Barbara Cervenka
Associate Professor
Painting and Drawing
M.F.A. University of Michigan

Barbara Cervenka teaches watercolor, painting, and drawing; she is a painter in watercolor and has exhibited widely in the United States and Canada. Since 1989 she has also curated shows of Latin America popular art: Cuadros of Pamplona Alta: Textile Pictures of Women of Peru has been exhibited in more that 20 sites, including the Field Museum in Chicago. O Pelourinho! Popular Art from the Historic Heart of Brazil has been exhibited at the Fowler Museum at UCLA and is currently touring sites in the United States and Canada. Presently she is doing more research on this subject in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Barbara is an Adrian Dominican Sister.

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Teaching Statement
For years I have painted and taught primarily in watercolor, a deceptively unpretentious medium that remembers each brushstroke and records every mark and decision of the painter. Watercolor, like life, seems to work best when approached with observation and attention, a little skill and some freedom, and a balance of spontaneity and control. I see my role as one of helping students to notice what they are doing as they continue to work through the inevitable disappointments and frustrations of learning, and to encourage them to stay faithful to the process of making art, which in time yields such rich rewards.