2024 Faculty and Staff Art Exhibition

Angela Acosta is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies. She began teaching at Davidson in Fall 2023 after completing a doctorate in Iberian Studies in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at The Ohio State University. She is a bilingual Mexican American poet whose creative and academic work center on imagining possible worlds and preserving the cultural legacies of marginalized writers. She is the 2023 recipient of the Creative Writing and Artistic Creation Award from Feministas Unidas for her series of poems titled “Poetic Tributes to ‘las Sinsombrero’: The Legacies of Modern Spanish Women.” She has written poetry since she was a teenager, and began writing Latinx futurist poetry in 2021, with poems appearing in Apparition Lit, Radon Journal, Space & Time, and Copihue Poetry. She is author of the Elgin nominated speculative poetry collection Summoning Space Travelers (Hiraeth Publishing, 2022) and chapbook A Belief in Cosmic Dailiness (Red Ogre Review, 2023). 

What We Learned in Spanish Class, 2022 | Digital media | NFS

email: anacosta@davidson.edu 

I began my interest in wildlife photography in graduate school at The Pennsylvania State University where I obtained my PhD in zoology, specializing in animal behavior. I joined Davidson's biology department in 1974 after completing my doctorate degree. It wasn’t until 1995 that I had my first opportunity to travel to Africa. I was asked to review the School for Field Studies program in Kenya. To my delight, my three weeks in Kenya were spent on safari with the faculty and students in the program and I fell in love with photographing African wildlife. I have traveled and taken pictures in many areas of the world, but my favorite subjects are still the animals of Africa. Safaris in Botswana and South Africa have provided many opportunities for me to observe and photograph animals in their natural habitat. There is nothing more thrilling than meeting the gaze of a wild animal through a camera lens and to feel part of their world at least for a moment.

Leopard in Okavango Delta, Botswana 2008, 2008 | Canvas print | NFS

email: vecase@davidson.edu 

I am in my eighteenth year on the Administrative Staff here at Davidson.  I always enjoy capturing photo images to share with my friends.

Campus Snow Scene, 2022 | Photograph | NFS

email: jochristian@davidson.edu 

I have been at Davidson for 5 years as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology. I first tried this type of art during my post-doc in Flagstaff, AZ as a form of art therapy. I really like fluid art because it self-organizes into patterns that you can influence, but not control directly. That vibed with my science, which uses dynamical systems modeling to understand how people interact with one another. Using acrylic paints, colors are layered and then poured onto the canvas, which can be moved to influence the paint. Silicone added to the paint creates the cells.

Untitled, 2018 | Acrylic on canvas | NFS

Email: breiler@davidson.edu 

I'm constantly exploring various mediums: experimental music, digital glitch, collage videos...and my current exploration are gelli plate prints. 

Horace 01, 2023 | Paint and ink on cardstock | $50

Email: jehunt@davidson.edu 

I've been teaching at Davidson since 1995 in both the German Studies Department and Film and Media Studies minor. Collage-making has been a hobby for about fifteen years, and I typically combine vacation pictures with museum artworks. 

Always There, 2022 | photos, garland | $50

Email: mamccarthy@davidson.edu 

I am new Lecturer of the Russian Studies. I was born in Siberia, Russia. I am PhD in Russian and author of textbooks. I am interested in art, music, and sports. My new hobby: cross stitch.

Embroidery “Poppies”, 2023 | Textile | NFS

Email: lamoskvitina@davidson.edu 

Kristi Multhaup grew up in Hayfield, MN, attended Gustavus Adolphus College, and conducted research at the Minneapolis VA. After training at Princeton, Washington University in St. Louis, and Duke, Kristi moved to Davidson where she as been a PSY professor for 28 years. She started taking photos with a 3mm camera that her father gave her; in recent years has used her iphone.

Our Vision of Reality, 1991 | photograph | NFS

Email: krmulthaup@davidson.edu 

Shane recently joined the Davidson College community in August of last year. From Jacksonville, Florida, Shane has been photographing his favorite people and places for the last 10 years.

View from Bixby, 2023 | Digital photo | NFS

Email: shreilly@davidson.edu 

Sara Simmons has been creating artwork since early childhood and works primarily as an acrylic painter. Her portraiture, often of animals including her two cats, Lilly and Leo, explores themes of connection, particularly focusing on the eyes of her subjects.

In 2021, Sara was selected as an ArtPop Street Gallery artist, which allowed her to share her work on billboards and digital displays throughout Charlotte, the United States, and the Philippines. She also showcased her work at the Immersive Van Gogh Charlotte exhibition in 2021, the Charlotte International Arts Festival in 2022, and will be an exhibiting artist at Artfields in Lake City, SC in 2024. She has participated in juried exhibitions locally, regionally, and nationally.

Sara began working at Davidson College as the Associate Director of Donor Relations in June of 2023

Jester Leonardo DiCatrio, 2019 | Acrylic paint on canvas | NFS

Email: sasimmons@davidson.edu 

In Missouri, my grandmother taught me to crochet when I was twelve, but I didn't pick up a hook regularly until I was encouraged to do so by my friends here at the college.  Davidson is home to quite the community of textile artists!  I've been the delighted recipient of their guidance for the last twelve years.

Tumbling Blocks, 2023 | Yarn (acrylic) | NFS

Email: anstovall@davidson.edu 

Anita Tripathi is an Associate Professor in the Theatre Department and has been teaching in higher education for more than 15 years. She has designed scenery professionally for over 20 years at such venues as The Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Greenbrier Valley Theatre, Playmakers Summer Youth Conservatory, and The Virginia Stage Company. Anita also worked regionally as both a Properties Designer/Manager and Scenic Charge Painter and has assisted Tony Award winning designer David Gallo on a number of productions. Her work has been featured as a finalist at the World Stage Design Exhibition in Cardiff, Wales and she also received a United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) Fellowship to support her research in India on modern scenic design in that country. Anita currently serves on the Board of Directors for USITT. She also serves as an Associate Editor for the journal Theatre Design & Technology. Anita holds an M.F.A. in Scene Design from the University of South Carolina and is a member of the professional design union, United Scenic Artists Local 829.  Her design work--and more scenographic models- can be viewed at www.anitajtripathi.com.

Simba, 2023 | Digital photo | $75

Email: antripathi@davidson.edu 

I've been working at the College since 1986 in the Psychology Department.  I've enjoyed doing photography for many years, but I wouldn't consider myself a photographer -- just someone who enjoys taking pictures of people, places, and things that inspire me.

Una calle en Cuba, 2018 | photograph | Contact artist for inquiries

Email: juramirez@davidson.edu 

Bethany is a digital designer and illustrator based in Davidson, NC. She has been working on the Digital team in College Communications since August of 2022. 

Prior to her role at Davidson, she worked as a designer in a variety of sectors, including multifamily development, athletics, and consumer packaging. Bethany is a graduate of Clemson University.

Shrimp Lady #1, 2024 | digital illustration | $415

Email: bewilliams@davidson.edu