Jennifer L. Streb
Assistant Professor, Art History
Curator, Juniata College Museum of Art

Office: 404 Good Hall
Email: streb@juniata.edu
Phone: 814-641-3657

Minna Citron, Self-Expression, 1934. Oil on gesso panel, 26 x 16 ½ inches.

Collection of the Wolfsonian-Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida.

Courses:

• Survey of Western Art
• Medieval Art and Architecture
• Ancient Art and Architecture
• Nineteenth Century European Art
• Modern Architecture
• Museum Practicum
• Museum Studies
• Independent Study and Internship Supervisor

Education:

• Ph.D. Art History, The Pennsylvania State University (Dissertation: “Minna Citron: A Feminist Critique of an Artist’s Satirical Realism in the 1930s”)
• M.A. Art History, The Pennsylvania State University (Master’s Thesis: “Henry Koerner and the Second World War: An Artistic Response to the Holocaust”)
• B.A. Business Administration and Liberal Arts, Juniata College

Teaching Experience:

• Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
• Penn State Altoona College, Altoona, PA
• Pennsylvania State University World Campus, University Park, PA
• Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
• St. Francis University, Department of Continuing Education, Loretto, PA

Curatorial Experience:

Juniata College Museum of Art

• "The Color Prints of George Baxter," Shoemaker Gallery, April 17 - September 6, 2008.
• "Student Exhibition," Shoemaker Gallery, March 13 - April 5, 2008.
• Supervised student curator, Jillian Seraphin, "A Century of Change: One Hundred Years at Carnegie Hall," Shoemaker Gallery, April 19 - September 8, 2007.
• "Student Exhibition," Shoemaker Gallery, March 15 - April 7, 2007.

Penn State Altoona College

• Co-curated with Eleanor Feeley, "The Fabric of Race: Lynching in America", an exhibition by Renee Billingslea, McLanahan Gallery, January 12 - February 18, 2006.
• Co-curated with Christiane Citron and Eleanor Feeley, “Minna Citron: From Social Realism to Abstract Expressionism”, Sheetz and McLanahan Galleries, February 10 – March 19, 2005.
• "M. Everett: My Place, My Stuff, Recent Work", McLanahan Gallery, July 16 - August 17, 2001.
• "Harriet Hacker: Delectations", Sheetz Gallery, July 16 - August 17, 2001.
• "Ann Tarantino: Matrices", McLanahan Gallery, June 4 - July 6, 2001.
• "Jitesh Malik: Spillage", Sheetz Gallery, June 4 - July 6, 2001.
• "Selections from Art Classes: End of the Year Student Exhibition", Sheetz and McLanahan Galleries, April 2 - April 30, 2001.
• "Sacred Sciences Series by Nancy Hart", Sheetz Gallery, February 5 - March 15, 2001.
• “Rumination: Contemporary Still Life in Pastel by David Edward Harmon”, McLanahan Gallery, February 5 – March 15, 2001.
• "Steven Sherrill: Works, A Show of Paintings and Poems", Sheetz and McLanahan Galleries, January 8 - January 30, 2001.

Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University

• Co-curated with Joyce H. Robinson, “From Nature to the City: American Modern Works on Paper”, September 19, 2000 – February 18, 2001.

Publications:

• "Minna Citron's 'Feminanities': An Artist's Commentary on Beauty." (in progress)
• Forthcoming: Buildings of the United States: Western Pennsylvania. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. To be published in conjunction with the Society of Architectural Historians. (Contribution of entries for approximately ten buildings in Centre County)
• “Minna Citron.” Catalogue Essay for “Minna Citron: From Social Realism to Abstract Expressionism,” Altoona, PA: Sheetz and McLanahan Galleries, 2005.
• “Henry Koerner, Oh, Fearful Wonder of Man.” In Artists of the Commonwealth: Realism in Pennsylvania Painting, 1950-2000. Loretto, PA: Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, 2001.

Scholarly Papers, Conferences, and Gallery Talks:

• Reviewing abstracts for the Designs on e-Learning Conference (May 2008). The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
• "Minna Citron's Feminanities" (March 21, 2008). Paper presented at the American Culture Association Conference. San Francisco, CA.
• "The Hudson River School" (November 11, 2007). Gallery Talk. Juniata College Museum of Art, Huntingdon, PA.
• "Jacob Lawrence: Three Series of Prints" (October 26, 2007). Gallery Talk. Juniata College Museum of Art, Huntingdon, PA.
• Attended American Association of Museums Conference (May 12-17, 2007). Chicago, IL.
• “The Social Realism and Abstraction of American Artist Minna Citron” (March 16, 2005). Gallery Talk. Sheetz and McLanahan Galleries, Penn State Altoona College, Altoona, PA.
• “Grist to the Mill: Minna Citron’s Social Realism in the early 1930s” (March 7, 2005). Invited talk. Musselman Library and the Visual Arts Department, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA.
• “Minna Citron: Her Early Career and the Trials of being a Woman Artist” (October 21, 2003). Invited talk for Women in Art Class. Juniata College, Huntingdon PA.
• “Minna Citron: An Overview of her Career in the 1930s” (September 15, 2003). Invited talk for arts faculty and students at Penn State Altoona College, Altoona, PA.
• “Impressionism: The French Influence on America” (May 23, 2001). Invited talk in conjunction with exhibition on American Impressionism. Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Altoona, PA.
  
  “First Generation Feminism and the Reclamation of History: Bishop, O’Keeffe and Krasner” (April 20, 2001). Paper presented by invitation for the "Celebration of Juniata Women" Conference. Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA.
• “Andy Warhol: Cultural Critic or Arbiter of Taste?” (October 19, 2000). Guest lecture for the Integrative Arts course at Penn State Altoona College.
• “Andy Warhol: A Mirror of His Age” (January 26, 1999). Guest lecture for Schreyer Honors College, Pennsylvania State University.
  
  “Rukus Comes to Penn State: The Art of Red Grooms” (September 18, 1998; October 17, 1998; November 14, 1998; December 4, 1998). Gallery Talks at the Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University.
• “The Hudson River School Landscape” (February 6, 1998; February 22, 1998; March 20, 1998). Gallery Talks at the Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University.
  
  “Highlights of the Palmer Museum” (September 13, 1996; October 11, 1996; November 2, 1996; December 6, 1996). Gallery Talks at the Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University.

Memberships:

• American Culture Association (2008 to Present)
• American Assocication of Museums (2006 to Present)
• College Art Association (1996 to Present)