Marie Alanen

Art History

Assistant Professor

A.B.
University of Chicago
M.A.
California State College at Northridge
Ph.D.
University of California at
Los Angeles

Marie joined the Art Department in the Spring of 1997. Her special interest is in the reconstruction of ancinet cities. She writes, edits and creates the Art Department News Letter and serves on the Academic Senate.Latest project to keep us at the cutting edge: Currently converting art history images from slides to computer.  Soon one machine will do what VCR, overhead projector and slide projector did before. 

She writes:These Ruins Are Inhabited.
Roman ruins at the site of Jerash, the city in Jordan where I did  research for my dissertation in 1994.  I studied the fine art of architectural recycling. It was fascinating to see how the towns people reused ancient remains such as the stone capital shown above. No coffee table this, however.
These Ruins  Make a House a Home.
My first abstract painting, now a talisman, is a flaking ruin that has moved around the world with me. Painted over a second-hand canvas abandoned by a former art student, this picture brings me luck.  It has moved with me from America to Africa to Europe and back again.

Linda Kallan

Drawing
&
Painting

Assitant Professor
 

 B.A. & M.F.A.
University of California at Berkeley

Linda joined the faculty in the Fall of 2001. A dedicated teacher and artist, she has worked in the L.A. area for many years. Her work appeared recently at the Santa Ana College Gallery. She is married and has a son. She delights in large scale drawing in graphite and charcoal as well as painting in oils.

Chris Moreno

Animation

Assistant Professor

B.A. & M.A.
Cal Arts
(California Institute of the Arts)

Chris joined the faculty in 1998.She is the guiding light in our new animation program.

She lists the following words as a personal sketch:"Rahway - New Jersey/ arriving - jacaranda trees in full bloom/ a daughter/ Love/ Carlos - husband/ skydiving/ book club/ Studio Art/ Cal State LA/ Magna Cum Laude/ a son/ Experimental Animation/ CalArts/ mentor/ Jules Engle/ yoga/ Oval Office/ Betty Curry/ Bill Clinton/ a cat - Haha/ a dog - Riley/ another daughter/ tap dancing/ East LA College - a terrific place/ ART.

Mike Owens

Graphics

Assistant Professor

B.F.A.
Fort Lewis College
 M.F.A.
 University of California at
Los Angeles

Joined the faculty in 1996. Mike was the prime mover in the creation of our T.E.A.M. Program. He is a very private person and has declined to make any comments for thise section.

Katherine Shelly Pfeiffer

Art History
&
Computer Graphics

Professor of Art

A.B. & Ph.D.
University of California at
Los Angeles

I joined the Art Department in 1972, and taught only Art History for about 15 years. In the 1980s I became a desktop design devotee and helped start the art/architecture/engineering computer-graphics lab on campus. I have published several books and numerous articles on desktop publishing. In late 1999 I started learning about web site design; currently, I'm redesigning this site. I am a dedicated student of both flamenco and middle eastern dancing. In addition, I am studying to become a certified Tarot reader. (To visit my website, go to: katagories.com ) The photo at right shows me dancing for friends at a party. My husband, a composer and Flamenco guitar student, accompanies me.

Christopher Turk

Ceramics

Assistant Professor

M.F.A.
California State University at Northridge

Chris joined our faculty in the Fall of 2001. He has already begun a total revitalization of the ceramics program. He has worked and taught in the LA area for many years. His scultpure and ceramics appear in exhibits accross the U.S. and around the world. A former President of the American Ceramics Society, Chris intends to help ELAC build a nationally recognized ceramics programs as well as serve and foster the arts within our local community.

At Left: Beginning a ceramic sculpture with a really big cylinder!

June Smith

Computer Graphics

A.B. & M.A. University of California at
Los Angeles

Professor Emeritus

A.B., M.A. U.C.L.A.

June joined the faculty in 1958, retired from regular teaching in 1995. She taught part time until 2001. In that year she retired from teachinng. She still lives in California.

Carson Scott

 Retired Chairman

Sculpture & Drawing

Professor Emeritus
(Retired)

B.F.A.
Oklahoma State University
M.A
University of California at
Los Angeles

Carson Scott Leaves Us A Valuable Legacy

Raised on a farm in Oklahoma, Carson Scott's first experiences with management came when he operated the farm in his parents' absence.  He studied at the University of Oklahoma and received his Master of Fine Arts from CSU Long Beach.   Carson traveled widely, but was particularly fascinated by Egypt, to which he returned again and again.  His openness to change and innovation helped to fuel the Art Department's renascence.

On Carson's watch, the art department has greatly expanded its faculty and programs.  From a department of two full-timers we have increased to a total of six.  Our programs have expanded to suit the needs of the times. Computer graphics courses were added in the early nineties, followed by a program of campus beautification.  In 1997, the Animation Program geared up, and in 1999, the process of digitizing Art History images began.

The Art Department faculty misses Carson tremendously, and we THANK HIM for all his efforts.

Jim Uyekawa

Department
Chairman
 

Painting

Associate Professor

B.F.A.
 California State University at
Long Beach
 

M.F.A.
Claremont  Graduate School

Joined the faculty in 1995 and has become indispensible! He is very private and will probably never submit any autobiographical material.

At Right: Jim (foreground) mountain climbing. Only one of his MANY interests.