Studio Arts

Anthony Apesos is a painter who studied at Vassar College (BA), Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Certificate) and the Milton Avery Graduate School of Fine Arts at Bard College (MFA). He was a critic for the New Art Examiner. Apesos was Chair of the Fine Arts department and was the founding Director of the MFA in Visual Arts program here at the College of Art and Design. He is currently a Professor in the Fine Arts department. 

Vivian is a faculty member in the College of Art and Design. Before joining Lesley, Vivian was a mentor in a photography apprenticeship program for high school students at the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, and was an artist in residence in Pittsburgh public high schools. She then became an artist teacher at the Children's Studio Public Charter School for the Arts and Architecture in Washington DC. 

As an artist and educator, Vivian engages the arts as a process of investigation both in and out of the classroom. Her photographic work examines a number of issues ranging from history, migration and cultural assimilation to the passing of time. She is American, born in Mexico of Cuban parents and lived in Guatemala and Colombia before moving to the U.S. This complicated trajectory informs all of her work. Read about her family's history.

Vivian is the 2017 recipient of the Massachusetts Art Education Association's Massachusetts Higher Education Art Educator of the Year award.

Watch a video of Vivian's work.

Education

BA, University of South Florida
MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
EdM, Harvard University

Cherry received his BFA from Northern Arizona University where he began painting as a figural artist exploring domestic narratives. After receiving his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he attended with the Presidential Fellowship, he set up his studio practice and began to exhibit around Chicago and the Midwest in galleries such as Lyons-Wier, Gescheidle, and fifty-50.

He has taught and guest lectured at: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Ox-Bow, the University of Chicago, the Evanston Art Center, and Pennsylvania College of Art and Design. His solo exhibition at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design debuted his titan-sized nude portraits entitled someBODIES. He has served as Dean of English, Fine Arts, and Humanities at South Suburban College; and Academic Dean at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design. He is currently Associate Professor and Chair of the Fine Arts and Foundation departments here at the College of Art and Design. His work has been featured in several volumes of New American Paintings and in multiple issues of Poets and Artists.

Michael David is a Professor of Fine Arts focusing on painting and printmaking. He holds an MFA in Painting from Boston University (1980), a BA in Fine Arts from Brandeis University (1977), and is a graduate of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (1981). He has held over thirty solo exhibitions around Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.

Andrew Fish is a Boston-based painter who studied at School of Visual Arts in NYC and has attended several artist residencies. He exhibits internationally and is the recipient of a 2020 Painting award from Mass Cultural Council, a Somerville Arts Council grant, a NY Studio School Award, a Contemporary Arts Center-Woodside Award, and the Curators Choice Award from the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition. Recent exhibitions include the Painting Center, NYC, Lamont Gallery at Phillips Exeter, and Concord Center for Visual Arts. Solo shows include Childs Gallery, Boston, Framingham State University, and 621 Gallery in Tallahassee, Fla. Fish currently teaches at Massachusetts College of Art and Design and Lesley Art +Design.

Santiago Hernandez teaches Advanced Projects in Painting, Abstract Painting, Collage, Mixed Media Assemblage, Abstract Drawing, and Interdisciplinary Studio courses here at the College of Art and Design. In addition to his teaching and professional work as a painter, Santiago is a professional musician. He plays jazz drums and Afro-Cuban percussion. He performs regularly in the Boston area with various ensembles and his own jazz trio.

Michelle Lougee is a fiber artist, sculptor, and ceramist. Her work addresses the impact of our consumerist society on nature. She is a member of the Boston Sculptors Gallery, and her artwork has been shown in many New England museum exhibits including Chesterwood, Worcester Art Museum, the Danforth Museum, and Bristol Art Museum. She teaches sculpture, ceramics, pottery, and drawing to adults and children at various local museums. She holds an MFA and a BFA from Boston University and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Michelle is also a freelance illustrator whose credits include business and financial publications such as Software, Strategy and Business, and Bloomberg Wealth Manager.

Joan Ryan is a painting and drawing Professor here at the College of Art and Design. She has recently taught Drawing Fundamentals, Conceptual Drawing, and Drawing Intensive. She holds an MFA in Painting from Boston University (1984) and a BFA in Painting and Art Education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1977).

Joan is a Boston based artist whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. She has received grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, The Puffin Foundation, and George Sugarman Foundation. Some of the residencies attended include Mass MOCA Residency, North Adams, MA; DADA POST, Berlin, Germany; Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM.

As a working ceramic artist, Schön exposes students to the wide-ranging professional practice of contemporary ceramics and sculpture. She challenges students to draw on a rich variety of historic multi-cultural ceramic traditions. Her technical demonstrations emphasize the expressive potential of both wheel-throwing and hand-building methods. Schön encourages creative exploration in her courses by asking students to reach beyond their first ideas, making iterative evolutions of form, and discovering diverse possibilities for material interpretation and manipulation. Students use the concrete evidence of their work to reflect on their artistic process, generate new ideas, and develop future work with clearer intention.

Sarah Slavick is a member of the Fine Arts faculty here at the College of Art and Design. Her focus has been drawing, painting, and professional development. She holds an MFA in Painting from Pratt Institute and a BA in Studio Art from Wesleyan University.