State University Of New York At Brockport

university art department · Merged / renamed

last checked 2026-05-29

As archived

Degrees
B.S, B.A, B.F.A

Now (checked 2026)

Status
Merged / renamed

Now known as
Department of Art (Art-Studio Major), SUNY Brockport

What happened
The dedicated metals/jewelry program was built and led by Thomas R. Markusen, who established the metal studio and taught sculpture and metal/jewelry from 1968 to 1998 (the archive's 'to present' is outdated; he retired in 1998). Albert Paley taught there roughly 1972-1984. After Markusen's 1998 retirement the distinct metals/jewelry program was not continued as its own area; metalwork was absorbed into the Sculpture concentration. By the current catalogs (2021-2025) the art major lists only Ceramics, Drawing, Graphic Design, Painting, Photography, and Sculpture concentrations. No standalone metals/jewelry/CAD-CAM program exists today; active SUNY metals/jewelry instruction now lives at SUNY Buffalo State, not Brockport. Current Art Dept chair is Christian Carson.

Link
www.brockport.edu/academics/art/

People

Faculty

Albert Paley · 1972 to 1984Thomas R Markusen · 1968 to present

Sources

https://www.brockport.edu/academics/art/https://www.brockport.edu/academics/art/major-minor/https://brockport.academicworks.com/donors/thomas-r-and-mary-p-markusen https://www.brockport.edu/academics/art/facilities/https://www.brockport.edu/academics/art/sculpture/https://www.brockport.edu/academics/art/directory https://westsidenewsny.com/features/2019-02-18/albert-paley-american-modernist-metal-sculptor/

From the original Tyler “Academic Metals Directory” (≈2014), brought current in 2026.

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