STAFF
Casey Smith (he/him)
Executive Director
casey.smith@fredbookartscenter.org
Casey earned his doctorate in English Literature from Indiana University in 2006 and continues to research, write, and lecture on 19th and 20th-century print-culture history. For the past five years, he’s been the Chair of Liberal Arts at the Delaware College of Art and Design. He taught at the Corcoran College of Art + Design and George Washington University from 1997 to 2016, where he led the curricular development of the innovative “Art and Book” MA program. Casey brings to FBAC a lifelong dedication to promoting book arts education. He would love to hear your ideas about FBAC’s role in the artistic life of greater Frederick.
Corrine Wilson (she/her)
Director of Planning and Communications
Corrine.wilson@fredbookartscenter.org
Corrine Wilson is a Maryland based printmaker and photographer. She studied Communications and Media Studios at Goucher College and went on to work as a Consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton where she was an Emergency Response Planner for FEMA. Corrine is also a member of People of Print.
Charlotte Mauler Hayes (she/her)
Director of Education and Instructor
Charlottemaulerhayes@fredbookartscenter.org
Charlotte Mauler Hayes is a freelance photographer and graphic designer originally from North Carolina. She graduated from Warren Wilson College with concentration on book arts, printmaking and photography. Her bookbinding and art is influenced by historic research of european renaissance and medieval bookbinding forms while her photography and graphic design relies heavily on the use of computers and modern technology. She has received award recognition for her historic bookbinding and historic artwork through the regional chapter of an international historical society.
Eric Groff (he/him)
Studio Director
eric.groff@fredbookartscenter.org
Eric Groff is a Maryland based artist whose work explores storytelling conveyed in single images and sequential art. Eric graduated from Frostburg State University with a BFA focusing in Printmaking and Illustration and a minor in Art History. Discovering Frederick Book Arts Center in 2021, Eric has since translated his linocuts to wood and textiles, and explored monoprinting, letterpress, and bookbinding.