Ever Mountain College

The Faculty

Makers, Thinkers, Agitators

At Ever Mountain College, faculty are not simply instructors. They are practicing artists, philosophers, performers, farmers, and builders. They teach what they make. They critique what they question. They expect students to work hard, think deeply, and defend their choices.

Some are revered. Some are lightly ridiculed. All are taken seriously.

Below are a few of the professors who shape life on the mountain.

Spotlight Faculty

Professor Elliott Blackstone

Department of Unusual History & Anti-Historiography

Professor Blackstone specializes in historical (including art historical) reversals and “forgotten futures.” His lectures often begin at the end and work backward. He challenges students to question who writes history—and who is erased. Known for his dry wit and quiet intensity, Blackstone believes the past is not fixed but negotiated. His classes leave students unsettled in the best possible way.

Professor Whim Delphine

Department of Visual & Material Arts – Sculpture

Professor Delphine’s sculptures defy gravity, expectation, and occasionally structural common sense. She is known for edible self-portraits and critiques that begin with a question rather than an answer. Students leave her studio unsure whether they’ve been praised or dismantled—and often both.

Professor Albert Josefs

Foundations of Wonder – Lead Instructor

Head Artisan of Ever Mountain College, Professor Josefs is devoted to form, function, and the moral responsibility of making. He sketches students’ “inner forms” and reminds them, cryptically, that “the line knows where it wants to go.” Revered and lightly mocked in equal measure, he shapes the intellectual spine of the college.

Professor Annie Josefs

Department of Textile & Tactile Arts

Professor Josefs teaches narrative through fabric. Her garments hold memory, and her critiques are precise but generous. Students learn that weaving is not decorative—it is structural. She sees patterns others miss and has little patience for shortcuts.

Professor Phineas Keetz

Department of Conceptual Inquiry

Professor Keetz is known for collaborations with slime mold and a deep belief in emergent systems. His assignments often blur science and art. Students leave his classes with more questions than answers—and a suspicion that intelligence might not be limited to humans.

Also on the Mountain

Visiting Professors at Ever Mountain College Next Semester

  • Professor Mortimer McManus (“Professor Mirth”) – Absurdist theater and improvisation

  • Professor Isabella Cone – Palindromes, invented language, and gibberish debate

  • Professor Zenzen Tanaka – Meditation as art, wordless koans (Zen riddles), silent critique, and redesigned realities

  • Professor Myra Netzel – Dye alchemy and coded weavings

  • Professor Clive Altoon – Printmaking with lost emotions as texture

The faculty at Ever Mountain College are not easily summarized. Some teach by instruction. Others by contradiction. A few by silence. To understand how they shape the students who pass through their studios, you’ll have to follow the line into the story.