Department: School of Design and Art

Academic Credentials

Received a Masters degree in Interior Design from the Corcoran College of Art + Design.

Biography

Jessica Bonness, ASID, IIDA, is an Assistant Professor of Interior Design at Marymount University. She is NCIDQ-certified as well as LEED GA, and has over ten years of experience as a design educator and practitioner. Shortly after receiving her Masters’s degree, she started her own firm in 2010, where she has completed a diverse array of residential projects in the Washington D.C. metro area and along the east coast. 

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Teaching Area

Jessica has taught Interior Design for several universities at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Her teaching focuses on foundational skills, professional practice, and practice-based skills, and she frequently integrates her robust design industry connections and experiences as a practice owner into the classroom.

Research Interests

Her research focuses on studying Human Behavior and using Human-Centered Design processes to refine problem-solving and improve outcomes in a variety of design applications, and she is interested in innovative classroom approaches that allow students to test their skills in active design projects.

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“Academic Credentials

2007 Master of Fine Art, Parsons the New School for Design
2002 Clemson Architecture Center, Drawing Intensive Study under Brian Andrews
2001 M.ARCH, The University of Florida, Architecture (terminal degree)
2000 VIA: Vicenza Institute of Architecture
1997 Bachelor of Arts, University of Tampa

Biography

Salvatore Pirrone is an educator and artist living in the DC metro area.  His studio practice exists at the intersection of art and design, with a particular interest in themes of ‘Work’, ‘Play’, ‘Identity’ and ‘Domesticity’.  He worked in the architectural offices of Carl Abbott and Huff + Gooden Architects before launching his own studio practice, where he is engaged in a variety of projects ranging from custom furniture, residential design and fine art.  Salvatore is an Assistant Professor of Interior Design at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Florida and a Master of Fine Art degree from Parsons the New School for Design in New York.  Since relocating to the Washington Metro Area in 2009, Salvatore has shown with Arlington Arts Center, Atlas Performing Arts Center, CulturalDC’s Mobile Art Gallery, Sandy Spring Museum, Transformer, Maryland Art Place, Dittmar House at Marymount University, IA&A at Hillyer in Washington, DC and most recently with the Project for Affordable Housing in Arlington, Virginia. Salvatore Pirrone is an educator and artist living

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Teaching Area

 

Sal teaches Undergraduate and Graduate coursework in lecture, seminar, and studio formats., Including: Architectural Drafting, Foundation Design Studios, Construction Methods, and Portfolio and Furniture Building.

Studio Courses (Undergraduate and Graduate

ID-203 Foundation Studio II

ID-102 Foundation Studio I 

ID-121 Freehand Drafting

ID-122 Sketching and Rendering for Ideas

ID-501 Graduate Studio I

ID-502 Graduate Studio II

Lecture Courses (Undergraduate and Graduate)

ID-416 Digital Communication for Interior Design

ID-532 Construction and Environmental Systems

ID-515 Field Study Advanced Rendering Copenhagen, Denmark

ID- 516 Digital Communication for Interior Design

Research Interests

 

_{Sal is interested in how we receive information, organize it and use it to affect our behavior in the world. Specifically, within natural phenomena, he explore how this process shapes our decisions for making, perception and development of identity. Sal builds sculptural installations, participate in panel discussions and give presentations at various venues including universities, galleries, and conferences}

 

 

 

Publications

Peer Reviewed Commissions/Installations

Pirrone, Salvatore (April 2019) Solo Exhibition at Shephard University.  Shephard, WV.

Pirrone, Salvatore (January 2019) ‘You and Me’.  Solo Exhibition for Hillyer Art Space.  Washington, DC.

Pirrone, Salvatore (October-November 2017) String Room.  Solo Exhibition for CulturalDC Space4: Art.  Washington, DC.

Pirrone, Salvatore (June-October 2017) Megaphone.  Group Exhibition for Arlington Arts Center.  Arlington, VA. Addressing an audience in an urban park setting.

Pirrone, Salvatore (February, 2017) Megaphone.  Group Exhibition for Intersections Festival.  Washington, DC. Addressing an audience in an urban public interior setting.

Pirrone, Salvatore (June-September 2016) Megaphone.  Group Exhibition for Washington Sculptors Group.  Olney, MD. Addressing an audience in a rural public exterior setting.

Pirrone, Salvatore (April-June 2014) Spring Solos.  Solo Exhibition for Arlington Arts Center.  Arlington, VA.

Peer Review in Publication

Solo Exhibition Review, You and Me.  John Anderson for Washington City Paper, January 2019.

https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/museums-galleries/blog/21043479/samantha-sethi-salvatore-pirrone-and-danni-obrien-at-iaa-at-hillyer-reviewed

Solo Exhibition Review, String Room.  Mark Jenkins for the Washington Post, November 2017. (Print and Online)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-david-x-levine-uses-pencils-to-put-a-new-spin-on-an-old-master/2017/11/09/97c2cb66-c33a-11e7-afe9-4f60b5a6c4a0_story.html?utm_term=.720a85355851

Solo Exhibition Review, String Room.  Elsabe Johnson Dixon for East City Art, November 2017. (Online)

https://www.eastcityart.com/reviews/east-city-art-reviews-salvatore-pirrone-string-room/

Solo Exhibition Review, String Room.  Pat Padua for DCist, November 2017. (Online)

https://dcist.com/2017/10/this_mobile_gallery_will_bring_art.php#photo-3

Group Exhibition Review, Interdisciplinarium.  Mark Jenkins for the Washington Post, September 2017. (Print and Online)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-doubling-down-on-artworks/2017/09/01/4a3680fa-8c07-11e7-91d5-ab4e4bb76a3a_story.html?utm_term=.85f8bb60748d

Group Exhibition Review, Interdisciplinarium.  Eliza Burkon for Northern Virginia Magazine, September 2017. (Print and Online)

https://www.northernvirginiamag.com/things-to-do/things-to-do-features/2017/08/08/interdisciplinarium-is-more-than-just-a-pretty-picture/

Solo Exhibition Review, Spring Solos.  Michael O’Sullivan for the Washington Post, May 2014. (Print and Online)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/museums/art-review-spring-solos-at-the-arlington-arts-center/2014/05/15/cc7d366e-d7a4-11e3-95d3-3bcd77cd4e11_story.html?utm_term=.5f8b43a930ea

Peer Reviewed Conference Presentations

2018 Interior Design Educators Regional Conference Miami, Fl.  Presentation Creative

Scholarship, Megaphone and String Room.   

Peer Reviewed Teaching Workshops

Will apply for Interior Design Educators Council presentations for next cycle, Spring 2019

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Academic Credentials

Received her Master’s degree of Interior Design from Marymount University with a focus in history and environmental preference theory. She has an undergraduate degree in Studio Art from Oakland University.

Biography

Susan Hergenrather, IDEC is a Continuing Professor of Interior Design at Marymount University. She has worked professionally with disaster relief shelter specialists and owned a design firm focusing on both residential and commercial Interior design. Her research focuses on the history of architecture, Interiors and the decorative arts. 

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Teaching Area

She teaches undergraduate and graduate students in history, numerous design studios, sketching and rendering, drafting, textiles and materials and business procedures. 

Research Interests

• History of Architecture
• Interiors and the decorative arts

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Academic Credentials

B.F.A., Saint Mary’s College
M.F.A., Rochester Institute of Technology

Biography

A member of Marymount’s faculty since 2001, Professor Murphy is currently Chair of the Graphic and Media Design program. From 2015–19, she served as Associate Provost of Academic Affairs and was a member of the SACSCOC Reaffirmation Leadership Team as the QEP Director. As Associate Provost, she created the Academic Advising Center, the Saints’ Center for Service, and the Cody Gallery at the Ballston Center. She managed the Center for Teaching and Learning, Honors Program, Dual Enrollment programs, transfer agreements, and service learning courses as well as chaired the Academic Enrollment Committee, which reviews student appeals. 

She has developed and run multiple study abroad courses in Greece and Glasgow,
Scotland.

Other Information

Professor Murphy has presented at the National Academic Advising Association
(NACADA) 24-Hour Virtual Academic Advising Conference (2019); SACSCOC Annual Meetings (2018, 2019), Virginia Humanities Conference (2015); University and College Designer’s Association’s (UCDA) Design Educator’s Summit (2009, 2013), AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) Design Educators (2010), and Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) Annual Conference (2010, 2013).

She was awarded a 2013 VFIC Visual and Performing Arts Capital Project Grant for funding Marymount’s ceramics studio. Her environmental design project won a Graphic Design USA American Inhouse Design Award. She was the faculty advisor to the award winning BlueInk, Marymount’s literary arts magazine. In 2016, she had a one woman show at the Barry Gallery, Marymount University and continues to have her artwork juried into state and local exhibits such as the Art League, Alexandria, VA and The Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Virginia Artists Juried Exhibitions, Hampton, VA.

Professor Murphy is active in community service. She is a member of AIGA and UCDA, and serves on the Board of the Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Skopelos, Greece.

Teaching Area

• Visual Communication and Design
• Communication Design
• Publication Design
• Typography
• Software: Adobe Creative Suite

Professor Murphy’s expertise in graphic design includes integrated marketing
campaigns, print publications, poster design, logo design/brand development and
environmental graphics. She has worked in the design industry for over thirty years and
continues to be involved in visual communications as an art director and project
manager for select clients and non-profits.

Research Interests

• Service learning: nonprofit and community design projects
• Publication, logo, and poster design
• Integrated marketing campaigns
• Interdisciplinary design projects
• Fine arts: printmaking and mixed media

Publications

Professor Murphy has presented at the National Academic Advising Association
(NACADA) 24-Hour Virtual Academic Advising Conference (2019); SACSCOC Annual
Meetings (2018, 2019), Virginia Humanities Conference (2015); University and College
Designer’s Association’s (UCDA) Design Educator’s Summit (2009, 2013), AIGA
(American Institute of Graphic Arts) Design Educators (2010), and Interior Design
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Academic Credentials

B.S., University of Maryland
M.F.A., The George Washington University

Biography

Barry C. Erdeljon joined the faculty at Marymount in 1992. He has been the creative director, designer, producer and provided technology consultation for award-winning museum interactive displays, video productions, and websites. Grant-funded projects include Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre, Calvert Marine Science Museum, and Freedom House Museum. Mr. Erdeljon has made presentations at museum design and technology conferences.

Mr. Erdeljon makes a difference by contributing his design and technology skills to a wide range of causes and nonprofits. He also provides technology assistance to the video studio and Apple computer labs at Marymount.

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Teaching Area

• Digital Photography
• Video Production
• Web Design & Social Media Design
• Performance Media Lab
• Senior Media/Graphic Design Portfolio

Research Interests

• Museum exhibits and interactive display designs and technology
• Promotional mini-documentaries
• Web & Social Media design and technology
• Digital photography video production techniques

Publications

Museum Exhibit Design

Captain John Smith Nanticoke River Discover Center, Vienna Maryland
Sully Planation, historic site, Fairfax Virginia
National Urban League, centennial traveling exhibit
Freedom House Museum, Alexandria Virginia
 
Interactive Display Design

Sully Planation, historic site, in Fairfax Virginia
   “Alone in Dixie” — exploration of Sully Farm’s role during the Civil War.
   “Slave Quarters” — video exploration of enslaved life at Sully Farm.

Calvert Marine Science Museum, Solomons Maryland
    Paleontology photo and video gallery touch screen with geological time spiral   
    interface and an educational children’s game

Freedom House, domestic slave museum, Alexandria Virginia
    “Sold South” — exploration of the economics of domestic slave trading
   “Torn Apart” — first person testimonials of former slaves’ experiences
   “Cotton Is King” – educational game for elementary school students

Video Productions

“I am empowered” video wall documentary about one hundred years of National Urban League programs and initiatives.

“Moochula – Giving hawksbills hope” documentary about Gales Point villagers and Marymount University’s Dr. Rimkus hawksbill sea turtle preservation efforts.

“National Mall Monuments and Memorials” AIM Higher, Foster Care to Success video series for the National Park Service centennial.

“Slave testimonials” for Freedom House Museum, Alexandria Virginia

“Founding Our Foundation” documentary about Elk Run Anglican Church Site Archeology Preservation Project, Fauquier County, Virginia,

Web Design

Alexandria African American Hall of Fame, website and accompanying diorama displays at the Charles Houston Recreation Center, Alexandria, Virginia.

Howard Zinn Education Project, teachers’ resource website supporting the teaching of people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country

OceanSpeak interactive literacy games for oceanspeak.org, author, creative director, producer and programmer of four online interactive literacy games and accompanying “OceanSpeak.org” website design.

Educational resource Website design strategy for U.S. Department of Education with the Copernicus Group consultancy.

Arlington Black Heritage Museum, Arlington, Virginia, virtual web museum, oral histories, and documentary video

Media and Graphic Design

Sr. Magella, History of Marymount University book, Xerox, digital products informational materials, Smithsonian’s Leonard Bernstein Children’s Concert Video collection promotion, Amtrak Capitol and Cardinal trains branding, Realty World, national real estate franchise branding, broker training kits and sales agents tools, and marketing campaigns for Bell Atlantic, Federal Computer Conference, Monumental General Insurance Company, American Society of Association Executives, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Catholic Daughters of the Americas, and more.

Awards & Recognitions

Blue Pencil & Gold Screen Awards, Display Design Award of Excellence,
The National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC) for Sully Historic Site Exhibit

University & College Designers Association Gold Award for “Sold South”, slave narratives video for the Northern Virginia Urban League’s Freedom House Museum

University & College Designers Association Silver Award for “The Slave Pen” diorama and video display, for Northern Virginia Urban League’s Freedom House Museum

“Moochula – Giving hawksbills hope” documentary screenings at the Belize Inferential Film Festival and the International Sea Turtle Society Symposium

Northern Virginia Urban League Outstanding Achievement Award, for service to the community

Other recognitions include: Advertising Club Addy Awards, Washington Metropolitan Art Director Awards, Direct Marketing Association of Washington Awards, National Direct Marketing Association ECHO Awards, and Insurance Industry Creative Marketing PMA Awards […]

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Academic Credentials

B.S., Brooklyn College, City University of New York
M.A. in Medical and Biological Illustration, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art

Biography

Mr. Xenakis received a B.S. in Biology, with a minor in Fine Arts, at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. He went on to receive a Master of Arts degree in Medical and Biological Illustration, at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, in the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a professional full-time medical and biological illustrator for about 15 years. Thomas was awarded 2 Senior Fulbright Fellowship to Greece in 1994‑1995 and 2000-2001. In 1996, he became artist‑in‑residence at the Wesley Theological Seminary, Center for the Arts and Religion, Washington, DC. He continued his creative work with the sacred icon and its contemporary applications in media and subject. Thomas completed a Master of Fine Arts, at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Hoffberger School of Painting in Baltimore, Maryland under the guidance of the late, Grace Hartigan, Abstract Expressionist.

Mr. Xenakis maintains a studio in Silver Spring, Maryland. Since 2003 he is working on a series of sculpted and painted mixed media gilded panels with a variety of precious metals. These works are titled XPYSO (GOLD). This is an on-going series that he continues to exhibit at various venues and he has created about 425 works in this series, and in this time span.

Currently, Thomas teaches drawing, painting, two-dimensional design, color theory, and cross-cultural visual language at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia, Georgetown University in Washington DC, and Prince Georges Community College in Largo, Maryland.  Thomas has been involved in many study abroad tenures to Greece and Italy in academic programs. He is represented in collections throughout the United States, Italy, Greece, France, Australia, and Germany. For examples of Thomas Xenakis’ artwork, please visit www.xenakisarts.com.

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Teaching Area

• Drawing
• Two-Dimensional Design
• Color theory
• Painting

Research Interests

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Academic Credentials

B.A., Shippensburg University
M.F.A., George Washington University

Biography

Joe Hicks received a BA in Art from Shippensburg University in 2000, and his MFA in Ceramics at The George Washington University in 2005.  He sustained residence in Washington, DC to begin his academic teaching career as an Adjunct Professor in the ceramic programs at both The George Washington University in 2006, and at Gallaudet University in 2008.

Currently, Joe maintains the appointment of Assistant Professor of Studio Art at Marymount University in Arlington, VA.  There, he developed and continues to grow the ceramics and 3D design program in the Department of Fine Arts, including the establishment of a ceramics minor in 2016.  The ceramics program at Marymount also focuses on developing community relationships, and exploring new methods associated with product design and industrial production techniques.

Joe retains a serious commitment to producing high quality ceramic vessels and functional pottery, and has exclusively focused on experimenting with shino glazes for the last 10 years.  He participates in exhibitions and craft shows on regional and national levels, and enjoys building constructive relationships throughout the artist community.

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Teaching Area

• Ceramics
• 3D Design

Research Interests

• Discovering the collaboration between different firing strategies and their effects on shino glazed ceramic vessels
• Developing new design and production strategies for industrial ceramic practices

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Academic Credentials

B.A., College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
M.F.A., Painting, New York Studio School
M.F.A., Creative Writing, The New School

Biography

Mary Proenza was raised up and down the coast of California and completed her BA in literature at UC Santa Barbara’s College of Creative Studies. She earned her MFA in painting at New York Studio School and her MFA in creative writing at The New School. She has been awarded a grant as a Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Creative Fellow for a residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in 2020. She has also received residency grants from Jentel Foundation, Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico, Springboard for the Arts, Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, and New York Mills Cultural Center. Her artistic disciplines include painting, drawing, printmaking, and writing. Her written art reviews have been published in Art in America and The Brooklyn Rail, and her visual art appears on the covers of books from John Daniel & Co. and CDs from CMH and Arhoolie. One of her current projects is a graphic memoir combining paintings, drawings, prints, and writing; a chapter of this has been published in Rosebud magazine.

Mary Proenza joined the faculty of Marymount University in August 2017. Previously, she taught in the City University of New York system, at Marymount Manhattan College, at New York Academy of Art, and at UCSB. To see examples of Mary Proenza’s artwork, please visit www.maryproenza.com.

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Teaching Area

• Painting
• Printmaking
• Drawing
• Color Theory
• Advanced Studio
• Senior Project

Research Interests

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Academic Credentials

B.S., Skidmore College
M.F.A., University of Arizona

Biography

Sarah Hardesty’s recent drawings, paintings, sculptures, and installations deal with time, personal history, excavation of the past, the power of intention and will, collective change, and the force and ability of nature and human in environmental, physical, and psychological shifts. She uses the idea of ‘time-binding’ in much of her work – the notion of preserving memories and recording experience for the use of subsequent generations. Through space, color, line, repetition, and systems of marking time, she explores past, present, and future, adjusts memory, records experience, and alters space and surface.

Hardesty has been awarded residencies at the MacDowell Colony, the Wassaic Project, the Carriage House at Islip Art Museum, Santa Fe Art Institute, Vermont Studio Center, and Hurleyville Makers Lab. Her work has been included in numerous exhibitions including VisArts, Rockville, MD; McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA; ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, NY; Davidson Contemporary, New York, NY; MPG Gallery, Boston, MA; Wheaton College, MA; the Tucson Museum of Art and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ. She has been awarded a Joan Mitchell Foundation grant in conjunction with Santa Fe Art Institute and a Leon Levy award for her residency at the McDowell Colony. 

In addition to teaching and being a working artist, her professional experience includes directing profit and non-profit galleries, curating, grant writing, and website design. She has taught drawing, painting, and foundations at Caldwell College, NJ; Wesley College, DE; and the School of Art and the School of Architecture, University of Arizona prior to joining Marymount faculty in 2016. She received her MFA in Painting from the University of Arizona and her BS in Studio Art from Skidmore College.

www.sarahhardesty.com

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Teaching Area

• Drawing 1
• Drawing 2
• Figure Drawing
• Advanced 2D Studio
• Sophomore Portfolio
• Senior Portfolio
• Senior Project

Research Interests

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“Academic Credentials
2004 – Awarded DAWIA Level III Certification in Government Contracting and Acquisition
1999: MS Degree in Textile Engineering & Product Development, Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA
1984: BS Degree in Apparel Production Management, Fashion Institute of Technology, NY, NY
1982: BS Degree in Applied Science, Majored in Fashion Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, NY, NY
1980: AS Degree in Applied Technology, Fashion Design/Tailoring, Clarissa School of Design, Pittsburgh, PA

Biography
Bill Allen is an award-winning fashion designer who attended some of the top design schools in the United States. He has worked as a Fashion Designer and Director of Business Development over the past nearly 30 years in the public, private (both in the U.S. and Paris France) and nonprofit sectors of the fashion industry. He is considered an expert in CAD/CAM technology where he was Team Leader of the Pattern Making Department, at the Defense Logistics Agency’s Philadelphia Troop Support Philadelphia in charge of manual and technical patternmaking technology in conjunction with all five military services: Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guards, and Air Force.  He has chaired the federal government’s Patternmaking Standardization Committee where he led the effort in developing various standardization processes and procedures that are still being used today.  He also led the effort to increase productivity in processing 25,000 requisition/year regarding Special Measurement MTM patterns for all five military services.  And was instrumental in converting technical specifications into Commercial Item Descriptions (CIDS)

Finally, he has written technical manuals for CAD/CAM Technology, for Distributions Processes, Blue Penciling, Defects in Manufacturing, 40 Point Quality Checking Systems, Creating Made-to-Measure and Marker Making tricks of the trade concepts.

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Teaching Area

• Apparel Design I
• Fashion Illustration II
• CAD/CAM Fashion Design Fundamentals 

Research Interests

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