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Art & Design

Anstadt, Thomas

Faculty
Art and Design

Office: CA 163B
Phone: 218.477.4629
Email: thomas.anstadt@mnstate.edu
Web Site: www.mnstate.edu/art/meetthefaculty/tom_anstadt.aspx
Thomas Anstadt began his teaching career at MSU Moorhead as an adjunct Instructor of Graphic Design in August of 2003. Tom is a full-time Instructor of Graphic Design for the Art and Design Department and is pursuing his Masters of Fine Arts from the University of North Dakota. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with an emphasis in Graphic Design from MSU Moorhead in 1995. Tom also founded Anstadt Creative, a graphic design firm in Fargo, in 1998. He specializes in designing brand identity based on collaborative, creative and effective design processes that not only differentiate, but also guarantee a unified vision amongst stakeholders. He has earned many awards including more than 25 ADDY® Awards from the Advertising Federation of Fargo-Moorhead.

Arnar, Anna

Faculty
Art and Design

Office: CA 201E
Phone: 218.477.4631
Email: arnar@mnstate.edu
Web Site: web.mnstate.edu/arnar
Anna Sigrídur Arnar is a Professor of Art History and a Women’s Studies Affiliated Faculty at MSUM. She teaches upper level courses in 19th- and 20th-Century Art, Women and Art, Contemporary Art, Design, and Theory (a senior capstone seminar), as well as a special topics course on the History, Aesthetics, and Criticism of the Book. She received her PhD in Art History from the University of Chicago in 2000. Currently, she is preparing a book manuscript entitled "The Book as Instrument. Stéphane Mallarmé, The Artist’s Book, and Avant-Garde Print Culture in Nineteenth-Century France". She has also worked on a contemporary performance group called the "Icelandic Love Corporation".

Bachmeier, Bradley

Faculty
Art and Design

Office: KH 226
Phone: 218.477.5989
Email: bachmebr@mnstate.edu
Web Site: www.mnstate.edu/art/meetthefaculty/brad_bachmeier.aspx
Brad Bachmeier graduated with a B.S. degree in 1993 in art education with concentrations in painting and ceramics. He finished his M.F.A. in ceramics in 2008 at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. Brad has taught art for fifteen years at all levels in K-12 public education in both North Dakota and Minnesota. His work is collected nationally and has been featured on HGTV’s “That’s Clever” TV program as well as being awarded the 2007 national NICHE award in wheel-thrown ceramics and the 2008 third place award in ceramics in the international “ARTBUZZ” competition & book publication. Brad exhibits work regularly in regional venues often in conjunction with ceramic forming and firing or business and marketing workshops at post-secondary institutions. Brad shows annually at the Rourke gallery and museum as well as nationally in top juried art fairs. Brad and his wife Susan have four children, Mackenna, Addison, Clay and Kyler.

Bahlmann, Rebecca

State University Faculty
Art and Design

Office: CA 161
Phone: 218.477.2151
Email: rebecca.bahlmann@mnstate.edu
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Brown, Kenneth

College Lab Services Specialist
Art and Design

Office: CA 175A
Phone: 218.477.2153
Email: brownk@mnstate.edu
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Ken graduated from MSUM with an Industrial Technology Degree. He supervises the wood and metal shops and demonstrates proper usage of power and hand tools. He assists the students in making frames, building sculptures, welding, and just about anything else they need for their Art & Design classes. Ken has been the College Lab Services Specialist since 1978. Ken's hobbies include woodworking, photography, and traveling.

Cantieri, Loretta

Adjunct Faculty
Art and Design

Office: CA 27
Phone: 218.477.5963
Email: cantieri@mnstate.edu
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Clark, Donald

Faculty
Art and Design

Office: KH 311
Phone: 218.477.4628
Email: clarkdo@mnstate.edu
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Duda, Meghan

Adjunct Faculty
Art and Design

Office: CA 116D
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Email: meghan.duda@mnstate.edu
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Guan, Zhimin

Faculty
Art and Design

Office: CA 202
Phone: 218.477.4633
Email: guanzh@mnstate.edu
Web Site: www.mnstate.edu/art/meetthefaculty/zhimin_guan.aspx
Born in Anhui,China, Zhimin Guan received a BFA in China in 1984. From 1985 to 1994 he taught painting and drawing at Dalian Institute of Industrial Design in Dalian, China. Zhimin earned an MFA from Fort Hays State University in Kansas(1998). Since 1998, he has taught painting For the last 15 years, Zhimin devoted himself to creating art and teaching. Professor Guan's paintings have earned regional and national acclaim. Guan has exhibited his art extensively throughout the United States and China in museums and galleries. Zhimin Guan's work has appeared in more than 90 select group exhibitions and received 20 art awards throughout the US and abroad.

Holland, Shirlee

Office & Admin Specialist Senior
Art and Design

Office: CA 161
Phone: 218.477.2317
Email: shirlee.holland@mnstate.edu
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Shirlee has worked in the Department of Art & Design since 2005, and has been employed at MSUM since 1985.

Iverson-Hannaher, Loral

Faculty
Art and Design

Office: CA 116D
Phone: 218.477.2094
Email: iversonl@mnstate.edu
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Olson, Trygve

Adjunct Faculty
Art and Design

Office: KH 227
Phone: 218.477.2698
Email: olsontr@mnstate.edu
Web Site: www.mnstate.edu/art/meetthefaculty/trygve_olson.aspx
Trygve Olson graduated with his BA in studio art from St. Cloud State University, in 1974. Since 1984 he has been providing The Forum newspaper with illustrations and editorial cartoons. In 1999, 2001 and 2005 his editorial cartoons received first-place in the Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. His work has been reproduced in research papers of the North Dakota State University, University of Minnesota and Cornell University (Ithaca, NY). His editorial cartoons are in the collections of the Oklahoma Memorial Museum (Oklahoma City), the Forbes corporate headquarters (NYC) and President’s Office of North Dakota State University (Fargo). He exhibits his art on a regular basis at the Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead and Fergus Falls (MN) Community College. Since 1998 he has been an adjunct faculty member at Minnesota State University Moorhead.

Oltvedt, Carl

Faculty
Art and Design

Office: CA 161A
Phone: 218.477.4632
Email: oltvedt@mnstate.edu
Web Site: www.mnstate.edu/art/meetthefaculty/carl_oltvedt.aspx
Carl Oltvedt began teaching at MSU Moorhead in August of 1983; prior to that he taught at Alma College in Alma, MI for three years. He is currently a full-time Professor in the Department of Art & Design. He has worked as a guest artist in regional schools, and abroad at the Glasgow School of Art and Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Scotland. He exhibits his work regularly at Groveland Gallery in Minneapolis, the Rourke Art Museum in Moorhead, and other regional venues. Oltvedt's paintings and drawings are included in the permanent collections of the Honolulu Academy of Art, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Minnesota State Historical Society, the North Dakota Museum of Art, the Plains Art Museum, the Rourke Art Museum, as well as numerous private and corporate collections. He received a Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Fellowship in 1991 and a Lake Region Arts Council/McKnight Fellowship in 2002.

Park, Jim

Faculty
Art and Design

Office: KH 224
Phone: 218.477.4638
Email: parkji@mnstate.edu
Web Site: www.mnstate.edu/art/meetthefaculty/jim_park.aspx
Professor Park joined the Art & Design faculty in 2000. He teaches Basic Drawing, Foundation Design I & II, and also offers specialized workshops during the summer, teaching oil pastel and soft pastel painting techniques. Professor Park earned his BFA from Brigham Young University, Provo UT with an emphasis in Interior Design. He worked for several years as an Interior Designer and Architectural Illustrator in Utah and Minnesota before furthering his education by earning a MFA degree with an emphasis in drawing and printmaking from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL. Professor Park has also illustrated four Interior Design textbooks.

Schliesman, Naomi

Adjunct Faculty
Art and Design

Office: CA
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Email: naomi.schliesman@mnstate.edu
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Sheets, Allen

Faculty
Art and Design

Office: CA 201F
Phone: 218.477.2369
Email: sheets@mnstate.edu
Web Site: www.mnstate.edu/art/meetthefaculty/allen_sheets.aspx
Professor Allen Sheets started teaching at MSUM in 1987 after spending the previous ten years as a freelance graphic designer on the west coast in Portland and Seattle. Professor Sheets' educational background includes studies in Italy, Holland, a BA from Montana State University, and an MFA from CalArts.

Short, Sherry

Faculty
Art and Design

Office: KH 228
Phone: 218.477.2310
Email: shortsh@mnstate.edu
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Shynkaruk, Wil

Faculty
Art and Design

Office: CA 161C
Phone: 218.477.4636
Email: wil@mnstate.edu
Web Site: www.mnstate.edu/art/meetthefaculty/wil_shynkaruk.aspx
Professor Wil Shynkaruk began his artistic journey in his native country of Canada, where he was born and raised. After coming to the United States to pursue graduate degrees at the University of Iowa, he remained in the USA, where he has made his home for the past 20 years. Professor Shynkaruk has shown his work across the USA and internationally in over 80 professional exhibitions. He continues to actively explore the importance of the concept of beauty and the value of handwork to society and the human psyche. He has taught at MSUM since 1998 as a Professor of Ceramics and is currently serving as Department Chair.

Silvers, Holly

State University Faculty
Art and Design

Office: CA 161
Phone: 218.477.2151
Email: holly.silvers@mnstate.edu
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Sinner, Kelli

Faculty
Art and Design

Office: CA 275
Phone: 218.477.2512
Email: sinnerke@mnstate.edu
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Stamper, Michael

Adjunct Faculty
Art and Design

Office: CA 161
Phone: 218.477.2151
Email: michael.stamper@mnstate.edu
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Stark, Andrew

Faculty
Art and Design

Office: CA 22
Phone: 218.477.2284
Email: andrew.stark@mnstate.edu
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Volk, John

Faculty
Art and Design

Office: CA 201D
Phone: 218.477.2588
Email: volkjohn@mnstate.edu
Web Site: www.mnstate.edu/art/meetthefaculty/john_volk.aspx
Professor John Volk was born in Minneapolis, MN in 1961 and came to art by chance and later in life. While studying physics in college, he took an art course that changed his perspective and life forever. Committing himself to an art career and studying accordingly – attaining an undergraduate degree in printmaking from MSU Moorhead, and a graduate degree in painting from the New York Academy of Art. After working as an artist in New York City for ten years, he has recently returned to Fargo, ND and is working as well as teaching drawing, design and printmaking at Minnesota State University Moorhead.

Walla, Chris

Faculty
Art and Design

Office: CA 174B
Phone: 218.477.4625
Email: wallach@mnstate.edu
Web Site: www.mnstate.edu/art/meetthefaculty/chris_walla.aspx
Chris Walla received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with an emphasis in sculpture from Western Washington University in 1997. In 2003 Chris graduated from the University of Wisconsin Madison with his Masters of Fine Arts Degree with an emphasis in sculpture. Currently he lives in Moorhead, Minnesota and teaches all levels of sculpture in the Department of Art and Design at Minnesota State University Moorhead.