About us
Photograph by Katherine Arens and Christina Beltran.
Left to right: Marjorie Och, Avian Spiller, Samantha West, Nicole Faison, Caitlin Vance, Katherine Arens, Katherine Despagni, Janice Daul, Stephanie Grimes, Jim Groom, Jessica Dalrymple, Teresa Duncan, Jessie Busch, Ross Haley, Caitlin Cocco. Absent from our journey to Venice (and hence not in our photo): John Eskeland.
Katherine Arens is a Studio Art major at the University of Mary Washington. Her concentration is in painting; however, she explores mixed-media in her work to include her interest in ceramics and sculpture. She currently works in development at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Jessie Busch is a senior English and Art History double major graduating in May 2009. She currently works as the Student Coordinator at the University of Mary Washington Galleries and is researching Art History Graduate Programs for 2010.
Caitlin Cocco is a senior Studio Art major at the university with concentrations in Ceramics and Sculpture.
Jessica Dalrymple is a senior Historic Preservation and Art History double major graduating in May 2009.
Janice Daul is a junior at the University of Mary Washington. She is a double major in Art History and English.
Katherine Despagni is a junior at the University of Mary Washington and an Art History major.
Teresa Duncan is graduating in December 2008 with a B.S. in Chemistry and a second major in Art History.
Jim Groom is an instructional technologist at the University of Mary Washington.
John Eskeland is a senior at the University of Mary Washington from Brookside, New Jersey. He is majoring in History and Art History.
Ross Haley
Nicole Faison is a junior at the University of Mary Washington double majoring in Art History and Business.
Stephanie Grimes is a senior who will graduate in May 2009 with a B.A. in Classical Civilization and Italian Studies.
Marjorie Och is Professor of Art History at the University of Mary Washington where she teaches courses in Renaissance and Baroque art. Her research interests include Vittoria Colonna’s patronage of the arts and Giorgio Vasari’s Lives of the Artists.
Avian Spiller is a junior at the University of Mary Washington majoring in Art History and Physics.
Caitlin Vance is a junior at the university majoring in Art History and Political Science
Samantha West is a third year undergraduate Art History major at the University of Mary Washington.
