Conference Co-Director Dr. Jill Kiefer will be presenting two programs at CArtsCon 2020.
“Building Bridges from the Past to the Present: An Art Historical Journey” will be a presentation focused on how modern masters learned from the great artists who preceded them, revealing a bridge that extends from the most distant past to the present.
Jill will also be leading a workshop entitled “Using the Past as a Bridge to Your Future“. This program will allow attendees to participate in an exercise demonstrating how the wisdom and artistry of earlier masters become creative learning tools–if you know how to use them. It will enable you to “look” and “see” like and artist!
Jill is an art historian and teaching artist. She is the Dean of Warnborough College’s Masters and Doctoral programs in Cultural Art History, Fine Arts, and Media Studies. She is also the Director of What About Art?—an organization devoted to bringing Art to Everyone. Jill has developed and implemented comprehensive academic and lifelong learning programs at prestigious institutions in the USA and abroad. She was a member of the graduate faculty of the Humanities Dept. of Mount Saint Mary’s University in Los Angeles, and also taught for Pasadena City College, Glendale College, Westwood College, the Palos Verdes Art Center and the University of New Mexico. She has received several “Best Faculty” awards and was a Federal Title V Grant Recipient four times, for her work in Hybrid Learning. Jill is a member of the Honor Society of Ph i Kappa Phi—the oldest and most selective academic honor society in the USA, dedicated to the recognition and promotion of academic excellence in all fields of higher education. She delivers art history presentations and studio art workshops for several lifelong learning programs in Westchester County. A published writer and artist, Jill has an impressive and extensive resume. To learn more about her, please visit www.whataboutart.org