Associate Professor, School of Art, CVPA
Dr. Thomas Stanley is an artist, author, and activist deeply committed to audio culture in the service of personal growth and social change. As performer and curator, Bushmeat Sound has been an integral part of a visionary music scene straddling the Baltimore-Washington corridor.
Full Professor, and Director of Graphic Design Program, School of Art, CVPA
School of Art Director of Graphic Design Don Starr earned his Master of Fine Arts in Integrated Design from the University of Baltimore and a Bachelor of Science in Advertising Design from the University of Maryland, College Park.
Associate Professor of Directing and Capstone, Film and Video Studies, CVPA
Benjamin Steger has been making films and videos since the 1990’s. He has considerable experience as a director, producer, documentary cinematographer, editor, and sound recordist for documentary, fiction and institutional films.
Assistant Professor, Computer Game Design, CVPA
Matt Strangio is an assistant professor teaching game design courses in animation, modeling, rigging and real-time game/interactive development. Read more...
Assistant Professor, School of Art, CVPA
Heather Streckfus Green’s poetry collection No Other Rome (2021) was published in the Akron Poetry Series. Her poems have appeared in Bennington Review, Denver Quarterly, Everyday Genius, the New Yorker, and elsewhere. She’s the author of the chapbooks No Omen and The Match Array.
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.Venue Technical Director, Arts Support Umbrella, CVPA
Tom Terlecki works as a Venue Technical Director at the College of Visual and Performing Arts
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, JAZZ BASS, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA
Jazz bassist Ben Thomas hails from Connecticut and currently resides in Washington D.C. He has performed with Melissa Aldana, Ted Nash, Sean Jones, Bob Brookmeyer, Tony Malaby, Till Brönner, Ari Honeig, The New York Ballet, and Ryan Truesdell in notable venues including The Kennedy Center, The White House, The Midwest Clinic, The Jazz Education Network, Umbria Jazz Festival, Smalls, and Birdland.
