Department of Art Faculty
Donald T. Austin
Professor and Department of Art Chairperson
Office: 33 Collegeview, A115
614.823.1158
daustin@otterbein.edu
Jim Bowling
Assistant Professor
Office: 33 Collegeview, A124
614.823.1268
jbowling@otterbein.edu
Jim received his B.S. degree from the Ohio State University and M.F.A. from Kent State University. He taught at Youngstown State University.
Jim taught art in the Children of the Future program as an AmeriCorps member, and later worked as an administrator for the program. He also served as project coordinator for the Ohio Arts Assessment Project for the Ohio Alliance for Arts Education, and as a field representative for the YouthReach program of the Ohio Arts Council. Jim currently serves on the Ohio Arts Council's Percent for Art selection committee. His works have shown statewide and nationally.
Gretchen Stevens Cochran
Associate Professor
Office: 33 Collegeview, A124
614.823.3119
gcochran@otterbein.edu
Evelyn Davis
Assistant Professor
Office: 33 Collegeview, A114
614.823.1252
edavis@otterbein.edu
Nicholas Hill
Professor
Office: 33 Collegeview
614.823.1258
nhill@otterbein.edu
Amy Johnson
Assistant Professor
Office: 33 Collegeview
614.823.1260
ajohnson@otterbein.edu
Amy earned her B.A. fro State University of New York-Geneseo, her M.A. from Tufts University, and her PhD from the University of Delaware.
Amy is assistant professor of Art History and her areas of study include modern European and American art and architecture, gender studies, visual culture studies, and historic preservation. Amy's research focuses on the links between the artist and society, and the larger role art plays in our community.
Previously, Amy taught at the University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse, the University of Delaware, and Harford Community College in Harford County, Maryland. She has also worked in historic preservation through the Center for Historic Architecture and Design in Newark, Delaware; the Preservation Alliance of LaCrosse, Wisconsin; and the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities in Boston, Massachusetts.
Adjunct Professor
Office: 33 Collegeview
sleeman@otterbeinn.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office: 33 Collegeview, A117
614.823.3023
pnees@otterbein.edu
Web: www.paulanees.com
David Stichweh
Academic Teaching Staff
Office: 33 Collegeview, A123
614.823.1463
dstichweh@otterbein.edu
David received a B.A. from Otterbein College in 1967, a Master of Divinity degree from United Theological Seminary in 1970, and studied for an M.F.A. in photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology. David began teaching photography courses at Otterbein in 1979.
As a black and white photographer, David is interested in a simple and direct approach to making photographs. He currently uses a pinhole camera, printing these negatives on watercolor paper hand coated with a liquid photographic emulsion. "My photographs are a visual exploration of shape, texture, and light. An aspect of quiet and inner stillness is important in my work," he said. David's photographs are regularly displayed in a variety of regional one person and group exhibitions. His work was recently included in an exhibition that toured internationally.
Joanne Stichweh
Professor
Office: 33 Collegeview
614.823.1814
jstichweh@otterbein.edu
Joanne has been teaching studio courses and art history for more than 20 years. Her primary teaching responsibilities include art history survey courses and painting classes. A particular area of interest is a course which she developed for the curriculum, "Women Artists in History." A graduate of Otterbein College, she holds a M.F.A in painting from The Ohio State University.
Joanne is a frequent local and regional exhibitor whose work has received many awards. She has exhibited at the Liturgical Art Guild, The Lanning Gallery, Fifth Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf, Ohio State Fair Professional Fine Arts Exhibit, Ohio Art League, Women Artists' Expo, OSU Mansfield, Ohio University Lancaster, Mount Union College, Ohio Dominican College, Franklin University, Clark State Community College, as well as colleges in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and New York. Her paintings, ceramics works, and mixed-media sculpture are included in numerous public, private, and corporate collections.
