Instructor Jennifer Collins
Jennifer L. Collins received her BFA from Calvin College in 1992, and her MFA in painting from Radford University in 1995. Since then she has actively pursued a career in painting as well as teaching part time at New River Community College in Dublin, VA from 1998-2000, and at Radford University in Radford, VA from 1999-2001 and 2003 until the present. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at both Radford University and Virginia Tech where she has been teaching since 2008. She has taught 2d and 3d Foundations of Design, Art Appreciation, Introduction to Drawing, Advanced Drawing, Figure Drawing, Painting, Watercolor, and Graduate Drawing. Jennifer opened a commercial gallery in downtown Radford in 2005 where she has her painting studio and exhibits the work of local artists. Jennifer has exhibited her own oil paintings in over 50 exhibitions since 19991 including 10 solo shows, 10 group shows and one invitational. Her work has been exhibited in the U.S. in Washington D.C., Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland, Washington, and internationally in Poland.