Assistant Dean of Research and Assessment, CVPA. Associate Professor, Art Education and Director, Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT I), School of Art, CVPA
Dr. Sutters was a K-12 art educator in an urban school district for seven years and also taught for two years in São Paulo, Brazil. He completed his undergraduate and masters degree from Kutztown University in Pennsylvania, attained his doctorate degree from the Ohio State University receiving national recognition for his dissertation.
Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA
Jocelyn Tafalla was born and raised in the DMV metropolitan area. She holds two degrees from George Mason’s School of Art & Design; Bachelor of Arts, 2010 and Master of Arts, 2019, both with a concentration in graphic design.
Technical Assistant Manager, CVPA
Erwin (Elmo) is an artist, printmaker, photographer, and video editor. He traveled extensively with his military family before settling in the Washington, D.C. area.Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA
Kathleen Thompson is an adjunct faculty member at CVPA School of Art at George Mason University.
Assistant Professor, School of Art, CVPA
Luis Vasquez La Roche is an artist and educator that resides between Trinidad and Tobago and Virginia. They hold an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. Their practice is interested in aspects of the transatlantic slave trade that repeat themselves in varying ways in the present.
Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA
Paloma Vianey Martinez Acosta is an interdisciplinary artist from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico who currently lives and works in Washington D.C. Her work explores the vulnerabilities and violence of her community and narrates her experience crossing the U.S.-Mexico border daily, questioning the political corruptness of this division.
Assistant Professor of Sculpture and Expanded Fields, School of Art, CVPA
John von Bergen was born in Connecticut. He earned his B.F.A. Degree with Honors from School of Visual Arts in New York City. After relocating to Berlin, Germany in 2003 his work has been exhibited in various international museums, galleries and institutions, including Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Galerie Schmela in Düsseldorf, Pera Museum in Istanbul, and Smack Mellon in New York.
Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA
Brandon Wallace’s artistic passion lies in telling stories through drawing and painting. Wallace holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration from The Maryland Institute College of Art and a Master of Fine Arts in Illustration from Syracuse University.
Full Professor, School of Art, CVPA
Gail Scott White is a new media scenographer and animator who collaboratively makes “Live Movies,” a hybrid art form that interactively synthesizes animation and cinematic art, and theatrical and musical elements with built environments and live performance.
Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA
An award-winning industrial designer, woodworker, photographer, and sculptor from the D.C. area Cristian Wicha has been designing furniture for production for the past 25 years.
