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Taryn Ely’s teaching and research focus on experimental cinema, popular film, and spectatorship as reflections of experiences and debates in social and political history, specifically the inequalities surrounding disability, gender, colonialism, and class. She is currently expanding her doctoral...

Andrew Kaufman received his Master of Fine Arts degree in 2002 from the University of South Florida in a studio art program that emphasized concept. Kaufman considers himself a convergent artist, letting idea dictate medium, which has led to a multiplicity of mediums that include video, sound...

Matthew Kluber teaches print media, digital media, drawing and hybrid media. Kluber holds a master of fine arts degree from the University of Iowa and a bachelor of fine arts degree from the Rhode Island School of Design. He has taught at the University of Iowa and at Iowa State University and was...

Nicky Tavares is a multimedia arti st whos e work sheds light on systemic inequalities through personal storytelling. Her work has evolved through an array of media – photography, film, video, animation, sculpture, VR 360, as well as across film genres and presentation formats such as documentary...

Johanna Winters is an interdisciplinary artist whose creative practice spans sculpture, puppetry, moving image, and performance to confront gendered expressions of pleasure and disappointment. She is a 2025 MacDowell Fellow and has been awarded residencies at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts...

Merle Zirkle taught at ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ College for thirty two years, retiring from teaching in the spring of 2000 after having been a full professor of art since 1989. During her tenure she taught ceramics, design, jewelry and sculpture. Prior to 1986 she shared a teaching appointment with her husband...