Amy Haney

Lecturer
Unit Coordinator, Foundations
Watercolor

email:

ahaney@unomaha.edu

office:

WFAB 117

office phone:

402.554.2402

fax:

402.554.3436

personal website:

https://www.amyhaney.com/

Additional Information

Office Hours

Wednesday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Biography

Amy is trained specifically in printmaking, and she received her BFA from the Ringling College of Art and Design, MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, and MA in Art History with an emphasis in printmaking from Prescott College. She has taught printmaking at the Kent Bellows Studio, Metropolitan Community College, University of Nebraska at Omaha, and her studio in the Midco Building. Printmaking for Amy is about strategizing, problem solving and the thrill of revealing an image when pulling a print. Over the years Amy has developed an understanding and adoration for watercolor. Learning the medium post graduate school, she has been teaching it at UNO longer than any other course.

Artist's Statement

Printmaking is about experimentation, meditation through process, and reflection. Creating an image on a plate’s surface, manipulating it, mixing color, and pulling a print is so methodical that I find these steps captivating. When I started teaching at UNO, I fell in love with watercolor and discovered it is a lot like printmaking. The media instantly resonated with me. Both printmaking and watercolor are methodical processes, something I find intriguing. The best thing about teaching is seeing students grow technically and become comfortable with their ideas. Learning is a mutual and reciprocal experience; I enjoy learning about the evolution of materials and media with my students. I am a lifelong learner and try to instill the same in my students.

Research and Creative Activity Interests

Traditional printmaking, painting, drawing, history of printmaking

Education

B.F.A., Ringling College of Art and Design; M.A., Prescott College; M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute

Scheduled Teaching

Foundation Drawing and Design, Foundations Theory Practice: Alternative Media, Foundations: Color and Visual Literacy, Watercolor, Life Drawing, Elementary Printmaking, Special Topics in Studio Art