Thorpe earned an M.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design (1996) and a B.A. in art from St. Mary’s College of Maryland (1994).  Her paintings grow from an interest in landscape, abstraction and imaginary views of nature.  She likes to paint in places where colors, shapes and lines coalesce to form images of nature.  Her Find out more »

Charles Burmeister’s short films have appeared at the Austin Film Festival, Dallas Video Festival, San Antonio Film Festival and the VIDEOEX Experimental Film Festival in Zurich, Switzerland.  His first feature-length film, a documentary film called “The Kind of Sixth Street,” premiered at the Independent Film Festival of Boston, 2003 where it won the Special Jury Award Find out more »

Marlys West, a native of Louisiana, has two degrees in English–a BA from St. Mary’s College in Maryland and an MA from the University of Virginia.  She has also received an MFA in poetry writing from the University of Texas’s Michener Center for Writers, where she received graduate and postgraduate fellowships.  She received a Hodder Find out more »

Gower currently resides in Richmond, Virginia where she is an Professor in the Painting and Printmaking Department at Virginia Commonwealth University.  She holds a B.F.A. from Syracuse University, a M.F.A. from University of Minnesota-Duluth, and a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Since 1974, Reni Gower has exhibited her artwork extensively throughout the country; including Find out more »

Byrnes received a Bachelor of Music from The Boston Conservatory in 1995 and a Masters degree in 1999 from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. He is currently pursuing his Doctorate at Indiana University where he has served as associate instructor of composition. Byrnes’ compositions have been performed in the United States, Europe Find out more »

Rausch received her M.F.A. from the State University of New York, New Paltz (2003), and a B.A. in art from St. Mary’s College of Maryland (1996). She has taught foundation courses at SUNY New Paltz.  She has served as an intern at Pyramid Atlantic, and received several graduate fellowships and the Outstanding Graduate Award.   Her Find out more »

Rizzo is the first SMCM alumni resident (’02) of the Artist House program, and is completing her graduate work at the University of California at Santa Cruz in the Science Communication Department with a focus is in scientific illustration. A native of Maryland, Rizzo has long been interested in the intersections of art and science.  Find out more »