Publishing, Presentation and Exhibition Credits - Jill Kiefer

2012

“The Art of Working in the Arts” - Presentation - American Association of University Women (AAUW) - Oakmont Country Club, Glendale, CA

“Faculty Art Showcase” - Exhibition - Rolling Hills Estates, CA

“Modern Movements: Art for a Brave New World” - Presentation Series

“Henri Matisse: The Unlikely Wild Beast” - Presentation Series

“Henri Rousseau: “Art of the Fantastic” - Presentation Series

2011

“Off the Wall” - Palos Verdes Art Center - Exhibition - Rolling Hills Estates, CA

“100 Paintings for Under $100 Dollars--2011-2012 Holiday Show” - Exhibition - Carter Sexton Artists Materials, North Hollywood, CA

“Fernando Botero: A Study in the Rotunde” - Presentation Series

“The Pope’s Ceiling: Investigating the Latest Findings on Michelangelo’s Sistine Ceiling” - Presentation Series

“Paul Klee: Where the Mystical Meets the Absurd” - Presentation and Field Trip Series

“Masaccio: Creator of The School of the World” - Presentation Series

“Manet or Monet” - A Cross-Disciplinary Art Studio/Art History workshop, with student painters employing Edouard Manet and Claude Monet as Mentors

“The O’Keeffe Approach” - A Cross-Disciplinary Art Studio/Art History workshop, with student painters employing Georgia O’Keeffe as a Mentor

“The O’Keeffe Approach” - A Cross-Disciplinary Art Studio/Art History workshop, with student painters employing Georgia O’Keeffe as a Mentor

“Modigliani: An Italian-Jewish Painter - Presentation and Field Trip Series 

“Raphael: The Prince of Painters” - Presentation and Field Trip Series

“The Nature of Islamic Art” - Presentation and Field Trip Series

“Surface Truths: American Abstract Painting in the 1960s” - Presentation and Field Trip Series

“The Van Gogh Approach” - A Cross-Disciplinary Art Studio/Art History workshop, with student painters employing Vincent van Gogh as a Mentor

“The Northern Renaissance” - Presentation and Field Trip Series

“The Middle Ages: The Artistic Evolution of a Thousand-Year-Long Civilization” - Presentation and Field Trip Series

“Women Artists in History: Art By and About Women” - Presentation Series

“Modern Masters and their Roots in the Medieval Tradition” - Presentation and Field Trip Series 

“The Picasso Project” - A Cross-Disciplinary Art Studio/Art History workshop, with student painters employing Pablo Picasso as a Mentor 

2010

“Egyptian Art: The Visual Culture of an Extraordinary Civilization” - Presentation and Field Trip Series

“Art Deco: Modernism as a Style” - Presentation and Field Trip Series

“The Northern Renaissance” - Presentation and Field Trip Series

“The Cézanne Project” - A Cross-Disciplinary Art Studio/Art History workshop, with student painters employing Paul Cézanne as a Mentor 

“Modern Art American Style” - Presentation and Field Trip Series on the evolution of Modern Art in America

“Making More Sense of the Modern” - Presentation Series

“Finding the Past in the Present” - Presentation and Field Trip Series on the influence of 14th- to 16th century European art

“American Stories: Painting of Everyday Life” - Presentation and Field Trip Series

“Leonardo and the Art of Sculpture” - Presentation and Field Trip Series

“Animals in Art” - 16-week Presentation Series on the Evolution of Animals and Animal Kingdoms in Art

“The Art of Mexico: A Rich and Textured Tradition” - 16-week Presentation Series on the Evolution of Animals and Animal Kingdoms in Art

2009

“Off the Wall” - Palos Verdes Art Center - Exhibition - Ranchos Palos Verdes, CA

A Great Artists Series: The Movers and Shakers Who Changed the Directions of Art       16-week Presentation Series

Palos Verdes Art Center Faculty Art Show - Exhibition - Ranchos Palos Verdes, CA

Picasso: The Life...the Legend...the Legacy - 10-week Presentation Series

Claude Monet, The Unswerving Impressionist: How Did He Do It? - Presentation and field trip series

Paul Cézanne: The Father of Modern Painting - Presentation and field trip series

Michelangelo: Larger than Life - Graduate Seminar Series

Western Art: Definition of a Civilization - An integrated 20-week Fine Arts and Art History program

Salvador Dali: His Secret and Not-So-Secret Life - Presentation and field trip series –

Rubens, Rembrandt, Vermeer and other Dutch Masters - Presentation and field trip series 

Vincent van Gogh - Impressionistic Expressionism - Presentation and field trip series

Journeys in the United Kingdom - 2-week travel program for presentation in England and Ireland

Film London - 2-week film and film history program for presentation in London

Modigliani: Bohemian Painter Par Excellance - Presentation and field trip series 

Matisse: Creator of “Amours” - and the Career Leading Up to It - Presentation and field trip series 

Frida Kahlo, Mexican Painter: The Ultimate Risk Taker - Presentation and film series

Georgia O’Keeffe: The American Modernist Master - Presentation and film series 

Rubens, Rembrandt, Vermeer and other Dutch Masters - Presentation and field trip series 

Renoir: The Post-Impressionist Years - Presentation and field trip series 

Renoir: The Post-Impressionist Years - Presentation and field trip series   

2008

Canterbury: An Artist’s Inspiration - A Traveler’s Delight - 2-week travel program for presentation in Canterbury, England

Pots of Gold and Rainbows - 2-week travel program for presentation in Ireland, U.K.

Expressions in Expressionism – Presentation and field trip series on the evolution of Expressionism from a movement to a style 

Passion in Art: An Investigation into Romantic Love in the Western Tradition - Presentation series

Russian Painting: A Unique Look at an Extraordinary Tradition--from Icon Paintings to Contemporary Works - Presentation Series

Great Artists Series: A Serious Study of some of the Major Figures in the Western and Non-Western Traditions - Presentation series

The Northern Renaissance: A Unique Cultural Experience - Presentation series

SoCal: The Art of Southern California – Presentation and field trip series on the art of the region from the 20th century forward 

American Impressionism – California Style – Integrated 10-week workshop and presentation series in art and art history  

2007

Investigation of the Nude in Art – Presentation and field trip series on the evolution of the nude in fine art and photography 

The Giants of Photography – Presentation and field trip series on the key figures in the history of photography 

Form and Figure in California Impressionism – Integrated 6–week workshop and presentation series in art for fourth grade students 

Beauty in the Beasts: Integrated 10-week workshop and presentation series in art and art history 

2006 

The Art of Mexico: A Rich & Textured Tradition – Integrated 10–week workshop and presentation series in art and art history 

Great Fresco Cycles:  A History of Masterpieces – Integrated 10–week workshop and presentation series in art and art history

Adventures Down Under - 3-week travel program for art history presentation series in Australia

2005 

A Spiral Framework: Applied to the Identification of A Lexicon of Visual Idioms – Doctoral Dissertation

From Caves to Computers: An Integrated Approach – Certificate Program for Educators - Integrated workshop and presentation series

The Ongoing Continuum: Contemporary Trends and Current Issues in Art – Presentation series for Docents 

The Arts & Craft Movements in America – Integrated workshop and presentation series in art and art history 

Visions and Re–Visions: A Survey of American Architecture - Presentation series

World's Fairs and Expositions between 1876 and 1939: Their Influences on American Art and Culture - Presentation series

The Sense of Place in Art:  Regional Art Traditions in America - Presentation series

Grandma Moses:  Celebrating an American Tradition - Presentation series

2004

Integrating Art & Art History as a Cross–Curricula Teaching Tool – Certificate Program for Educators - Integrated workshop and presentation series in art and art history

Insider/Outsider: Naïve Art from the Mainstream to the Fringes - Presentation series

A Civilization Defined: The Western Tradition – Integrated workshop and presentation series in art and art history 

American Style Through the Ages: American Art Movements - Presentation series

Modern Movements: Elation to Deflation - Presentation series

The Postmodern Dilemma - Presentation series

2003 

The Evolution of Russian Icons:  A Discussion of Meaningful Symbols and their Influence – Presentation series

Ravaged or Revered?  A Discussion of Women as depicted by artists in the Western Tradition - Presentation series

Globalism: A Synthesis of Multicultural Traditions - Presentation series

Women and Art  in the Renaissance - Presentation series

“The Father of Us All”– Cézanne - Presentation series

Expressionism and the Journey to Pure Abstraction - Presentation series

2002

The Evolution of St. Jerome – A Cross–Fertilization of Traditions Explored Using a Spiral Model – M.A. Thesis

African American Art: A History of Struggle and Triumph - Presentation series

Tragedy & Triumph: Artistic Responses to the Holocaust - Presentation series

Dada and Surrealism: From Anti–Art to Imaginative Fantasy - Presentation series

Waning and Waxing: The Late Gothic through the Early Italian Renaissance - Presentation series

2001

Mannerism: The Seeds of Modernism - Presentation series

Height and Grandeur: The Baroque - Presentation series

Cubism: A New Way of Seeing - Presentation series

Fauvism: A World of Patterns & Pure Colour - Presentation series

Visual Enlightenment:  Illuminated Manuscript Traditions - Presentation series

Madonna in Majesty: Cross–Cultural Views of Mary - Presentation series

“A Tapestry of Beasts” – handmade and illuminated display bestiary

2000 

Gods – Goddesses – Demons & More:  Pagan Origins of Christian Symbols in Art - Presentation series

Celtic Mythology in Art:  The Embodiment of Myth in Culture and Creativity  - Presentation series

Native American Artistic Traditions: Art of a People—Art of a Place - Presentation series

Prayer– Passion– Purpose:  Art of the Americas - Presentation series

African Artistic Traditions: An Integration of Spirituality and Sophistication - Presentation series

Oceanic Art: A Celebration of Rites and Ritual - Presentation series

“Legend of the Tree”– by Priscilla Wolf, Jill Kiefer, Illustrator

“One Woman Show” – Exhibition – New Mexico Art League

1987 - 1999 

Breaking Boundaries – Building Bridges: Where Cultures Merge in Art - Presentation series

Saints & Sinners: “New” Meaning in “Old” Attributes - Presentation series

Magic & Magnitude: Pre–Columbian Art - Presentation series

“Wild Thing” –Child Development Center of the Hamptons – Art Exhibit

“Group for the South Fork Selected Exhibition” - Exhibition/Auction, Bridgehampton, NY

Communication Between Genders – Layout & Design – NYC - Presentation series

Keystone Dance “Notes”/ Benefit Catalogue – Editor/Designer, NYC

“Owings–Dewey Fine Arts Selected Exhibition” -  Santa Fe, NM - Exhibit

“The Anatomy of Solitude: An Exhibition of Selected Works”  – Raelian Studio, Abq., NM

“Five Women Artists: Selected Exhibition” –Raelian Studio, Abq, NM

The Spirit That Wants Me—A New Mexico Anthology – co–editor, author, artist – regional bestseller, Albuquerque, NM

“Visions of Excellence” – Fine Arts Gallery State Fair - Exhibition - Abq., NM