Faculty
Dr. Susan CanningProfessor of Art History
Professor
Canning received her doctorate from Penn State. Her research focuses
on the 19th century Belgian avant-garde. Currently she is writing
a book on James Ensor. Dr. Canning also writes on contemporary art
for several art journals and as a curator has organized shows in
New York City and at the Castle Gallery of the College of New Rochelle.
Professor Canning teaches courses in art history including survey
and advanced courses in 19th and 20th century art. She also teaches
in the Liberal Arts Core curriculum, in Womens Studies and in the
Honors Program.
Professor Cristina de GennaroProfessor of Art
Professor de Gennaro received an MFA in Art from Stanford University and an MA in Aesthetic Studies from the University of Texas, Dallas. She has worked in a variety of media and formats including performance, painting, drawing, and installation.
Professor de Gennaro has exhibited her work in museums and galleries nationally including the Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR), the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, TX), the San Antonio Museum of Art (San Antonio, TX), the Nexus Contemporary Art Center (Atlanta, GA), the Women’s Building (Los Angeles, CA), Southern Exposure Gallery (San Francisco), the Center for Contemporary Art (Seattle, WA), Wave Hill (Bronx, NY), and A.I.R. (New York, NY), among others.
Professor de Gennaro has received fellowship awards for artist residencies from the Fundacion Valparaiso (Almeria, Spain), the Constance Saltonstall Foundation (Ithaca, NY), the Oregon College of Art and Craft (Portland, OR), and the Jentel Foundation (Banner, WY), and was a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome in 2003. She has also been the recipient of grants from institutions including the National Endowment for the Arts, the Seattle Arts Commission, and the Portland Metropolitan Arts Commission. Her work has been reviewed in national journals and newspapers including The New York Times, the Dallas Times Herald, The Oregonian, the Seattle Post Intelligencer, Artweek, and High Performance, among others.
You may visit her website at www.cristinadegennaro.com. Read Professor de Gennaro's CNR Faculty Q&A.
Professor William Maxwell
Professor of Art
William C. Maxwell received his Doctorate and three Masters degrees from Columbia University, and his Bachelor of Arts degree from Wagner College. He has exhibited at Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, the Elizabeth Weiner Gallery, Casola Gallery, the Brooklyn Museum, the National Arts Club, and many other exhibition spaces nationally and internationally. His paintings, prints and drawings are in many private and public collections including the Whitney Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and the New York Public Library . His etchings and lithographs have been included in several published portfolios including The Peaceable Kingdom, published by the Robert Blackburn Printshop at the Elizabeth Foundation. He is a recepient of several awards and grants. His work has been reviewed in numerous art publications and other media. His book, PRINTMAKING: A BEGINNING HANDBOOK (Prentice-Hall), is a widely used text in institutions of education and art throughout the United States. He is co-owner, with his wife Dana DeVito, who is also an artist/teacher, of MAXWELL FINE ARTS Gallery and Sculpture Garden in the Artist District of Peekskill, New York. He maintains two studios in Peekskill, New York. He has been invited to curate many institutional exhibitions to include For the Love of Art at Peekskill's Hat Factory and UNDERTOW: Thinking Water at the Paramount Center for the Arts, also in Peekskill. Max teaches Drawing, Painting, Printmaking and Seminar in the Art Department, has been an active participant in the Honors Program, and presently supervises Art Education Student Teachers. He has been teaching at The College of New Rochelle for the past 37 years. He is also a Visiting Professor of Art at SUNY Westchester in its Center for the Arts at White Plains, New York. Read Professor Maxwell's CNR Faculty Q&A.
Professor Margie Neuhaus,
Associate Professor of Art
Margie Neuhaus received her MFA from Bard College and BFA from Carnegie Mellon University.
She has exhibited at Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY; Wave Hill, Bronx, NY; Safe-T-Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; PS122 Gallery, New York, NY; Convergence XI, Providence, RI; Fields Sculpture Park, Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, NY; Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY; Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia, MN; A + D Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL; Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; and Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY. Margie has also received several residency fellowships from MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH; Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY; Sculpture Space, Utica, NY; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA; Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT; and Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL. She was a finalist for an MTA Arts for Transit public art commission for the Metro-North Scarborough Railroad Station.
Margie Neuhaus teaches Design Foundations 2 and 3, Artists’ Books, and all levels of sculpture, including Foundation Sculpture, Fiber Sculpture, and Introduction to Metalwork. Her work can be viewed at www.margieneuhaus.com.
Professor Emily Stern, Associate Professor of Art
Emily Stern received her M.F.A. in Graphic Design from Indiana University and a B.A. in Art from Yale University. She is a graphic designer and artist, currently working in water-based media on paper. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, including McKenzie Fine Art, Margaret Thatcher Projects, and PS 122 Gallery in NYC, Kentler International Drawing Space, Schroeder-Romero Gallery, Pierogi Gallery and Rotunda Gallery in Brooklyn, NY, Geoffrey Young Gallery in Great Barrington MA and ABA Gallery in Recife Brazil. Her work is included in public and private collections such as the Indiana University Fine Arts Library in Bloomington Indiana, and the Marino Golinelli Collection in Bologna, Italy.
Emily teaches Design Foundation 1, all levels of Graphic Design, Computer Graphics 1 and 2, Illustration, Color and Design, and Sophomore Colloquium. She is currently Chair of the Art Department. Read Emily Stern's CNR Faculty Q&A and her Blog.
She is the webmaster of this site!
Professor Elissa Bromberg
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art Therapy
Elissa Bromberg is a New York State Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT), a registered and board-certified art therapist (ATR-BC), and a sculptor. She received her M.S. in Art Therapy at the College of New Rochelle and her B.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts, New York, NY. A specialist in art therapy in the medical setting, she has worked at the Lagone New York University Medical Center and its Lagone Clinical Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, The Creative Center, AHRC of New York City, and Benedictine Hospital in Kingston, NY. She has also presented at hospitals and professional organizations, including Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Lagone NYU Medical Center, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, and the Society for the Arts in Healthcare; and published her research in Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association and the Journal of Psycho-Oncology. Elissa maintains a private practice in New York City and a studio in New Paltz, NY.
At College of New Rochelle, Elissa teaches Orientation to Art Therapy (undergraduate) as well as Practices & Techniques of Art Therapy (undergraduate). On the graduate level she has also taught Creative Modalities, Art Therapy in the Medical Setting, and Internship Supervision. In addition, she teaches at New York University.