From 2004 – 2008, Lonny Joseph Gordon was Dean of Fine Arts for Illinois State University – College of Fine Arts,  Lonny Joseph Gordon was honored to become the Artist in Residence for ISU beginning January of 2008. As a renaissance artist with internationally evolved talent in Art, Dance, Film, Music, and Theatre, Lonny Joseph Gordon contributes to the ecology of the human spirit as an author, a choreographer, an artist, an educator, a fundraiser and an advocate for the fine arts.

As an Artist in Residence at ISU, Lonny Joseph Gordon produced new works of art working with fine arts majors and non-majors across the university. He made this possible by incorporating an interdisciplinary relationship of the arts and letters. His work encourages the cultural and social awareness of the work of the artist in society and the academy. In addition, he also performs as a collaborative creative artist role model and educator for the students.

Apart from working at the ISU as the Artist in Residence, Lonny Joseph Gordon’s other professional experiences includes Arts on the Edge faculty at the Madison Civic Center from 1989 – 1991. In addition, he was also a Dance Reviewer for The Capitol Times in Madison, WI from 1985 – 1986 and did Lecture Demonstrations and Workshops at the University of Wisconsin System Fine Arts Exchange, UW – Parkside and UW – Whitewater in 1985 among others.