Musician, orchestra conductor, teacher, web designer, paper maker, book/digital/collage artist, CD author, writer, assistant chair for art, former Global Studies committee member, and NEH fellowship recipient are some of the roles that identify Cynthia Millis.  She grew up in South Dakota and worked there before moving to Houston.

The mixed media artist combines textures of handmade papers, stitchery, metal, and found objects. She developed a form she calls the digiquilt, incorporating original imagery and photographs into digital montages.  They range from quilt sized to small enough to fit in the palm of her hand.  She and Doyle Horton.  created "Inconclusive: A Journey with Lymphoma," a mixed media installation presented at the HCC Northline Gallery in January 2003.

Degrees:  B.M.E., Yankton College Conservatory of Music, SD-1971; A.A.S., Commercial Art/Media Technology, HCCS-1985;  M.L.A., Art History, U.S.T., Houston-1991; Graduate Studio Art Studies, T.T.U. in Junction, TX, 1996-2002.

STATEMENT: The following sums up Cynthia Millis? philosophy about teaching, art, and life.

"I am a teacher.  Teaching is a creative form of self-expression. It is one of my mediums. I try to share the joy of learning with students and colleagues each day. My art explores textures-hard, soft, things that may or may not go together. Like life, the surfaces are complex, layered, and ambiguous. The interpretation is yours ".