Faculty
Dr. Natalia Pilato
Natalia Pilato is a visual and community-based artist, educator, and scholar who focuses on building the social capital of target communities through artistic processes, elevating civic engagement and public discourse. Her large scale national and international community-based mural projects have engaged thousands of intergenerational community members in the creative process. Her personal studio practice includes multimedia explorations that celebrate joy and question the nature of how we explore relationships.
Natalia Pilato holds a B.F.A. in sculpture, M.Ed., and a Ph.D. in Art Education from the Pennsylvania State University. She has received numerous awards of recognition, which include: the Virginia Art Education Association higher educator of the year, and the Christo Collaboration Award (community partnerships) from Virginia Beach Public Schools, The Joy of Giving Something Award, Imagining America Scholarship, The Bunton Waller Graduate Fellowship, the Creative Achievement Award from the P.S.U College of Arts and Architecture, the Ingrid P. Holtzman Award, Alumni Honors Award, the American Association of University Women Outstanding Achievement Award, the Business and Professional Women Opportunity Grant.
Currently Dr. Pilato lives in Norfolk, VA. and is an Associate professor of Art Education and the Director of the Art Education Program at Old Dominion University.
More on Natalia Pilato's Murals can be found @
Norfolk: ODU, Neighborhood Markers
Belize: Painted conversation
Pennsylvania State University: Dreams Take Flight and Colors of Music
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Dr. Hsin Fang 方 心
Hsin Fang is an artist, researcher, educator, mother, and music lover. She is an Assistant Professor of Art Education at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Her work explores posthuman and affective pedagogies, craft and sensory practices, AI literacy, and post-qualitative inquiry.
Dr. Fang holds a Ph.D. in Art Education from Florida State University, an M.F.A. in Art Education and Administration from National Taiwan Normal University, and bachelor’s degrees in Art and Design and in Psychology and Counseling from National Taipei University of Education. Her dissertation explored artmaking with immigrant mother-educators, attending to care, community building, and becoming.
Dr. Fang is a certified art educator with teaching and research experience in Taiwan and the United States. Her work connects multicultural perspectives, relational craft, and generative technologies into artistic pedagogical practices and research.