David Shapleigh
Professor, Chair of the Art Department

Biography

David Shapleigh has been a full-time faculty member of the Art Department at Westfield State since 2018. Prior to teaching at Westfield, he was a middle school visual art teacher for six years and a part-time Art Department faculty member at Bridgewater State University, Montserrat College of Art, Northern Essex Community College, and Newbury College since graduating from graduate school.

Currently I am the Chair of the Art Department, the Visual Art Education Program Supervisor for the undergraduate and post-baccalaureate programs, and the Program Supervisor for the Art Department's Visual Art Education program's practicum courses.

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Education

  • B.F.A in Illustration, Mass Dartmouth, 2005

  • M.F.A in Painting, Boston University, 1999

Courses Taught

  • ART 0426 - Practicum Seminar in Art Education

  • ART 0431 - Practicum (Teaching Art, PreK-8)

  • ART 0451 - Practicum (Teaching Art, 5-12)

  • ART 0101 - First-Year Seminar

  • ART 0103 - Drawing I

  • ART 0104 - Two-Dimensional Design

  • ART 0214 - Drawing II

  • ART 0216 - Painting I

  • ART 0311 - Painting II

  • ART 0420 - Thesis

Professional Service

  • Program Supervisor for the Visual Art Education Undergraduate and Post-Baccalaureate programs
  • DGCE Program Supervisor for the Art Department
  • Honors Program Supervisor for the Art Department
  • Chair of the Art Department
  • Member of the College Art Association
Sketch drawing of art faculty member David Shapleigh.