Professor Linus Meldrum
Associate Professor of Fine Arts
Linus Meldrum was hired in 2013 as an Assistant Professor of Fine Arts to develop a new Core Curriculum course in Fine Arts – ART150 Visual Arts and the Catholic Imagination, as well as teach Studio Art courses. Professor Meldrum served as an Adjunct Professor at Franciscan University since 2009, teaching Studio Art and Art Appreciation.
Professor Meldrum earned his BFA in Painting at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana in 1981 and his MFA in Painting and Printmaking at The Yale School of Art in New Haven, Connecticut in 1983, and has been an independent artist and craftsman for over 30 years. He is a veteran of more than 400 exhibitions and festivals throughout the Mid-Atlantic States. Teaching assignments have included Painting and Drawing courses at The Yale School of Art, Central Connecticut State University and the Pennsylvania School of Art & Design.
Professor Meldrum is a contributing writer to the Catechetical Review journal. He writes articles for the regular centerfold feature, Inspired Through Art.
- 2018-Present – Franciscan University of Steubenville, Associate Professor of Fine Arts
- 2013-2018 – Franciscan University of Steubenville, Assistant Professor of Fine Arts
- 2009-2013 – Franciscan University of Steubenville, Adjunct Professor in Fine Arts
- 2009-2012 – Pennsylvania Homeschoolers Accreditation Agency, Instructor
- 1995-1996 – Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Adjunct Professor
- 1985-1987 – Yale School of Art, Assistant Instructor
- 1983-1985 – Central Connecticut State University, Adjunct Professor
- 1990-2015 – Homeschooling Parent
- 1983 – Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Printmaking, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
- 1981 – Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Inspired Through Art, Catechetical Review:
- Mary and the Burning Bush, a painting by Nicholas Froment
- The Supper at Emmaus, a painting by Rembrandt van Rijn
- The Isenheim Altarpiece, a painting by Matthias Grunewald
- The Last Supper, a painting by Tintoretto
