# 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](https://aap.cornell.edu/news/stories/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](https://aap.cornell.edu/news/stories/an-energy-all-their-own-inside-the-paintings-and-practice-of-ej-hauser/)
- [### Catherine Haggarty: Light from Within](https://aap.cornell.edu/news/stories/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