Heather Protz, MFA
Professor of Photography
College of Southern Nevada

Director: The Image Gallery, Media Technologies
Coordinator: CSN Yearly Sponsored Photography Contests

Contact Information
• Email: heather.protz@csn.edu (Preferred and most reliable communication)
• Phone: 702-651-4977
• Class Website: www.pixelnrg.com

Office Hours:
In-Person (CSN Building A, Room 1744):
• Tuesday & Wednesday: 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Virtual (By Appointment):
• Monday, Thursday, & Friday: Flexible; schedule via email.

Note: Most weekday mornings, I’m on the computer working and am happy to have an impromptu chat if desired. Simply reach out by email to connect.
•If you plan to stop by in person, please email me in advance with your preferred time and the topic you’d like to discuss or review. This allows me to prepare for our meeting and make the most of our time together.
•All Live meetings (Big Blue Button, Zoom, Face Time, Etc)  will be recorded.

Class Schedule:
Tuesday:
• PHO 101: Beginning Photography: 10:00 AM – 1:50 PM
• PHO 102: Photoshop 1: 2:00 PM – 5:50 PM

Wednesday:
• PHO 102: Photoshop 1: 10:00 AM – 1:50 PM
• PHO 289: Artistry and Audience: 2:00 PM – 5:50 PM

Photo Print Labs will open in week 2 of the semester
print lab computers can be used for working on photo projects from all CSN photo classes.

North Las Vegas Campus -  - Lab Manager, Michael Winter - 702-651-2683
Print Lab A1723
Studio A1775 - 1790

West Charleston Campus -  - Lab Manager, Devin Sheffield- 702-651-7317
Print Lab E110
Studio E105
Classroom E111
Cubbie E108

All CSN General Computer Labs
will be open from Monday - Friday from 9am to 6pm.
All computers in these labs have Adobe CC installed. The monitors are not color calibrated.
Locations and more info - https://at.csn.edu/computerlabs

Tutorial Services 
702-651-5732 

Our lab techs are happy to help out with questions here and there.
Don't forget I am always available by email and virtual conference if you cannot make my in person office hour.

Heather Protz is an artist, educator and explorer living in Las Vegas, Nevada and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Heather’s art ranges from documentary work to large scale conceptual pieces. Heather starts all of her work out on location, photographing with any device put in her hand, from a toy camera or cell phone camera to high end digital cameras. Her vision adapts to the device and locations encountered.

Heather has a BFA from The University of Akron and an MFA from Ohio University. She has shown her fine art photography nationally and received an Ohio Arts Council Fellowship and a Nevada Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship. Currently Heather is a professor of photography at the College of Southern Nevada. Heather’s commercial work includes photographing artwork for artists, galleries and museums, as well as architecture/trade show booths and food/drink photography.

https://linktr.ee/heatherprotz

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