Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein

Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein (born December 14, 1921)[1] is an American teacher of art and art history and an early innovator in the teaching of women-in-art history courses.[2] She was born to Lillian Kaufman and Aaron Streifer in Harlem, New York, and moved to Brooklyn shortly there after.[1][3]

Education

Her art education began with exploring the various art museums in her hometown of Brooklyn, followed by training with Works Progress Administration (WPA) artists during President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs during the Great Depression.[1] She received a BA degree in art from Hunter College in 1941, Master of Fine Arts degree in Print-making and Design from the Otis-Parsons Art Institute and the Master of Arts degree in Art and Education from the Teachers College of Columbia University.

Women, USA

In 1973, with the support of a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts, she organized an all-media show of contemporary women artists, entitled, Women, USA.

Publications

She is the author of three books;[4]

Chosen at the "Best Humanities Book of 1982 in the Scholarly and Professional Category" by the Association of American Publishers.[5]

Personal life

From an early age Rubenstein was interested and involved in political causes and action. As a teenager she was involved in the attempt to improve the lot of Jews fleeing Nazi persecution and as an adult was involved in protests against both McCarthyism and the Vietnam War.[1]

She lives in Laguna Beach, California with her husband and three grown children.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 http://www.nationalwca.org/LTA/LTA1994.pdf
  2. Rubenstein, Charlotte Streifer, American Women Artists, G.K. Hall & Co., Boston 1982, liner notes
  3. The World Who's who of Women, Volume 13. Melrose Press,. 1995. p. 370. ISBN 0948875127.
  4. "Book review of Labor of Love". vinnieream.com. Womens Art Journal. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  5. Rubenstein, Charlotte Streifer, American Women Sculptors, G.K. Hall & Co., Boston 1990, liner notes
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