Faculty

Pamela Keller, Professor of Art Phone: 233-6546 Office location: McCandless Hall, Room 310 Pamela Keller, Professor of Art and departmental chair at Athens State University has worked at this institution since 1981. She received a Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) from Indiana University, John Herron School of Art in May of 1979. She went on to receive a Master of Fine Art (MFA) degree from University of Wisconsin in August of 1981. Her major was in Painting and Drawing and minors Photograpy, Art History, and English. Pamela has been in numerous exhibitions including Tennessee Bicentennial Exhibition; Arts Alive Exhibition. Kennedy-Douglas Center. Florence, AL; Central South Art Exhibition. Nashville, TN; and Tennessee All-State Exhibition. Nashville, TN in which she received 1st place. Her works can be found in the corporate collections of Eastman Kodak Pharmaceutical Corporation. Malvern, PA; Third National Bank. Nashville, TN; Hunter Museum of Art. Chattanooga, TN; Helen Keller Memorial Hospital, Tuscumbia, AL; and Family Mental Health Institute. NY, NY. Pamela Keller's most recent project, in conjunction with artist Gail Bergeron is a life sized-sculpture of a Cherokee family walking on the Trail of Tears for the city of Pulaski, TN. Keller’s most recent award for exhibition is from the 2008 Chancellor’s Exhibition in Birmingham, AL. In addition to a full teaching schedule, she is currently working on commissions for bronze portrait busts.
Gail Bergeron, Assistant Professor of Art Phone: 233-6507 Office location: McCandless Hall, Room 201 Gail Bergeron, Assistant Professor of Art, joined the ASU faculty in 2000, after serving thirteen years in the art department at Martin Methodist College in Pulaski, TN.  She earned a Bachelor of Art (BA) from Nicholls State University in 1980 and a Master of Fine Art (MFA) degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 1984.  She has taught and shown her work in Texas, Louisiana, and Alabama.  She studied at Hebrew University on a Zimmerman Scholarship and was a participant in The Rotary International Exchange Program to India. In addition, she has received the Fulbright-Hayes Scholarship to Guatemala through the Alabama Council for International Programs. Her public sculpture can be seen at The Huntsville Madison County Senior Center’s Miss Baker Walk in the Park.  She has recently completed a life sized- bronze sculpture of a Cherokee family walking on the Trail of Tears for the city of Pulaski, TN., with artist Pamela Keller.
Louis Argent Farlow, Adjunct Professor of Art Louis Argent Farlow has been teaching Sculpture, Design, Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Ceramics and Ceramics Sculpture Illustration at Athens State University as an adjunct faculty member since 1999. An active artist and musician, Farlow’s most recent exhibition was the 2007 Chancellors Exhibition in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Jason Braly, French Press Jason Braly has always loved art and knew he wanted to be an artist from his earliest memories.  After catching the acting bug in college, he decided to major in theatre as well as art.  He then moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.  He has performed in theatre, film, and radio.  After four years in Los Angeles, he was drawn to teach and in 1997 he moved to Nashville, Tennessee to become a full time Elementary art teacher.  He is also an adjunct professor, teaching Education majors how to integrate the arts into their curriculum.  He now resides in Athens, Alabama.  His greatest joy in teaching is helping his students discover their abilities, take their ideas and experiences and turn them into a visual and tangible expression of who they are. “For me, creating is not an option; it’s a necessity; as necessary as food or sleep.  If I go more than a couple of days without creating, I start to get very difficult to live with.  I express myself in many different ways, all of which are a part of me.  When I perform, paint a picture, or make a sculpture, I take part of my energy and experiences and turn them into a form of art, an expression of who I am.  "

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Gene Keith Gene Keith received two degrees from The Pennsylvania State University, the Bachelor of Science in Art Education and a Masters degree in Art Education. He is employed with The Athens City Schools as an Elementary Art Teacher and has worked in that capacity for 33 years. He has been an Adjunct in Art Department at Athens State University for more than 25 years. Other Adjunct Faculty Include: Barbara Kilgore