Assistant Professor, School of Art, CVPA
Dr. Miriam Ahmed is an Assistant Professor of graphic design at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. She delivered the Beatrice Warde Memorial Lecture for the St Bride Foundation in 2020, presented at ATypI 2020 and TypeCon 2019, and was an AIGA DC SHINE 2019-20 mentor.
Professor, EcoScience and Policy, School of Art Affiliate Faculty, CVPA
Research Interests: Long-term study of functional development and design elements for creating mitigation wetlands, which includes biogeochemistry, ecological modeling, constructed wetlands, urban green infrastructure, soil carbon and nitrogen, denitrification and water quality, plant, and microbial communities, and system ecology
Sculpture and Foundations Supervisor and Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA
Ben curates and builds ongoing community-sourced public art projects that combine skateboarding, education, construction, music, media, and visual art as a socially engaged platform.Photo Lab Tech, Adjunct Faculty, Photography, School of Art, CVPA
Jorge Bañales is the Photo Lab Tech at George Mason University's School of Art, within the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
Associate Professor, Art Education and Program Director, MAT II, School of Art, CVPA
Dr. Barney became a licensed K-12 art teacher after earning his BFA in Printmaking & Drawing, as well as obtaining his credentials in Art and Spanish Teaching. His undergraduate degrees and MA degree (in Art Education) were issued by BYU in Utah, where he served as President of the Utah Art Education Association.
Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA
Brian Barr is an artist and independent curator from Detroit, MI, currently based in Richmond, VA. His work explores the space between function, meaning and aesthetics.
Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA
Bekí Basch is an interdisciplinary artist who creates objects and experiential installations in the context of field research and ruminations on psychospirituality. Using a vocabulary associated with simulated environments and curated experiences (museums, aquariums, ice rinks, dioramas, artifacts), she draws together personally resonant and ostensibly disparate elements to express a new narrative of interconnectivity and possibility.
Assistant Professor, School of Art, CVPA
Stephanie Benassi is a conceptual artist working primarily with photography. She uses photographic images and processes to conceptually engage the contradictions, limitations, and material conditions inherent to the photographic medium.
Adjunct Professor, School of Art, CVPA
Eamonn is a multidisciplinary award-winning designer with a professional concentration on user experience and interface visual design. Eamonn has worked throughout his career in a variety of roles as a designer, art director, and creative director for national and international brands including the U.S. Army, Gannett, USA Today, The Detroit Free Press, WUSA9, PayPal, and Capital One.
Assistant Professor, School of Art, CVPA
My experience in the field of design has provided me with a broad view to prepare students for the future of emerging trends in Art and Design’s contemporary practice.