Full Time Faculty

Bob Thall, chair
MFA, University of Illinois at Chicago. Widely exhibited photographer of the Chicago landscape. Books include ‘The Perfect City’ (1994) and ‘The New American Village’ (1999). Recipient of Guggenheim Fellowship (1998).

Dawoud Bey
MFA, Yale University. more

Paul D'Amato
MFA, Yale University. more
www.PaulDamato.com

Elizabeth Ernst
M.S., Illinois Institute of Technology, Institute of Design. Internationally exhibited and collected artist. Has completed numerous public and private commissions. Recipient of NEA and other fellowships and awards.
http://www.EdelmanGallery.com/Ernst.htm

Greg Foster-Rice
PhD, Northwestern University. Art historian specializing in the history of photography. Recipient of numerous grants, including Henry Luce/ACLS Fellowship. Has published, curated and lectured widely on photography and visual culture.

William Frederking
M.F.A., University of Illinois at Chicago. Professional photographer with emphasis on the photography of dance. Recipient of the Ruth Page Award, Illinois Arts Council Fellowship, and numerous grants. Work included in the Chicago Dance Archive at the Museum of Contemporary Photography.
www.WilliamFrederking.com

Barbara Kasten
M.F.A., California College of Arts and Crafts. Internationally recognized artist. Recipient of Guggenheim, Fulbright-Hays, NEA Fellowships, Polaroid Artist Program, Apple Photo Grant. Residencies in France, Japan, Spain, Turkey, United States and USIA project in the Baltics. Award winning filmmaker.

Peter LeGrand
MA, Governors State University. more

Judy Natal
MFA, Rochester Institute of Technology. Internationally exhibited and collected artist. Lectures internationally. Numerous grants and fellowships including Fulbright Travel, New York Foundation for the Arts - Photography, Illinois Arts Council and residency at Joshua Tree National Park in California.
www.JudyNatal.com

Thomas Shirley
MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Commercial photographer with emphasis in digital imagery and digital technologies. Exhibited and collected.
work.colum.edu/~tshirley

Peter Thompson
MA, University of California at Irvine. more
www.ChicagoMediaWorks.com/

Full Time Faculty 2006-2007

Artist In Residence