Biography
A native of Los Angeles, Kathryn studied at UCLA for three years prior to moving
to La Grange, Texas in 1972. She then completed her BFA in art education and
studio art at the University of Texas at Austin in 1975. In 2006, she took her
masters of art education with a specialization in museum studies at the
University of Houston.
In her studio training, she concentrated on drawing and painting, which were
(and remain) her two greatest passions and strengths; but she also retains
interests in printmaking, photography, and watercolor. She was taught
advanced drawing by R.B. Kitaj at UCLA in the early '70s. And while studying at
the University of Texas in the mid-70s, she worked with both Michael Frary in
watercolor and Garry Winogrand in photography.
As a studio artist Kathryn has been active since the mid-70s and has participated
in many competitions, gallery exhibitions, and shows including the
Sakowitz-sponsored "Best of Texas", Art 87 & 88, the La Cienega Group Show,
Galleria Too, Beverly Hills Art League, the Round Top Festival, and a one-woman
show at St. Luke's, Houston.
A native of Los Angeles, Kathryn studied at UCLA for three years prior to moving
to La Grange, Texas in 1972. She then completed her BFA in art education and
studio art at the University of Texas at Austin in 1975. In 2006, she took her
masters of art education with a specialization in museum studies at the
University of Houston.
In her studio training, she concentrated on drawing and painting, which were
(and remain) her two greatest passions and strengths; but she also retains
interests in printmaking, photography, and watercolor. She was taught
advanced drawing by R.B. Kitaj at UCLA in the early '70s. And while studying at
the University of Texas in the mid-70s, she worked with both Michael Frary in
watercolor and Garry Winogrand in photography.
As a studio artist Kathryn has been active since the mid-70s and has participated
in many competitions, gallery exhibitions, and shows including the
Sakowitz-sponsored "Best of Texas", Art 87 & 88, the La Cienega Group Show,
Galleria Too, Beverly Hills Art League, the Round Top Festival, and a one-woman
show at St. Luke's, Houston.
She is represented in the collections of corporate and business patrons, including
MBank, Republic Bank, the James Dick Foundation at Festival Hill in Round Top,
Columbus State Bank, Hill Bank, and Texas Commerce Bank. Works have also
appeared on numerous catalog covers including the Houston Junior Forum and
Opamp Technical Books of Los Angeles (eight cover designs). Private patrons
across the United States and in South America have commissioned and collected
her works.
Kathryn teaches historic portraiture, art history, Prismacolor technique, and advanced visual arts workshops for Rice University's Susanne M. Glasscock School.
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The artist's academic biography follows:
Art historian, presenter, and studio artist, Houstonian Kathryn Klauber combines a global knowledge of art history with the eye of an artist. A popular instructor and
presenter with a growing reputation, she teaches courses in art history, Prismacolor technique, historic portraiture, and advanced visual arts workshops for Rice
University's Glasscock School. Ms. Klauber has also developed art historically-based professional workshops and courses specifically geared towards teachers --
including those teaching AP and IB -- in multidisciplinary fields of study.
Link to Ms. Klauber's private studio courses can be found below:
private studio classes
Links to spring 2012 courses offered through Rice University's GSCS (co-sponsored by the MFAH) can be found below:
www.gscs.rice.edu/Prismacolor
www.gscs.rice.edu/Fauves
In the summer of 2010 she developed and taught a new intensive course, Prismacolor for Teachers, for Rice's Glasscock School. In addition to offering Prismacolor for
Teachers again in the summer of 2011, Ms. Klauber taught Portraiture for Teachers for Rice's Glasscock School. Both of these studio courses offer professional and TAGT
(gifted and talented) credit to studio art and art history teachers. Both are co-sponsored by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and are scheduled through the summer of
2012..
She has also lectured for Rice University's Advanced Placement (AP) Summer Institute in art historic and museum-related themes for the past three years -- and has
spoken to cross-curricular groups of geography, world history, European history, art history, advanced studies, and social studies teachers. For Rice's APSI she has
presented programs on Picasso, Photography & Japonisme, The Silk Road, Prehistory, and Modernism, Post-modernism, and the Cult of Personality. And in the summer
of 2011, she developed and presented for Rice's American Grant Group a program on 20-c Art in America.
In the spring of 2010, in addition to offering the series Examining Post-Impressionism with integrated lectures on van Gogh, Gauguin, Seurat, and Cezanne, she conducted a
day-long educator workshop for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston on historic portraiture. Components included historic lecture, gallery touring, and studio instruction.
She also added St. Thomas University, where she spoke to Houston area teachers on integrating art history and foreign languages, to her 2010 lecture sites. Other 2010
speaking engagements include workshops for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in conjunction with TAEA, Houston ISD and Pearland ISD. She also regularly presents
integrative talks and tours to the business, academic, and private sector.
In 2009 Ms. Klauber presented the course, Great Themes in Art: Isms and Artists, co-sponsored by Rice University and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. She was also a
contributing lecturer for the Houston Museum of Natural Science and Rice University on the artistic life of Leonardo for their co-sponsored course, Leonardo da Vinci: Man,
Inventor, Genius, held during the HMNS' 2008 exhibit of the same name.
In 2003, Kathryn received certification in, introduced, and taught the first Advanced-Placement Art History course for Spring Branch ISD in Houston. And in 2004, she
received certification in International Baccalaureate (IB) Studio Art. Twice in her public school career she was elected teacher-of-the-year and became the fine arts
department chair of Westchester Academy for International Studies in SBISD, where she taught both art history and studio art.
From 1999 - 2010, Kathryn regularly volunteered at the Museum of fine Arts Houston, where she was a docent who toured with the public, assisted in training new docents,
was active in the MFAH's Evenings for Educators, and lectured as a senior docent symposium speaker.
Ms. Klauber travels extensively with camera in hand. Many of her personal photographs can be seen in her PowerPoint presentations.
She has two grown children and lives in Houston, Texas.
_____________________
You may reach Kathryn at:
kathryn@klauberportraits.com
--- or ---
kathryn@klauberpresentations.com
Kathryn Klauber
www.klauberportraits.com Above right: Brunelleschi's Foundling Hospital, Florence, Italy, begun 1421
www.klauberpresentations.com Above left: Chris Burden's Urban Light sculpture, LACMA, 2008
Houston, Texas Copyright 2009 by K.Klauber. All image rights reserved.
MBank, Republic Bank, the James Dick Foundation at Festival Hill in Round Top,
Columbus State Bank, Hill Bank, and Texas Commerce Bank. Works have also
appeared on numerous catalog covers including the Houston Junior Forum and
Opamp Technical Books of Los Angeles (eight cover designs). Private patrons
across the United States and in South America have commissioned and collected
her works.
Kathryn teaches historic portraiture, art history, Prismacolor technique, and advanced visual arts workshops for Rice University's Susanne M. Glasscock School.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The artist's academic biography follows:
Art historian, presenter, and studio artist, Houstonian Kathryn Klauber combines a global knowledge of art history with the eye of an artist. A popular instructor and
presenter with a growing reputation, she teaches courses in art history, Prismacolor technique, historic portraiture, and advanced visual arts workshops for Rice
University's Glasscock School. Ms. Klauber has also developed art historically-based professional workshops and courses specifically geared towards teachers --
including those teaching AP and IB -- in multidisciplinary fields of study.
Link to Ms. Klauber's private studio courses can be found below:
private studio classes
Links to spring 2012 courses offered through Rice University's GSCS (co-sponsored by the MFAH) can be found below:
www.gscs.rice.edu/Prismacolor
www.gscs.rice.edu/Fauves
In the summer of 2010 she developed and taught a new intensive course, Prismacolor for Teachers, for Rice's Glasscock School. In addition to offering Prismacolor for
Teachers again in the summer of 2011, Ms. Klauber taught Portraiture for Teachers for Rice's Glasscock School. Both of these studio courses offer professional and TAGT
(gifted and talented) credit to studio art and art history teachers. Both are co-sponsored by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and are scheduled through the summer of
2012..
She has also lectured for Rice University's Advanced Placement (AP) Summer Institute in art historic and museum-related themes for the past three years -- and has
spoken to cross-curricular groups of geography, world history, European history, art history, advanced studies, and social studies teachers. For Rice's APSI she has
presented programs on Picasso, Photography & Japonisme, The Silk Road, Prehistory, and Modernism, Post-modernism, and the Cult of Personality. And in the summer
of 2011, she developed and presented for Rice's American Grant Group a program on 20-c Art in America.
In the spring of 2010, in addition to offering the series Examining Post-Impressionism with integrated lectures on van Gogh, Gauguin, Seurat, and Cezanne, she conducted a
day-long educator workshop for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston on historic portraiture. Components included historic lecture, gallery touring, and studio instruction.
She also added St. Thomas University, where she spoke to Houston area teachers on integrating art history and foreign languages, to her 2010 lecture sites. Other 2010
speaking engagements include workshops for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in conjunction with TAEA, Houston ISD and Pearland ISD. She also regularly presents
integrative talks and tours to the business, academic, and private sector.
In 2009 Ms. Klauber presented the course, Great Themes in Art: Isms and Artists, co-sponsored by Rice University and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. She was also a
contributing lecturer for the Houston Museum of Natural Science and Rice University on the artistic life of Leonardo for their co-sponsored course, Leonardo da Vinci: Man,
Inventor, Genius, held during the HMNS' 2008 exhibit of the same name.
In 2003, Kathryn received certification in, introduced, and taught the first Advanced-Placement Art History course for Spring Branch ISD in Houston. And in 2004, she
received certification in International Baccalaureate (IB) Studio Art. Twice in her public school career she was elected teacher-of-the-year and became the fine arts
department chair of Westchester Academy for International Studies in SBISD, where she taught both art history and studio art.
From 1999 - 2010, Kathryn regularly volunteered at the Museum of fine Arts Houston, where she was a docent who toured with the public, assisted in training new docents,
was active in the MFAH's Evenings for Educators, and lectured as a senior docent symposium speaker.
Ms. Klauber travels extensively with camera in hand. Many of her personal photographs can be seen in her PowerPoint presentations.
She has two grown children and lives in Houston, Texas.
_____________________
You may reach Kathryn at:
kathryn@klauberportraits.com
--- or ---
kathryn@klauberpresentations.com
Kathryn Klauber
www.klauberportraits.com Above right: Brunelleschi's Foundling Hospital, Florence, Italy, begun 1421
www.klauberpresentations.com Above left: Chris Burden's Urban Light sculpture, LACMA, 2008
Houston, Texas Copyright 2009 by K.Klauber. All image rights reserved.
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