Faculty/Staff Directory
Luke Buffenmyer
478-471-2763
Assistant Professor
Credentials: MFA
| Office Hours: | Building SoAL Office 110F Classroom SoAL 124 Office Hours: M- 10:30am 12:30pm, 3:00pm – 4:30pm and T - 12:30pm – 2:00, T/H 3:30-4:30pm by appointment. |
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| Website: | https://www.lukebuffenmyer.com |
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| Teaching and Research Interests: | My teaching interests is in Design, Photography, Painting, and Drawing and the intersection of fine art and commercial applications. |
| Courses: | NMAC 3651 Digital Photography and Criticism ARTS 2016 Introduction to Computer Art ARTS 2036 Typography 1 ARTS 3037 Typography 2 ARTS 3017 Introduction to Graphic Design 2 ARTS 3227 Packaging Design ARTS 4040 Advanced Design ARTS 4099 Thematic Inquiry in Contemporary Art and Design ARTS 4900 Senior Portfolio & Exhibition |
| Education: (All institutions attended and degrees or credentials earned) | BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI. MFA, School of Visual Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY. |
| CV: | LUKE BUFFENMYER 312.502.8021 1414 Twin Pines Lane, Macon GA 31211 lukebuffenmyer@gmail.com Website: lukebuffenmyer.com EDUCATION Master of Fine Arts, Summa Cum Laude, Art Media Studies, Photography School of Visual Arts, Syracuse University Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography Rhode Island School of Design Honors Artistic Merit Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design Academic Honors Scholarship, Syracuse University Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Syracuse University TEACHING EXPERIENCE Middle Georgia State University, Macon GA, Department of Media, Culture and the Arts. Assistant Professor of Art, Graphic Design and Photography. Coordinator of the BA in Applied Art & Design degree and Art Program. January 2021 to the present. Committee Work Serve on Faculty Affairs Committee 2022 to the present. Chair, Faculty Affairs sub-committee, Office hours, 2022-23. Researched office hours across the USG system. Created a proposal to decrease faculty office hours. I served on the Ad Hoc committee concerning rewriting the Faculty Handbook text concerning faculty office hours 2023. Gallery Committee, Chair, de facto Peacock Gallery Director 2022 to the present. Chair, Search Committee, Faculty Position Sculpture Ceramics 2021 Graphic Design Faculty Search Committee, 2022 Chair, Search committee, Sculpture Ceramics 2023 Search committee, Sculpture Ceramics 2024 Search committee, Graphic Design, 2024 Search committee, Art History, 2024 Chair, Search Committee, Digital Art 2025 Art Program Work Created new Graphic Design curriculum. Was implemented in fall 2021. Created new Digital Art curriculum. Was implemented in fall 2023. Created new Painting curriculum. Was implemented in fall 2023. Created new Art Therapy curriculum. Moving to Curriculum Committee 2025. Revised Painting curriculum 2025. Moving to Curriculum Committee 2025. Created new Sequential art/graphic novel/animation concentration. Scheduled for Fall 2026 Created new Art Therapy concentration. Scheduled for Fall 2026 I wrote new courses for the Bachelor in Applied Art, & Design curriculum and concentrations: ARTS 2036 Typography 1 ARTS 3017 Introduction to Graphic Design ARTS 3018 Graphic Design 2 ARTS 3037 Typography 2 ARTS 3245 Motion Graphics ARRTS |
| Publications and Scholarships: (Last 5 Years) | Black Paintings, Tennessee Gallery, curated by Graham Guerra, Atlanta GA, April-May 2024. Luke Buffenmyer, 13 Drawings, curated by Earl Schofield, At the Putnam Gallery, Dublin School, Dublin NH. March 2024. 16 paintings, Contemplating the Unseen and the Unknown, at Habachy Atelier, Atlanta, GA, September 21-October 27 2023. Black Paintings, Macon Museum of Arts and science, Georgia Gallery, Macon GA, January – June 2022 Agglomeration, Megan McNaught and Luke Buffenmyer collaborative paintings and drawings, Corn Art Center, Illges Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbia GA, January/February 2021 The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) 6th installment of the biennial exhibition Gathered VI: Georgia Artists Selecting Georgia Artists. Esteemed jurors Betsy Cain, Joseph Peragine, and Bojana Ginn. MOCA- GA, Nov 18, 2023 - Jan 13, 2024 Organic Abstraction a three-person exhibition juried exhibition, At the LLC Gallery, Saint Anselm College. Manchester NH, December 2023- January 2024. |
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