FSU Art MFA ’14 Samantha Burns has been awarded the inaugural Visiting Artist position for the New College of Florida, a new partnership with FSU Art in which a recent FSU Art MFA will be placed in the Visiting Artist position annually. For the academic year of 2015-16, she will be creating new works in her studio at New College, while also teaching. On the campus, which is located adjacent to the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, she will be instructing an Introduction to Printmaking course in the Fall. In the Spring, she will teach an additional advanced printmaking course as well as participate in an exhibition and lecture.
About New College:
New College of Florida is the State of Florida’s legislatively-designated “honors college for the liberal arts,” New College is the only public college or university in the state whose sole mission is to provide an undergraduate education of the highest caliber to leading students from around the country. Located on a beautiful 110-acre campus on sunny Sarasota Bay, New College provides an ideal learning environment for intellectually curious, motivated students who thrive on active learning and are drawn to an intellectually rigorous curriculum. New College relies on a simple formula: putting academically talented students together with highly qualified faculty members and letting them pursue subjects of mutual interest
Samantha’s work and projects are showcased on her website.