Professor Guernsey grew up in New Jersey and did her undergraduate work at Tufts University and the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts. She worked in the Philadelphia area for several years as a writer and editor before returning to visual art. Guernsey completed her MFA in painting and drawing at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
Guernsey’s paintings, prints and drawings have been exhibited in commercial and museum venues nationwide. Her awards include the Pollock-Krasner Award, the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Award, the Missouri Biennial Award, and two awards from the National Endowment for the Arts--the Mid America Award for Painting and the National Individual Award for Drawing. Professor Guernsey has held residency grants at the Vermont Studio Center, the MacDowell Colony, and the Ragdale Foundation.
Guernsey held full-time teaching appointments at the University of Florida and the University of Oregon. In 1985 she returned to the Midwest to join the faculty at Washington University in St. Louis where she taught drawing, painting and printmaking. In 2006 she came to the University of Kansas as full professor and department chair.
“After twenty-two years in St. Louis, I wanted a change. My role at Washington University had taken on strong administrative responsibilities. I realized that I enjoy administrative work-- that I could do it and still accomplish my studio goals. I searched several years for the right place, a program that would excite me. Kansas is exactly what I wanted,” Guernsey said.
“KU’s art program is already among the best in the nation. We need to reach into ourselves, understand what it is we do best, and build on those positives. We also have to understand our relationship to our region, the value of our unique voice, and the importance of our contribution to the larger national discussion.
“KU’s Department of Art is rapidly becoming the program of choice for gifted art students throughout the Midwest. We have a vibrant new faculty, passionate and ambitious for their work. Our program is being reviewed and revitalized. Our facilities are huge and up-to-date. And we are the best deal around. Most of our students graduate without any debt.
“Come visit us in Lawrence. Meet our faculty of practicing artists. Talk to the remarkable students who live and work here. Imagine yourself here.”
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