Tom Edwards

Edwards received a MFA from Yale University School of Fine Arts majoring in painting and printmaking. He was awarded the Elizabeth Canfield Hicks Honorary Award in Drawing. He received a MA from Kansas State University majoring in drawing and printmaking where he also received a bachelor of architecture degree.

Tom's work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibits at Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY, Denise Bibro Fine Art, Inc. New York, NY, New Haven Arts Council: Gallery 195, New Haven, CT, New Haven Lawn Club, New Haven, CT, Gallery @ 85 Main, Centerbrook, CT, Naestved Roennebaeksholm Art & Culture Center, Naestved, Denmark, Canton Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT, and Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH.

His work is in numerous collections such as Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, Library of Congress, Washington DC, National Museum of American Art, Washington DC, Smithsonian Collection, Washington DC, The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT, Baltimore Museum, Baltimore, MD and The Boston Printmakers Permanent Collection, Boston, MA.

John Favret

Professor Favret earned a BA from Bridgewater State College and an MFA from East Texas State University. He also attended Rhode Island School of Design and earned a Certificate in Computer Graphics.

While working as a graphic designer he began teaching in the computer graphics CE Program at RISD. In 1999 he accepted a full-time teaching position at Housatonic Community College, where he is currently the Art Program Coordinator. Professor Favret teaches a variety of graphic design and studio art courses.

Mr. Favret currently lives in Milford, Connecticut, where he has an art studio and continues to paint. He has exhibited in galleries in San Francisco, Dallas, Boston, New York, and New Haven. He also exhibits in national, regional, and local exhibitions.