Adjunct Faculty
Andrew Bale
Peter Mollenkoff
John Ritter
Young Won

Andrew Bale
Andrew S. Bale, adjunct professor of art, has been teaching photography classes at Messiah College since 2002.  He earned his B.F.A. in photography at the Savannah College of Art and Design.  After college Andy became the primary assistant for known fine art photographer Chuck Henningsen in Taos, NM and later worked in the commercial realm at Socolow Photography, Camp Hill, PA.  He is currently pursuing his masters in photography and is a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Delaware.  Andy works primarily with an 8x10 view camera and develops his photographs using the silver gelatin print process.
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Peter Mollenkoff
Born and raised in Philadelphia suburbs. Attended Covenant College and graduated with a degree in history. Received Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Tyler School of Art, Temple University. Taught art at Houghton College for two years and completed an MFA from the State University of New York at Buffalo, NY. Lived and worked in Tokyo, Japan, for twenty years as an artist, art instructor at Temple University Japan, and art critic for Art in America, Art News, and The Japan Times. Adjunct instructor and art gallery director at Messiah College since 2000.
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John Ritter
John is an illustrator specializing in both electronic and traditional media.  He helped develop Adobe Photoshop software, as well as designing promotional materials for the Adobe system.  You maybe familiar with John's work if you read any of the following:  Atlantic Monthly, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The New Yorker, The Washington Post  and News Week.  These are a few of his clients along with many others.

To see student work created in John Ritter's Digital Illustration class at Messiah College, please click here.
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Young Won
Painter. I received my degree at Maryland Institute, College of Art. For nine years, I have taught at HACC and at Messiah for five years. I have had several solo shows and have participated in many group exhibitions in America and abroad.
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