Art and Design Faculty
Dan Burns
Adjunct Faculty
Office: Steinman Hall, room 100
Email: burnsd@etown.edu
Daniel Burns has an international exhibition record, with over one hundred solo and group shows, including exhibits in museums, galleries, and universities in the US, Europe, and Asia.
Artist Statement
Exploration, quiet reflection, and response are critical to my artistic process. Through this process, I create images that are representations of my journey. My work has become an autobiography.
Jeff Bye
Adjunct Faculty
Office: Steinman Hall, room 100
Email: byej@etown.edu
Personal Website: www.jeffbye.com
Artist Statement
This series of work is an ongoing exploration of places that I have visited while working in New York City, Philadelphia, and throughout the Northeast.
Artist Statement
Handicraft materials that evoke feelings of relaxation, safety, comfort, and play are taken apart, reconfigured and glued onto the base of a collagraph printmaking matrix. The use of these overlooked domestic materials as the foundational element of the work represents an invisible support system created by unseen female caretakers. Pattern and color is then hand printed in layers from these plates, using intuition and experimentation. The essence of the bright and comforting pieces give an underlining reassuring structure of hope in a time of uncertainty. Through moving forward through the steps of making, the calmness found in feeling safe to trust the process is revealed in the finished pieces.
Lisa Erdman
Adjunct Faculty
Office: Wenger Center, room 101
Email: erdmanl@etown.edu
Dr. Lisa Erdman is an artist, educator, and researcher. At Etown College, Dr. Erdman teaches within the Medical Humanities and the Graphic Design programs. Through satire and corporate parody, her visual art and performances explore the mechanisms that shape personal identity and one’s relationship to medical authority. In her recent research, Dr. Erdman used theater improvisation with medical students at Penn State College of Medicine to explore the impact of everyday objects in patient-clinician communication.
Dr. Erdman holds a Doctor of Arts from Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland. She earned a Master of Fine Arts in Electronic Arts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, and a Bachelor of Science in Dance, Interarts & Technology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Lisa currently resides in the greater Harrisburg area of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Erdman's research and art productions have received numerous awards. These include a grant from the Arts Council of Finland, a Special Jury Remi Award at the Houston International Film Festival, and an award from the Washington D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, for her poem entitled, Café con Léche which explores her Dominican-American identity.
Milt Friedly
Adjunct Faculty
Office: Steinman Hall, room 102
Phone: 717-361-1385
Email: friedlmd@etown.edu
Personal Website: www.miltfriedly.com
Artist Statement
I have been working with remnants (found objects) including welded steel and other mixed media works. My interest is based on physical attraction to the material as well as intrigue with the material’s history.
Artist Statement
My creative practice moves between the screen and the studio, with digital media and ceramics each offering unique ways to explore form, expression, and connection. I value the immediacy and flexibility of digital tools, especially in how they open up new possibilities for experimentation and storytelling. At the same time, working with clay grounds me, its physicality and unpredictability deepen my understanding of process and presence.
Erin Sparler
Adjunct Faculty
Office: Wenger Center, room 100
Email: sparler@etown.edu
Erin Sparler holds a BFA from the University of Vermont with dual majors in Studio Art and Product Design & Development. She went on to earn an MFA from the Academy of Art University, where she studied Computer Art and Animation.
She has been fascinated by the intersection of kinesthetic art and sculpture and their impact on environmental awareness ever since encountering a kinetic sculpture exhibit and attending an interpretive dance on skis in Vermont during high school. Those early experiences continue to shape her creative and interdisciplinary approach.
Erin Sparler is a watercolorist, photographer, designer, author, and inventor whose career bridges fine art, product design, and digital media. Her fine art photography has been featured in the Pennsylvania State Museum’s Art of the State exhibition, and she has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout her career.
She is the founder of EyeConnect Crafts, a nationally distributed line of STEAM-based, make-your-own craft kits known as 3D Tunnel Books™, which have been finalists for the ASTRA Play Awards and the Museum Store Association’s Buyer’s Choice Awards. Her designs are carried by cultural institutions and national retailers including Barnes & Noble.
In addition to her entrepreneurial work, Erin teaches courses in graphic design, motion graphics, and digital media. Her teaching emphasizes the integration of analog and digital tools, encouraging students to explore how art, craft, and design intersect in both practical and creative applications.
Her current research and creative practice explore the evolving relationship between design, education, and entrepreneurship, with a focus on sustainability and accessible, hands-on creativity.
Patricia Likos Ricci, Ph.D.
Professor of Art History Emeritus & Distinguished Professor
Office: Steinman Hall, room 100
Phone: 717-361-1517
Email: riccipl@etown.edu
