Art Faculty and Staff

Alan Caballero LaZare is a Colombian American graphic designer, artist, educator, and researcher. Alan began his career as a graphic designer at the renowned architecture and design firm Michael Graves where he played an important role in designing packaging for the revolutionary Michael Graves / Drive Medical partnership...

Suzanne Carbonneau is an arts essayist, critic and historian whose writings have appeared in The Washington Post, the New York Times, and other publications. She founded and directed the NEA Arts Journalism Institute, and she has served as Critic-in-Residence at the American Dance Festival and at the Joyce Theater.

Artist, professor, and commercial photographer. I have taught in the D.C. and Virginia area for over 20 years. As an artist, among others, I have shown at the National Museum of American History, IA & A at Hillyer and Pyramid Atlantic Art Center.

J Carrier (b. Biloxi, Mississippi) spent a decade living and working in Africa and the middle east, and after a five-year stint in Brooklyn, returned home to Washington D.C. where he lives with his family. J. has a BS in Wildlife & Fisheries Science and Forestry from the Pennsylvania State University (1996) and an MFA from the Hartford Art School (2012).

Zoë Charlton (Baltimore, MD) creates figure drawings, collages, installations, and animations that depict her subject’s relationship to culturally loaded objects and landscapes. Charlton received her MFA degree from the University of Texas at Austin and participated in residencies, including Artpace Residency (TX), McColl Center for Art + Innovation (NC), Ucross Foundation (WY), the Skowhegan School of Painting (ME), and the Patterson Residency at the Creative Alliance (MD).

Asma’s art practice intertwines her passion for philanthropy where she often donates proceeds from her artwork sales to benefit charities such as the Malala Fund, STEM For Her, Helping Hand, and the American Red Cross as a means for improving women’s and girls’ education...

Catherine Cole is a printmaker whose prints and drawings have been shown in solo and group exhibitions in the Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia region and in Rhode Island. Catherine received a BA in Studio Art with a concentration in printmaking from The College of William and Mary...

Matthew Conboy has a PhD in Interdisciplinary Arts from Ohio University, an MFA in Design and Photography from Virginia Commonwealth University and a BS in Architecture from the Catholic University of America.

Mark Cooley is an interdisciplinary artist and educator whose work primarily focuses on social and environmental issues in a variety of forms, including museum installations, documentary film, sound art, and permaculture design.

Jesse Cowan