornellcollege.edu
Douglas Hanson | 118 McWethy Hall | (319) 895-4328 | dhanson@cornellcollege.edu
Christina Penn-Goetsch | 214 McWethy Hall | (319) 895-4137 | cpenngoetsch@cornellcollege.edu
Anthony Plaut (chair) | 114 McWethy Hall | (319) 895-4355 | tplaut@cornellcollege.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Susan Coleman | 216 McWethy Hall | (319) 895-4491 | scoleman@cornellcollege.edu
Sandra Dyas | 218 McWethy Hall | (319) 895-4496 | sdyas@cornellcollege.edu
Fine Arts Secretary
Cathy Schonhorst | 128 Armstrong Hall | (319) 895-4228 | cschonhorst@cornellcollege.edu
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Susannah Biondo-Gemmell, Assistant Professor of Art, teaches courses in 3-D studio basics, ceramics, sculpture, casting, and drawing. Biondo considers herself both an alchemist and a tinkerer in regards to her artwork. Her studio interests include ceramic material experimentation and investigation of the ceramic firing process. Her sculptures and time-based installations become metaphors for greater energy exchange, both personal and geological. Recent exhibitions include shows at the Archie Bray Foundation, the TAG Gallery, the San Diego Museum of the Living Artist, and the Lux Center for the Arts. M.F.A., New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University; B.F.A., Washington University |
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Doug Hanson, Professor of Art, teaches courses in sculpture, ceramics, and drawing, including courses in Mexico and Japan. Hanson gained an appreciation for other cultures during a 1978-79 Fulbright-sponsored experience in Bristol, England that provided a philosophical foundation for his career. As a founding member of "Potters For Peace" he has traveled to Central America numerous times and has coordinated exhibitions of pottery from Nicaragua and other countries. His work has appeared in 29 competitive and 110 Invitational exhibitions since 1967, winning 12 awards. M.F.A. and M.A., University of Iowa; B.S. and B.A., Moorhead State University |
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| Christina Penn-Goetsch, Associate Professor of Art History, teaches courses in art history and is committed to teaching the love of art through the examination of material culture from various peoples and periods. Her research focuses on gender studies and the art and architecture of early modern Europe, as well as questions of identity in contemporary art. She has given lectures on depictions of women from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries throughout the United States and continues to present her research on the lives of nuns as patrons in seventeenth-century Rome. She serves as program advisor for pre-architecture and participates in the women's studies and ethnic studies programs. Ph.D. and M.A., University of Iowa; B.A., University of Virginia |  |
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Tony Plaut, Professor of Art, teaches painting, drawing, collage, design and senior seminar. His 2008 Luce Gallery exhibition, YOKO and the WINDOW WALL, included oil paintings, drawings, mechanical sculpture, and an homage to Yoko Ono. Earlier works included assemblages made from wood and found materials; very small paintings somehow inserted into glass wine bottles; mechanical sculptures featuring hand-cranked phonographs; and oil paint on canvas borrowing from the surrealist legacy of biomorphic abstraction. He has exhibited widely throughout the Midwest with major shows occurring in Chicago and Des Moines. M.F.A., University of Chicago; B.S.S., Cornell College |
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| Susan Coleman, Gallery Coordinator and Lecturer in Art, has served as coordinator of Cornell's Luce Gallery since February 2000, and she also teaches Drawing I and Studio Basics. Her drawings and paintings focus on landscape themes encountered in the local environment. Susan's work can be seen at Chait Galleries in Iowa City, CornerHouse Gallery in Cedar Rapids, and Quad City Arts in Rock Island, Ill. M.A and M.F.A., University of Iowa; B.F.A., Webster University |  |
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Sandy Dyas, Lecturer in Art, teaches courses in intermedia, video art and photography. Her photo "Katie in Her Wedding Dress" earned a Best of Show award at the national juried art show From Our Perspective: A National Women's Art Exhibition. Sandy's 2007 book Down to the River: Portraits of Iowa Musicians captures her twenty years of photographing musicians in Eastern Iowa, both on-stage and off. Visit Sandy's photo gallery to learn more about her work, including images from Down to the River and earlier projects. Or visit her Web site at sandydyas.com. |
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Hugh Lifson, Professor Emeritus of Art and Art History, taught for 36 years at Cornell. He has shown in the Museum of Modern Art, The Nelson Museum of Kansas City, City Museum of St. Louis, San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts, Walker Art Center and elsewhere. He works in painting, drawing, and collage which make extensive use of transparencies, either with plastic wrap or with computer generated acetate images. The sources of his work are largely derived from Islamic, Norman and Italian Romanesque, and American Architecture. |
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| Cathy Schonhorst, Fine Arts Secretary |
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