Art Faculty and Staff

  • School of Art, CVPA

    Jesse Cowan
  • Shanshan Cui

    Associate Professor, School of Art, CVPA

    Shanshan Cui is a designer, painter, front end web developer, and educator. She has more than two decades of design practice in both print and electronic media. She worked as senior designer and/or art director in several companies...
  • Steven Cushner

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Steven Cushner received his BFA degree in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design and his MFA in Painting from the University of Maryland. He has taught at the Corcoran College of Art and Design, the American University, Vermont College, and George Mason University...
  • janet e dandridge

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    janet e. dandridge is an Interdisciplinary Artivist who encourages awareness and discourse around, as well as solutions to, ideologies that perpetuate injustice. janet intersplices theatrical performance, photography, empirical data, identity politics and whimsy into a keen reflection on social constructs and governing policies.
  • Brian Davis

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Brian Davis lives and works in Northern Virginia. Born in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, Mr. Davis was raised in Guam and South Carolina. He teaches New Media and Sculpture at The George Washington University and George Mason University.
  • Rachel Debuque

    Associate Professor, Director of Studio Foundations, Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Art, CVPA

    Rachel Debuque is an artist and designer who focuses on sculpture, installation, and performance work. She has an extensive national exhibition record including shows at The Cue Foundation (New York, NY), Institute of Contemporary Art (Baltimore, MD), and Vox Populi (Philadelphia, PA).
  • Mary del Popolo

    Assistant Professor, School of Art, CVPA

    Mary Del Popolo’s specializations include drawing, painting and mixed media, with expertise in color pedagogy. Prior to her position in the School of Art, Del Popolo was a faculty member at the Corcoran College of Art and Design and Howard University’s Fine Arts department...
  • Vasia Deliyianni

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Vasia Deliyianni is an educator, curator, and practicing artist based in Washington, D.C., and working internationally. She is presently teaching at George Mason University (GMU) and The University of District of Columbia (UDC).
  • Kathleen Durkin

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Kathleen Patricia Durkin is a multidisciplinary artist, born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. She uses printmaking, video, and installation art to ask: What don’t we talk about when we talk about “Land?” 
  • Victoria Ellison

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

      Victoria Ellison (Tori Ellison) is a mixed-media artist who creates prints, paintings, sculpture, and installation art. A MacDowell Colony, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Blue Mountain, Women’s Studio Workshop, Jentel and Brushcreek Foundation fellow...