Faculty & Staff
Our dedicated faculty are extraordinary teachers in the classroom and recognized professional, practicing artists/designers exhibiting and working in their fields. Learn a little more about them now, and meet them in person when you visit during any of our events, tours, or portfolio review appointment.
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Dan Buttrey
Adjunct Faculty
Daniel Buttrey received his MFA from the Hartford Art School in 2009, where he has been an adjunct faculty member since the fall of 2008. His work has exhibited throughout the United States, as well as at the International Arts Festival in Galway, Ireland.
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Ellen Carey
Associate Professor
Associate Professor Ellen Carey received her MFA degree (1976–1978) in Photography from The State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY@Buffalo); minor in art history/museum studies at The Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
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Marion Belanger
Visiting Artist
Marion Belanger is a photographer who is interested in the concepts of persistence and change, particularly in regards to the land. She has been the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, a John Anson Kittredge Award, an American Scandinavian Fellowship, Connecticut Commission ...
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Mary Frey
Professor
Mary Frey received her MFA in photography from Yale University in 1979. Since then, she has been on the faculty of the Hartford Art School and is currently Professor of Photography. Frey received numerous awards for her work, most notably a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1984 and two ...
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Nelson Chan
Adjunct Faculty
Nelson Chan was born in New Jersey to immigrant parents from Asia who has spent most of his life between the States and Hong Kong. Having grown up in two countries with their unique cultures, this immigrant experience has influenced much of his work today. He is a graduate of the Rhode ...
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Robert Lyons
Director, Intl. Low-Residency MFA Photography
Robert Lyons lives and works in Berlin, Germany and Western Massachusetts. He has taught extensively in the USA and Europe at various institutions including: Emily Carr College of Art & Design, University of Washington, Photographic Center Northwest, International Center of ...
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Robert Calafiore
Assistant Dean
MFA 1990 SUNY, Buffalo
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BFA 1987 Hartford Art School
1991 - present Assistant Dean
(Director of Admission and Adjunct Faculty, Dept. of Photography)
Born and raised in New Britain, Connecticut.