Chair
Roy Strassberg
Born in Brooklyn, New York Strassberg grew up in Queens and Plainview, Long Island. He studied with ceramist Richard Zakin at the State University of New York at Oswego where he earned his BA in 1972. He went on to earn his MFA in ceramics at the University of Michigan where he studied with John Stephenson. Strassberg has exhibited extensively, both regionally and nationally, and is represented in numerous museum and corporate collections. He has held academic appointments at Memphis State University, Minnesota State University, Mankato, and most recently at UNC Charlotte, where he was Chair of Art and Art History from 2001–2009. His work is in included in several museum collections as well as the art museum collection of Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, Israel, the pre-eminent repository in the world for work related to the Holocaust. Strassberg resides in North Carolina with his family—wife and fellow artist Barbara Strassberg and their two children.
EDUCATION
BA, State University College at Oswego, New York
MFA, University of Michigan
Sun Poem
Barbara Yale-Read
Graphic Design Faculty
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Events
January 30-March 24, 2012
2012 Department of Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition
Exhibition
Catherine Smith Gallery and Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
February 10
Art Expo 2012 Open House and Jurying
Open House
Wey Hall
February 15
Gwendolyn Yoppolo Visiting Artist Workshop
Visiting Artist Workshop
