Karen Frostig
Professional Title: Associate Professor
Areas of Academic Focus and Expertise:
Holocaust history; traumatic memory and public art
Area of Work and Concentration at Lesley: Arts; culture; activism
Representative List of Recent Courses Taught:
Art and Visual Inquiry
Art and Culture in Community
Arts Activism
Education: Ph.D., Union Institute and University; M.Ed., Lesley University; B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art
Representative List of Recent Publications / Exhibitions:
- Frostig, K. (2011) “Arts Activism: Praxis in Social Justice, Critical Discourse, and Radical Modes of Engagement”, Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 28(2), 50-56.
- Frostig, K. (2010 ) “Importing Arts Activism and the Culture of Dissent into the Classroom”.The International Journal of the Arts in Society, 5(3), 193-202.
- Frostig, K. (2009). "Transnational Dialogues Dealing with Holocaust Legacies." In E. Delacruz, A. Arnold, A., Kuo & M. Parsons (Eds.), GLOBALIZATION, Art & Education. Reston, VA: National Art Education. pp. 60-67.
- Frostig, K & Halamka, K.A. (2009) (Eds). Blaze: Discourse on Art, Women and Feminism, 2nd edition. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge cholars Publishing.
- Frostig, K. (Presenter). 2012 Space Between Remembering and Forgetting AEIOU: Global Austria, Long Beach, CA
- Frostig, K. (Presenter) 2012 Performing the Archives, 4th Global Conference: Digital Memories, Prague, Czech Republic
- Frostig, K. (Presenter) 2012 Feminist Collaborative Art and Transnationalism, The 100th Annual Conference for the College of Art Association , Los Angeles, CA
- Frostig, K. (Presenter) 2011Fascism and Graffiti: Opposing Systems, Radical Aesthetics and Politics: Intersections in Music, Art, and Critical Social Theory, New York City, NY
- Frostig, K (presenter) (2010). "Excavating my Father's Story of Expulsion and Survival," XVI International Oral History Conference Between Past and Future, University of Economics in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Dr. Frostig exhibits her work extensively in the US, Europe, and the Middle East. A recent project, "Exiled Memories," is permanently installed at the University of Vienna's Institute for the Philosophy of Law. Dr. Frostig lectures internationally, is a recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, has published books and several essays in professional journals on topics concerning visual art, critical theory, Holocaust history, feminist theory, cultural pluralisms, and new pedagogies. Current projects include Orte der Erinnerung/The Vienna Memorial Project.
Exhibitions include:
- 2012 “Spirit of Art in Vienna,” International Invitational Exhibition, Curator: Zina Bercovici, MOYA-Museum of Young Art located in the pictorial 17th century Palais Schonborn, Vienna, AT
- 2012 “Everything But the Kitchen Sink,” Boston Area Artists, Curator: Laura Montgomery, Bunker Hill Community College Art Gallery, Boston, MA
- 2012 “Song of the Land,” National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Ruth Weisberg, Professor of Fine Arts and Former Dean of the University of Southern California, Roski School of Fine Arts and past CAA President, Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles, CA
- 2011 “Impact,” International Juried Exhibition, Jurors: Prudence Gill, Gallery Director and Susan Silver, Professor of Fine Arts at Ohio State University, Swing Space Gallery, College of Arts at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- 2011 “Dispersed All Over the Word: Jüdische Kunstlerinnen” International Invitational Exhibition, Curator: Ilse-Maria Dorfstecher, Inselgalerie Berlin, Germany
- 2009 "Cultural Memory: Transdiasporic Art Practices”. International Juried Exhibition, Juror: Pritika Chowdry, founder of the Partition Memorial Project, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL.
kfrostig@lesley.edu