Faculty
STEVE LOAR Director
Steve Loar is the Director of The Center, supporting the instruction, facilities, and students in a variety of ways. He also currently teaches Three-Dimensional Design, a component of the foundations program in the Department of Art. Steve received his MA in Studio Design from Northern Illinois University in 1975. He joined The Center in 2005, with instruction beginning in the new facilities in January 2006.
ALPHONSE MATTIA Instructor
One of this country’s leading educators and studio furniture makers, Alphonse Mattia dismisses the dichotomy between functional and nonfunctional objects. He prefers instead the concept of “usefulness” – something that conveys meaning and emotion along with utility. Prior to comming to the Center, Mattia taught at Rhode Island School of Design and has received fellowships from Massachusetts Artists Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.He joined the Center as Instructor in 2009.
His work is in the many private collections and the permanent collections of The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian, The Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Yale University Art Gallery and The Phillip Morris Corporation. For more information and to see the full collection of Mattia's work, visit www.alphonsemattia.com.
