Art & Design Faculty and Staff

At any given moment it is the people who define and make up the CMU Art and Design Department. We are a community of artists comprised of students, faculty and alumni.

Faculty members are professionally active in their fields and routinely create art, present, exhibit, research, publish and lecture within their areas. We have diverse educational backgrounds each with unique skills, scholarly artistic approaches and new ideas that we readily share with our students.

As artists we are not only committed to creating art as a scholarly practice, but in sharing that scholarly experience in our classroom. You can explore and learn about some of our unique talents in the links below.

If you need to declare a major or be assigned a faculty advisor in the Art and Design Department, please contact Ashtonn Means in Fine Arts 200, call 970.248.1833, or email ameans@coloradomesa.edu.

Art & Design Instructors & Lecturers 

Cain, Lily
2D Design
FA 313G
lcain@coloradomesa.edu

Clark, Jimmy Ron
Art Appreciation
jclark@coloradomesa.edu

Cochran, Adam
Animation, Film, Photography & Motion Design
EH 113
ajcochra@coloradomesa.edu

Dearing, Robin
Art History
rdearing@coloradomesa.edu

Gustafson, Jeffrey
Animation, Film, Photography, and Motion Design 
313G
jgustafson@coloradomesa.edu

Humphrey, Sam
K-12 Art Education
shumphre@coloradomesa.edu

Kyle, Ryan
3D Design and Foundation Drawing
FA 313G
rkyle@coloradomesa.edu

Osborne, Aaron 
Graphic Design 
FA 313G

O'Quinn, Leisha
Art History
loquinn@coloradomesa.edu

Safken, Brooke
Graphic Design; AFP&MD
FA 313G
bsafken@coloradomesa.edu

Woods, Rebecca
2D & 3D Design, Foundation Drawing
FA 313G
rwoods@coloradomesa.edu

Wyman, Kari
Art History
FA 313G
kwyman@coloradomesa.edu

Zerbe, Forrest
Animation, Film, Photography & Motion Design
FA 313E
970-248-1481
fzerbe@coloradomesa.edu