Lesha Porché is an Assistant Professor of Two-Dimensional Art at Northwest Florida State College. She holds a Master of Architecture and a Bachelor of Design from the University of Florida.

Her research investigates image-making as a critical framework for emotional inquiry, perception, and meaning-making across contemporary studio practice. Working primarily through painting, drawing, collage, and mixed media processes, Porché examines how visual systems operate as cognitive and affective structures that shape personal narrative, identity, and embodied experience. Her studio methodology emphasizes iterative experimentation, material inquiry, and reflective analysis as modes of knowledge production.

Porché’s pedagogy is grounded in design thinking, concept-driven studio practice, and scaffolded critique, prioritizing the development of visual literacy and critical reasoning over technical replication alone. She emphasizes experiential learning that integrates historical context, formal analysis, and personal research inquiry, guiding students toward sustained creative authorship and professional preparedness.