Faculty
(719) 502-3241 | cynthia.holling-morris@pikespeak.edu
Box D37, Downtown | PDO-S202
Cynthia Holling-Morris
M.A., California State University
Cynthia Holling-Morris is a commercial photographer specializing in fine art landscape
photography for tranquil spaces. Her work is in permanent collections around the USA.
You can see examples at www.hollingmorris.biz
Current Faculty/ Department Chair, Pikes Peak Community College
2011-2021 Adjunct Faculty, Pikes Peak Community College
Teaching specialties: art appreciation, commercial portraiture, event and wedding
photography, beginning digital photography, studio portrait photography, landscape
photography, portfolio capstone course, 2-dimensional design, study abroad, internship
,Departmental assessment
2014-2021 Online Faculty and Subject Matter Expert, Rocky Mountain College of Art
and Design
Online Subject Matter Expert and course design: Online Portraiture. Teaching specialties:
portraiture, lighting, business and marketing, digital photography
2017-2021 Adjunct Faculty, Arapahoe Community College
Teaching specialties: 2-D design for photographers and wedding and event photography
1993-2017 Adjunct Faculty, Art Institute of Colorado
Teaching, course design, and assessmeTeaching specialities: portraiture, location
lighting, beginning digital and film photography, portfolio preparation, 2-dimensional
design, study abroad
Capstone portfolio instructor coordinating student career planning, print and web
portfolios, marketing, branding, and self-promotional materials
SELECTED EXHIBITS AND INSTALLATIONS
· Jennie Sealy Hospital, Galveston, Texas
· ESSENCE OF A WOMAN, Aperture Gallery, Denver CO (juried exhibition)
· CONCHOLOGY, solo show, John Jellico Gallery, Denver CO
· THE OLDEST DANCE, solo show, The Photographer’s Gallery, Denver CO
COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTEER
· Contest Judge: Evergreen Camera Club and Southern Colorado Photography Club
· Photography show judge: Tri Lakes Center for the Arts, Spanish Peaks Arts Council
· Juror National Portfolio Day, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Lakewood,
Colorado, Cheyenne Mountain High School Portfolio Day
· Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site: publications editing, special event photographer
and volunteer
· Wounded Warrior Foundation: beginning digital photography teacher
· Manitou Springs Middle School: basic darkroom photography
Art Director's Club of Denver, Southern Colorado Photography Club, Spanish Peaks Arts Council
Art Appreciation, Portrait Photography, Fundamentals of Photography, Perception and Photography, Landscape Photography, Internship, Digital Photography 1
· American Regional Cuisine cookbook, text by the Art Institutes
· 56 Essential Tips for Photo Design ISBN: 9798667977896
· Dancing the Veils Away; a History of Belly Dance ISBN-13 : 979-8572936445
· Editorial work includes: Women’s Life, Eligible Magazine, Rakas; Middle Eastern
Dance and Culture, Forge Facts, and National Culinary Review, Ropers and Riders rodeo
championship calendars
Mensa, Professional Photographer's Guild of Colorado Springs
landscape photography, 2-D design, acrylic painting