Faculty & Staff Directory | Department of Fine Arts

Education

M.F.A. Printmaking/Drawing - University of Kentucky, 1981. B.F.A. Printmaking - University of South Dakota, 1973.

Teaching

• University of Louisville
• University of Kentucky
• University of Wisconsin Center
• University of South Dakota

Biography

Lawrence Anderson came to Francis Marion University in 2000 to serve as Professor of Visual Arts and Chair of the Department of Fine Arts and Mass Communications.  His duties included coordination of the Department's majors in Art Education, Music Industry, Theatre Arts, and Visual Arts; chairing the FMU Artist Series Committee; and teaching in the Visual Arts program. In 2015, Professor Anderson retired from the chairmanship and continued to teach in the Visual Arts program until his retirement May 2021. Professor Anderson was born in Canby, Minnesota.  He studied at the University of South Dakota, from which he earned his B. F. A. in 1973.  Mr. Anderson began graduate studies at the University of Nebraska and received his MFA from the University of Kentucky in 1981.  He was an Artist-In-The-Schools resident for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kentucky Arts Commission from 1977-80.  From 1987 through 2000 he taught at the University of South Dakota and served as Chair of the Department of Art. He has also been a professor at the University of Louisville, University of Kentucky, and the University of Wisconsin Center, Marsfield.  His work has been included in over 159 exhibits, 40 invitational print portfolios, and more than 50 public and private collections.

Education

M.F.A. Theatre Arts - Acting Focuses: Stanislavski-based acting process, Alexander technique, Linklater-based vocal training, and neutral and character mask work. University of Louisville, 1993. B.F.A. Theatre Arts Valdosta State College, 1986.

Professional Associations

Board Member, South Carolina Theatre Association Member, Southeastern Theatre Conference Member, South Carolina Scriptwriters, Inc. Member, Theatre Communications Group

Lion in Winter

Dr. EunJung Chang is Professor of Art Education at Francis Marion University (2007- Present). She holds a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from Indiana University, Bloomington, in 2007. Her research interests include museum education, preservice teacher education, integrated curriculum, cross-cultural education, and STEM/STEAM education. She has presented her research at state, national, and international conferences. In 2014, she received a Higher Education Level Award of the Year from the South Carolina Art Education Association. She has published articles in Studies in Art Education, Art Education, International Journal of Education Through Art, School Arts, etc. as well as book chapters in NAEA publication. She also authored a book, Personal Meaning Making: Understanding Visitors’ Art Learning Experiences from a Museum Experience.

Dr. Fran Coleman is a professional soprano and voice teacher originally hailing from Richmond, VA. She holds a BM and MM in performance, as well as a BM in music education. In 2015, Fran also earned a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Vocal Performance from Shenandoah Conservatory. Before moving to Florence, SC she sang regularly in the VA regional area with VA Opera, Aurora Opera, Washington National Chorus, Capitol Opera Raleigh, as well as with her wedding band and jazz quartet.

Fran is one of the founding artistic directors with Capitol Opera Richmond, and a deputy director with Classical Revolution RVA.

In addition to being a performer and advocate for the arts, Fran was also a small business owner. She owned a private voice studio in Midlothian, Songbird's Studio, LLC. Most recently, Fran accepted a vocal position at Francis Marion University in Florence, SC. She is excited about the new chapter she is starting there.

Professor Fry joined the faculty at Francis Marion University in 2002.

Professor Fry holds a Peter D. Hyman Chair in Fine Arts, and Professor of Visual Arts-Design.

Education

M.F.A., Art, University of South Dakota

B.A., Fine Arts, Indiana University, South Bend

Education

B.Mus.Ed., North Greenville University

2018 MFA - Concentration in Painting

University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

2015, Summer, Mount Gretna School of Art, Mount Gretna, PA

2012 BA; cum laude - Studio Fine Arts; minors in Art History and French

Union College, Schenectady, NY

Study Abroad:

Paris, France - December 2008

Martinique - December 2009

Florence, Italy - March - June 2011

Venice Biennale - June 2017

Website:

http://www.brittanyrgilbert.com/about.html

Education

D.M.A., University of Memphis

Biography

Brandon Goff (b.1973) is a composer with an often dramatic and always distinctive voice. Goff has been the recipient of numerous awards and commissions including the Arnold Sallop Prize for Composition, the Smit Award, the ASU Graduate Composer Award, as well as being named a finalist in the BMG Young Composers Competition and the ASCAP Morton Gould competition. Goff's music has been widely performed with numerous premiers in the United States as well as Europe and Asia. Holding both a B.M. and M.M. from Arkansas State University, Goff earned his D.M.A. from the University of Memphis where his principle instructors have included Kamran Ince, John Baur, Jared Spears, and Tom O'Connor. Recent commissions have included "Corpus Christi" for full chorus and orchestra composed for the city of Corpus Christi Chorale.

Along with his accomplishments as a composer, Goff is also a prolific performer and producer. As the owner of Poppsycho Studios he has innumerable production credits to his name. Recent projects have included Kyle Thomas/ Not Alone and Doug Pierce/ This Time of Year, both on Loop Road Records. Production on Radiant by the artist Gracyn Denbesten was recently completed and will be released fall 2011. Goff has performed and toured world-wide with the pop group Pierce, with whom he produced and released numerous albums. Goff is also the co-founder and co-owner of Poppsycho Records, a Memphis-based independent record label.

Education

M.F.A. Theatre - Directing University of Mississippi, 1985.

B.F.A. Theatre - Directing/Acting University of Montevallo, 1981.

Biography

Mr. Gourley, a native of Sweetwater, Tennessee, has been a member of the FMU faculty since 1985. He has directed over 25 theatre productions at FMU and has been a judge, consultant or adjudicator for numerous theatre performances and pageants throughout the state. From 1985 to 1999 he held a number of positions with the "Unto These Hills" outdoor drama at Cherokee, North Carolina. He also has been involved in Ocunluftee Little Symphony, Glassboro Summer Theatre, Florence Little Theatre, Encore Theatre Co., Lake City Community Theatre, Manning Back Porch Players, Hartsville Community Theatre and many public school projects.

In April of 2004 Mr. Gourley was cited by Francis Marion University for his outstanding individual service to the University, the community and the state. In April of 2007 he received the E. Lorin Mason Distinguished Professor Award. Mr. Gourley is a Past Chair of the Faculty.

Honors:

Alpha Psi Omega (National Dramatic Honorary)

Education

M.F.A., University of North Texas - Ceramics, Art History minor - 1994

B.A., University of Louisville - Art & English - 1991

Teaching Experience

2-D Design, 3-D Design, Graphic Design, Drawing, Fine Arts Appreciation, Senior Seminar, Ceramics I, Ceramics II, Primitive Pottery, Raku Pottery, Independent Studies in Mixed Media Sculpture, Web Design, Research Problems and Graduate Ceramics, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas, 1996-1997.

Introduction to Ceramics, Intermediate Ceramics, Advanced Ceramics, Ceramic Sculpture, 3-D Design, Basic Drawing, and Introduction to Art, Francis Marion University, Florence, South Carolina, 1997 to present.

Biography

Gray earned his BA degree in ceramics and creative writing from the University of Louisville and his MFA degree in ceramics and art history from the University of North Texas School of Visual Arts. After graduation he taught at the University of North Texas, the University of Texas at Arlington, Sul Ross State University, and now Francis Marion University. Having worked with clay for over thirty years, his art work has been exhibited in juried and invitational exhibitions across the nation. In writing about his work Gray states, “My work might best be seen as metaphorical portraits of myself and those important to me. Whether a vessel, sculpture, or wall piece, my work often explores the perception of identity and ones place in, or connection to, larger societal constructs. Of particular interest to me are those places or moments when we find ourselves isolated or removed from others. The barriers that separate us, one from another, can be literal or figurative, sheltering or isolating, imposed or self-created. By looking at these places, these moments, I hope to comment on both the universal and individual experiences that make up this thing we call self."

The Divide    

www.PAGualdi.com

Education

D.M.A., University of Georgia

Biography

Italian pianist Paolo André Gualdi has played recitals in Italy, France, Brazil and the United States for music organizations such as A.Gi.Mus., Accademia Ori, and Accademia Amadeus (Italy); Universidade Federal do Rio Grande so Sul and Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Brazil); Musée Würth (France); International Piano Series of Charleston, American Liszt Society, Cincinnati Conservatory, and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival (U.S.A.). He has also appeared with many orchestras including the Georgia Philharmonic, Wilmington Symphony, Atlanta Philharmonic, Florence Symphony, DeKalb Symphony, and the Universidade de Caxias do Sul Symphony Orchestra. He has recorded for Mark Records and IFO Classics, and his performances have been broadcasted by radios such as NPR and Radio Vaticana.

Gualdi began studying piano with his father at the age of five, and continued at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy. He earned his Piano Diploma with highest honours at the Conservatory Arrigo Boito in Parma with Roberto Cappello. While in the U.S., he earned a Masters Degree in Piano Performance at Carnegie Mellon University under the tutelage of Enrique Graf, and a Doctorate of Musical Arts in piano performance at the University of Georgia with Evgeny Rivkin. He has also studied with world-renown pianists György Sandor, Earl Wild, Menahem Pressler, Sergio Perticaroli, and has worked extensively with Carlo Maria Dominici (a pupil of Michelangeli and Rosina Lhévinne).

He has won the top prize in numerous piano competitions, including the European Competition of Ostuni, the Altruda National Competition of Vasto and the Françoise Grimaldi National Competition of San Polo. Winning the “De Martino Award” at the Ibla International Piano Competition enabled him to study at Elon University in North Carolina. During this period he won the First Prize in the 15th Bartók-Kabalevsky International Competition in Virginia.

Gualdi regularly gives master classes and lectures nationally and internationally at universities, conservatories and other music institutes, including New Mexico State University and College of Charleston (U.S.A.); the universities of Porto Alegre, Santa Maria and Campinas (Brazil); Cittadella della Musica (Italy), and others. Having previously served on the faculties of Elon University, Emmanuel College and Oxford College of Emory University, he is currently Associate Professor of Music at Francis Marion University and founder and artistic director of the South Carolina Chamber Music Festival.

B.S., Music Industry, Francis Marion University

M.M., Music Composition, University of Memphis

Education

Ph.D. (Art History) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994. Dissertation: The Dilemma of the French History Painter, 1870-1914: Jean-Paul Laurens, Paul-Albert Besnard, Georges-Antoine Rochegrosse (Chief Adviser: Professor Steven Mansbach)

M. A. (Art History) Vanderbilt University, 1979. Master's Thesis: Lewis Mumford and the Development of a Humanized Machine Aesthetic (Adviser: Professor Thomas B. Brumbaugh)

B. A. (Art History) New College (Sarasota, Florida), 1974. Senior Thesis: The Origins of the Cult of the Virgin Mary: From Prehistory to the Council of Ephesus, 431 A.D. (Adviser: Professor Henry B. Graham, IV) Certificate of Attendance, Universita Italiana per Stranieri (Perugia, Italy), 1972.

View Professor Jeffcoat studio here.

Hyman Fine Arts Endowed Chair

Education

M.F.A., University of Memphis

Biography

Early on Professor Jeffcoat was interested in art and design. Eventually, his high school art teacher encouraged him to study Graphic Design and, even though he has worked in other disciplines, design is what makes him come alive.

He graduated from The University Of South Alabama with a BFA degree (1994) in Graphic Design. After graduation he worked as an Art Director for Denson/Reed Marketing, and eventually as an account executive for Lewis Communications both in Mobile, Alabama. Most recently Charles completed a Master Of Fine Arts degree from The University Of Memphis in 2005.

Professor Jeffcoat was appointed to the Graphic Design faculty at Francis Marion in fall 2006. Prior to this appointment, Charles was an Adjunct Professor of Graphic Design at The University of Memphis in Tennessee from 2003-2006 and at The University of South Alabama from 2001-2003. Throughout his adjunct career he maintained a professional freelance design business through his own company Charles Jeffcoat Studio.

His clients included the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, The National Civil Rights Museum, Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Movie Gallery, Sony Music, Universal Records, and Warner Music. He has also donated his time and design work to several charitable organizations including St Jude Children's Research Hospital, and the National Civil Rights Museum. His work has been recognized by the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and the Advertising Federation of Mobile.

Besides his applied professional design practice, his current research is in the cross-mediation of hypertextual environments and the two-dimensional printed book. This exploration and research will cause us to ask specific questions concerning narrative, authorship, linearity, and believability and from it we can gain knowledge applicable to the future of both the two-dimensional printed book and the hypertextual environment. 

Ph.D., American Studies of Jazz and Politics, College of William and Mary

M.A., American Studies, College of William and Mary

B.A., History and Music, University of Richmond

Outside of the classroom, Dr. Brian Jones has worked as a freelance drummer with a wide variety of musicians ranging from John Abercrombie to Houston Person. He has toured professionally, writing music and performing jazz and avant-garde pieces, as well as producing over twenty-five records for his own Slang Sanctuary label.

Brian Jones joined the faculty of Francis Marion University in 2022 to take part in the developing Music Industry program.

Colleen is a graduate of Francis Marion University; she has a BA in Art Education.

She earned her MFA from Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), specializing in painting.

Colleen has had works displayed in Art Fields, FMU's University Place gallery, and at the PAFA Alumnae gallery.

http://people.fmarion.edu/llarsen/

Education

Ph.D. Speech Communication with an Emphasis in Theatre and Performance Studies, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Areas of specialization: Theatre history and criticism and Performance Studies Dissertation: Corn Under Canvas: Reconstructing Toby Shows in Tennessee, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, July 1999.

M.A., Communication Arts, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN. Thesis: A Continuing History of Toby Shows With An Acknowledgment Of The Past And Plans For The Future, University Microfilms, May 1991. Areas of specialization: Theatre history and performance, and Television Production

B.A., Speech and Theatre, University of Missouri – Columbia. Area of Specialization: Performance

A.A., Speech and Theatre, Cottey College, Nevada, MO.

Biography

Dr. Dawn Larsen, Professor of Theatre Arts, was raised in Forsyth, MO. She has been acting professionally since the age of two and directing professionally for over twenty-five years. She has received numerous grants for and was the president of the last traveling tent theatre company, The Hard Corn Players for over ten years. Her area of research, including several published articles, is late nineteenth, early twentieth century American Popular Entertainment.

http://juliemixon.com/

Education

M.F.A. East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.

B.F.A. Barton College, Wilson NC.

Teaching Experience

Lenoir Community College, Kinston, NC

Barton College, Wilson NC.

East Carolina University

Biography

I started photography as an undergraduate student at Barton College in 2000 and went on to East Carolina University to receive my Master of Fine Arts Degree in Photography in 2004. It was at ECCU that I discovered a passion for teaching photography.

In 2004, I began my teaching career at Lenoir Community College in Kinston, North Carolina. I taught as an Art Instructor at LCC until December of 2012.  In January of 2012, I began teaching photography at Francis Marion University in Florence, South Carolina. I teach classes ranging from digital, analog, and alternative processes.  Yes, I'm keeping the darkroom alive!

What I love about teaching is that you never stop learning....and photography is one of those things that you never stop learning. Making art through image based media is what I do.

Outside of higher education I offer photography services that include wedding photography and portraiture and serve the Carolinas and beyond.

Here I Am - 2018

To see student work: https://francismarionphoto.wordpress.com/  

Education

DMA in Percussion Performance/Pedagogy from the University of South Carolina

Master of Music degree in Percussion Performance from the University of Florida

Bachelors of Science in Music Education from the University of Alabama at Birmingham

Biography

Shane Reeves, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, completed his DMA in Percussion Performance at the University of South Carolina with a minor in music theory. He also holds a Master of Music degree in Percussion Performance from the University of Florida and a Bachelors of Science in Music Education from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His primary teachers include Eric Hollenbeck, Gene Fambrough, Ken Broadway, Scott Herring, and Jim Hall. In addition, Shane has studied drum set and hand percussion with Rick Dior, West African percussion with master drummer Amara Camara and Brazilian percussion with Larry Crooke.

Shane has performed at many conferences and conventions including the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, the College Music Society National Conference, the South Carolina Chamber Music Festival, the Society of Composers National Conference, the International Conference on Thinking, the North Charleston Arts Festival, the Savannah College of Art and Design International Festival, the McCormick Marimba Festival, the Florence Arts International Festival, and the Southern Baptist Convention. He has also performed with a variety of musical ensembles including the Central Florida Symphony, Fayetteville Symphony, Gainesville Chamber Orchestra, Palmetto Opera, South Carolina Philharmonic, Wilmington Symphony, J’Ouvert Steel Band, Pantasia Steel Band, Sunshine Steelers, Jacare Brazil, and the Woyate West African Drum and Dance Ensemble. As a member of the Florence Symphony Orchestra, Shane has shared the stage with Art Garfunkel, The Indigo Girls, Point of Grace, and Cirque Musica. He was also featured as a soloist with the Florence Symphony in a performance of Jennifer Higdon’s Percussion Concerto. As a member of the USC wind ensemble, Shane participated in a recording of the music of Leonard Bernstein for the Naxos label and was the principal percussionist during the ensemble’s concert tour of China. Shane has also given recitals and clinics at universities throughout the United States.

As an educator, Shane has taught percussion at various middle and high schools in Alabama, Florida, and South Carolina. During his time as a graduate assistant at the University of Florida, he taught percussion methods classes and the beginner steel band. Currently, Shane is on the faculty at Francis Marion University and is the principal percussionist for the Florence Symphony Orchestra, principal timpanist for the Masterworks Choir, and drummer for the experimental rock group Yellodrama. Shane endorses Black Swamp Percussion, Evans Drumheads, and Innovative Percussion and is a member of the Percussive Arts Society, the College Music Society, and the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors.

Education

D.M.A., Florida State University

Biography

Terry Roberts began his musical studies at the age of five, first with piano, then horn and cello.  He completed his Bachelor of Music at Florida State University in 1976 and moved to Europe to further his musical studies.  In 1977 he was engaged as Solo Horn of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein and in 1984 moved to Monaco as Solo Horn with l'Orchestre Philharmonic du Monte Carlo.

In 1993 he moved back to the United States and started a freelance career as soloist, chamber and orchestra musician.  Dr. Roberts was a prizewinner in the 1994 American Horn Competition, Professional Division.  He has performed and recorded with orchestras throughout Europe and the United States.

While performing on the horn, both as soloist and in the orchestra, he took up conducting in Europe.  Dr. Roberts studied in Cologne, Germany and at the Conservatoire du Nice, France.  He has been able to work with many well known conductors from all over the world such as Lorin Maazel, Daniel Barenboim and Sir Neville Mariner.  Dr. Roberts was Music Director/ Conductor of the Chipola Regional Symphony Orchestra in Florida through 1998.

Having since completed his Doctorate at Florida State University, Dr. Roberts is currently a professor of music at Francis Marion University and Music Director/Conductor of the Florence Symphony Orchestra.  

Education

B.A., Wake Forest University

Biography

A native of Florence, South Carolina, Joe Sallenger spent much of his childhood on the farm that would later become Francis Marion University. After "going north" to school (Wake Forest University) and a spot of travel through Europe and the United States, Joe returned to the Pee Dee region with the realization that "folks are pretty much folks everywhere you go, some just talk funnier than others."

When the Hyman Fine Arts Center was constructed at Francis Marion (College), Fine Arts Chairman Jack Baker convinced Joe to take up residence in the "fish tank" off the breezeway, where he remains to this day. He tries to keep track of the Art, Music and Theatre faculty, manage various auditoriums, dabble in a bit of Art and Flute Collecting, and help out at the Anglican Church of Our Saviour. He is learning how to eat right with a whole food plant base diet. Joe also assists his wife Donna in her mission to care for Homeless Animals, dreams about the Bands he has played in, and keeps his British (Morris Minor) truck and log cabin from falling apart around him.

In an effort to preserve some of the history of the Mars Bluff region east of Florence, South Carolina, Joe has improved the internet presence of Amelia Wallace Vernon's project to document the lives of African Americans in rural South Carolina through the preservation of slave built Hewn Timber Cabins and related artifacts. He has also published a book based on his grandmother's remembrances throughout the 1900s, Mars Bluff As I Remember It by Amelia Mellichamp Wallace and Joseph Wilds Sallenger.

http://www.allisonsteadman.com/

Education

Masters of Fine Arts, Costume Design May 1999- University of Tennessee, Knoxville Projects in Lieu of Thesis: Costume Design/Developmental Collaboration, Adaptation of The Threepenny Opera, Director: Beth Craven Costume Design, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Modern Interpretation, Director: Liviu Ciulei

Bachelor of Arts, Theatre May 1996- Mississippi University for Women, Columbus

Biography

Originally from Pensacola, FL., I have been designing in educational and professional theaters since 1992. I received my BA degree in Theatre from Mississippi University for Women and my MFA degree in Costume Design from The University of Tennessee. I have also trained at the Skoulli Art School with Frank Hänig.

As a Costume Designer and Theatre Artist, I strive to create designs that inform and enhance the production through the development of character as supported by the text. I am at my best working in a collaborative environment where I can develop my designs with the director and actors as the characters evolve through the rehearsal process. I also enjoy the challenge of creating designs in a fast-paced repertory setting.

As an Educator, I believe in fostering students’ passion and talents in a nurturing and challenging environment. Whenever possible I create opportunities for learner-centered practical application of theory. I feel that students learn best when permitted to take risks and learn from their mistakes as well as their successes. It is the educator’s responsibility to share their knowledge and to provide the student with clear guidelines and a method of evaluation and assessment. The why is as important as the how.

As a Costume Technologist I have experience in all levels and types of costume and costume craft construction from draping to tailoring to millinery. I am a draper with a particular interest in corsetry.