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Leon Steinmetz was born in Russia. His career encompasses two fields — visual arts and literature. His artworks are in the permanent collections of the world’s major museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the British    Museum, London; the Albertina, Vienna; the MFA, Boston; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the Yale University … Read more

Ezra Shales is an art historian, curator, author and artist who is a Professor at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. He holds a BA from Wesleyan University; an MFA from Hunter College and a PhD from Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture. He is the author of Made … Read more

Amy D. Finstein teaches architectural and urban history in MassArt’s History of Art Department, specializing in 19th and 20th century architecture and urbanism. Her current research focuses on the impact of the automobile on architecture and urban design in the first half of the 20th century. She holds a BA in American Studies from Brandeis … Read more

Timothy Correll holds a PhD in folklore from the University of California, Los Angeles. He has published a number of articles and books on folklore and folk art and has curated exhibitions at the Craft and Folk Art Museum and the Fowler Museum of Cultural History in Los Angeles. Dr. Correll has taught at Harvard … Read more

David Nolta is Professor of Art History at MassArt. He holds a BA from the University of Michigan, an MA from the University of Chicago, and a PhD from Yale University. His fellowships and awards include: Fulbright, Kress, Mellon, American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies, Harvard University; and the Frances Blanshard Prize for outstanding dissertation … Read more

Paula Carabell received her PhD in Art History from Columbia University and has made scholarly contributions in the fields of both Contemporary and Italian Renaissance Art. Recent publications include, “Photography and Redemption: History, Theology and Artistic Practice in Thomas Struth’s Early Cityscapes,” RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics and “Dan Graham, Reality Television and the Vicissitudes of … Read more

Melissa Renn holds an AB in Art History and English from Stanford University; an MA and a PhD in Art history from Boston University. Melissa’s curatorial experience includes serving as Collections Manager, Art and Artifacts Collection, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA; Senior Curatorial Research Associate and Project Manager, American Catalogue, Division of European and American … Read more

Anahit Ter-Stepanian holds an MS in Architecture from Yerevan Polytechnic Institute in Armenia and a PhD in Architecture Theory and History from the Moscow Architectural Institute.

Duncan Givans holds an MA from St. Andrews University (UK) and PhD from the University of Warwick (UK). He received grants from the Henry Moore Foundation, the British Archaeological Association and the Royal Archaeological Association. Duncan is Assistant Professor in History of Art at Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

After a short career in business working for the SherwinWilliams company, Greg Cook returned to school at Massachusetts College of Art and Design where he completed the Industrial Design Certificate program. Greg is now part owner and head of Industrial Design at Carroll Design where he started out as an intern in 1994. Greg has … Read more