FACULTY AND STAFF

Lecturer Art History 

Art History A

Art History B

Timothy Betz is a visiting assistant professor in Art History. He earned his MA in Art History, specializing in the Italian Renaissance, from the Pennsylvania State University, as well as an MA in History, specializing in Colonial Latin America, from Lehigh University. He received his BFA in Studio Art from Kutztown University, and his recent publications include, “Better than Seeing Fairy Tales: Contextualizing Curation in the Iberian Atlantic,” which appears in Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the Americas. Currently, Prof. Betz is the Executive Director of the Morgan Log House, an eighteenth-century historic site in Lansdale, PA. His research interests include colonialism and material culture, the functioning of artist’s workshops, and the connection of magic and medicine in eighteenth-century Pennsylvania.

Assistant Professor of Art

Drawing I

Drawing II

Intro to Visual Storytelling

Visual Storytelling Studio I-V

Game Design and Prototyping

Digital Futures

3D Prototyping

Senior Project II

Michael Covello creates paintings, drawings, prints, site-specific installations, videos, and audio work. He received his BFA in Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking at the School of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University and his MFA in Transdisciplinary Art at the University of South Florida. He currently lives and works in Walden, NY and Kutztown, PA. Covello has been twice nominated by the American Academy of Arts and Letters for awards and exhibitions and is the recipient of an Individual Artist Grant from the Arts Council of Hillsborough County and a grant from the Vermont Studio Center. He has also been a featured artist in two publications of New American Paintings. Recent exhibitions include the New Art Center, Boston as a Curatorial Opportunity Winner, the Florida Biennial at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, and the Florida Prize in Contemporary Art at the Orlando Museum of Art.

Professor of Photography ​

Intro Digital Photo

Landscape and Location

Advanced Digital Photo

The Staged & Constructed Image

Photo Studio

Photo as Object

Rose DeSiano uses alternative-photo processes, sculpture and manipulated photography as tools to examine the history within the landscape, our collective consciousness and the long, tangled history of photography as both a truth-teller and myth-maker.   Equally engaged in both an exhibition and public art practices, DeSiano’s photo-sculpture artworks have been commissioned by Port of San Diego, CA, NYC Dept. of Parks & Recreation and I-Park, CT appearing in NYC’s Central Park,  Randall’s Island, and Rufus King Park. Most recently, she was the winner of the 2018-19  Uniqlo Parks Expression Grant, unveiling a large public arts photo-sculpture in “Absent Monuments” in NYC.​

DeSiano has exhibited in solo NYC gallery shows, museum exhibitions and biennials including; Bronx Art Museum, NY, Allentown Museum of Art, PA, Heritage Museum of Malaga, Spain, as well as international photo fairs; Photoville NYC, #ForFreedoms, FOTOFOCUS Ohio and Changsha Photo Festival, China.

When not in her studio, DeSiano lectures at conferences and universities on both her artwork and a variety of photographic topics, including ethics of image manipulation, photo-archives, and landscape photography as a commemorative practice. She has been an invited artist at the AKI Hogeschool Voor de Kunsten, in the Netherlands, along with being a fellow at the AIM Bronx Museum of Arts, New York. 
DeSiano received her M.F.A from Art Center, Los Angeles and her B.F.A from New York University-Tisch, Photo & Imaging Department.

Chairperson and Professor of Art History​

Art History C

Art Today

Contemporary African Art and the Diaspora

Art and Sport

Seminar in Art History

Cut and Paste: A History of Collage

Art History Internships

Dr. Haxall is Professor of Art History and Chair of the Department of Art & Art History at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. A former fellow at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Institute for the Arts and Humanities, he earned his Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University. He publishes widely on diverse topics in contemporary art, including abstract expressionism, collage, installation art, and the African diaspora. Haxall's recent research investigates art and sport, including his edited volume, Picturing the Beautiful Game: A History of Soccer in Visual Culture and Art (Bloomsbury Academic, 2018).

Associate Professor of Photography 

Intro Darkroom Photo

Body and The Lens

Film & Video As Art

Color Photography

Photo Studio

In Professor Kane’s photo-based experimental portraits and mixed-media installations, she invites viewers to rummage through the substance and subterfuge of normative photographs such as family albums, news photos, studio portraiture, medical imaging, and corporate archives. Kane graduated with a BFA in Sculpture from University of the Arts in Philadelphia and an MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Her work is included in the book Reframings: New American Feminist Photographies (Temple University Press) and has been exhibited around the country— in NYC at White Columns Gallery, The New York Academy of Sciences and The Shala; in Philadelphia at The Print Center and Temple Gallery; in Minnesota at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Minneapolis Photo Center. Kane has also co-curated photo exhibitions such as “4 Photo Feminisms” at Rutgers University and “Suddenly Older” at Colgate University. Kane was recently on a panel at the Allentown Art Museum discussing the exhibition, “Weston’s Women: Edward Weston and Cycles of Influence.”

Assistant Professor of Art History 

 

Art History A Survey: Prehistoric to Early Renaissance

Renaissance Art

Southern Baroque

Art History Seminar

Pierette Kulpa received her Ph.D. in art history from the Pennsylvania State University, her Master’s degree in art history from London’s Courtauld Institute of Art, and her BA in Art History and Anthropology from the University of Arizona. Kulpa’s research investigates the appropriation of art objects for political means and object biography. Her recent publication, “The Fascistization of Michelangelo Buonarroti and the ‘libertà espressiva’ of the Pietà of Palestrina” appeared in I Tatti Studies in the Italian Renaissance in 2017. Her research interests include patronage within the seventeenth-century Roman Curia, the reuse of Renaissance sculptures by Mussolini, and the legacy of Michelangelo in the centuries after his death. She has received numerous grants to pursue these studies including the Nevada Arts Council Jackpot Grant, Penn State’s Dissertation Fellowship, a Renato Cevese Scholarship to study Palladio in Vicenza, and the Silver Trout Curatorial Award from the Palmer Museum of Art. She is co-coordinator of KU’s Italy Study Abroad Program, loves speaking Italian, and traveling far and wide in Italy.

Professor of Painting ​

mahosky@kutztown.edu​

Intro to Studio

Painting Studio

Mark Mahosky received his BFA from Temple Universities Tyler School of Art and his MFA from Stanford University.  He has exhibited his work in the Philadelphia Museum, The Allentown Art Museum and in galleries in New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Houston, and Portland, Oregon. He has been a featured artist in major art fairs in San Francisco, Long Island, Chicago, and Miami. Recently he had a solo show at Fleisher Ollman Gallery in Philadelphia and was selected as the official artist in residence at Gettysburg National Military Park.

Professor of Drawing

Foundations

Life Drawing

Drawing Studio

Old Masters 

Margaret Noel received a BA with Honors in Studio Art from Oberlin College and earned her MFA in painting from the New York Studio School.  Before joining the department in 2006, Noel spent time working in antique restoration and bronze casting in Austin, Texas. Noel’s encaustic paintings, ink drawings, and collages have been exhibited widely, including The Curator Gallery, The Painting Center, and The First Street Gallery in Chelsea, (NY), The Goggleworks (PA), The Durham Art Council (NC), Seminole State College (FL), Gallery 51 in North Adams (MA), The Ulrich Museum of Art in Wichita (KS), and Life on Mars Gallery in Brooklyn (NY). In 2016, Johns Hopkins University Press published her work as the cover and center portfolio of The Hopkins Review, a literary and art journal. 

Associate Professor of Art History 

Art History B

History of Photography

Professor Norris teaches courses on the history of European and American art from the Renaissance to the mid-20th century. She received her Ph.D. and Master’s degrees from Brown University, and a BA in art from Colgate University. Her doctoral work focused on the impact of Wagnerism on later 19th-century French art and aesthetics. Supported by a research grant, Norris presented a paper on Henri Fantin-Latour at an annual conference of the College Art Association, and her essay on the subject was included in an anthology, The Arts Entwined, published by Gartand Press. Dr. Norris’ research interests have expanded into several new areas: gender studies: urban architecture, power and subjugation; and “Others” in European and European-American art.

Associate Professor

610-683-4543

Sharadin Art Studio 201A

obrien@kutztown.edu

Foundations

Drawing I

Drawing II

Life Drawing

Professor O’Brien has taught freshman drawing in our department since 1987. He received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (1980), and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA (1973). O’Brien’s art interests have ranged from his training in painting, drawing, and printmaking to his current involvement with toy design. Mr. O’Brien’s work is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Assistant Professor of Art

Intro to Fine Metals

Studio Fine metals

3D Prototyping

Sophia Park is an assistant professor teaching Metalsmithing at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. She received her MFA in Jewelry and Metals from San Diego State University and a BA in studio art with an emphasis in Metalsmithing from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Her work represents adaptation or mutation based on the flexibility of nature. She is drawn to this aspect of nature as a metaphor for human patterns of adaptation in life. Her work has been featured at Fuller Craft Museum, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Ohio Craft Museum, Farmington Museum, Wayne Art Center and a number of solo exhibitions internationally.

Assistant Professor of Textiles & Material Studies

quay@kutztown.edu

Textiles & Material Studies I

Textiles & Material Studies Studio I-V

Weaving I

Weaving Studio I-V

Liz Hamilton Quay is the Assistant Professor of Textile and Materials Studies at Kutztown University. She followed her passion for the manipulation of fabric to earn her MFA at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia in Fibers and Materials Studies. Her journey began at Kutztown University, where she proudly received her bachelor’s degree in Art Education and a BFA in Craft, concentrating in Fibers. Her creative approach is based on her natural curiosity for materials and joy for making. Through a variety of techniques ranging from traditional fibers to digital formats, she creates work that explores innate visceral feelings.  Her work has been featured in venues such as Ceres Gallery | New York, Excellence in Fibers online gallery through Fiber Art Now publications, and awarded first prize in “other media” at the AAH 90th Annual International Juried Exhibition. 

Assistant Professor of Sculpture 

Intro to Sculpture 

Sculpture Studio

Professor Ramsdale earned an M.F.A. degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. She received an undergraduate degree in Studio Art from SUNY Cortland and studied at Goldsmiths College in London, UK. She is a visual artist whose work encompasses the intrigue of personal objects and interior spaces, often re-presenting recognizable things in an effort to generate a response that feels both familiar and new. Ramsdale was granted nominations for a Terra Foundation for American Art Award and an Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award from ISC. Subsequently, she was the recipient of two Pollock-Krasner Foundation fellowships, both for residencies in upstate New York. She has been invited to talk at several colleges and universities. Recent shows include a solo exhibition at The Gallery at Delaware County Community College and Hyperintersection at Pageant Soloveev. Professor Ramsdale teaches all levels of sculpture courses and she lives in Philadelphia where her studio is located.

Professor of Art

rogers@kutztown.edu

Intro to 3D Modeling and Rendering

3D Modeling and Rendering Studio I-V

Intro to 3D Animation

Wood Design

Professor of Drawing

Foundations

Drawing Studio

Printmaking Lithography

Professor Rose has taught drawing and more recently lithography in our department since 1992. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree in printmaking from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA (1992). Professor Rose completed his undergraduate degree in painting and printmaking at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (1990). He also attended Tamarind’s Summer Workshop (2014) and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (1996). His prints and drawings have been exhibited in numerous exhibitions nationally. Professor Rose has received two Fellowships in the Visual Arts from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (1996, 2008). His work is in the permanent collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the African-American Historical and Cultural Museum. the Philadelphia Free library, and the Allentown Museum.

Assistant Professor​ of Art

Intro to Time-based Media

Intro to 3D Animation

Digital Animation (Intro to 2D)

History of Animation, Game Art, and Interactive Media

Digital Team Processes

Drawing I

Senior Project I (Applied Digital Art)

Elizabeth Schneider received her BFA from the School of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University and earned her MFA in studio art from the University of South Florida, with a focus in painting and animation. She previously worked as a graphic artist for Polo Ralph Lauren as well as a production associate and video editor in Tampa, Florida, and currently teaches in the Applied Digital Arts program, with a focus on 2D and 3D animation techniques.  She is a nationally exhibiting contemporary artist, recently participating in exhibitions in Tampa, FL, and Boston, MA and film festivals around the country including the [RE] Gen New Media Festival.  Schneider has received numerous grants and awards, such as the Charles Baskerville Painting Award and an Opportunity Grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts.

Assistant Professor of Art

Drawing I

Drawing II

Intro to Time-based Media

Digital Illustration

Business of Art

Jayne Struble received her MFA from Columbus College of Art & Design in 2014 and BFA from Kutztown University in 2011.  Struble is an interdisciplinary artist that focuses on an artwork’s ability to confront our reliance on the structure by using the vulnerability of materials and the destructive force of gravity to challenge our discomfort with change while attempting to shift the perspective of loss.  Her work has been exhibited across the United States from the Cultural Arts Center in Columbus, Ohio to the Charles A. Hartman Gallery in Portland Oregon and 4Most Gallery in Gainesville, Florida.  Struble has attended multiple artist residencies including the Vermont Studio Center and The Jentel Foundation. 

Professor of Photography 

Intro to Digital Photo

Photo Books

Photo Studio

Business of Art

Time-based Media

Dan R. Talley teaches Digital Photography, a course in photobooks, Time-based Media and Business of Art. Most of his artwork is photo-based and his photobooks have recently been included in exhibitions at the Phoenix Art Museum (AZ), and the Contemporary Art Center (New Orleans, LA). His career credits include co-founding editor of Art Papers, a magazine with an international circulation now in its 40th year of continuous publication. He has contributed articles and criticism to the magazine and a host of other publications as well as authoring exhibition catalog essays for museums and galleries throughout the United States. He was previously gallery director/curator at Nexus Contemporary Art Center (now the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center), and the JCC Forum Gallery (now the Weeks Gallery) in Jamestown, New York. Talley received his MFA from the University of Hartford (CT), and his BFA from the Atlanta College of Art.

Assistant Professor of Ceramics

yoppolo@kutztown.edu

Ceramics I for Non-Majors

Ceramics I

Ceramics Studio

gwendolyn yoppolo earned an MFA in Ceramics from Penn State University, an MA in Education from Columbia University, and a BA in Sociology from Haverford College.  She is a nationally exhibiting studio potter whose work emphasizes the sculptural, conceptual, and experiential aspects to functional ceramics.  She designs multisensory encounters that challenge us to rethink the ways we nourish ourselves and others within contemporary food culture.  Her work won the Best of Functional Ceramics category in the 2017 Zanesville Prize competition and can be found in galleries across the country.  Prior to coming to Kutztown, she received several Artist in Residence Fellowships, including at the Archie Bray Foundation and Penland School of Craft.  She has taught at Ohio University, The Ohio State University, and Juniata College, and has served as a technician at Alfred University and Eastern Kentucky University.  Currently, her technical research focuses on collaborating with scientists and using the scanning electron microscope to analyze ceramic surfaces. Her writing can be found in Studio Potter, Pottery Making Illustrated, and Passion and Pedagogy.