Gary Gaffney
“My greatest contribution as an artist is to continue to ask deep human questions and try to answer them.”
Courses
All levels of drawing
Foundations Core
FA Internships
Advanced Tutorial
Senior Seminar II
Lives in Science
Topics in Geometry
Word/Image
Design and Nature
Contemporary Art: Issues and Ideas
MAAE Portfolio Prep
MAAE Painting and Drawing
“The most important things I learned as an undergraduate is to stand in awe of the world not in fear of it.”
Degrees
MFA Drawing, University of Cincinnati, 1977
BA fine art, University of New Orleans, 1974
ABD, mathematics, University of Notre Dame. 1969
BS mathematics, Tulane University, 1966
“I teach at the AAC because I can bring all of who I am to my teaching and my students.”
Contact
(513) 562-8774, ggaffney@artacademy.edu
“Currently my gold standard for artists is Jiri Anderle.”
![]() Amazing Worlds, 48" x 48", 2007, Mixed media on panel |
![]() Man with Wings, 2007, 32"h x 26"w, Mixed media on paper |
![]() Source of Ideas, 2007, 26"h x 22"w, Mixed media on paper |
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“The project I’m working on now is the project I’m always working on: ‘What does it mean to be human in the cosmos as we know it now?’”



