Art Adjunct Faculty

Ehren Gerhard earned his Bachelor of Arts from Florida Gulf Coast University, Master of Fine Arts from Arizona State University and has exhibited his work nationally and internationally.  He is currently the Gallery Director at the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers.  While continuing his Adjunct position with Florida Gulf Coast University over the past seven years, he has also been the Director of the Bonita Springs National Art Festivals and Art Exhibitions Director at the Centers for the Arts Bonita Springs.  With his background in studio arts, education, and administration his passion lies in the power of creating and fostering the creative spirit in others. 

Geoff Hamel received his M.F.A in Drawing and Painting from Ohio University. Geoff has exhibited regionally. His interests are to work with a variety of media; such as colored pencil, dry pastels, oil paint, and oil pastels. He has been an Adjunct Instructor at Florida Gulf Coast University since 2006. Geoff has taught Drawing I, Drawing II, Figure Drawing and Painting. He also teaches at Florida Southwestern College, at the Labelle Campus Instructing Drawing and Art Appreciation. Geoff taught at Edison Community College from 2000 until 2009, teaching drawing, Figure Drawing and Painting. He also taught Art Appreciation at Barry University from 2008 until 2013. He works as a Non-Emergency Transporter.

Jake Hand is a graduate of the University of Tennessee, first in Architecture then in Fine Arts. He went on to receive his MFA from the University of Florida and exhibits his work nationally. Upon moving to Bonita Springs, Florida in 2005, Jake spent 10 years as the Education Director at the Center For the Arts of Bonita Springs. During his time there he also taught adult classes in painting, pastels and fused glass as well as youth camps in various 2d arts, interior design and video. Jake currently teaches drawing and painting courses at Florida Gulf Coast University.

Before joining FGCU in 2010, Cori Montoya was on faculty with Bowling Green State University and Colorado State University (Senior Instructor Art History), where she was awarded Teacher of the Year in 1998.

Ongoing areas of research include the natural world as depicted in art, concepts of the divine feminine, Upper-Paleolithic art and culture in Europe, and petroglyphs/petrographs of U.S. Southwest

Montoya is also an amateur naturalist and avid traveler. 

 

Education 

Master of Arts, Art History 1991 University of Oregon Specializing in Ancient Greece and Bronze Age Aegean. Thesis “The Offering Table from Thera and Problem of the Marine Style.” Secondary areas of emphasis include Northern Renaissance, European Baroque and 20^th Century

Bachelor of Arts, Humanities  1987, Magna Cum Laude,  Mesa State University

Study Abroad: Cambridge University UK, Christ’s College 1982.   British History and Literature

 

Recent Courses

Greek and Roman Art, 20^th Century Art, History of the Visual Arts I and II, Art Appreciation

 

Conferences/Presentations/Invited Lectures

2009: Session Moderator for Third Annual BGSU Art History Symposium: New Perspectives in Visual Culture.  April 18^th 2009

2008: Session Moderator, “Beholding Violence: A Conference of Medieval and Early Modern Culture” BGSU February 2008

2000: “Art Travel in France” Stanley G. Wold Faculty Lecture Series, CSU

1998: “Thera, Plato’s Lost Atlantis?”  President’s Distinguished Donors Foundation, CSU

1993:  Organizer, Front Range Art History Symposium, hosted by Colorado State University

 

Additional Course Development (selection)

2014- present: Development Contributor ARH 2000, pioneering Art Appreciation e-learning course.

2006-2010: Art and Culture of Japan

1999-2005: Freshman Seminar -Enigmas of Antiquity: The Mystery and Relevance of Ancient Mediterranean Cultures

1992-present: Survey of World Art, Global Perspective I and II, Prehistory to 20^th century

1996-present: History of Modern Art and Culture

 

Service (selection)

2011-present: Senior Show Critique Participant, Art Major Senior Project, FGCU

2007-2009: Curriculum Development and Revision Project, Art History Area, BGSU

2003-2005: Development Committee, Senior Examination, CSU Art Department

1997-2001: Faculty Advisor, Student Organization for the Visual Arts, CSU Art Department

1991-1992: Research Historian, Denver Art Museum, Ancient Collection