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James D. Southerland, M.F.A.

Jim Southerland teaches courses in Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture from Idea-to-Process-to-Product concepts based on Observation, Interpretation, and Creation.  Professor Southerland has a B.F.A. from East Carolina University and a M.F.A. from Penn State University. His background as printmaker, potter, and painter informs his instruction with over forty years working as a studio artist.  He is especially intrigued by the history of optics, primarily the camera obscura, as a means of understanding the visual world, and integrates that history into survey of art classes and photojournalism.

Professor of Art and co-chair of the Communication and the Arts Department, Jim Southerland has served Montreat College since 1987, and is a leading member of various professional community arts organizations.  He is a 2010 recipient of the Crawford Faculty Scholarship.