In memoriam: SCAD Photography Professor Jenny Kuhla
The
SCAD community is deeply saddened by the passing of SCAD photography
professor Jenny Kuhla. We extend our heartfelt condolences to Jenny's
family, friends, colleagues, and students during this difficult time.
A
SCAD professor for more than 25 years, Jenny taught and mentored
thousands of SCAD photography students as they worked toward their
creative careers. Jenny’s longtime colleague and fellow photography
professor Lynn Wright remembered Jenny as a brilliant mind.
“Jenny
was the kindest, most intelligent educator I have ever met,” she said.
“She was my colleague and one of my best friends. Compassionate beyond
the ordinary, she was invested in her students, and she never once
treated them as anything but equal. Everyone had potential in her eyes,
and she felt it her job to probe that potential and tease it out into
the open.”
Jenny also
served her students as a longtime faculty adviser and the photography
department's chair from 2007 to 2010. She was a favorite of her students
and a close colleague to all, SCAD photography professor emeritus Steve
Bliss shared.
“Jenny was
blessed with an innate ability to break down the most complex of
academic concepts and to make them understandable for her students,” he
said. “Her lectures were riveting, leavened with her ability to be
funny, insightful, and educational all at the same time. Her students
loved and respected her, and she was beloved and appreciated by her
chairs, deans, and fellow faculty.”
Jenny's
memorial arrangements will be announced at a later date. Students and
colleagues who would like to speak with a grief counselor are encouraged
to contact the university’s counseling and student support services at
912.525.6971.