
Part-Time Lecturer
Email:
(818) 677-2949
Office location:
SG 233
Biography
B.A., Humanities (Art History Emphasis), CSUN
M.A. Art History, CSUN
Karen Schifman is an art historian, educator, writer and curator who has been involved in research on women artists and the representation of women in visual culture over the past 15 years. Publications include:
- Longing for Maman: Autobiographical Imagery in the Oeuvre of Louise Bourgeois
- Margaret Lazzari’s Exploring Art Instructor’s Manual
- Smart History/Khan Academy Online: http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/louise-bourgeoiss-cumul-i.html
- Essay in Freyda Miller’s Here Comes the Bride and Other Nightmares (publication date 6/14)
She has also curated 2 exhibitions for the So. California Women’s Caucus for Art:
- Memory’s Touch at CSUCI
- plenty at CSUN
Additionally, Schifman writes a monthly online column for the So. California Women’s Caucus for Art which documents and reviews exhibitions of women artists in the greater So. California region. The column is entitled “Women Around Town”: https://scwca.org/content/women-around-town