Teiger Mentor in the Arts

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The Teiger Mentor in the Arts program brings internationally acclaimed artists to Cornell on an ongoing basis to teach a graduate seminar class and conduct individual critiques with M.F.A. students. The program aspires to give students opportunities to make connections with and learn from a diverse range of leading professional artists. In addition to the teaching commitment, the program includes a public artist lecture.

The Teiger Mentor in the Arts program was created in 2012 with a gift from the late David Teiger (’51), a graduate of the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration and a champion of visionary perspectives in the arts and innovative curatorial practices. It continues today through the generous support of Teiger Foundation.

Spring 2026 Teiger Mentor in the Arts

Mary Mattingly

Internationally acclaimed artist Mary Mattingly’s interdisciplinary work spans from large-scale public sculpture to collage-based photography, imagining adaptive futures shaped by ecological interdependence. She is known for her sculptural ecosystems that inhabit civic spaces—from floating food forests to tidal water clocks — bringing attention to different conditions surrounding water, food, and shelter. In parallel, her photographic collages offer intimate, symbolic reflections that transform documentation into speculative diagrams and visual poems.

Meet Past Teiger Mentors

• ### Following a Thread Toward Joy: Spring 2023 Teiger Mentor in the Arts Wells Chandler
• ### An Energy All Their Own: Inside the Paintings and Practice of EJ Hauser
• ### Catherine Haggarty: Light from Within

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Past Teiger Mentors

• Erika Ranee

Fall 2025 - Tamar Ettun

Spring 2025 - Pamela Sneed

Fall 2024 - Catherine Haggarty

Spring 2024 - EJ Hauser

Fall 2023 - Wells Chandler

Spring 2023 - Emilio Rojas

Fall 2022 - Emily Jacir

Spring 2022 - Miatta Kawinzi

Fall 2021 - Candice Lin

Spring 2021 - Jessi Reaves

Fall 2020 - Josh Tonsfeldt

Spring 2020 - Wendy White

Fall 2019 - Chitra Ganesh

Spring 2019 - Paul Pfeiffer

Fall 2018 - Sam Lewitt

Spring 2018 - Dana Hoey

Fall 2017 - Sean Landers

Spring 2017 - Craig Kalpakjian

Fall 2016 - Sam Durant

Spring 2016 - Sharon Hayes

Fall 2015 - Leslie Hewitt

Spring 2015 - Alejandro Cesarco

Fall 2014 - Shannon Ebner

Spring 2014 - Josiah McElheny

Fall 2013