Name: Alla Parsons, Assistant Professor.jpg)
ENMU Role: Faculty / Mentor
ENMU Email: alla.parsons@enmu.edu
Preferred method of contact: Email
Office Phone: 575-562-2515
Office Location: Art and Anthropology Building, Room 105
Home Town: Portales, NM
Cultural Backgroun: Born in Russia
Other Languages: Russian, Spanish (poquito)
- Education: MFA - Master of Fine Art in 2D Studio Art;
- Research Interests: Figurative Painting and Drawing, Portrait, Landscape. Art History - Surrealism, Magic Realism, History of Women Artists
- Additional Information: I teach Drawing I and II, Figure Drawing I and II, Drawing Projects and various levels of Painting.
- My primary medium is Oil Painting, but I can do Watercolors and Acrylics.
- I am a faculty adviser for the Figure Drawing Night (student group).
- Back in time, in Russia, I taught World History at a University, but after I moved to USA I only was interested in teaching Art and Art History.
- One challenge I experienced in college was Time management, studying for exams - these were my main challenges during my first year.
- I am a Greyhound Connection Mentor because I want to share my own experiences and help freshmen, specially those who are artists like me. Do not think that by "artists" I mean only art majors. You might be an Artist at heart, but study Biology, for example. I want to talk to you and help you in any way I can.