Art and Design

Website: 
https://www.jtoddallison.com/ 

Email: 
todd.allison@sjcd.edu 

Houston-based artist, J. Todd Allison is the chair for Arts, Communications, and Physical Education at Central Campus and has taught foundation studio courses since 2001. He has previously served as the Central gallery coordinator, Gulf Coast Intercollegiate Consortium art president and representative, and the chair for Art and Design. He has lived and regularly exhibited in the Houston area since 2000. His work has been exhibited across Texas, the U.S., and internationally in Spain, Peru, United Arab Emirates, and India. His work is represented in numerous publications and both public and private collections throughout the U.S.

Education: 

• MFA Art and Design – The University of Illinois
• MA Painting – The University of Wyoming
• BFA Studio Art and Art History – The University of Texas at Austin

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Website: 
http://www.bradlybrown.com 

Email:
Bradly.Brown@sjcd.edu 

Bradly Brown has exhibited at Rice University, The Dallas Contemporary, Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, Hiroshima City University, and in the 2013 Berlin Becher Triennial. He was awarded the Fort Worth Weekly’s Visionary Award (2014), Mercedes Benz Financial Service Scholarship (2013), and the Bean Distinguished Lecture Series, St. Anselm College (2008). In 2015 Brown moved to Houston, TX, and was a recipient of Lawndale Art Center’s Artist Studio Program. He is currently focusing most of his time working as Gallery Curator, and Professor of Art at San Jacinto College’s South Campus.

Education: 

• MFA Sculpture – Texas Christian University
• BFA Photography – The University of North Texas

 

Website:
https://www.stayclosetay.com

After retiring from the US Army and abandoning a middle-class engineering career to search for purpose, Tay reignited a rich appreciation for Black history and a deep obsession with the Black archive. Through collage, photography, drawing, video, sound, performance and large-scale installation, Tay utilizes past histories and imagery to create new understandings of the present while imagining a brighter future.

Education:

• MFA - University of Arkansas
• BFA - University of Houston

Website: 
http://www.championartappraisals.com/ 

Email: 
Carmen.Champion@sjcd.edu 

Professor Champion is an art historian, curator, art advisor, and certified fine art appraiser with a focus on American Modern and Contemporary Art and a specialization in Early Texas Art and Culture. She directs the art gallery on central campus, teaches Art History and Art Appreciation courses, and is actively involved in various organizations that support students who are interested in a career path in the arts.

Education: 

• MA Art History – University of Houston
• BA History, Double Minor in Political Science and Art History – University of Houston

 

Website: 
https://joeclarkart.com/ 

Email: 
Joe.Clark@sjcd.edu 

Houston-based artist, Joe Clark works as a professor in the Department of Art and Design at San Jacinto College North, teaching foundational studio art courses in Drawing, Design, Painting, Printmaking, and Sculpture. Joe began his teaching career in 2002 and became a full-time member of the faculty at San Jacinto College in 2011. He also serves as the director of the North Gallery at San Jacinto College.

Education: 

• MFA Painting – University of Houston 
• BFA Studio Art – University of Louisiana Monroe

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Website: 
https://www.dianasofiaestrada.com/ 

Email: 
dianasofia.estrada@sjcd.edu

Diana-Sofia Estrada is a Guatemalan American visual artist/educator born and raised in Houston, Texas. Estrada has worked with various Los Angeles arts organizations, companies, and colleges as a teaching artist, a professor, an artist, and in the art industry working in fabrication to studio management. Estrada’s artwork questions ideas of visibility and conversations to interpret everyday events through drawings, installations, performances, and animation/video. Estrada has exhibited her artwork internationally and nationally including Diaspora Vibe Gallery (Miami), Alice Yard Space (Trinidad), Box 13 (Houston, Texas), Artlab at the Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum in Washington D.C., FairPlay at FairMarket (Miami, Florida), and with Seer-Gallery.

Education: 

• MFA Art - California Institute of the Arts
• BFA cum laude Painting and Drawing - University of North Texas
• BA cum laude Psychology - University of North Texas

 

Email: 
olivia.huffstetter@sjcd.edu 

Originally from northeast Texas, Dr. Huffstetter has studied art history throughout the U.S., Ireland, and Peru, while also working for various museums and cultural arts organizations. She taught art history and art education courses at Oklahoma State University and The Ohio State University before coming to San Jacinto College where she teaches courses in art history and art appreciation. Olivia’s research interests include social media in arts curricula; feminist art theories and practice; and museum education. 

Education: 

• Ph.D. Arts Administration, Education & Policy (Specialization: Art Education) – The Ohio State University
• MA Art History – Oklahoma State University
• BA History and Art History – Southwestern University

Website:
https://www.brittainylauback.com

Brittainy’s work addresses embodiment and the emotional chaos of the human experience. She has recently shown at the Ogden Museum of Art, Georgia Museum of Art, Bo Bartlett Center, & LaGrange Museum of Art.

Education:

• MFA - University of Georgia
• BFA - University of New Mexico

Email: 
naomi.lemus@sjcd.edu 

Naomi Lemus was born in Houston, Texas to Mexican immigrants. Naomi uses her artistic practice to reflect on her family’s experiences and the women who preceded her. She focuses on generational expressions of resilience, survival, and care. Her work finds roots in the gendered Chicana aesthetics of domesticana. 

Education: 

• MFA Painting – Tyler School of Art and Architecture - Temple University
• BFA Painting — University of Houston

 

Website: 
https://www.longtinart.com/ 

Email: 
daniel.longtin@sjcd.edu 

Daniel grew up in Texas. In a family that embraced the outdoors, he had a boundless appreciation for visual observation throughout his life. He began progressing as an artist during college using his love of the visual world to eventually make a living as an artist and art professor. He has never been able to focus on one particular medium, often having multiple projects going at one time, but is most fulfilled when using photography as part of his painting process. He enjoys traveling with his wife, daughter, and their three dogs when they are able, to inspirational landscapes and busy cities alike.

Education: 

• MFA Painting – Stephen F. Austin State University 
• MA Alternative Photography – Stephen F. Austin State University
• BFA Intaglio Printmaking – University of Texas at Austin

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Website: 
http://www.jeffmcgeeart.com/ 

Email: 
jeffrey.mcgee@sjcd.edu 

Born in western New York, Jeff McGee came to San Jacinto College in 2011 as a full-time faculty member with extensive experience in metalsmithing, sculpture, illustration, and interdisciplinary collaboration. During his time in Houston, he has served on several non-profit boards in the Arts including two years as President of the Houston Metal Arts Guild. Professor McGee was the inaugural Curator of the San Jacinto College South Campus Gallery prior to his current role as the South Campus Fine Arts Chair.

Education: 

• MFA Metalsmithing – University of Kansas 
• BFA Studio Art (Metalsmithing), Art History Minor – Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
• AST Computer Animation – The Art Institute of Pittsburgh

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Email: 
michael.unger@sjcd.edu 

Michael has been teaching in the Fine Arts since 1992. He spent 12 years as an adjunct professor before being hired as a full-time professor with San Jacinto College Central. Prior to teaching, he worked in his field, ceramics, in a studio environment with four other ceramic artists and repaired ceramic kilns at local schools. On a personal level, he was born in Central Texas and grew up in Houston. He is the first in his immediate family to graduate from high school followed by acquiring two college degrees. Michael is a Veteran of Foreign War, drafted after graduating from high school, and served a tour in Vietnam. He has been married for forty-five years to a second-grade teacher, who recently retired after 40 years of teaching.

Education:

• MFA Ceramics – University of Houston Central Campus 
• BFA Studio Art (Ceramics) – University of Houston Central Campus

 

 

 

 

Website: 
http://www.michaelyost.com/ 

Email: 
michael.yost@sjcd.edu 

Michael Yost is a digital designer and digital marketing professional with experience in a variety of commercial industries. He teaches digital media and graphic design courses in the Art & Design Technical program. Michael began his time at San Jacinto College as an adjunct in 2016, before moving to full time in 2018.

Education: 

• MA Digital Media Studies – University of Houston Clear Lake
• BA History – University of Houston Clear Lake

 

 

Email: 
megan.zecchin@sjcd.edu  

Megan Zecchin is an artist and photographer working in Houston, TX.  Before coming to San Jacinto, she taught art and digital media courses at various colleges and worked as a commercial photographer and photo editor. Her mixed-media photography has been exhibited across the US. Zecchin's artwork explores poetic and metaphysical themes, as well as common human experiences exaggerated to the level of myth.

Education:

• MFA Photo & Digital Media – University of Houston
• BFA Studio Art – Lamar University