• Currently writing dissertation with the Institute for the Doctoral Studies in Art.


• MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College


• MAT in Spanish from Southern Mississippi University


• BA from Emory and Henry College in Art and Spanish.

Since I was a toddler I knew I wanted to be an artist. My mom drew me cartoons of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and all the great Looney Toon characters. I thought everyone knew how to draw. I am what you would call a generalist. I specialized in 2-D, 3-D art and art history so I could teach a variety of courses that keep teaching interesting for me. I work with paint, clay and glass primarily in my personal work. I don't have a particular style but I am very influenced by Expressionists and their emphasis in emotions.

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• Master of Fine Art: Graphic Design, Radford University - Radford, VA 1999


• Master of Art: Illustration, California State University at Fullerton - Fullerton, CA 1995


• Master of Art: Design, Tama Art University - Tokyo, Japan 1991


• Bachelor of Fine Art: Painting, Seoul National University - Seoul, Korea 1988

Wonjung Jung has taught art and design for 15 years. She wanted to be a studio artist when she majored in painting at Seoul National University in Korea. However, after the first semester of teaching, she found being an instructor was a very rewarding experience. It was especially exciting for her to observe a student's progress throughout the semester. Recently, she has been working as an adjunct faculty at the School of Visual Art at Virginia Tech and New River Community College. She has covered a wide range of art subjects, from Drawing I & II, Introduction to Illustration and Water Media at Tech and Graphic design and Art History at New River. She thought this range of courses could converge or interrelate with each other and often suggests a fresh perspective and inspiration. She has also published 5 children's picture books. One of them received the Grand Prize in the Korean Christian Publisher's Association in 2011.

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• Attended Randolph-Macon Woman's College


• B.A. Studio Art, Duke University


• M.A. Ed. Virginia Tech

In 2010, after planning to retire from full time teaching at NRCC, I bought a small house on Childress Road to use for a studio. I don't do weddings and portraits but concentrate on local landscapes, flowers, still life and buildings. I also enter juried shows. I have participated in juried shows at:

• Gallery 311 - Raleigh, NC
• The Athenaeum - Alexandria, Va.
• The Torpedo Factory - Alexandria, Va.
• River Oaks Square Art Center - Alexandria, La.
• Floyd Center for the Arts - Floyd, Va

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• Adobe Certified Expert Photoshop CS4


• AAS New River Community College


• BFA Radford University


• MFA Radford University

William Ratcliffe first worked in a darkroom in 1993 and formed a lasting relationship with the photographic medium. He went on to earn a BFA and MFA with a fine art photo concentration and has worked as a freelance photographer, exhibiting artist, and college photography instructor. He has exhibited in numerous solo, group, and juried shows in numerous states, had photos published in magazines in the United States and the Philippines, and won several awards for his fine art photography. His current work incorporates the blending of traditional silver based photographic medium with digital process and output.

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