Geraldine Wojno Kiefer - Artist and Art Historian

Courses and University Service

Since August 2003 I have been employed as an assistant professor of art history and art at Shenandoah University. I have received grants from the university's Fund for Excellence, Faculty Development and Collaborative Research grants program for special projects and continuing research. I lead and participate in a variety of service programs, not only for the arts, but for the mission of the university as a whole.

Shenandoah University website

The SUN, October 14, 2009, "Requirement Turns into Enlightenment," essays by Geraldine Kiefer's students

The SUN, April 8, 2009, "Some Observations about Campus Sculptures," essays by Geraldine Kiefer's students

SU Today Fall 2006 Faculty News
Su Today Spring 2007 Faculty News
SU Today Summer 2007 Faculty News
SU Today Fall 2007 Faculty News
SU Today Spring 2008 "Why Art Matters" (lead article, Geraldine Kiefer quoted)
SU Today Spring 2008 Faculty News
SU Today Summer 2008 Faculty News

Creative Scholarship Day brochure

Spirit of Shenandoah newsletter

May Faculty Workshops

Cover, May Faculty Workshop brochure
Content, May Faculty Workshop brochure
"Global Dynamics and the Expanded Classroom" overview
"Global Dynamics" Powerpoint presentation

Open office hours, Howe 107A, Shenandoah University

Curriculum vita

Teaching statement

Local article

Local interview

Art History

My art history courses are not lectures, but interactive and multidimensional experiences, varied with abundant writing, cultural study, and in-class visual analyses. Special projects--art-historical exhibitions, drawing exhibitions, and traveling photography exhibitions--encourage students to think and write creatively, to apply classroom learning, and to present the results of their research in professional settings. Art Appreciation students benefit from one or more guest speakers per semester, at least one out-of-class art or architecture tour, and a variety of interactive class exercises. Students in American Art and History of Photography research and write on images and artifacts, such as early-twentieth-century postcards and late-nineteenth-century photographs. Investigations in Modern Art is built around seminar-style discussions and a field trip to at least one contemporary art exhibition.

Special Topics: History of Photography
Syllabus Spring 2006

Top: Walter E. Dittmeyer, Harper’s Ferry, W. Va. Photomechanical print, photogravure. 1912. 6” x 37 ½”. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Bottom: Haines Photo Co., [Harper’s Ferry, W. Va.]. Photographic print, gelatin silver. 1915. 10” x 35 ½”. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Harpers Ferry photograph presentation at James Madison University, April 2006

Harpers Ferry Panoramas Essay by Geraldine Kiefer
Harpers Ferry Collaborative Research Grant application
Harpers Ferry Photography Collaborative Research Project press release and handout
Harpers Ferry Photography Collaborative Research Project Powerpoint presentation

See page 4 of Creative Scholarship Day brochure for Kiefer session incorporating collaborative research grant students

Investigations in Modern Art
Syllabus Fall 2007

American Art
Syllabus Fall 2008
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley website
Special student project on Cecilia Beaux and Willa Cather
Syllabus Spring 2005
American Art Apple Blossom Postcard Exhibition student essays

Apple Blossom Time, Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Postcard. Frederick, Maryland: Marken & Bielfeld, ca. 1920s-'30s

When It’s Apple Blossome [sic] Time In Winchester, Virginia. Brochure. Winchester, Virginia: Winchester Chamber of Commerce, 1933

Art Appreciation
Syllabus Spring 2009
Course purpose and themes
Local article on guest presenter, Professor Robert Bersson

Special Topics: Contemporary Art
Syllabus Spring 2008

Special Lectures, Class Presentations and Proposed Courses
Feminist Body Art Powerpoint presentation
Crucibles of Change in Modern Art: Frida Kahlo and American Women Artists of the 1920s and 1930sCourse proposal, College for Lifelong Learning - Syllabus

Drawing and Composition

Students in Drawing and Composition prepare drawings for exhibit at the fall and spring SU dance concerts, enter juried student shows (organized in collaboration with the art department of Lord Fairfax Community College), work with guest artist presenters, and present their own thoughts on drawing at a capstone student art exhibition.

Collaborations, Overlays and Intersections: Drawing into a "Mixed-Media" Field of Possibilities
Powerpoint presentation

Introduction to Drawing and Composition I
Syllabus, Introduction to Drawing and Composition I, Fall 2006

Dancing Gestures, Student drawing exhibition for Fall Dance Concert, Shenandoah Dance Ensemble, November 3-5, 2006

Drawings by Tanya Henry and Kristen Mackowick, Fall Dance Concert, Shenandoah Dance Ensemble, November 3-5, 2006

Syllabus, Introduction to Drawing and Composition I, Fall 2005
Dance concert press release 2005
Local article dance concerts
Checklist Shenandoah Arts Council spring 2005 student drawing show
Local article SAC spring 2005 drawing show

See Shenandoah Arts Council page for a photo of this exhibition.

Students in Introduction to Drawing and Composition I, Spring 2005

Introduction to Drawing and Composition II
Syllabus, Introduction to Drawing and Composition II

Poster for Shayna Schwartz MFA dance recital, 22 April 2006 (including exhibition of Kiefer student drawings)

Shayna Schwartz dance recital and art exhibition announcement

Drawing student Jamie Smith studying the dance, Shenandoah University, spring 2006

Local article on Kiefer life drawing class

Jamie Smith, Body Scape, 2006, colored pencil, exhibited at Shayna Schwartz dance recital

Jamie Smith, Dancer, 2005, watercolor and pencil

Students with capstone drawings, Introduction to Drawing and Composition II, spring 2007

Student "capstone" presentations, Introduction to Drawing and Composition
Kittie Hampton, "Expression through Art"
Katie Nigsch, "Point of Inspiration"
Elspeth Ridout, "Drawing and Composition 101"

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