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 I and II
• 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

• Collaborated with museum director and practicum students to reinstall "Selections from the Permanent Collection," Rabinowitz Gallery, April 2009.
• "Student Exhibition," Shoemaker Gallery, March 19 - April 25, 2009.
• "WPA Graphic Works: From the Amity Art Foundation Collection," Shoemaker Gallery, September 18 - November 1, 2008.
• "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 and Awards:

• "Minna Citron's 'Feminanities': An Artist's Commentary on Beauty." (in progress)
• 2009 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship (March 2009)
• “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:

• "Selections from the Permanent Collection and the Student Exhibition," (April 17, 2009). Gallery Talk, in collaboration with museum studies students. Juniata College Museum of Art, Huntingdon, PA.

• Attended American Associaton of Museums Conference (April 30-May 3, 2009). Philadelphia, PA.

• "Minna Citron's Social Conscience: Images of Newspapers in the 'Feminanities' Series" (April 10, 2009). Paper presented at the American Culture Association Conference, New Orleans, LA.

• Reviewed 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)