Upcoming Events
Mon April 29 4:30-6:00pm, Boyden Gallery
Opening Reception for SMP in Studio Art Exhibition 2
Tues April 30 10:00-12:00pm and 2:00- 4:30pm, Boyden Gallery
SMP Presentations in Art History and SMP Studio Art Exhibition 2
Tues April 30 7:30-8:00pm, Baltimore Hall
Introduction to InDesign Workshop with Art and Art History Studio Assistant Tara Hutton
Thurs May 2 12:00-1:00pm, Baltimore Hall
Introduction to InDesign Workshop with Art and Art History Studio Assistant Tara Hutton
Contact Us
Carrie Patterson, Chair
Associate Professor of Art
Phone: 240-895-4252
Email: ccpatterson@smcm.edu
Office Staff: 240-895-4225
Alumni Where are they now?
Matthew Fishel (studio art, 2001) completed an MFA at Maryland Institute College of Art in 2010. Originally interested in painting, Matthew has expanded his practice to include animation, video, installation, and digital imaging. He is a frequent contributor to RedStarKGB, an ongoing collaboration of filmmakers in Baltimore. His own film, "A Short Film Regarding Possibilities", was selected by the Maryland Film Festival in 2006. See his work at http://www.matthewfishel.com
Sue Johnson
Professor of Art
Departments: Art
Office: Montgomery Hall 140
Email: srjohnson@smcm.edu
Phone: 240-895-4250
Education:
Courses Taught:
- ART 105: Introduction to Visual Thinking
- ART 204: Introduction to Drawing
- Art 206: Introduction to Painting
- ART 304: Advanced Drawing
- ART 306: Advanced Painting
- ART 333: Advanced Drawing and Printmaking
- ART 347: Book Arts
- ART 390: The Artist Naturalist
- ART 493/494: St Mary's Project in Studio Art
- ARTH 440: Painting and Photography
Bio
Sue
Johnson is a Professor of Art and has been teaching at St. Mary's College since
1993. She teaches courses in painting, drawing, printmaking, book arts, and
scientific illustration. Professor Johnson received a B.F.A. in Studio Arts from
Syracuse University and an M.F.A. in Painting from Columbia University. She
studied art in London and Florence with Syracuse University. Before coming to
St. Mary's, she was the workshop coordinator for Triangle Artists' Workshop,
and taught at the Herron School of Art I.U.P.U.I, and the Parsons School of
Design. Her on-going mixed media project, The Alternate Encyclopedia has been
shown extensively since 1995 at museums, universities, galleries and
alternative spaces. Her work is in the permanent collections of the US Embassy
in Sarajevo, Yale University Libraries, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Libraries, Bristol-Myers/Squibb, The Prudential Life Insurance Company, Tweed
Museum of Art, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Maier Museum
of Art among others. Reviews
of her work have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Art
Papers, The New Art Examiner. Professor Johnson has received several national
grants and awards, including an NEA Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation grant in
painting, Pollock-Krasner Foundation fellowship, New Jersey State Council on
the Arts Fellowship, and four Individual Artist Fellowships from the Maryland
State Arts Council. While at St. Mary’s College Johnson has served at the
Steven Muller Distinguished Professor of the Arts, 2003-07, and was awarded the
Norton Dodge Award for Creative and Scholarly Achievement, 2006.
Exhibition & Fellowship Information
Johnson served as the Visiting Scholar in Residence at the Centre for
Medieval & Renaissance Studies, Oxford, England from 2010-11. The
Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University is organizing a large-scale
museum show of her work in 2013, and Johnson is currently working on an artist
project with the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford. Recent
one-person exhibitions at the Rosenbach Museum and Library, 2009; University of
Richmond Museums, 2008; Schroeder-Romero/Winkleman Project Space, 2008;
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 2007; Swarthmore College, 2007; The John Michael
Kohler Art Center, 2006; Carleton College, 2005; and the Tweed Museum of Art,
2004. Recent group exhibitions include shows at Reyes + Davis, 2010; Civilian
Art Projects, 2009; Maier Museum of Art, 2009; Katzen Art Center at American
University, 2009; Kunst und Gewerbeverein Gallery, Regensberg, Germany, 2008;
Lewis & Clark College, Lehman College, 2008; and 1708 Gallery, 2008. Awarded
resident library research fellowships by the American Philosophical Society,
2004; and the American Antiquarian Society, 2000. Awarded
residency fellowships to the Kohler Arts/Industry program, 2007; Jentel
Foundation, 2006; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 1990, 1995, 2003, 2005
and 2009; Art Omi International Artist Colony, 2001; Ragdale Foundation, 1999;
the MacDowell Colony, 1989, 1991, and 1999; Vermont Studio Center; Artist-in-residence
at the Oberfalzer Kunstlerhaus in Schwandorf, Germany, 1999; and
Artist-in-Residence at the Salzburg Kunstlerhaus, Salzburg, Austria, 2006. Grants, Awards and Honors: More information about her creative work can be found at: www.suejohnson1.com
