Administration and Staff

  • Daniel T. Barney, PhD

    Interim Associate Director, School of Art and Associate Professor, Art Education and Program Director, MAT II, School of Art, CVPA

     

    The notion that art could be a practice of living inquiry led Dr. Barney to seek and obtain a PhD in Curriculum Studies with an emphasis on Art Education from the University of British Columbia, where he taught communications, classroom methods, principles of teaching, and supervised student teachers. Barney has won many regional and national awards for his teaching and scholarship over his career.
  • Annie Chen

    Print Shop Manager, CVPA

    As the manager of the School of Art Print Shop, Annie oversees the business side of the print shop and supervises its everyday operations. As a digital artist herself, Annie enjoys working closely with clients on their projects...
  • Sisc Johnson

    Assistant Director of Operations and Business, School of Art, CVPA

    Sisc Johnson joined the staff of the School of Art in 2023 as the Assistant Director of Operations and Business. Sisc graduated from George Mason University with a BFA in Photography.
  • Kate Keeney

    Advisor, School of Art, CVPA

    Kate Keeney is an advisor at the George Mason University School of Art. They are a graduate of George Mason’s MFA in Creative Writing with a focus in Poetry and their poems have been published in Puerto Del Sol, deComp, Tishman Review, and Roanoke Review, among others. While a Mason student, she served as part of the editorial staff for Phoebe and So to Speak.
  • Britney Ordonez Lavine

    Photo Lab Manager, Photography, School of Art, CVPA

    Britney Ordonez Lavine is the new Photo Lab Manager at the School of Art Photography department at George Mason University College of Visual and Performing Arts.
  • Forrest Lawson

    Printmaking and Letterpress Studio Manager, School of Art, CVPA

    Forrest Lawson draws on the history of blood, as is tied to Queer identity, from the AIDs crisis through present-day uses of socio-political tools that continue to relegate Queerness.
  • Alix Nyden

    Print Technician III, School of Art, CVPA

    Alix Nyden is an alumna of George Mason University, having earned a Bachelor’s in Independent Studies through the School of Integrative Studies, with concentrations in Writing, Art, and Game Design. Alix currently works at the School of Art Print shop located on the first floor of the Art and Design building,
  • Robert Yi

    Assistant Director of the School of Art, Assistant Professor, Academic Advisor, School of Art, CVPA

    Robert Yi was born in Seoul, South Korea, and immigrated to the United States at the age of four. He received his MFA from American University, graduated from the University of Virginia with a BA in Foreign Affairs and the Corcoran College of Art & Design with a BFA.