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Michael Gillies
Assistant Professor
Credentials: MFA
Department of Media, Culture, and the Arts
| Office Hours: | Cochran Hours: MW: 9:00 to 11:00 AM Macon Hours: TTH: 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM |
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| Website: | https://www.michaelgillies.com |
| Biography: | The experience of growing up in a military family allowed me to live and travel extensively in the United States and abroad. Some interesting places which I have lived include Seoul, Korea, Heidelberg and Idar-Oberstein, Germany, as well as Fairbanks, Alaska. Recent travels have coincided with my interest in the natural world through representational and abstract articulations of plein -air study in Scotland and the UK. |
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| Teaching and Research Interests: | Research interests relate to both the internal and external aspects of the elements of space in our natural environment. This involves both plein-air and studio-based painting. I am also interested in how humans relate to urban and rural spaces. My teaching interest is to create a highly effective studio art practice through the teaching of the principles of art and the elements of design using student-focused pedagogy in the areas of Painting, Drawing, 2d Design and 3d Design. |
| Courses: | ARTS 3321 PAINTING I ARTS 3020 FIGURE DRAWING ARTS 1030 3D DESIGN ARTS 1020 2D DESIGN AND COLOR THEORY ARTS 1010 DRAWING I ARTS 1100 ART APPRECIATION |
| Education: (All institutions attended and degrees or credentials earned) | MFA LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, Baton Rouge LA - Painting and Drawing EDS UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, Athens GA - Art Education BFA MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY, Murray, KY - Painting and Art Education |
| CV: | Education: MFA: Master of Fine Arts degree with a concentration in Painting and Drawing from The Graduate School of Art, Design and Architecture and The School of Art at the Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana EDS Education Specialist degree with a concentration in Art Education from The Mary Francis Early College of Education, and The Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia BFA Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a concentration in Painting and Art Education from The College of Art and Design at Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky Abbreviated Links: College Campus Educator of the Year: https://www.gmc.edu/campus-college-educators-of-the-year-announced/Rate My Professor Site: https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2105627 |
| Professional Experience: | Middle Georgia State University, 2020-2026 / Part-Time Art Instructor Georgia Military College; Assistant Professor of Art; 2014-2021 Art Program Coordinator and Humanities Dept. Chair' 2015-2020 Co-writer of Associate of Arts Studio Art degree program; 2015 Louisiana State University; Full Graduate Teaching Assistantship; 1996-1998 - LSU Foster Gallery; Gallery Assistant - Instructor of Record: Art 1011 2d Basic Design - Instructor of Record: Art 1847 Beginning Drawing I - Instructor of Record: Art 1848 Beginning Painting I |
| Publications and Scholarships: (Last 5 Years) | The 2020 Red Clay Writing Project Anthology, |
| Awards and Honors: | 2026 Excellence in Part-Time Teaching, Middle Georgia State University 2023 Adjunct Educator of the Year, Georgia Military College - Central Region 2020 Regional Faculty Member of the Year, Georgia Military College |
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