Currently the President of the Art Historians of Southern California, and recently named a finalist for the Andy Warhol Foundation “Creative Capital,” Artwriting Grant Program, Dr. Jeanne S. M. Willette is an Associate Professor of Art History at Otis College of Art and Design.  With areas of academic interest in Modernism and Postmodernism  and in European and American art and theory, Dr. Willette is also an art writer and museum educator in Southern California.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr. Jeanne S. M. Willette

Current Employment

Associate Professor of Art History
Liberal Studies Department
Department of Art History
Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, California

Education

Ph. D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Dissertation: The Archaeology of “Le Cubisme”
Spring Quarter, 1993

M. A., Art History, California State University, Long Beach
Master’s Thesis: Kant and Early Cubist Criticism
1983

B. A., Fine Arts, California State University, Los Angeles
1980

Fields of Concentration: Scholarship and Teaching

Late Contemporary Art: European
History of Twentieth Century Art
History of Nineteenth Century Art
History of Photography
Film Theory
Critical Theory
Art Criticism
Contemporary Multicultural Art
Museum Studies in the Modern and Contemporary Periods
Art of California

Professional Affiliations

College Art Association

Art Historians of Southern California
Treasurer, Art Historians of Southern California, 2006-2007

Board Member and Treasurer (2005 – 2008) Art Historians of Southern California

Board of Editors, Artvu Magazine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1990-1991

Member, Panel of Peers
The Friends of Photography
1990-1991

Gallery Committee
The Light Factory
Charlotte, North Carolina
1990-1991

Publications

“Voices of Silence, Voices of Hope”

THE Magazine L.A.

November 2008

“Urbanscape: New Paintings by Richard Amend and Christopher Martin Hoff”
Artscene
October, 2008
pp. 17 – 18

“Ceramic Culture”
Artscene
June, 2008

“Sea Changes”
Artscene
February, 2008

“Gordon Wagner at Tobey Moss”
Artscene
Pgs. 18-20
November, 2007

“Walking Dreams: The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites from the Delaware Art Museum”
Artscene
Summer, 2007

“New Museum Rising: The Claremont Museum of Art”
Artscene
June, 2007

“Women of a Certain Age”
Artscene
January, 2007

“The Prodigal Artist”
Artscene
October, 2006
Accompanied by an interview with Artscene on the magazine’s website

“Transluscent”
The Norton Simon Museum
Artscene
July, 2006

“What to Wear When Falling: A Girl’s Guide to Fashions of Failure, or, How to Lose Success and Gain a Man”

Garb. An Anthology of Fashion Theory, 2006.

“Robert Adams”
ArtScene
Vol. 25, No. 9
May, 2006
pp. 18-19

“A Broken Beauty”
ArtScene
February, 2006
Vol. 25, No. 6
pp. 19-20

“Villa America”
ArtScene
Vol. 25, No. 1
September, 2005
pp. 26-27

“Lingchi”: A video exhibition by Chieh-Jen Chen
Ben Maltz Gallery of Otis College of Art and Design
ArtUS Magazine
Spring, 2004

“One Ground”
Review of Israeli and Palestinian Filmmakers
University of California, Riverside
California Museum of Photography
ArtUS Magazine
Fall, 2003

“Whiteness: A Wayward Construction”
Artscene
April 2003
Volume 22, No. 8
pp. 17 and 18

“Still and All. Elaine Cowin at the Armory”
Artweek Magazine
April, 2000

“David diMichele at California State Uuniversity, Fullerton”
Artweek Magazine
May, 2000
p. 23

“The Little White Dress”
Dutch Magazine
January, 1999

“Kim Dingle & Cohorts: The Artist, The Writer, The Bad Girls and The Lost Madonna”
Special Issue on Artists’ Collaborations
Artweek
November, 1998
pg. 15

“COLA: 1997 – 98 at the L. A. Municipal Art Gallery
Artweek
Volume 31, No. 7
July, 1998
pg. 29 – 30

“(Non)Photography as Commentary: The Camera (Obscura) and Post-Philosophical Systems
Artweek
Volume 30, No. 7
July, 1997

“How the Left Coast Stole the Idea of (Post)Modern Art”
Artweek
Vol. 28, No. 5
May, 1997
pp. 15 – 16

“Stitching Lives: Fabric in the Art of Betye Saar”
Fiberarts
March/April, 1997
pp. 44 – 48

“The Failures of Post-Modernism, A Post-Post Modern Lament”
-Izm
Volume 1, No. 1
Fall, 1996
p. 4 -7 and 18 – 19

“Shape Shifters at Spanish Kitchen Studios”
Spanish Kitchen Studios
Artweek
Volume 27, No. 7
pp. 23 – 24

“Matthew Brown: Peaceable Kingdom/Parallel World”
Zing Magazine
p. 45
Spring, 1996

“Profile: Steve Correia”
Visions Art Quarterly
Spring/Summer, 1995
p. 38 – 40.

“Imaging Race: Racing Toward a Fourth Century of Mis-Representation”
NoMoPo
June/July, 1995
“Dennis Hollingsworth at Bennett Roberts Fine Art”
Artweek
Volume 26, No. 3
March, 1995
p. 39

“East and West in the Art of John Davis”
Visions Art Quarterly
Winter, 1994
pp. 39 – 41.

“Painting as Cultivation: The Art of Joseph Piasentin”
Visions Art Quarterly
Winter, 1994
pp. 46 – 47.

“Worldlings: Fragile Ecologies at the Laguna Art Museum”
Artweek
Volume 25, Number 18
September 22, 1994
p. 15

“Stephen Schauer: Let There Be Light”
Visions Art Quarterly
Fall, 1994
pp. 39 – 41.

“Rufus Snoddy: The Politics of Reversal”
Visions Art Quarterly
Fall, 1994
pp. 50 – 52.

“Hunting and Gathering: The Art of Betye Saar”
Visions Art Quarterly
Summer, 1994
p. 42 – 43

“Baling the South: Construction and Critique in the Art of Linda Kroff”
Essay for Catalog for the winners of the  1993 Photography Fellowships
Southern Arts Federation/National Endowment for the Arts
Spring, 1994
Reprinted in Aperture

“The Healing of Hiroshima in the Art of Sandy Bleifer”
Visions Art Quarterly
Spring, 1994
pp. 56 – 57.

“Collision Course. Kymber Holt–Twinings”
Artweek
Volume 25, No 7
April 7, 1994
p 15.

“State of the Arts, Part II: The Museums of Southern California—The Final Frontier.  The Big Two: MOCA and Newport”
Visions Art Quarterly
Spring, 1994
p. 41 – 43.

“How Sweet It Is. Nancy Macko at Brand Library and Art Galleries”
Artweek
Volume 25, No. 4
February 17, 1994
p. 20

“Rite of Privacy: The Public Art of Carl Cheng”
Visions Art Quarterly
Fall, 1993
pp. 44 – 46

“The Human-Scapes of Pat Berger”
Visions Art Quarterly
Fall, 1993
pp.52 – 54

“The State of the Arts: Part One, Graduate School, The Beginning…A Tale of Two Cities: Claremont and Valencia”
Visions Art Quarterly
Summer, 1993
p. 44 – 48

“Perversities”
Artweek
Volume 24, Number 11
June 3, 1993
p. 22

“The Odd Couple. Earnest Valardi and Katherine Lui”
Visions Art Quarterly
Summer, 1993
p. 41

“Young Sun Bai”
Visions Art Quarterly
Spring, 1993
p. 58

“Paul Carmichael”
Visions Art Quarterly
Spring, 1992
p. 57

“Why Art Is Powerful: Censorship and the Painting of China in the Time of Tien An Men Square”
Visions Art Quarterly
Volume 6, Number 2
pp. 49 – 50

“William Kolb: The Long and Winding Road”
Visions Art Quarterly
Winter Issue, 1992
p. 54 – 55

“A Conversation with Skip Arnold”
Artweek
Volume 23, Number 28
November 19, 1992
p. 22

“Gone Sweet Home: The Home Show and The Pre-Columbus Primal Experience Quincentenary Extravaganza Sale at Security Pacific Gallery”
Artweek
Vol. 23, No. 24
September 17, 1992
p. 21

“Bad Boys/Good Boys: Sandow Birk and the Killing of Los Angeles”
Visions Art Quarterly
Vol. 6, No. 2
Fall, 1992
p. 47 – 49

“Michael Rubin: Exile in Paradise”
Visions Art Quarterly
Vol. 6, No. 2
Fall, 1992
p. 55 – 57

“In Whose Voices Do We Speak?”
Visions Art Quarterly
Volume 6, Number 3
Summer, 1992
p. 49 – 51.

“A Curve in the Road. Cindy Bernard at Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery.”
Artweek
Volume 23, No. 13
April 9, 1992
p. 25

“Profile. The Janus-Faced Art of Janet MacKaig”
Visions Art Quarterly
Volume 6, Number 2
Spring, 1992
p. 54 – 56

“Ernest Valardi”
Visions Art Quarterly
Volume 6, Number 2
Spring, 1992
p. 48

“Brian Tucker”
Artweek
Volume 23, No. 7
February 20, 1992
p. 14-15.

“…There is No Title…,” lead essay written as
Guest Editor of the Art and Feminism in the 90′s Issue
Artvu Magazine
Vol. 5, No. 2
Fall, 1991
p. 4 – 7.

“Between Choice and Context: Curating in a Post Modern Age”
with Mark Leach, curator of the Mint Museum of Art
Charlotte, North Carolina
Crits: Discourses on the Visual Arts
Spring, 1991
p. 2-15
Reprinted in The Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society
Volume 22, Number 4
Winter, 1993
p. 310 -320

“Essay: Photography as ‘Pornography’”
The Light Factory Community Voice. A Photographic Arts Publication for the Southeast
Vol. 5, No. 2
Fall, 1990
p. 6-7.

Art Exhibition Catalogs

A Brief History of Contemporary Art “From America”
The Museum of Contemporary Art
Minsk, Belarus
June 13 to July 10, 2006
Curated by Mela M.

“A Journey through The Flat World:
The Virtual Architecture of Mela M.”
The Museum of Contemporary Art
Minsk, Belarus
Summer 2006

“The Im/Position of the Margin”
Catalogue essay for Out of Context
Exhibition of Vietnamese artists at the
Huntington Beach Art Center
Summer, 2005

“Hall of Mirrors”
Catalogue essay for The Photographs by James Higginson: POV
Budapest, Hungary, April 2005
Design 3G Press, 2005

“Art as Blog: The Politics of Community Art”
Exhibition Catalogue for
Eye-Speak Art from the African-American and Latino Communities of Los Angeles
Glendale and Southwest Community Colleges
Fall, 2001, published as CD/DVD Catalogue, Winter, 2005

“Art as Imprimis”
Essay for the Exhibition Catalogue for exhibition of the art of Myrella Moses and Eric Mondrian:2001 – 2002
The Jequirity Suite
Saddleback College, September 4 – October 2, 2002
Mylo Publications, 2002

“Renaissance as Postmodernity: Painting without Perspective”
Marco Casentini
Ruth Bachofner Gallery
Bergamont Station, Santa Monica
April – June 2002

“Lines on the Desert Floor: The Nazca Series”
Exhibition of the art of Delos van Earl
Boritzer/Gray Gallery
February, 2002
Santa Monica, California

“A Crossing Place: Building the Art of Soonja Oh Kim”
Catalogue for the Exhibition of Soonja Oh Kim
December, 2001
Boritzer/Gray Gallery
Santa Monica, California

“Taking Space–by Stealth and by Storm–The Subtle and Subversive Art of Jane Castillo”
Exhibition Catalogue for
The Installations of Jane Castillo, 2001-2002
Mylo Publications, 2002

A Brave Place: The Edge of Roland Reiss
Catalogue essay for an exhibition at
Huntington Beach Art Museum
March 3 – April 13,  2001
Huntington Beach, California

“Fundamental Things. The Sculptural World of John Kennedy”
Catalogue for the Exhibition of the sculpture of John Kennedy
Coda Gallery
September, 1999
Palm Springs, California

“Coming Colors”
Catalogue for the Exhibition
Recent Works by Katrin Fridriks
Boritzer/Grey/Hamano Gallery
Sponsored by Absolut Vodka
Santa Monica, California
September, 1999

“Following Bravo: The Tradition of Manuel Alvarez Bravo in Mexican Photography” for the catalogue
Manuel Alvarez Bravo and His Followers
Cerritos College Art Gallery
Winter, 1999
Cerritos, California

“The Bolin Retrospective”
Jim Bolin. A Thirty Year Survey
Jose Drudis-Biada Art Gallery
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Santa Monica, California
February 9 – March 27, 1999

“The Artist as Reflection of History. Recent Paintings of Susan Weller”
Susan Weller. Pilgrim at the Wall
Diane Nelson Fine Art
Laguna Beach, California
January 16 – February 14, 1999

“Technology as Memory: The Installations of Dean de Cocker”
Catalog Essay for the Exhibition of the works of Dean de Cocker
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
Santa Barbara, California
Fall, 1999

“Art As Tain”
Catalog Essay
Exhibition of the works of Susan Hornbeck-Ortiz
Sherry Frumkin Gallery
Los Angeles, California
Fall, 1998

“Candy-Sucking Art, Finger-Licking Good: The Wit and Wisdom of Martha Benzing,  A Post/Post-Modern Project: A Tasteful Commentary on the State of Art at the Millennium–Art Sucks, Art Bites, Art Chews”
Catalog Essay
Exhibition of the works of Martha Benzing at the Carin Golden Gallery
New York, New York
Fall, 1997

“Re-Generating Photography: Looking Forward”
Curator and Catalog Essayist
Passing the Tradition: California Photography
Exhibition at the José Drudis-Biada Art Gallery
Mount St. Mary’s College
Los Angeles, California
January 21 – February 23, 1997

“A Few Words on Jellyfish, French Fries, Pots and Airplanes”
Catalog Essay for the Exhibition
Fluid Bodies: Kim Cridler, Dean de Cocker, Eric Johnson
Gallery 825
Los Angeles, California
September 7 – October 4, 1996

“It Just So Happens That These Artists Are Women”
Catalog Essay for the Alumni Exhibition
California State University, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
January 1996

“Floating Existences: ALienation in LA”
Catalog Essay
Faculty Exhibition
Laband Art Gallery
Loyola Marymount University
Westchester, California
Fall and Winter, 1996

“Lode Star: The Light Art of Sally Weber”
Catalog essay for the Exhibition
Sally Weber-Im Licht
Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum der Stadt Hagen
Hagen, Germany
30. April bis 18. Juni 1995

“Black is Black”
Art Exhibition Catalog for the Exhibition
In The Black
Irvine Fine Arts Center
Irvine, California
December 2, 1994 – February 26, 1995

“Against Long Division”
Art Exhibition Catalog for Linking Ethos
An Installation by Myrella Moses and Katy Brooks
Orange Coast College Gallery
August 27 – October 15, 1994

“Cutting the Edge: Post-Post Modern Art and Its Definitions”
A Video Catalog for
The Hot Crop: A Post-Post Modern Salon
Claremont Graduate School Galleries
Narrated by Jeanne S. M. Willette
Produced with Gene Ogami
June, 1994

“The Two That Are Not One.  Painting and Counterpoint in the Art of Ernest Valardi and Katherine Liu”
Catalog Essay for the Exhibition of the Artists’ Works
Bakersfield Museum of Art
Bakersfield, California
March 25 – April 27, 1994

“Spun from Sugar, Composed of Confections, Confined to Quarters: The Fate of the Girls of the West and How They Broke Free to Run Wild and Wreak Havoc, Generally”
Catalogue Essay for the Art Exhibition Catalog
Recent Paintings by Kim Dingle
Jason Rubell Gallery
Miami Beach, Florida
October – November, 1993

“Counting the Uncounted: The Art of Karen Roarke”
Art Exhibition Catalog for the one person show Karen Roarke at
Ruth Bachofer Gallery
Santa Monica, California
September, 1993

“Some Thoughts About Marking”
Essay/Poem for the Exhibition
Jacqueline Caples
Trinity College
Hartford, Connecticut
March – April, 1993

“You Have to Know the Story to Read the Picture”
Essay and Artist Entries for
In the Looking Glass: Contemporary Narrative Painting
July 6 – September 15, 1991
The Mint Museum of Art
Charlotte, North Carolina

“A Summer of Light and Dark: A Journey of Two. Xie Tien Cheng and James Higginson. The Season of Tiananmen Square”
Catalog Essay for a Collaborative Exhibition
The China Paintings:Paintings of Xie Tien Cheng and James Higginson
Guilin, China, Summer, 1989
Pacific Asia Museum
August-September, 1992
(Catalogue Published by the Museum but Suppressed by the Chinese government, which threatened to kill Xie Tien Cheng if a catalogue mentioning Tienanmen Square was distributed)

“In Whose Voices Do We Speak?”
Catalog Essay for
Energy: Interaction of Contrasts
An Exhibition of Multicultural Art (catalog sold out)
L. A. Artcore Annex
652 Mateo Street
Los Angeles, California
Funded by the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department
May 1-31, 1992
(reprinted in Fall Issue, 1992 of Visions Art Quarterly, inaugurating the Topic Column)

“The Lighting of the Caves”
Catalog Essay for
Primitive Origins, an Exhibition of the Art of Martha Benzing
Watkins Gallery
Queens College
January 20 – February 28, 1992
Charlotte, North Carolina

“Clash By Night: The Dover Beach of Linda Brown”
Catalog Essay for Constructed Fragments.  Linda Brown. Paintings in Two and Three Dimensions
Exhibition of the Art of Linda Brown
The Gallery of the College of Architecture
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
February 13 – March 21, 1992
Charlotte, North Carolina

“Installation as Object”
Catalog Essay for Discarded Histories/Reclaimed Voices
Artist in Residence Exhibition Program
Exhibition of the Art of Linda Kroff
Spirit Square Center for the Arts
Charlotte, North Carolina
September, 1991

Scholarly Papers presented

“Material Culture: Art History Looks at Clifford Geertz”
College Art Association
Art Historians of Southern California on Material Culture
Dallas, Texas
February 2008

“A Few Last Minute Details: A Tribute to Naomi Schor”
College Art Association
Art Historians of Southern California Panel on Feminism
New York, New York
February, 2007

“The Terrible Nearness of Distant Places: Theory Matters”
Presented at the 2004 Meeting of the Art Historians of Southern California
Armand Hammer Museum
Los Angeles, California
November 6, 2004

“The Medusa Effect: Not/Looking at Postmodern Photography”
C/C Berlin Gallery
Berlin, Germany
October 16, 2003

“The Illusion of Illusionism: The Photographic Untruths of Günther Förg”
Presented at the 1993 Meeting of the Art Historians of Southern California
J. Paul Getty Museum
Malibu, California
October 30, 1993

“Painting as Différend: The Landscapes of Anselm Kiefer and the Event of History”
Presented at the conference: The Landscape as Idea: Art, Architecture, and Urbanism
Cosponsored by the College of Architecture of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the Mint Museum of Art
Charlotte, North Carolina
October 26, 1991

“The De/Re/Un/Non-Definition of Cubism”
Presented in the Session: Cubism: the New Questions
College Art Association
New York City, New York
February 17, 1990

“Modernism vs. Post-Modernism: The Reader/Viewer in the Text/Picture”
The 1990 January Symposium of Queens College
Underwritten by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities
Queens College
Charlotte, North Carolina
January, 1990

“The Archaeology of Cubism”
Graduate Student Art History Symposium
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California
June, 1988

“Cubism and the Myth of le Cubisme”
Guest Speaker
Department of Art History
Pomona College
Claremont, California
May, 1988

“The Influence of Wittgenstein on Aesthetics and Art in the 1960′s”
Graduate Student Art History Symposium
Department of Art History
University of California, Santa Barbara
June, 1984

Public Lectures

“Art History’s Hidden Corners”
A Series of Six Lectures
Orange County Museum of Art
Fall, 2008

“Censorship and the Visual Arts”
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
University of California, Irvine
September 2008

“The Fate of Feminism”
Lecture to the Docents, Education Department
Orange County Museum of Art
May 29, 2008

“Visual Culture of Los Angeles”
A Series of Six Lectures
Orange County Museum of Art
Spring 2008

“Women in Photography”
A Series of Six Lectures
Orange County Museum of Art
Winter 2008

“Visual Culture of California”
A Series of Six Lectures
Orange County Museum of Art
Spring 2008

“Tales of the Weimer Republic: Art and Politics”
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
University of California, Irvine
December, 2007

“Art of the Baby Boomers”
A Series of Six Lectures
Orange County Museum of Art
Fall, 2007

The Discourse of “Craft”
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
November 3, 2007

“Kiki Smith and Fairy Tales”
UNIFEM/USA
Southern California Chapter
June 3, 2007

Series of Lectures for Docent Training
“Concepts of Contemporary Art”
Torrance Center of Art
Torrance, California
May, 2007

“Coupling and Un-Coupling: Leon and Nancy, Carl and Ana”
Contemporary Collectors for the Orange County Museum of Art
Newport Beach, California
May 7, 2007

Series of Six Lectures on “Romanticism and Revivals”
Series of Six Lectures on “Impressionists, Their Friends, and Their Enemies”
Series of Six Lectures on “Expressionism, Old, New, and Neo”
Orange County Museum of Art
Fall, Winter, 2006
Spring, 2007

“Degas and Cassatt: Spaces and Places”
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
University of California, Irvine
December, 2006

Series of Lectures for Docent Training
“Concepts of Modern Art”
Torrance Center of Art
Torrance California
Summer, 2006

“Women and Art: Beyond the Stereotype”
For the Docent Council
San Diego Museum of Art
May 5 2006

Series of Six Lectures on “Art and Tradition in California”
Series of Six Lectures on “Themes in Twentieth Century Art”
Series of Six Lectures on “Themes in Nineteenth Century Art”
Orange County Museum of Art
Fall – Winter, 2005
Spring, 2006

Docent Training Lecture Series
Orange County Museum of Art
Winter-Spring, 2004-2005-2006

Docent Training Lecture Series
Torrance Museum of Art
Spring-Summer, 2006

“O’Keeffe and Stieglitz: A Modern Partnership”
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
University of California, Irvine
December 15, 2005

“Thirty Years Later: The ‘American War’”
Lecture given in conjunction with the “Out of Context” Exhibition at the
Huntington Beach Art Center
June 11, 2005

“Everything You Wanted to Know About Contemporary Art But Were Afraid to Ask”
Palm Springs Library
May 20, 2005

“The Gender Oxymoron—Women/Artists”
For the Docent Council
Orange County Museum of Art
Newport Beach, California
March, 2005

“Minimalism: NY and LA, Simplicity in the Sixties
Orange County Museum of Art
Newport Beach, California
April, 2003

“Art After 911—A Public Response”
A presentation to The Art Crowd
Newport Beach, California
February 23, 2002
And at The Art and Healing Conference
Claremont, California
April, 2002

“Outside Los Angeles: Walking and Talking the City of Angels”
Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, California
Presentation to supporters of the college
February, 2001

“Diversity and Decorum: Multiculturalism and the Postmodern Experience”
AICAD Symposium on Studio and Liberal Arts
Ringling School of Art
Sarasota, Florida
November 3 – 6, 2001

“Neo-Victorians: Fin-de-Siècle All Over Again”
U. C. L. A./Armand Hammer Museum for the
Secret Victorians Exhibition
Lecture Series
October 2, 1999

“Contemporary Art at the J. Paul Getty Museum: Robert Irwin, Alexis Smith, Edward Ruscha, and Andy Goldsworthy”
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Visual Arts
Los Angeles, California
Saturday, July 17, 1999
Summer Quarter, 1999

“Out from the Shadow: The Life of Lee Krasner”
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Visual Arts
Los Angeles, California
Saturday, April 10, 1999
Spring Quarter, 1999

“Riding with Death: Jean-Michel Basquait”
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Visual Arts
Los Angeles, California
January 9, 1999
Winter Quarter, 1999

“Atget and Brassaï: Photography and Nostalgia in Paris Between the Wars”
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Visual Arts
Los Angeles, California
June 6, 1998
Spring Quarter, 1998

“Cindy Sherman: Un-Portraits of a Non-Self”
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Visual Arts
Los Angeles, California
January 10, 1998

“Skinning Kiki Smith: Postmodern Art and the Body”
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Visual Arts
Los Angeles, California
February 3, 1997

“Sculpture: From Art to Object”
Orange County Museum of Art
Newport Beach, California
January 16, 1997

“Assemblage: Idea and Act”
University of Southern California
Department of Visual Arts
Los Angeles, California
August 19, 1996

“Constant Changes: The Male/able Female Body”
UCLA at the Hammer Museum
Lecture in conjunction with the exhibition, Sexual Politics
May 5, 1996

“The Coloring of Porgy and Bess: The Effaced Narration of Alexis Smith”
Art Department
Whittier College
Whittier, California
April 25, 1996

“The Object of Sculpture: A Century of Rethinking”
Newport Harbor Art Museum
Newport Beach, California
November 30, 1995

“Seeing Through a Dark Adapted Eye: Representing the Black Male”
UCLA at the Hammer Museum
Lecture in conjunction with the exhibition, Black Male. Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary American Art
Los Angeles, California
April 22, 1995

“Representing the Other: A History of Power in the Visual Arts”
UCLA at the Hammer Museum for the
Black Male. Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary American Art Exhibition
Los Angeles, California
March 13, 1995

“Excavating Rothko”
San Diego Museum of Art
San Diego, California
March 14, 1995

“Helen Frankenthaler: Legacy and Legend”
San Diego Museum of Art
San Diego, California
October 15, 1994

“Presenting the Present: Art Here and Now” for the
Arts in Context Lecture Series:
“Writing on the Wall”
“The Installation of Art”
“Art as Politics/Politics as Art”
“Getting Hard: Postmodern Art as the Difficile”
Newport Harbor Art Museum
Newport Beach, California
Summer, 1993

“Figure/Body, Deferring the Différance”
Newport Harbor Art Museum
Newport Beach, California
May 18, 1993

“Being Cartesian/Minding the Body of Art: The Fable of Thelma and Louise: An En-Gendered Morality Tale”
Guest Lecture for the Art and Art History Department
Trinity College
Hartford, Connecticut
March 11, 1993

“Contemporary Sculpture: Figuration and Its Discontents”
Newport Harbor Art Museum
Newport Beach, California
January 7, 1993

“Contemporary Sculpture: The Poetic Object and the Art Object”
Newport Harbor Art Museum
Newport Beach, California
May 11, 1992

“The Inscription of the Profane in the Definition of the Sacred”
Lecturer for Art Talk Art Series
Foundation for Art Resources
The Municipal Art Gallery Theater
Barnsdall Park
Los Angeles, California
December 17, 1991

“Sculpture Today: Deciding on Undecidability: Deconstructing Comfortable Definitions Uncomfortably”
Artspeak Series
Boritzer/Gray Gallery
Santa Monica, California
October 3, 1991

“An American in China: The Summer of 1989—An Artist’s Journey”, presented at the Laguna Art Museum
Laguna Beach, California
February 22, 1991

“The Matrix of Abstract Expressionism”
St. John’s Museum of Art
Wilmington, North Carolina
Fall Lecture Series: The Development of Abstraction in America
November 16, 1990

“Art and the Eye of the Beholder”
Censorship in the South panel
Southeastern College Art Association Conference
Atlanta College of Art
Oct. 25, 1990

“Gentileschi and Valadon: An Artist Ahead of Her Time and an Artist Out of her Time”
Art Department
Murray State University
Murray, Kentucky
March, 1990

“Go Your Own Way: The Artist as an Independent Woman” for
Her Artstory: a Celebration of Women in the Arts
The Department of Performing Arts
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina
March, 1990

“A Social History of Degas and the Dance”
Department of Performing Arts
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina
February 27, 1989

“Installation Art: A Brief History”
Special Projects Class
Department of Visual Arts
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina
January 22, 1990

“Art and Censorship: Freedom and Responsibility: Robert Mapplethorp and Andreas Serrano”
Presentation at Queens College for
“Issues in Censorship ”
Sponsored by the Friends of Art at Queens College
Queens College
Charlotte, North Carolina
January, 1990

“The Anxiety of Contemporary Painting: The Gospel According to Harold Bloom”
California State University, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Graduate Seminar in Studio Art
June, 1989

“Deconstructing an Artist’s Oeuvre: an Exercise in  Intertextuality”
Art Department
Claremont Graduate School
Claremont, California
May, 1989

“Deconstructing Jasper Johns”
University Art Museum
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, California
April, 1989

“Monet and Degas: the Late Work”
Department of Visual Arts
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina
Guest Speaker
March, 1989

“Deconstruction as Artistic Analysis”
Art Department
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Graduate Seminar in Art Criticism
March, 1989

“Allegory and Appropriation: Approaches in Post-Modernism”
California State University, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Graduate Seminar in Studio Art
March, 1989

“The Year 1955: Gateway Between Modernism and Post-Modernism”
Art Department
Chapman University
Orange, California
February, 1989

“Turnover: Spiritual to Material/Sacred to Profane in Late Twentieth Century Art”
Atlanta College of Art
Atlanta, Georgia
March, 1989

“Theories in Modernism: Baudelaire, Marx, and Greenberg on The Artist’s Halo”
Graduate Seminar in Studio Art
Art Department
California State University, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
February, 1989

“The Cultural Condition of Art and Artists in the 1980′s”
Artists’ Conferences
Los Angeles, California
February, 1989

“A Brief History of Artists and the Art Market”
L. A. Artcore
Los Angeles, California
January, 1989

“Post-Modernism: Art, Theory and Method”
California State University, Los Angeles
Graduate Seminar in Studio Art
Art Department
Los Angeles, California
December, 1988

Professional Activities

Curator:

Co Curator
Manuel Alvarez Bravo and His Followers
Cerritos College Art Gallery
Winter, 1999
Cerritos, California

Generations: Passing the Tradition
A Photographic Salon
José Drudis-Biada Art Gallery
Mount Saint Mary’s College
January, 1997

The Hot Crop: A Post-Post Modern Salon
Presented by Stuart Katz Loft and Gallery
Claremont Graduate School East and West Galleries
May 25 – June 1, 1994
Video catalog co-produced with photographer, Gene Ogami

Bibliography

Curtis, Cathy
“Dealing with Pain of Oppression—In Abstract”
Los Angeles Times
Calendar Section
July 29, 1993, page 2
Cooper, Andrea

“The Arts: What is Art and Who Decides?”
Charlotte Magazine
No. 8
March/April, 1990
p. 19-21.

Conferences

AICAD Symposium on the Critique
Corcoran College of Art and Design
November 4-6, 1999
Washington, D.C.

AICAD Symposium on Studio and Liberal Arts
Ringling School of Art
Sarasota, Florida
November 3 – 6, 2000

Juries

Group Exhibition
SRW Gallery
Sierra Madre, California
Fall, 1995

Student Exhibition
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Spring, 1993

Student Exhibition
Orange Coast College
Spring, 1994
Student Exhibition
Chapman University
Spring, 1994

Panels

“New Trends in MFA Education”
Art Historians of Southern California
Panel on Professionalism and the Undergraduate Artist”
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Los Angeles, California

Organizer for the Art Historians of Southern California Panel on Digital Imagery Technology
Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, California
October, 2006

“Out of Context” exhibition: discussion among artists, writers and curators about art from the Vietnamese community
Huntington Beach Art Center
July 17, 2005

“Learning Outcomes”
Panel Presentation for the
FATE Conference at
California State University at Northridge
Fall, 2004

“Theory and the Fine Arts”
Panel Discussion at Otis College of Art and Design
Spring, 2004

“Dancing with Theory, II”
Sponsored by Support Graduates of Graduate Art
Boritzer/Gray/Hammon Gallery
Los Angeles, California
November 18, 1994

“Dancing with Theory”
Sponsored by Support Graduates of Graduate Art
Claremont Graduate School
Claremont, California
November 13, 1993

“Literary Analogy and Its Critique”
Southeast Regional Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
Conference on “Writing and the Architect”
College of Architecture
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
November 2-4, 1991

“Art and Censorship”
Spirit Square Center for the Arts
Charlotte, N. C.
May 10, 1990

“Design for Use; Conversations About Machine-Produced and Handcrafted Products”
Mint Museum of Art
Charlotte, N. C.
September 15, 1990

Honor Societies and Awards

Fletcher/Jones Technology Grant for Technology in the Classroom
Fall 2006

1997 Outstanding Teacher in Visual Arts
The Department of the Arts
University of California, Los Angeles
Extension
December 12, 1997

Phi Kappa Phi
Chapter 086
California State University, Long Beach
1982

Kappa Pi International Honorary Art Fraternity
Gamma Tau Chapter
California State University, Los Angeles, 1980
Dean’s List, California State University, Los Angeles
1979-1980

Fellowships and Scholarships

Grant in aid
Vidda Foundation
University of California, Santa Barbara
Spring, 1988

Grant in Aid
Samuel H. Kress Foundation
University of California, Santa Barbara
Spring, 1987

Art Affiliates Grant
University of California, Santa Barbara
Summer, 1986

Graduate Student Research Grant
University of California, Santa Barbara
Spring, 1985

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Teaching Positions

Current Employment

Associate Professor of Art History
Department of Liberal Studies
Art History Department
Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, California
Courses: Visual Culture, Modern Art, Contemporary Art, Theory as Practice, Topics in Film Theory, Women in Art, Contemporary Post-Colonial and Multicultural Art, Special Topics in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Art, Special Topics in Critical Theory

Lecturer for Visionaries Series

Orange County Museum of Art

Newport Beach, California

Previous Employment

Claremont Graduate University
Art Department
Claremont, California
A Tale of Two Cities: New York and Los Angeles
2001-2002
and
The Theory Seminar
Spring Semester, 2001
and
The Pure White Cube
Graduate Art Department at Otis College of Art and Design
Fall Semester, 2000
and
The Sleeping Beauty Seminar
Art Department
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, California
Fall Semester, 2000
and
The Off Road Seminar: Arts of the “New” Genres
Spring Semester, 2000
and
The Artist in the Field of Cultural Production: A Theory of “Biography”
Fall Semester, 1999

Lecturer
The Visual Arts (two courses)
California State Polytechnic University
College of Environmental Design
Art Department
Pomona, California
Summer Quarter, 1999

Lecturer
A Survey of Contemporary Art
and
A Survey of Modern Art
Otis College of Art and Design
Liberal Studies Department
Art History Department
Westchester, California
Summer Semester, 1999

Lecturer
The Lives of Artists
Art Department
Weekend College
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Los Angeles, California

Lecturer
A Survey of Contemporary Art (two courses)
Otis College of Art and Design
Liberal Studies Department
Art History Department
Westchester, California
Spring Semester, 1999

Lecturer
Lost in Space: Artists in Institutions
Art Department
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, California
Spring Semester, 1999

Lecturer
The Visual Arts (two courses)
California State Polytechnic University
College of Environmental Design
Art Department
Pomona, California
Winter Quarter, 1999

Lecturer
A Survey of Modern Art
Mount Saint Mary’s Weekend College
Art Department
Santa Monica, California
Spring Semester, 1999

Lecturer
Western Art from the Renaissance through Romanticism
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Art Department
Santa Monica, California
Spring Semester, 1999

Lecturer
Women in Contemporary Art
Art Department
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Santa Monica, California
Fall Semester, 1998

Lecturer
From Past to Present: The History of the World as Told Through the History of Film
Part I: American History
Art Department
Mount Saint Mary’s Weekend College
Santa Monica, California
Fall Semester, 1998

Lecturer
Seeing L. A.: Inside the Los Angeles Art Scene, Part II
Art Department
Weekend College
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Santa Monica, California
December 19 and 20
Fall Semester, 1998

Lecturer
Women in Contemporary Art
Art History Department
Liberal Studies Department
Otis College of Art and Design
Westchester, California
Fall Semester, 1999

Lecturer
Survey of Modern Art
Art History Department
Liberal Studies Department
Otis College of Art and Design
Westchester, California
Fall Semester, 1999

Lecturer
Visual Arts
California State Polytechnic University
College of Environmental Design
Art Department
Pomona, California
Spring Quarter, 1998

Lecturer
California Dreaming on a Winter’s Day: Case Studies of Contemporary California Artists
Art Department
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, California
Fall Semester, 1998

Lecturer
“Atget and Brassaï: Photography and Nostalgia in Paris Between the Wars”
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Visual Arts
Art History Department
Los Angeles, California
June 6, 1998
Summer Quarter, 1998

Lecturer
Seeing L. A.: Inside the Los Angeles Art Scene
Art Department
Weekend College
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Santa Monica, California
Spring Semester, 1998

Lecturer
Women in the Arts
Art Department
Weekend College
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Santa Monica, California
Summer Semester, 1998

Lecturer
Survey of Modern Art
Otis College of Art and Design
Liberal Studies Department
Art History Department
Westchester, California
Summer Semester, 1998

Lecturer
Women in the Arts
Art Department
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Santa Monica, California
Fall Semester, 1998

Lecturer
Survey of Modern Art
Otis College of Art and Design
Liberal Studies Department
Art History Department
Westchester, California
Fall Semester, 1998

Lecturer
California Dreaming: Contemporary Art in Southern California
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Visual Arts
Art History Department
Los Angeles, California
Winter Quarter, 1997

Lecturer
Art of the Nineties: The New Colors and New Voices of Fin-de-Siècle Artists
Claremont Graduate School
Art Department
Claremont, California
Spring Semester, 1998

Lecturer
The Visual Arts
California State Polytechnic University
College of Environmental Design
Art Department
Pomona, California
Spring Quarter, 1998

Lecturer
Survey of Contemporary Art
California State Polytechnic University
College of Environmental Design
Art Department
Pomona, California
Spring Quarter, 1998

Lecturer
California Dreaming: Contemporary Art in Southern California
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Visual Arts
Art History Department
Los Angeles, California
Winter Quarter, 1998

Lecturer
Survey of Contemporary Art
Otis College of Art and Design
Liberal Studies Department
Art History
Westchester, California
Spring Semester, 1998

Lecturer
Survey of Contemporary Art
California State Polytechnic University
College of Environmental Design
Art Department
Pomona, California
Spring Quarter, 1998

Lecturer
The Visual Arts
California State Polytechnic University
College of Environmental Design
Art Department
Pomona, California
Spring Quarter, 1998

Lecturer
California Dreaming: Contemporary Art in California
Otis College of Art and Design
Liberal Studies Department
Westchester, California
Spring Semester, 1998

Lecturer
Survey of the History of Art: Ancient to Gothic
Art Department
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Santa Monica, California
Spring Semester, 1998

Lecturer
The Political Unconscious of Neo-Noir
Art Department
Weekend College
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Santa Monica, California
Spring Semester, 1998

Lecturer
The Visual Arts
California State Polytechnic University
College of Environmental Design
Art Department
Pomona, California
Fall Quarter, 1997

Lecturer
Survey of Modern Art
and
Survey of Art Criticism and Critical Theory
Otis College of Art and Design
Liberal Studies Department
Art History Department
Westchester, California
Fall Semester, 1997

Lecturer
Art of the Nineties: Fin-de-Siècle Artists
Claremont Graduate School
Art Department
Claremont, California
Fall Semester, 1997

Lecturer
The Way We Were, Part II: New Offerings in Post War Film
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Weekend College
Art Department
Santa Monica, California
Fall Semester, 1997

Lecturer
Survey of Modern Art
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Art Department
Santa Monica, California
Fall Semester, 1997

Lecturer
Postmodern Art: Theories, Concepts, and Visions at the End of the Millennium
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Visual Arts
Art History Department
Los Angeles, California
Summer Quarter, 1997

Lecturer
The History of Art: Renaissance Through Romanticism
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Weekend College
Art Department
Santa Monica, California
Summer Session, 1997

Lecturer
California Dreaming: Contemporary Art in Southern California
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Visual Arts
Art History Department
Los Angeles, California
Winter Quarter, 1997

Lecturer
A Survey of Post-War Film in America, Europe and Asia
Mount St. Mary’s College
Weekend College
Art Department
Santa Monica, California
Spring Semester, 1997

Lecturer
Multiculturalism in the Visual Arts
Mount St. Mary’s College
Art Department
Santa Monica, California
Spring Semester, 1997

Lecturer
Fundamentals of Art
Mount St. Mary’s College
Art Department
Santa Monica, California
Spring Semester, 1997

Lecturer
Contemporary Art Criticism
Art and Art History Department
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California
Spring Semester, 1997

Lecturer
Twentieth Century Art
Art and Art History Department
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California
Spring Semester, 1997

Lecturer
Survey of Critical Theory in Contemporary Art
Art Department
Claremont Graduate School
Claremont, California
Spring Semester, 1997

Lecturer
The Life and Work of Marc Chagall in Cultural Context
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, California
November – December, 1996

Lecturer
Noir: Films of Darkness from Hammett to Hitchcock and Beyond
Weekend College
Mount. St. Mary’s College
Los Angeles, California
September 28 and 29, 1996

Lecturer
Seminar in Postmodern Art and Artists: Images and Issues
Art Department
Claremont Graduate School
Claremont, California
Fall Semester, 1996

Lecturer
Survey of Western Art: Realism to Contemporary Art
Art Department
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Los Angeles, California
Fall Semester, 1996

Lecturer
Twentieth Century Art
Art and Art History Department
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California
Fall Semester, 1996

Lecturer
Contemporary Art
Art and Art History Department
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California
Fall Semester, 1996
Lecturer
Survey of Modern Art, 1850 – 1950

Lecturer
Survey of Contemporary Art
Department of Liberal Studies
Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, California
Fall Semester, 1996

Lecturer
Survey of Multicultural Art
Art Department
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Santa Monica, California
Spring Semester, 1997

Lecturer
Survey of Multicultural Art
Weekend College
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Santa Monica, California
Summer Semester, 1996

Lecturer
Postmodern Art and Theory
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Visual Arts, Extension
Art History Department
Los Angeles, California
Spring Quarter, 1996

Lecturer
Mount Saint Mary’s College
The Uneasy History of American Landscape Photography: From Virgin Wilderness to Nuclear Wasteland
Art Department
Weekend College
March 9th and 10th, 1996

Lecturer
The Postmodern Tradition in Contemporary American Art
Laguna Art Museum
Laguna Beach, California
Spring Session, 1996

Lecturer
Survey of Western Art II: Renaissance to Modern
Art and Art History Department
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California
Spring Session, 1996

Lecturer
Seminar in Contemporary Art and Contemporary Theory
Art Department
Claremont Graduate School
Claremont, California
Spring Semester, 1996

Lecturer
Survey of Western Art: Renaissance to Romanticism
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Art Department
Santa Monica, California
Spring Semester, 1996
Lecturer
History of Photography
Department of Photography
Cerritos College
Cerritos, California
Fall Semester, 1995

Lecturer
Nineteenth Century Art
Department of Art and Art History
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California
Fall Semester, 1995

Lecturer
History of Photography
Department of Art and Art History
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California
Fall Semester, 1995

Lecturer
Seminar on Violence in the Visual Arts
Art Department
Claremont Graduate School
Claremont, California
Fall Semester, 1995

Lecturer
Fundamentals of Art
Art Department
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Santa Monica, California
Fall Semester, 1995

Lecturer
Otis College of Art and Design
Department of Liberal Studies
Art History Department
Survey of World Art I
Los Angeles, California
Fall Semester, 1996

Lecturer
Survey of Western Art, Part I
Department of Art and Art History
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California
Summer Session, 1995

Lecturer
Contemporary Art Criticism
Department of Art and Art History
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California
Spring Semester, 1995

Lecturer
Seminar in Critical Theory: The Fate of Art, Part II
A Study of the Past Decade
Art Department
Claremont Graduate School
Claremont, California
Spring Semester, 1995

Lecturer
Modernism into Postmodernism: The Making of a New Paradigm, A Field Guide for the Perplexed
Laguna Art Museum
Laguna Beach, California
Spring Session, 1994

Lecturer
Contemporary Art
Department of Art and Art History
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California
Fall Semester, 1994

Lecturer
Seminar in The Fate of Art, Part I
A Study of the Past Decade
Art Department
Claremont Graduate School
Claremont, California
Fall Semester, 1994

Lecturer
Survey of Western Art, Part I
Art Department
Cerritos College
Cerritos, California
Fall Semester, 1994

Lecturer
Seminar in Contemporary Art and Critical Theory:
Post-Holocaust Art
Art Department
Claremont Graduate School
Claremont, California
Spring Semester, 1994

Lecturer
The Context of Twentieth Century Art
Division of the Humanities and the Social Sciences
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Spring Semester, 1994

Lecturer
Introduction to Art
Art Department
Cypress College
Cypress, California
Spring Semester, 1994

Lecturer
History of Photography
Department of Art History
California State University, Northridge
Northridge, California
Fall Semester, 1993

Lecturer
Survey of Art History, Part I
Art Department
Cypress College
Cypress, California
Fall Semester, 1993

Lecturer
Seminar in Contemporary Art and Critical Theory:
Issues in Post-Colonialism and Western Oppression
Art Department
Claremont Graduate School
Claremont, California
Fall Semester, 1993

Lecturer
History in the Making: From Post-War to Post-Glasnost
Laguna Art Museum
Laguna Beach, California
Spring Session, 1993

Lecturer
History of 20th Century Art
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Spring Quarter, 1993

Lecturer
Twentieth Century Art, 1945 to Present
California State University, Long Beach
Art Department
Long Beach, California
Spring Semester, 1993

Visiting Artist
Seminar in Critical Theory: Social Construction of Gender and Sexuality
Art Department
Claremont Graduate School
Department of Fine Arts
Claremont, California
Spring Semester, 1993

Lecturer
Twentieth Century Art, 1900 – 1945
Art Department
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Fall Semester, 1992

Lecturer
Seminar in Art Criticism: The History of Art Criticism, from Diderot to Present
Art Department
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Fall Semester, 1992

Lecturer
Survey of Western Art, Part I
Art Department
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Fall Semester, 1992

Visiting Artist/Lecturer
Seminar in Post-Structuralist Perspectives, including The Frankfurt School, Neo-Freudian Approaches, and Deconstruction
and
Art After 1945: The Artist in a Post-Nuclear Age
Art Department
Claremont Graduate School
Claremont, California
Fall Semester, 1992

Lecturer
The Avant-Garde in Art and Music
Art Department
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Spring Semester, 1992

Lecturer
Art Appreciation
Saddleback Community College
Department of Fine Arts and Communication
Mission Viejo, California
Spring Semester, 1992

Lecturer
Seminar in Contemporary Art: 1950-90
Seminar History of Photography
Seminar in the Critical Theory of Contemporary Art
Department of Visual Arts
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina
Fall and Spring Semesters, 1989 – 1990

Lecturer
Survey of Art History
Art Appreciation
Twentieth Century Art: 1900-1950
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina
Fall and Spring Semesters, 1990-1991

Lecturer
Seminar in Art After 1945
Claremont Graduate School
Art Department
Claremont, California
Fall Semester, 1988

Lecturer
History of Photography
California State University, Long Beach
Department of Technology Education
Long Beach, California
Fall Semester, 1988

Teaching Assistant
History of Photography
(for Dr. Helmut Gernsheim, author of The History of Photography)
University of California, Santa Barbara
Art History Department
Santa Barbara, California
Spring Quarter, 1986

Teaching Assistant
Contemporary Art since 1960
(for Dr. Frances Colpitt, author or Minimalist Criticism)
Art History Department
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California
Spring Quarter, 1988

Teaching Assistant
Survey of Art: Early Christian-Byzantine to Renaissance
(for Dr. Lawrence Ayres)
University of California, Santa Barbara
Art History Department
Santa Barbara, California
Winter Quarter, 1987

Lecturer
Nineteenth Century Art: 1850 to 1900
California State University, Long Beach
Art Department
Long Beach, California
Spring Semester, 1986

Lecturer
Survey of Western Art: Renaissance to Modern
California State University, Long Beach
Art Department
Long Beach, California
Fall Semester, 1983

Lecturer
Women Artmakers: Historical Survey
California State University, Long Beach
Art Department
Long Beach, California
Fall Semester, 1983

Graduate Assistant
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Modern Art
Asian Art
California State University, Long Beach
Art Department
Long Beach, California
Spring, 1981 through Fall, 1982 Semesters

References

Dissertation Committee

Dr. Beatrice Farwell (deceased)
Dr. Ulrich Keller
Dr. Corette Walker (deceased)
University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Art History
University of California, Santa Barbara
(805) 961-2454

Professional References

Roland Reiss, Chair (retired)
Art Department
Claremont Graduate School
Claremont, California
(909) 621-8000, ext. 8071

Ms Elizabeth Kenneday
Department of Photography
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, California
562-985-7909

Dr. Calvin Gross (retired)
Department of Art History
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, California
(310) 985-7914

Mr. Mark Leach
Curator of Contemporary Art
The Mint Museum of Art
Charlotte, North Carolina
(704) 337-2000

Ms Surelle Kessler
Chair of the Visionaries Program
Orange County Museum of Art
Newport Beach, California

Ms Holly Tempo
Associate Professsor, Department of Fine Arts
Otis College of Art and Design
Westchester (Los Angeles), California
(310) 665 -6885

Mr. Jody Barel, Chair
Art Department
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Los Angeles, California
(310) 471 – 9859

Dr. Merrill Rodin
Head, Weekend College
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Los Angeles, California
(310) 954-4055

Dr. Maren Henderson, Chair
Art Department
College of Environmental Design
California State Polytechnic University
Pomona, California
(909) 869 – 3508