Fine Arts Faculty

Jean Buescher Bartlett received her MFA in book arts and maintains a studio and bindery in Ann Arbor. Her work is in major collections worldwide, including the New York Public Library, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Detroit Public Library and the University of Michigan Special Collections.

Todd Erickson has been making and exhibiting his sculpture for more than 25 years and has been an employee of the College for Creative Studies since 1983.

Chido Johnson was born in Nyadiri, Zimbabwe and has worked both nationally and internationally.

Lester Johnson has exhibited his work in 25 shows at the Detroit Institute of Arts and three shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

Chris McCauley is a fine artist whose paintings focus on portraits and landscapes.

Nancy Mitter has been painting professionally for 25 years and is a recipient of multiple grants.

Marsha Pels joined the College as an associate professor in the Fine Arts department.

Zdzislaw Sikora’s work has been presented in more than 35 one- or two-man shows. In addition, he has been invited to exhibit in more than 50 invitation exhibitions including Multiple Hemispheres, Argentina; Paradise Endangered and the New World in Contemporary Prints, Maryland; Contemporary Monoprints and Monotypes, Illinois; International Exhibition of Prints in Kanagawa, Japan, Savannah Contemporary, the London Institutes of Art; Technique is Not Always Cheap: Extraordinary Printmaking, North Carolina; Figures and Narratives, Alaska; and New American Graphics, a USIA international tour.

Gilda Snowden, a native Detroiter and award winning artist, has works in many corporate museums and private collections including the Detroit Institute of Arts.