Visual Arts Faculty

With nearly 100 years of collective teaching experience, our gifted instructors, Camilla Armstrong (US), Connie Deal (US), Amanda Townsend (MS), and BeeLee Tullos (LS), are dedicated individuals who are passionate about sharing their gifts, talents, knowledge and experience with their students.  They are committed to their own professional and artistic development, pursuing numerous opportunities to improve their best practices in teaching and art-making, staying aware of the current and evolving trends in the visual arts and education. This pursuit of excellence has consistently been exemplified by our student recognitions as front runners in local, state, regional & national art competitions, as well as through the national and statewide recognition our instructors  have received for excellence in teaching. Our instructors  support the local and state arts community by presenting at conferences, holding offices in their professional organizations, creating and exhibiting their art, sponsoring shows, designing collaborative art educator programs, and serving as guest artists/teachers. The MA Visual Art faculty highly values community involvement and reaching out to the underserved through the arts. We seek to instill in our students this desire for giving back, by encouraging and providing opportunities for student involvement in the community.