Art & Art History Faculty

Faculty in the Department of Art & Art History either teaching or doing sustainability-related research.

Cary Adams doing acoustic radar research during a residency at the Center for Land Use Interpretation

Adams, Cary

Associate Professor of Art, Environment, and Emerging Practices

Office Location
Sage Art Center
Telephone
(585) 273-5994
Web Address
Website

Interests: Environmental Art and Humanities; New Media; Social Practice

Peter Christensen

Christensen, Peter

Arthur Satz Professor of the Humanities

Professor of Art and Art History

Associate Dean, School of Arts and Sciences

Ani and Mark Gabrellian Director, Humanities Center

Director, Andrew W. Mellon Program in the Digital Humanities

Office Location
212C Rush Rhees Library
Telephone
(585) 276-7173
Web Address
Website

Interests: 19th and 20th century architectural history, particularly Europe and North America’s international engagement with the Islamic world; history and aesthetics of infrastructure and industry; historicism; cartography and architecture; critical digital humanities

Heather Layton

Layton, Heather

Associate Professor of Art

Office Location
Sage Art Center
Telephone
(585) 755-6819
Web Address
Website

Interests: Art diplomacy; socially engaged art; painting and drawing; installation; interdisciplinary art

Allen Topolski

Topolski, Allen

Associate Professor

Chair, Department of Art and Art History

Office Location
Sage Art Center
Telephone
(585) 273-5994
Web Address
Website

Interests: Studio production that incorporates found materials and a variety of processes to explore nostalgia and memory in technologies of domesticity and convenience.