Cynthia Howes-Baskin
Instructor - Foundations
Department: Visual Arts | Office Location: SFAA 116 | Email Address: chowesbaskin@mcneese.edu | Office Phone: 337-475-5053
Cynthia Howes-Baskin received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art from Northwest Missouri State University and her Master of Arts in Ceramics and Sculpture from the University of South Carolina. After teaching at the University of South Carolina, she relocated to Lake Charles, Louisiana, and began teaching at McNeese State University in 2005.
For more than 20 years, she has taught a wide range of courses in Foundations. In 2020, she developed and implemented a mentoring program in the Department of Visual Arts: ASPIRE: The Mentor Mentee Project. This collaborative peer-mentoring initiative pairs sophomore, junior, and senior art majors with students navigating their first or second semester in the program. The project enhances the student experience, encourages academic achievement, and fosters a supportive community in which mentors and mentees learn and grow together.
At McNeese, Howes-Baskin has taught:
- ART 101: Basic Design I
- ART 102: Basic Design II
- ART 110: Art Foundations Seminar
- ART 111: Freshman Foundations
- ART 245, 345, 346, 445, 446: Ceramics (Introductory through Advanced)
- ART 299: Sophomore Portfolio Review
- ART 499: Senior Project Portfolio Exhibition/Review