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2022 NAHS/NJAHS Exhibition Jurors

Dr. Lisa Newman
Director of Admissions and Marketing

Lisa Newman joined the Burren College of Art as director of admissions in June 2015. She has previously held positions in financial aid and admissions at Oregon College of Art and Craft (2001–2009) and Pacific Northwest College of Art (1998–2000) in Portland, Oregon. Newman is also an artist, curator, and writer. As a professional artist, she has exhibited work in events and festivals in the United States, Canada, and across Europe since 1995. She also codirects the independent arts organization 2 Gyrlz Performative Arts with her partner, Llewyn Maire. Newman completed a research-based PhD in 2014 at the University of Manchester in performance art history and theory. She also holds an MA in performance and cultural location in contemporary Europe from Dartington College of Art, as well as a BS in fine and applied art from the University of Oregon. Her experiences in academia in both the United States and the United Kingdom have given her an insight and appreciation for international study, and she brings this enthusiasm to her current role at BCA.

Olivia Ezinga
Admissions Counselor

Olivia Ezinga is a fine art photographer and earned her BFA from College for Creative Studies. Her work draws inspiration from literature, mental illness, and femininity—often using self as subject. She leads digital art workshops for teens and has lectured on creative processes in Michigan, Colorado, and California. Ezinga is based in Detroit, Michigan.

Sarah Jane Sutterfield
Senior Admissions Counselor

Sarah Jane Sutterfield received her BFA at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, majoring in Integrated Studio Arts and practicing sculpture, installation, and painting. Prior to graduating, Sutterfield participated in the residency program Milwaukee Artist Resource Network (MARN). Post-graduation, she maintains her studio practice at Var Gallery + Studios in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and works as a Senior Admissions Counselor at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. Giving portfolio feedback and encouraging students in their pursuit of a career in the arts is her favorite part of her position.

Forrest Wasko
Admissions Counselor

Forrest Wasko is a visual artist living and working in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He graduated with a BFA in Photography from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2017. In Wasko’s practice, the subject of the work becomes the medium of photography itself and the various forms a photograph can take. Using images of the everyday, the familiar, and snapshots, he portrays a spectrum of subjects from within and without the personal narrative. Forrest is interested in the many ways photographs can present themselves: how we ready them, interact with them, and how we use them to communicate our experiences. Considering photographs as a form of language, his work investigates the different vocabularies and vernaculars present in photography. Using these images, Wasko creates photo essays, photo-objects, and photobooks.

Alaina Bailey
Admissions Counselor

Alaina Bailey received her BA in Fine Arts from the University of Pennsylvania, with departmental awards in Drawing and Painting. Prior to her work as an Admissions Counselor at Moore College of Art & Design, Alaina worked as a teacher at Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Product Design Associate for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and as Assistant Artist with Mural Arts Philadelphia. Alaina is passionate about living and working in Philadelphia, including a studio practice in painting and printmaking. She is a life-long student and loves to take classes in new mediums, and spend time in the many great cultural institutions in the city.

Flynn Linehan
Associate Director of Admissions

Flynn Linehan is asssociate director of admissions at the New School. Linehan joined the admissions team in 2013, and she works primarily with applicants considering Parsons School of Design. Prior to working in higher education, she worked as a practicing artist and in arts administration in the New York area. Linehan enjoys meeting and counseling students from across the world and is passionate about helping students navigate the college application process.

Linehan holds an MFA in fine arts from Parsons School of Design, as well as a BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University.