Foundations Program

Faculty

• 

  Georgina Arroyo

  Lecturer

  • MFA, SUNY Purchase
  • BFA, Lesley University  College of Art and Design , Cambridge, MA
• 

  Stella Ebner

  Associate Professor of Printmaking

  • BFA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
  • MFA, Rhode Island School of Design

  Chancellor’s Award of Excellence in Teaching, 2024-25

  stella.ebner@purchase.edu
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  Cynthia Lin

  (on leave: Fall 2026-Spring 2027)

  Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing

  • BA, University of California, Berkeley
  • MA, MFA, University of Iowa, Iowa City

  cynthia.lin@purchase.edu

• Rachael McArthur

  Lecturer (Part-time)
• 

  Deborah Mesa-Pelly

  Adjunct Assistant Professor of Photography (Part-time)

  • BFA, SUNY Purchase
  • MFA, Yale University

  deborah.mesa-pelly@purchase.edu

• Sarah Peters

  Lecturer of Painting and Drawing (Part-time)

  MFA- Virginia Commonwealth University BFA- University of Pennsylvania

  sarah.peters@purchase.edu

• Sara Saltzman

  Assistant Professor of Printmaking (Part-time)

  • BA, New School for Social Research
  • BFA, Parsons the New School for Design
  • MFA, Rhode Island School of Design

  sara.saltzman@purchase.edu

• Timothy Samara

  Visiting Assistant Professor in Graphic Design

  • BFA, University of the Arts

  timothy.samara@purchase.edu
• 

  Dave Walsh

  Assistant Professor of Art and Design, Painting and Drawing

  • BFA, Tyler School of Art
  • MFA, Yale School of Art

  dave.walsh@purchase.edu
• 

  Lachell Workman

  Lecturer, Sculpture (Part-time)

  MFA, Visual Arts, SUNY Purchase

  lachell.workman@purchase.edu
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  Raphael Zollinger

  Lecturer of Sculpture (Part-time)

  • BFA, Pratt Institute
  • MPS, New York University

  raphael.zollinger@purchase.edu