Art Department Faculty & Staff at Davidson College

One of the greatest strengths of the art department is the presence of a close-knit group of committed and successful artists and art historians as teachers. All faculty members are professionally active on an international scale and share the results of their experience with their students. Additionally, a series of contemporary art exhibitions and programs involving Davidson's permanent art collection are organized by the gallery director and curator. Supporting the work of the art department is a staff that includes the slide collection curator, department assistant, and part-time sculpture lab technician.

FACULTY

	HERB JACKSON Douglas C. Houchens Professor of Art A.B. Davidson College; M.F.A. UNC-Chapel Hill Areas of interest and expertise: Painting, drawing, College collection Work in over 80 museum collections At Davidson since 1969 Office/Studio: VAC 216 / 217 Phone: 704-894-2358 email: hejackson@davidson.edu website: www.herbjackson.com
	TONYA J. CLAY Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art B.F.A. U. of IL at Urbana/Champaign, M.F.A. St. U. of NY at Stony Brook Areas of interest and expertise: Painting, basic studio, figure painting and graphic designer At Davidson since 2006 Office/Studio: VAC 220 / 211 Phone: 704-894-2857 email: toclay@davidson.edu website: www.tonyaclay.com
	LARRY L. LIGO Professor of Art History A.B. Muskingum; B.D. Princeton Seminary: Ph.D. UNC-Chapel Hill Teaches courses in: 19th-century and Modern art and architecture, Gothic cathedral, history of photography, Earth art. Publishes in the areas of: European painting (especially the work of Edouard Manet) At Davidson since 1970 Office: VAC 111 Phone: 704-894-2359 email: laligo@davidson.edu
	CORT SAVAGE Professor of Art B.A. Indiana; M.F.A. Syracuse Areas of interest and expertise: Sculpture, drawing His mixed-media kinetic sculptures are exhibited locally, nationally, and internationally. At Davidson since 1992 Office/Studio: VAC 219 / 106.D Phone: 704-894-2480 email: cosavage@davidson.edu
	NINA EUGENIA SEREBRENNIKOV Professor of Art History, Chair of the Department B.A. The George Washington University; MSLS, M.A., Ph.D. UNC-Chapel Hill Teaches courses in: Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque art; issues of gender; Davidson in Rome program Publishes in the area of: 16th-century Flemish painting, especially the work of Peter Bruegel the Elder At Davidson since 1987 Office: VAC 112 Phone: 704-894-2050 email: niserebrennikov@davidson.edu
	C. SHAW SMITH, JR. Professor of Art History and E. Craig Wall, Jr. Distinguished Professor in the Humanities A.B., M.A., Ph.D. UNC-Chapel Hill Teaches courses in: 18th and 19th-century painting, modern and contemporary art, art and theory, Art History Seminar in France Publishes in the areas of: Eugene Delacroix and French Romanticism, Southern culture, art criticism At Davidson since 1986 Office: VAC 113 Phone: 704-894-2182 email: shsmith@davidson.edu
	RUSS WARREN Professor of Art B.F.A. New Mexico; M.F.A. University of Texas at San Antonio Areas of interest and expertise: Printmaking, drawing, painting Internationally known painter included in exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art (NY), Corcoran Gallery of Art (DC), and the Venice Biennale At Davidson since 1978 Office: VAC 217 Phone: 704-894-2391 email: ruwarren@davidson.edu
	I. JOB THOMAS Adjunct Professor of Art Chair of South Asian Studies B.A., M.A. Madras; Ph.D. Michigan Areas of interest and expertise: Asian, Indian, Islamic art At Davidson since 1979 Office: Chambers 303 Phone: 704-894-2352 Fax: 704-894-2005 email: jothomas@davidson.edu
	MICHAEL TOUMAZOU Adjunct Professor of Art Associate Professor of Classics A.B. Franklin and Marshall; M.A. Loyola University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D. Bryn Mawr Area of interest/expertise: Greek and Roman art and architecture At Davidson since 1987 Office: Chambers 323A Phone: 704-894-2281 Fax: 704-894-2005 email: mitoumazou@davidson.edu
	RYAN O'MALLEY Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Office: VAC 114 Phone: 704-8942942 Fax: 704-894-2691 email: ryomalley@davidson.edu

	JEFFREY ERICKSON Slide Curator A.B. Cornell University; M.F.A. Southern Illinois University-Carbondale At Davidson since 1992 Office: VAC 107 Phone: 704-894-2590 email: jeerickson@davidson.edu website: www.davidson.edu/personal/jeerickson/jeericks.htm
	BRENDA PITTS KING Department Assistant At Davidson since 1986 Office: VAC 110 Phone: 704-894-2344 email: brking@davidson.edu
	Gavin Weber Sculpture Lab Technician At Davidson since 2007 Office: VAC 106A.4 Phone: 704-894-2549 email: gaweber@davidson.edu
	BRAD THOMAS Gallery Director B.A. UNC-Charlotte At Davidson since 1999 Office: VAC B06 Phone: 704-894-2519 email: brthomas@davidson.edu website: www.bradthomas.net
	JESSICA COOLEY Art Gallery Assistant Curator B.A. Davidson At Davidson since 2006 Office: VAC B02 Phone: 704-894-2575 email: jecooley@davidson.edu

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