Faculty in Visual Arts
A, Hampshire College; MFA, Savannah College of Art and Design; Professional Teaching Certificate, Johns Hopkins University
She has previously taught Drawing and Painting, Art and Anatomy, and Isssues in Contemporary ARt at Bard as well as serving as a mentor teacher 2015-2018 and Bard Early College Fellow 2016-2018. She is away from Bard this year conducting sabbatical research on art and exploration. She is currently en route to Quito, participating in a group Fulbright project: Ecuador, Culture and Biodiversity, which will be published on National Geographic’s Open Explorer platform. She will be training teachers in arts integration technique at Coppin State in August for Maryland Center for Creative Classrooms. She will be participating in a related curriculum development project on biodiversity in Madagascar in September, and will return to the studio for art and writing time before participating in artistic research in yet-to-be-determined locations this spring. Possible digital storytelling curriculum project with explorer Felipe DeAndrade and teachers in Costa Rica as well but still in planning stages. Likely to be offline when travelling to remote locations in Ecuador and Madagascar.Teachpeaceblog.wordpress.com / Landandstory.wordpress.com / @landandstory / www.elisabethgambino.com
Technology & Design Faculty
BA, Savannah College of Art and Design; AAS, ITT Technical Institute; MA, Savannah College of Art and Design
Faculty in Music
BA, Shenandoah University; MA, PhD, Florida State University
Richard Zarou, a native of Centreville, Virginia, is a composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music and the Instructor of Music at Bard High School Early College. His education includes Doctoral and Master’s degrees in composition and theory from Florida State University and a Bachelor’s degree in composition from Shenandoah University. His works have been performed at festivals such as Electronic Music Midwest, The Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference, The Imagine2 Electro-Acoustic Festival, The College Music Society National Conference and international in the Czech Republic and at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in the United Kingdom. His awards include the New Music @ East Carolina University Competition in 2002 for Fragile Wraths and again in 2003 for Upon a Child. A lullaby for women’s chorus, Upon a Child has been performed frequently since its premiere at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC in 2002. In 2005, The Smell of Wet Dogs After a Summertime Rain, for bass trombone and CD, was commissioned by Aaron Misenheimer who performed the composition at thirteen universities and recorded the piece as the title work for a commercial CD. Zarou has also composed the music for 12 films including the feature-length documentary Breaking the Silence: Torture Survivors Speak Out. Currently, Zarou is the host of the weekly podcast No Extra Notes which features up-and-coming composers. www.richardzarou.com
