Art Department Faculty
The department's advising program is designed to ensure that art majors are properly fulfilling the requirements of their degree programs in addition to other departmental obligations. Art majors, therefore, meet regularly with their assigned advisors.
Anne Scott Plummer, Professor - Office Hours Web Contact
Art Dept. Chair/3D/Ceramics/Sculpture
Anne Scott Plummer earned her MFA from Claremont Graduate University in California, and her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. She studied with renowned ceramist Paul Soldner, and resided in Los Angeles for ten years before moving to Winona. Through her expressive ceramic sculpture she investigates the figure, both as an icon and in relationship with other figures. She recently presented a multimedia installation Garden Earth: Digging to China that explored Chinese and American cultures and perceptions. That installation was also the site of a collaborative movement piece with WSU Theatre and Dance Professor Gretchen Cohenour. Prof. Plummer teaches Ceramics, Sculpture, and 3-D Design. She is a former Watkins Gallery Director and is currently Art Department Chair.
Seho Park, Professor - Office Hours Web Gallery Contact
Art Education/2D Design
Prof. Seho Park (MAT, MFA, Ph.D.) advises students in the BS Art Teaching program and teaches art education and foundation studio courses. A practicing artist, Prof. Park has been active in exhibiting his art in East Asia and North America since the mid-seventies. In his creative practice, Prof. Park tries to carry on the tradition of art-making as an endless human attempt to encounter the aesthetic ideal embodied in the concrete real.
Don Schmidlapp, Professor - Office Hours Contact
Painting/Drawing
Prof. Schmidlapp has taught Drawing and Painting at WSU since 1981. He is a former Gallery Director for the Watkins Gallery, and a former Art Department Chair. His work has been exhibited in galleries and art centers throughout the U.S. This past year he has exhibited his pastel landscapes at the Minnesota State Arts Board Offices, the River Gallery, and 3-M Corporation in St. Paul; Groveland Gallery in Minneapolis, and the Rochester Art Center.
Vittorio Colaizzi, Assistant Professor - Office Hours Contact
Art History
Vittorio Colaizzi holds an MFA in painting and a PhD in Art History, both from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has published criticism in Art Papers and Woman's Art Journal, and an essay in Smithsonian's American Art. He has co-edited an anthology of critical writing on Robert Ryman which has been published by Karsten Schubert and Ridinghouse, and is currently preparing a monograph on the same artist for Phaidon. Research interests include contemporary abstraction and criticism.
ChunLok Mah, Assistant Professor - Office Hours Web Contact
Graphic Design/Digital Art
Mah is an inter-disciplinary artist. He earned a BES in computer science and art from Saint Cloud State University; BA in visual art from Winona State University; and MA in painting and MFA in Inter-Media Art from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His background work experience includes software engineering, computer networking, multimedia production, web technology, graphic design, new media interactivity, and stereo vision. He has worked with IBM, US-Robotics, 3COM, Krakatua Advertising and other corporations and universities. Mah started his career as a traditionally trained mural artist. He has painted many large murals of oceans and forests, some of which adorn the National Science Center of Malaysia. Mah continues to blend his artistry and technical skills to create scenes that interface with people’s well-being.
Mary Coughlan, Adjunct Professor - Office Hours Contact
Print Making/2D Design/Drawing
Teaches Print Making, 2D Design and Drawing courses. Mary earned a B.A. in studio Art from the College of Saint Teresa and an MFA from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. She has taught in the art department at Macalester College, College of Saint Teresa, Saint Mary’s University and Viterbo University. Since 1989 she has been an adjunct member of the Winona State University Art Department. Her prints, drawings and paintings have been exhibited locally and nationally. After serving as the Executive Director of the Winona Arts Center for 15 years she is currently on the Winona Arts Center Board as the Chair of the Exhibits Committee.
Michael Knox, Adjunct Faculty - Web Contact
3D/Ceramic/Drawing
Mike currently live in Manchester, Iowa where they own an 1870 Folk Victorian home.He operates Knox Studios 2 located on Highways 3 and 13 only four miles from Backbone State Park in Strawberry Point, Iowa. This is Mike’s second major studio operation. He owned and operated Chicken Ridge Studio in La Crescent, Minnesota for almost ten years prior to moving to Iowa.
Andy Flecther, Adjunct Faculty - Web Contact
Drawing
Andy has a BFA from Carroll College and an MFA from UW-Milwaukee.
He has taught at UW-Milwaukee, Carroll College, the Milwaukee
Institute of Art and Design, and Winona State. He is a full time
artist traveling the country selling my paintings and drawings, and
have gallery representation at Michael Fitzsimmons Gallery in
Chicago, Illinois. His website is andrewclairfletcher.com. Living on
the Mississippi River provides endless inspiration in art and life.
Bonnie Schetski-Heineman, Adjunct Faculty - Web Contact
Printmaking
Bonnie Schetski-Heineman received her Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, and her Master of Fine Arts from New Mexico State University in Printmaking. She has taught at numerous Educational Institutions throughout the Mid-West and New Mexico and is currently teaching at Winona State University, UW-LaCrosse and Viterbo University. Bonnie is a member of the Mid-American Print Council and shows her work locally and nationally.
