Art Faculty and Staff

  • Helen Frederick

    Professor Emeritus, School of Art, CVPA

    Helen Frederick is recognized as a distinguished artist, curator, educator, coordinator of international projects, and as founder of Pyramid Atlantic, a center for contemporary printmaking, hand papermaking and the art of the book.
  • Chawky Frenn

    Associate Professor, School of Art, CVPA

    Born in Zahlé, Lebanon, Chawky Frenn lived his formative years in a country that nurtured him not only with mysticism, spirituality and beauty, but also with paradoxes, conflicts, and delusions. Before emigrating to the United States in 1981, he witnessed six years of civil war...
  • Roxana Geffen

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Roxana Alger Geffen is a multi-disciplinary artist who shows her work nationally and internationally, including at the Kreeger Museum, Museum of Design Atlanta, The Skirball Cultural Center, Woodlawn Pope-Leighey House...
  • Harry Griffin

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Harry Griffin was born and raised in South Florida. He stumbled into photography in community college after taking a class while a graphic design major. He quickly fell in love with the medium and transferred to California College of the Arts in Oakland, CA.
  • Julie Grosche McKean

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Julie Grosche (b.1986, France) lives and works between the US and France and is a graduate from ENSA Dijon. Her video work convenes group dynamics where individuals ask existential questions.
  • Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Adam Grossi is an adjunct faculty member at the CVPA School of Art at George Mason University.
  • Natalie Guerrieri

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Natalie Guerrieri is an artist that specializes in Painting, Drawing, Mixed Media, and Collage. She has been faculty at the George Mason University School of Art since 2005 where she has taught Drawing I, II, and Studio Foundations.
  • Nataliya Gurshman

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Nataliya has been teaching college-level students at NOVA and privately for over 20 years. She has established a Pre-College Art Portfolio small business and has been preparing students for art school admissions with a great success.
  • Elizabeth Hall

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Elizabeth Hall is an artist, herbalist, and educator who lives with her family in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. Elizabeth holds a BA (Painting and Drawing) from Meredith Collage and an MFA (Painting) from East Carolina University.
  • Reid Harward

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Reid Harward is a studio artist and software developer, working with ceramics, print, and digital media. Reid has a BA from Berea College, and a MA from West Virginia University in English Literature, with a focus on text analysis, and epoetry.