Photography Faculty |
MICA photography faculty bring diverse interests and creative focus to the classroom through a range of methodologies and technical processes. Our faculty are working artists, exhibiting broadly and are the recipients of numerous prestigious grants and fellowships. We value mentorship and build close relationships with our students. |
Jay Gould
Department Chair
JGOULD02@MICA.EDU
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Originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jay Gould received his B.F.A. in photography from the University of Wisconsin and his M.F.A. from the Savannah College of Art & Design in Georgia. His work, which integrates scientific topics into photographic projects, has won numerous national awards, such as the Berenice Abbott Prize for an emerging photographer, the Jeannie Pierce Award, and First Place at the Newspace Center for Photography’s International Juried Exhibition.
Gould also participates in the larger artistic community as a member of the faculty at the Maine Media Workshops, the Chair of the Society for Photographic Education’s SouthCentral regional board and as a frequent visiting lecturer at a variety of schools and conferences.
https://www.jgould.net/
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Regina DeLuise
 Faculty
rdeluise@mica.edu
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Originally from Brooklyn, NY, Regina DeLuise has taught full time at MICA since 2007. She works with 8 x 10, large format film photography and the platinum, palladium process. Regina is a Guggenheim Fellow and has spent the major part of her career represented by Bonni Benrubi Gallery in NYC. Most recently she has received Fellowships at the Bogliasco Foundation in Bogliasco, Italy, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA, and is the recipient of the 2019 Meredith Moody Residency at Yaddo in Saratoga Springs, NY.
Her work is included in private and public collections including the Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY, Brooklyn Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Houston Museum of Fine Art, and The Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal.
Regina's work explores the visual complexities of contemporary experience through interiors, still life, portraiture and landscape photography. She is moved by the power of the photographic image and its uncanny ability to embody the depth and richness of the human experience. Regina received her BFA from SUNY Purchase and her MA from Rosary College, Graduate School of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy.
https://www.reginadeluise.com/
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Nate Larson
 Faculty
NLARSON@mica.edu
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Nate Larson has been teaching at MICA since 2009. His projects, and his ongoing collaborative work as Larson Shindelman, have been widely exhibited across the US and internationally, including a commissioned solo exhibition for the George Eastman Museum (2019) and past solo exhibitions at Filter Space Chicago (2016), the Orlando Museum of Art (2013), Blue Sky Center for Photographic Arts (2012), and the Contemporary Arts Center Las Vegas (2011). He received his MFA from The Ohio State University in 2002.
https://www.natelarson.com/
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Alexander Heilner
Faculty
aheilner@mica.edu
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Alexander Heilner is a multi-disciplinary artist who works in photography, video, digital imaging, installation, lighting design, and sculpture. His work has been exhibited, screened, and performed nationally and internationally, from MoMA to Burning Man. In 2012, he won the prestigious Baker Artist Prize.
Most of Alex’ photography consists of color landscapes. He is obsessed with the relationship between artificial and natural elements within the environment, and within our culture.
He earned his B.A. at Princeton University and his M.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts in New York. He has taught full time at MICA since 2003, and he served as MICA’s Associate Dean for Design and Media Studies from 2011 to 2018.
https://heilner.net/
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Colette Veasey-Cullors
INTERIM VICE-PROVOST FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
cveaseycullors@mica.edu
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Colette Veasey-Cullors' photographic work throughout her career has continually investigated themes pertaining to socio-economics, race, class, education, and identity.
Colette is currently serving as the Interim Vice-Provost for Undergraduate Studies, as well as holding an appointment as professor of photography at MICA. Before joining MICA's faculty in 2008, she was a tenured associate professor in the undergraduate program in photography at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Colette received her MFA in photography from Maryland Institute College of Art in 1996 and her BFA in photography from the University of Houston in 1992.
https://www.coletteveasey-cullors.com/
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Part-Time Faculty
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Part Time Faculty
RMARIMUTU@mica.edu
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Rebecca Marimutu is an interdisciplinary artist and photographer working to reimagine the practice of portraiture. She received her MFA degree in Photographic and Electronic Media at the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2020, and her BS in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Albany with a minor in Studio Art.
https://marimutu.com/
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Kottie Gaydos
Faculty
kgaydos@mica.edu
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Kottie Gaydos ('10) earned an MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2016 and a BFA with MICA in 2010. She is also the Director of Operations, Curator, and Editor-in-Chief of Special Publications at the Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography.
https://kottiegaydos.org/
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Open Studies Faculty |
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Lynn Silverman
Professor Emeritus
Open Studies Faculty
lsilverman@mica.edu
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Lynn Silverman has lived on three different continents and cultures, including a 2010 Fulbright Fellowship to the Czech Republic. She started teaching at MICA in 1999 and co-taught senior thesis for many years until she retired in 2020. She currently lives in Baltimore, Maryland and will be teaching large format photography through open studies.
https://lynnsilverman.com/
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Jefferson Steele
Open Studies Faculty
jsteele02@mica.edu
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Jefferson Jackson Steele is a photographer who lives in Baltimore, MD. He moved to Baltimore in 1989 to attend school at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Jefferson earned his BFA in fine art photography in 1992 from MICA, and has been working in Baltimore and beyond ever since. He has taught photography and book arts at Stevenson and Maryland Institute College of Art.
http://www.jeffersonsteelephoto.com/
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Emeritus Faculty
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Lynn Silverman
Professor Emeritus
Open Studies Faculty
lsilverman@mica.edu
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Lynn Silverman has lived on three different continents and cultures, including a 2010 Fulbright Fellowship to the Czech Republic. She started teaching at MICA in 1999 and co-taught senior thesis for many years until she retired in 2020. She currently lives in Baltimore, Maryland and will be teaching large format photography through open studies.
https://lynnsilverman.com/
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H. Thomas Baird
Professor Emeritus
hbaird@mica.edu
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Tom Baird started teaching at MICA in 1974 and served as faculty in the Photography Department until he retired in 2017. He earned a MICA Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching. He currently lives in Baltimore County, Maryland.
Tom passed away in the spring of 2021 and we hold his legacy in our hearts. |
Laurie Snyder
Professor Emeritus
lsnyder@mica.edu
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Laurie Snyder started teaching at MICA in 1993 and served as Department Chairperson from 2008 until she retired in 2012. She currently lives in Ithaca, New York.
http://www.lauriessnyder.com/
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Jack Wilgus
Professor Emeritus
studio@brightbytes.com
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Jack Wilgus started teaching at MICA in 1968 and served as Department Chairperson for many years until he retired in 2008. He currently lives in Dallas, Texas.
http://brightbytes.com/
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