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Leslie M. Bellavance
Dean, School of Art and Design
Alfred University Contact Info
Office Location: Binns-Merrill Hall 157
Department: School of Art and Design  
Phone: 607.871.2412  
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Personal Webpage: http://lesliebellavance.com  
Leslie M. Bellavance
Education
Master of Fine Arts
University of Chicago

Bachelor of Fine Arts
Tyler School of Art at Temple University
Background
Biography
Leslie Bellavance joined Alfred University and the College of Ceramics as the Dean of the School of Art and Design in August 2010. Ms. Bellavance is an artist whose work has been widely exhibited in the United States and Europe. Her work has been recognized by numerous grants and awards including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and a Wisconsin Arts Board Fellowship. Her book, analemmic, was awarded a residency and published by Nexus Press in Atlanta, Georgia. She has also been active in program development and as a curator for alternative art centers such as West Hubbard Gallery in Chicago, Woodland Pattern Book Center in Milwaukee, and the Walker’s Point Art Center in Milwaukee. She has written and lectured extensively on contemporary art. Her articles, essays, and reviews have been published in such journals as Sculpture Magazine, Art Papers, and The New Art Examiner. Ms. Bellavance received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree summa cum laude from Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Chicago. From 1981 until 2005 she served on the faculty of the Department of Visual Art in the Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she also served as head of the Photography Program, director of Graduate Studies in Art, and interim associate dean. While a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee she initiated new curriculum in digital photography and imaging. From 2005 until 2010 she served as a professor of art and the director of the School of Art and Art History at James Madison University in Virginia.