Visual Arts Graduate Programs

Contributing Faculty

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  Stella Ebner

  Associate Professor of Printmaking

  • BFA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
  • MFA, Rhode Island School of Design

  stella.ebner@purchase.edu
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  Elizabeth Flood

  Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing

  • BA, University of Virginia
  • MFA, Boston University 

  elizabeth.flood@purchase.edu
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  Kate Gilmore

  Professor of Sculpture

  • BA, Bates College
  • MFA, School of Visual Arts

  katherine.gilmore@purchase.edu
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  Cassandra Hooper

  Director of the School of Art + Design

  Professor of Printmaking

  • BFA, California State University, Long Beach
  • MFA, Purchase College, SUNY

  • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

  cassandra.hooper@purchase.edu
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  Sharon Horvath

  Professor of Painting and Drawing

  • BFA, Cooper Union
  • MFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University

  sharon.horvath@purchase.edu
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  Julian Kreimer

  Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing

  • BA, Princeton University
  • MA, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
  • MFA, Rhode Island School of Design

  julian.kreimer@purchase.edu
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  Cynthia Lin

  Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing

  • BA, University of California, Berkeley
  • MA, MFA, University of Iowa, Iowa City

  cynthia.lin@purchase.edu
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  Joshua Lutz

  (on leave: Spring 2025)

  Associate Professor of Photography

  • BFA, Bard College
  • MFA, Bard College/International Center for Photography

  joshua.lutz@purchase.edu
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  Rachel Owens

  Associate Professor of Sculpture

  • BA, University of Kansas, Lawrence
  • MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

  m-rachel.owens@purchase.edu
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  Janine Polak

  Associate Professor of Art+Design

  • BA, University of Virginia
  • MFA, Yale University

  janine.polak@purchase.edu
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  Rob Swainston

  Associate Professor of Printmaking

  • BA, Hampshire College
  • MFA, Columbia University

  robert.swainston@purchase.edu