Shannon Cote
Associate Director of Admissions
scote@meca.edu

207.699.5023

Shannon is a 2000 graduate of the Hartford Art School, where she majored in painting. She has spent much of the last ten years working in admissions, first at Hartford Art School and later at Maine College of Art. Recently, Shannon was promoted to Associate Director of Admissions. She has been with MECA since August of 2006.

Stacy Howe
Admissions Operations Coordinator
showe@meca.edu

207.699.5027

Stacy is a 2010 graduate of Maine College of Art’s MFA Program. Of her artwork, Stacy writes:

“I render objects of material excess and polite society while tracing their links to barbarism and how we socially construct nature through etiquette.”    

Stacy has been with MECA, in her current position, since August of 2010 and comes to the College with extensive experience in higher education.

Megan Lloyd
Senior Assistant Director of Admissions
megan.lloyd@meca.edu

207.699.5024

Megan is a 2005 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, and also earned a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate from the School for the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 2007. Originally from the West Coast, she fell in love with Portland during a visit and couldn't be happier since she made the move to Maine in 2009. Megan photographs based on the idea that "people intend to look a certain way, but always end up looking differently."

Jon Rudnicki
Admissions Counselor
jrudnicki@meca.edu

207.699.5021

Jon is a 2006 graduate of The University of Maine, where he majored in Art History and earned minors in Women’s Studies and Studio Art. Post-graduation, he received a grant from the University of Missouri, St. Louis to work in their gallery, Gallery 210. In 2009, Jon joined the Peace Corps, being assigned for two years to Burkina Faso, West Africa, where he worked promoting girls education. After returning home to Maine, Jon joined the MECA Admissions team in June 2012.

Jason Cornell
Admissions Counselor
jcornell@meca.edu

207.699.5028

Jason graduated from Maine College of Art in 2003 with a major in Painting and minor in Art History. He has worked at MECA since that time as a member of the Facilities and Painting Departments. Jason has been a longstanding participant in the Portland art and music landscape, and was listed as one of Portland's "200 Most Influential People", by the Portland Phoenix in 2010. He joined the MECA Admissions team in June 2012.