AMO Staff

Position: President
Office location: Senior Studios Olive Tjaden
Email: sn443@cornell.edu
Bio: Ariel is an undergraduate student majoring in Fine Arts. In addition, she is completing two minors in Art History and Business at Cornell University. Her work ranges from paintin and installation, to video art. Ariel has recently interned for FITZ & CO and Dillon + Lee Gallery in NYC. She has strong administrative/curatorial assistant kills, event planning, and is great with audience engagement. Ariel joined the Art Majors Organization (AMO) as a freshmen with the intention of building a tightknit community for fellow art students.

Position: Vice President
Office location: Senior Studios Olive Tjaden
Email: lp347@cornell.edu
Bio: Lauren is a senior majoring in Fine Arts. She is also part of KASA, an organization that has helped unify the Korean American community at Cornell. By participating and organizing KASA events and g-body meetings Lauren is well versed in bringing students together for a cause. Her major project right now is bringing her design eye into the TIPTOE + KASA Collaboration project. 50% of the proceeds earned from the apparel she helped will goes to the Korean American Grassroots Conference. This conference aims uplift the Korean American community through active civic engagement of college students and contributes to the betterment of the U.S. For more information, you can visit her facebook or find her in the senior studios.

Position: Treasurer
Office location: Senior Studios Olive Tjaden
Email: wd89@cornell.edu
Bio: William Demaria is currently a senior in Fine Arts completing his thesis. Prior to coming to Cornell William was trained according to the academic standards of the New York Academy of Art in figure painting and mentored by the artist Daneil Pollera. Second semester freshman year when getting through the intro studios, William discovered that he really liked printmaking. Over the next two years William has focused on developing his knowledge and technical skills within the medium of print. During this time, William was fortunate enough to be admitted into the Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholars Program which opened up various opportunities to him such as a residency at Kala Art Institute, an internship at Magnolia Editions and a Summer residency studying engraving under the RISD faculty member Andrew Raftery. William is happy to answer any questions about his experiences at Cornell or professional experience outside Cornell. William can generally be found in his personal studio in 321 or mornings in the Intaglio studio.