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Meet the Faculty

Bismillah Iqbal

Biz IQbal

Title: Professor
Degrees: M.F.A., UC Berkeley; B.F.A., Academy of Art University
Teaching Experience: Since 2017
Career Highlights: Afghan-American artist and professor, exhibiting locally and nationally. Spearheaded sculpture renovations, curated exhibitions, and pioneered engaging curricula, blending tradition and innovation to inspire creativity and cultural understanding in diverse student communities.
Hobbies: Hiking, Playing tablas, Photography, Video Editing, Travel, Playing tag with my little daughter
Quote: "Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.” - Edgar Degas
Website: bizrasam.com
Buchanan

Noah Buchanan

Title: Adjunct Professor
Degrees: M.F.A., Painting, New York Academy of Art; B.A., Art, University of Santa Cruz; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Painting
Teaching Experience: Since 2003
Career Highlights: Exhibiting in the National Portrait Gallery, Museum Collections: Crocker Museum of Art (Sacramento, CA), Woodmere Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA), Seven Bridges Foundation (Greenwich, CT). Painting the Salmagundi Club Library doors in New York, NY. 
Hobbies: Surfing, playing guitar, and going to museums!
Quote: When I paint and think about paintings, I think about dreams, and what it feels like to be in a dream; the painting is felt through this lens. Both are a place where we surrender to a strange mode of existence made up of our hopes and fears, curiosities, pain, and love. The subjects we find there are pieces of our own psyche; from them we learn to see others in ourselves, and ourselves in others
Website: noahbuchananart.com
Diana Corvelle

Diana Corvelle

Title: Adjunct Professor
Website: dianacorvelle.com
Zina Deretsky

Zina Deretsky

Title: Adjunct Professor
Degrees: M.A., Medical Illustration from the Department of Art As Applied to Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; B.A., Biology, Art, Yale
Teaching Experience: Since 1992
Career Highlights: Luce Scholarship and in person show in Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia. Fulbright to Spain for etymological illustration. A decade producing explanatory science graphics for the National Science Foundation.
Hobbies: Open water swimming, hiking, gardening and motorcycling.
Quote: "Bring me that horizon..." - Captain Jack Sparrow
Website: zina-studio.com
Aina Ferrer Clotas

Aina Ferrer-Clotas

Title: Adjunct Professor
Website: ainaclotas.com
Meiru Huang

Meiru Huang

Title: Adjunct Professor
Pantea Karimi

Pantea Karimi

Title: Adjunct Professor
Website: panteakarimi.com
Alan Tarbell

AlanTarbell

Title: Adjunct Professor
Website: alantarbell.com