Art + Design

Mary Clare

Butler

Art + Design

College of Arts and Sciences

(773) 442-4910

mbutler9@neiu.edu

Expertise

Offset printing, digital pre-press, editorial and book design, letterpress, typography

Courses Taught

Print Production

Research Interests

Mary Clare Butler’s work explores the relationship between economic modes of production and the environment. Through process-driven artist’s books, prints, and performances, Butler investigates the influence of artistic intervention and experimentation in visual communication.

Education

MFA Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Art, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago IL

BFA Graphic Design, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL

Selected Publications

Journal of Artists’ Books 38
Journal of Artists’ Books 37

Selected Exhibitions

• New Impressions in American Letterpress, Hamilton Woodtype and Printing Museum, Two Rivers WI

• Albert P. Weisman Awards Exhibition, Arcade Gallery, Chicago IL

• EXPO Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago IL

• Pulp, Ink, Thread, C33 Gallery, Chicago IL

• Art Crank Chicago, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago IL

• Hot Off the Press, Spudnik Press Cooperative, Chicago IL

• The Documentary Book, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago IL

Professional Affiliations & Membership

Honors

mbutler9@neiu.edu

FA 252
Salme Harju Steinberg Fine Arts Center
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-4910

Office Hours

By appointment only.

Main Campus

Neva

Sills

Instructor, Drawing and Painting

Art + Design

College of Arts and Sciences

n-sills@neiu.edu

Expertise

Neva Sills received her MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Iowa and her BFA in Painting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her work has been shown throughout the Midwest in group and solo exhibitions as well as collaboratively with The Moving Crew. Sills has taught in higher ed for nearly two decades. In her classes, she creates an environment ready for collaboration where the language of materials maybe explored.

Courses Taught

Drawing II

Drawing III

Drawing IV

WIP 395: Professional Practices in Studio Art

Studio Experiences: Drawing

Studio Experiences: Painting

Research Interests

Sills’ works on paper combine figurative and landscape elements to explore the construction of and relationship between nature and identity.

Education

Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Selected Exhibitions

Sisters, Case Edgerton Studios, St. Paul, MN

Roots: New Growth, Center for Visual Arts, Wausau, WI

Big Little Art Show, Guenzel Gallery, Fish Creek, WI

Fall Feels, Ralph Arnold Gallery, Loyola University, Chicago IL Water, James May Gallery, Algoma WI

Supplies for Viable Living, Catich Gallery, Saint Abrose University, Davenport IA

Conspire: Collaboration, Cooperation, Collection, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL

Exquisite Corpse: Head to Toe and End to End, Francis Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, WI

Additional Information

Resident in Printmaking (with The Moving Crew), Anchor Graphic and the Center for the Book at Columbia College, Chicago, IL

Panel Participant (with The Moving Crew), CAA/SGCI Print Installation Panel, College Art Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL

n-sills@neiu.edu

Room FA 105B
91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Office Hours

By appointment.

Main Campus

Graphic Design, B.F.A.

Fix problems with visual solutions. With an emphasis on creativity and problem-solving, graphic design is the creation of visual messages in print and electronic media.

Photography, Minor

The Photography minor introduces technical skills in digital imaging, photographic lighting, traditional and alternative processes all while integrating the history of photography and critical theory.

Art, B.A.

Shape the world through your creativity. Art is the study and practice of various artistic modes and media that impact society and culture.

Ana

Nieves

Professor, Art History

Art + Design

College of Arts and Sciences

a-nieves2@neiu.edu

Expertise

Art and architecture of the ancient Americas, specifically the Andean region.

Courses Taught

Introduction to Art History I

Ancient Mesoamerican Art and Architecture

Ancient South American Art and Architecture

Peru Study Tour

Art of Latin America (1810-present)

Art and Ritual

Research Interests

Andean art; Nasca and Paracas iconography; Peruvian rock art and geoglyphs

Education

Ph.D. in Art History, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

Master of Arts in Art History, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Bachelor of Arts in Art, Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA

Selected Publications

“Pots, Petroglyphs, and Pathways: The Mythical Killer Whale in Nasca Art.” In Perspectives on Place, edited by Elizabeth McGoey and Jeanne Marie Teutonico. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago.

“The Seated Figure Iconographic Complex: The Definition Of A Descriptive Type In The Rock Art Of The Rio Grande De Nasca Drainage (Department Of Ica, Peru),” Rock Art Research, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 207-218.

"More Than Meets the Eye: A Study of Two Nasca Symbols," Andean Past, vol. 9, pp. 229-247.

“Reconstructing Ritual: Some Thoughts on the Location of Petroglyph Groups in the Nasca Valley, Peru,” in Space and Spatial Analysis in Archaeology, ed. by Elizabeth Robertson, Jeffery Seibert, Deepika Fernandez, and Marc Zender. Calgary and Albuquerque: University of Calgary Press and University of New Mexico Press, pp. 217-226.

a-nieves2@neiu.edu

Room FA 206A
91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Office Hours

Monday and Wednesday: 2:15-2:45 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday: 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
(and by appointment)

Main Campus