Art Department

Anna M. Asebedo Chair, Art Department A.A., American River Community College B.A., University of California, Davis M.F.A., University of Colorado, Boulder

Professor Asebedo has been teaching full-time at CCSF since 1999.

Teaching Printmaking and Basic Drawing courses provide her an avenue to share with students not only related techniques and processes, but also the fulfilling challenge of developing ideas and communicating them to others. She created and maintains the Art Department website, a printmaking website and a course-based website. She is also on the Art Department Advisory Committee.

Professor Asebedo's life's activities include exploring the region with her family, making works on paper, climbing, and contributing to progressive community efforts.

Barbara C. Bernard Art Department

Prof. Bernard has been teaching at CCSF since 1991

Claire Brees Art Department

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Tron J Bykle Art Department B.F.A., M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute

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Janet Louise Carpenter Art Department

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Maria Cheremeteff Art Department B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., San Francisco State University; Ph.D., University of Oregon, Eugene

Ms. Cheremeteff has been teaching full-time at CCSF since 1989 and part-time since 1979.

Her instructional philosophy and goals are to inform students of the creative impulse which gave character to societies and cultures throughout the world and time and to develop in students critical thinking skills for a greater understanding of the world that we all are a part of.

Ms. Cheremeteff has been involved in the following CCSF activities: Chair of College Curriculum Committee, 1995-2001; Advisory Committee, Art Department; Pioneered collaborative venture with the Fine Arts Museums in San Francisco; Recipient of National Association of College Broadcasters Television Programming Award, 1994 for writing and developing a Lesson on "Byzantine Art" for Art 116 Telecourse: Art of the Western World; Committee Member, Standard Four: Educational Programs, CCSF; Institutional Self Study for Reaffirmation and Accreditation; Guest lecturer at the Legion of Honor Fine Arts Museum.

She is a member of the College Art Association, Association of Russian American Scholars in the USA, and the Fine Arts Museum Society.

Ms. Cheremeteff has authored the following publications: (i)"Course Manual for Art 102 Western Art History", developed in 1995 and revised in 2001 as part of a Sabbatical Project. It summarizes in outline form all the material students will be evaluated on during the course of the semester; (ii) "Course Manual for Art 101 Western Art History", reformatted and revised in 1998 for currency in the field and relevance to the City College Student. It summarizes in outline form all the material students will be evaluated on during the course of the semester; (iii) "Readings in Art History: From Paleolithic to Baroque", Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1998. Revised in 2001; (iv) "Perspective in Roman Painting", Readings in Art History: Paleolithic to Baroque, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1998; (v) "Transformation of the Sanctuary Barrier and the Role of Theophanes the Greek", The Millennium, ed. Albert Leong. New York: Vladimir Seminary Press, 1990; and (vi) "The Uncreated Light: Hesychasm, Theophanes the Greek and the lconostasis" Transactions of the Assoc. of Russian American Scholars of USA, Vol. XXI, New York, 1988.

Kathleen Cinnater Art Department

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Ilana J. Crispi Art Department

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Thomas L Decker Art Department

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Nancy Elliott Art Department B.A., University of California at Berkeley M.A. with Highest Distinction, University of Georgia

Professor Elliott has been teaching at CCSF since 2001.

Professor Elliott's philosophy - "Art's job is to give us objects that argue forcefully that there is a difference between feeling alive and feeling dead." Curtis White, The Middle Mind

She recently concluded a two-year visiting artist stint at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. She has also taught at various Bay Area institutions including UC Berkeley-Extension, Mission College, Los Medaños College, and Hartnell College. Professor Elliott was an Artist-in-Residence at San Francisco County Correctional Facilities and taught art fundamentals to seniors residing at Alameda Hospital. Currently, she teaches at San Francisco City College and coordinates its gallery. She has extensive experience in non-profit programming, gallery management, and art administration. Most recently, she was the Exhibitions Director at Richmond Art Center and responsible for curating over twenty exhibitions per year. She has exhibited nationally and abroad—Spain, Italy, California, Illinois, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Alabama, Alaska, Maryland, New York, Colorado, Ohio, Missouri, New Jersey, etc. Honors include C-00 Film Grants, Individual Artist Project Grants (City of Oakland), Alameda County Purchase Awards, Studies Abroad Fellowship, and residencies at The White Colony in Costa Rica, Can Serrat in Spain, Ragdale (Chicago), Hambidge Center (Atlanta), Osage Arts Community (Missouri) and De Young Museum (San Francisco).

Recently, she completed a public arts project sponsored by the Market Street Art in Transit Program Kiosk Poster Series administered by the San Francisco Arts Commission. And last Spring, she gave away over 1000 hand-made butterflies to visitors of recreation centers located in Fruitvale. The project, entitled Pura Vida, was funded by the City of Oakland. The City also supported Squawk!: Art Inspired by Oakland Renegade Poets, mixed media paintings exhibited at several Oakland Public Libraries. The City of Emeryville selected her to participate in its Art Along the Avenue program. Her site-specific installation was in an unoccupied storefront on San Pablo Avenue until September 2006. She has been chosen by the Alameda County Arts Commission to be included in its rotating art collection. Her work will be shown in various county buildings, beginning with the newly constructed Juvenile Justice Center located in San Leandro. The work illustrates a wide variety of Alameda County poets, including text from Juvenile Hall youth. Lastly, she and Norman Moore have been commissioned to design and create site-specific work to be installed in Castro Valley Library's new Teen Room. The work will include etched acrylic sheets and neon.

Professor Elliott also finds time for Running, motorbikes, vegan cooking, gardening, Bollywood dancing with the occasional hip-hop or salsa, reading, traveling, and birding. She primarily draws, paints, and creates installations that tell stories. She rarely works on traditional surfaces. She has also dipped her toes in photography, stop-action moviemaking, printmaking, Super 8mm filmmaking, ceramics, bookmaking, mosaics, collage, EL wire, and neon.

Alan H. Firestone Art Department B.A., M.A., M.F.A., University of California, Santa Cruz

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Elaine B Ginsberg Art Department M.A., M.F.A., San Jose State University

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Marina D Haworth Art Department B.A. History of Art, University of California at Berkeley M.A. Art History, University of Washington at Seattle Ph.D. Candidate in Classical Archaelogy, Harvard University

Professor Haworth has been teaching at CCSF since 2006.

All Professor Haworth's syllabi quote Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Colombian writer, from an interview in which he said: "toda cultura es cultura popular" (all culture is popular culture). This summarizes her approach to Art History -- all art, no matter how remote or iconic, can be seen as part of its historical context and wider popular culture. Professor Haworth hopes to assist students in articulating and analyzing visual art, which often leads to a greater appreciation of an artwork, or period of art. This is a skill that can be applied to other disciplines, and indeed, everyday life. She believes that we take in images, form an opinion, and accept the authority of the image all in a moment's notice. The challenge is to slow down and question our assumptions, to figure out how the artist achieved our reaction, and question the seemingly immediate process by which we came to our impressions. To appreciate the artwork on a broader level, becoming informed of the work's cultural and historical context is also important.

Professor Haworth's delivered papers: “The Grooming of Athletes: Seeing in the Greek Symposium”, Stanford University, 2005 Stanford Archaeology Center: Seeing the Past: Building Knowledge of the Past and Present through Acts of Seeing; “The Satyr and the Symposium: The Demonizing and Deifying Power of Wine”, University of North Carolina and Duke University, 2001 UNC/Duke Graduate Colloquium in Classics: Gods and Monsters: Divinization and Demonization in the Ancient World.

Her excavation experience include: Athenian Agora, Greece: American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Summer 2003, and Summer 2002; Sardis, Turkey: Cornell University/Harvard University Trench Supervisor, Summer 2001; Eleftherna, Crete: University of Crete Square Supervisor, Summer 1998; and Tel Dor, Israel: University of California, Berkeley
Square Supervisor, Summer 1994.

Professor Haworth plays guitar in her spare time, and some piano. She is also a film buff -- among her favorite filmmakers are Elia Kazan, Pedro Almodovar, and Stanley Kubrick. However, her main extracurricular activity is writing her dissertation.

Rodger Jacobsen Art Department B.F.A., M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute

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Dawn Kaneshiro Art Department B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.F.A., Mills College

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Robin Kaneshiro Art Department A.B., M.A., M.F.A., University of California, Berkeley

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Fred Kling Art Department B.F.A., California College of Arts and Crafts; M.F.A., Mills College

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Elizabeth A. Leger Art Department

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Andrew G Leone Art Department M.F.A., San Jose State University B.A., San Francisco State University

Professor Leone has been teaching at CCSF since 2005.

Carol A Levy Art Department

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Norma R Lindo Art Department

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Janet L Lohr Art Department B.S., Portland State University, Oregon; M.Ed., University of Oregon, Eugene; M.A., San Francisco State University

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Elsa Patricia M. Marley Art Department BA, Vancouver School of Art, Canada MFA, San Francisco Art Institute Postgraduate Studies, Nation Art Academy, China

Professor Marley has been teaching at CCSF since 1999.

She believes in bridging the gap between Eastern and Western Art in our diverse community. She hopes to share with her students the passion for seeing that she has developed in a life long pursuit of sight. Sight is the subject and how it filters through global culture.

Professor Marley's publications include International Exibition Record; Tibet Poems - Skylark Press 2006; "Commune", a movie based on a life event 2005.

She enjoys Chinese art history, jazzy and classical music, opera, poetry, and collaborating with other artists.

Forrest L Middelton Art Department B.F.A., New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University M.F.A., Utah State University

Professor Middelton has been teaching at CCSF since 2008.

He says, "As an instructor in the arts I feel it is my duty to further educate aspiring and established artists to continuously develop and challenge themselves and the community through personal expression. It is my hope that I will encourage students to ask questions of themselves through the work they create."

Professor Middleton is Director of Ceramics and Printmaking at the Sonoma Community Center.

He enjoys blues and harmonica.

Virginia S Miller-Bowen Art Department

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Glen T Moriwaki Art Department B.A., M.A., M.F.A., University of California, Berkeley

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Diane Olivier Art Department B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design; M.A., San Jose State University; M.F.A., University of California, Berkeley

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Sharon S Pearson Art Department B.F.A., University of Illinois

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Sarah Suzanne Pugh Art Department B.F.A., The University of Georgia M.F.A., Kansas State University

Professor Pugh has been teaching at CCSF since 2005.

Oliverio Quezada Art Department B.F.A., Long Beach State M.A., San Jose University M.F.A., San Jose State University

Professor Quesada has been teaching at CCSF since 1988.

He believes in giving his students a thorough education in the ceramic arts. He encourages his students to find their own unique voice and to explore the joy of creative expression.

Professor Quesada is an advisor for the FMAC Ceramics Guild.

He enjoys backpacking, hiking, golf, museums, and travel.

Inna Razumova Art Department B.F.A., University of California at Los Angeles M.F.A., CADRE Laboratory for New Media Art at San Jose State University

Professor Razumova has been teaching at CCSF since Fall 2007.

Ming Ren Art Department B.F.A., National Art Institute of China; M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute

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Douglas Restivo Art Department B.F.A., M.F.A., California College of Arts and Crafts

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Ricardo C Rivera Art Department

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Richard Rodrigues Art Department B.F.A., California College of Arts and Crafts; M.F.A., Mills College

Mr. Rodrigues has been teaching at CCSF since 1972. He has been an art educator for over 33 years and began teaching at the age of 18.

His goal for the contemporary artist is the development of skills based on a re-visiting of traditional painting techniques -while at the same time developing a contemporary aesthetic that allows the student experimentation in the combination of those acquired skills to one's contemporary ideas and times. In this way the artist/student is encouraged in the development of his or her personal ideas.

Mr. Rodrigues has been teaching Painting, Design, Figure Drawing, Intermediate Drawing Printmaking and Museum Drawing at CCSF. The Museum Drawing class he created is the only class in the state of California that offers 6 transferable credits in Museum drawing and Post Modern applications of appropriation in drawing.

Mr. Rodrigues has been involved in the CCSF Diego Rivera committee and the Art Club. He also is coordinator of the San Francisco Art Institute College Scholarship.

In addition, he has worked as a Free lance Illustrator for McGraw Hill Books and illustrated 5 books, also serving as the Art Director for these projects.

Kay A Russell Art Department B.F.A., Kent State University, Kent, Ohio; M.F.A., Miami University, Oxford, Ohio,

Ms. Russell has been a member of the CCSF faculty for the past 15 years.

Her goal is to teach the technical, historical and aesthetic components of watercolor painting while encouraging the personal expression of each individual.

She is Fine Arts Coordinator of the City Arts Gallery and serves on the Campus Exhibition Committee and Art Department Advisory Committees.

Ms. Russell has exhibited in many national and local art exhibitions.

In her leisure time, Ms. Rusell enjoys painting.

Donald A Santos Art Department B.A., California State University, Chico; M.A., M.F.A., San Jose State University

Mr. Santos has been teaching at CCSF for the past 8 years.

He is Faculty Advisor for the Ocean Campus Ceramics Guild, a member of the campus-wide "Works of Art" Committee and the Art Department Gallery committee. Mr. Santos also serves as co-Chair of the Art Department Advisory Council.

Mr. Santos' extracurricular activities include hiking, canoeing, camping and travel.

Diana G Scott Art Department B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., San Francisco State University

Ms. Scott has been teaching at CCSF since 1990.

She has been a Diego Rivera Docent Training Coordinator and involved in the CCSF Honors program.

Steven L. Smith Art Department

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Helen Stanley Art Department

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Hannah L Tandeta Art Department

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Mine Yasar Ternar Art Department B.A., Bennington College, Vermont M.A., Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey M.F.A., University of California at Berkeley Italian Language, Universita per Stranieri in Perugia, Italy

Professor Ternar has been teaching at CCSF since 1996.

She says, "I am a very fortunate person because, in a world that discourages us from straying from conventional choices, I have persevered in pursuing what I love best and have had the opportunity to share my passion in my field with students from all over the world. My area of teaching is art, and its subject is everything, which is pretty incredible. Students at City College come from very diverse backgrounds, thus bring different perspectives to viewing, making and talking about art. The environment we have our classes in allows us to not only explore the practical processes involved in making art, but also discuss it from inter-disciplinary and multi-cultural angles. It is the aspects of art, which hold mirrors to our realities, open our minds for new possibilities and allow for endless curiosity and creativity that I enjoy the most. In class, we are always busy composing, drawing, painting as well as utilizing a range of art materials and processes as students respond to the creative problems given through hands-on work. A group critique follows each project completed. We have slide lectures and in-class discussions for every subject that we cover. Sometimes, we also view videos and make field trips to museums and/or galleries. My presentations involve demonstrations of techniques and are supplemented with handouts and assigned readings. I like to emphasize the art historical context of the creative problems that we explore during the semester. As a result, students often state that my classes also serve to introduce them to contemporary art history and they develop a greater understanding of the artworks that they see in museums and galleries. In terms of skill development, we begin with simple skills and add on to them as the semester progresses so that students are provided with realistic challenges. I believe in creating a comfortable environment in class where students feel compelled to explore their creativity freely, ask questions, and learn from one another as well as from their instructor, while working within certain guidelines that maintain their focus. My ultimate goal as an instructor is to help the students find their own unique voices, while learning and gaining confidence in their knowledge and skills. I believe that most students leave the class with a greater love and appreciation of art and the importance of honoring creativity in all areas of their lives."

Professor Ternar has been the director of the City Arts Gallery for many years and a member of the Works of Art Subcommittee of the Acacemic Senate. She was a faculty advisor to the Diego Rivera Web site Committee. She has been active on faculty advisory and hiring committees and spear-headed a collaborative student web-design project through a Title III grant at CCSF. Her Saturday class for Art 125A: Basic Design, is the second partially online art class that has been offered by the Art Department.

Professor Ternar is a recipient of Vermont Studio Center's Artist Grant for 2007 and was a recipient of KALA Institute's Artist Residency Fellowship. A poster she designed to inspire smokers to stop was a winner in Alameda County's "Health Through Art: Signs of Recovery" public art competition, and was displayed in large format on the sides of buses and public spaces throughout the East Bay. She is the author of letters read in 'Conversations Across the Bosphorus," a video project that she collaborated on, which depicts the lives of women from Istanbul, Turkey. She was among the presenters of "Conversations Across the Bosphorus" at its premiere at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Pacific Film Archive at The Berkeley Art Museum, U.C. Berkeley and at the World Affairs Council of Northern California.

In her leisure time, Professor Ternar enjoys reading, swimming, dancing, piano, yoga, movies, opera, traveling and gourmet meals in good company. She has practiced Tai-Chi for some years. Professor Ternar has always been interested in helping out in peace building missions in the world.

Anita K Toney Art Department B.F.A., Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY; M.A., San Francisco State University

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James D Torlakson Art Department B.F.A., California College of Arts & Crafts; M.A., San Francisco State University

Mr. Torlakson has been teaching at CCSF for the past 4 years.

His educational philosophy is "Share the Wealth" and "Save the World".

He is active with the CCSF City Arts Gallery Committee and the Works of Art Committees.

Mr. Torlakson's extracurricular activities include surfing, guitars, ebay, making paintings, drawings and prints.

Sophie Danielle Touzé Art Department M.F.A., San Jose State University

Professor Touze has been teaching at CCSF since 2007, and has taught at various universities and art schools before then: California State University of Moneterey Bay, San Francisco Art Institute, California College of Art, San Jose Sate University, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

DIVERSITY:
Professor Toouze considers herself fortunate to have lived in 3 countries: France, Mexico and here in the United States. Hence, she speaks three languages everyday of her life. As a teacher she strives to be inclusive and her rich life experiences as a woman, an immigrant, and working with students with learning disabilites has taught her valuable human lessons.

ART HISTORY:
To her, artworks from the past are not items that gather dust in museums or static images in books. Art history is intricately related to many topics that affect us today: diversity, war, gender relationships and women's representation and automomy... For Professor Touze art history is alive!

Learning about art history is not about lengthy lists of dates, being locked up in a dark room and dozing off from a monotonous voice... In her class you will see engaging powerpoint presentations, you will discuss class content with peers as it relates to today and also try your hand at making art once in a while so you can better understand some concepts.

Professor Touze believes that learning about art history is about acquiring the necessary tools to "see" art, understand it in its broader context and ultimately "own" it. Indeed, she believes that art is part of our cultural birthright and we should use it in order to understand who we are, where we have been and where we might go in the future.

Art is beautiful, she says, heart wrenching and a complex reflection of our human endeavors. As one of her returning students once said to a new student about her passion for teaching art, "Careful! it's contagious..." Professor Touze's hope is to share that passion with many.

ARTIST
She is both art history teacher and a practicing artist (sculptor). She has shown in the Bay area and abroad for 12 years . Also, because she is quite interested in the field of early childhood education, she decided to teach art to young children (3 to 5 years old in particular) a few years ago. For this she also took early childhood education classes here at CCSF (so she remembers what it's like to be a student too!). Professor Touze has taught Art to young children at various organizations in San Francisco: "First 5" - "French Lycee" ...

Art, multiculturalism and good pedagogy are topics that interest her greatly and she pursues them in various forms in her life.

AT LEISURE
Professor Touze enjoys many things but mostly traveling in Mexico and France. In the summer, she came back from a road trip of a couple of months of more than 2000 miles through Southern Mexico taking only back roads. With her family of 4, they traveled from Mexico City to Oaxaca, to Chiapas, Cancun and all the way back to the other coast passing through Veracruz...

Chris Unterseher Art Department B.A., San Francisco State University; M.A., University of California, Davis

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Frances K. Valesco Art Department Older Adults Department

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Xavier Viramontes Art Department B.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute; M.A., San Francisco State University

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Deirdre F White Art Department

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