Diana Keeran Withee

Background

Withee, Diana Keeran Daughter of Royal Victor and Johanna Polterock Keeran.

Education

Bachelor in Art History cum laude, Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1969. Master of Arts in Art History, Tulane University, 1976. ABD in Art History, University Maryland, College Park, 1994.

Career

Research & production assistant, art documentaries National Museum of America Art, Washington, 1980—1983. Art history instructor Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland, 1984—1985. Art history instructor & consultant Montgomery County Public Schools, 1986—1987.

Curatorial assistant, manuscripts and rare books Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1988—1990. Museum educator National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990—1993. Guide supervisor, museum educator Hillwood Museum, 1993—1998.

Art dealer Sumner and Dene Gallery, San Diego, 1999—2002, Whitt-Krauss Objects of Fine Art, San Diego, 1999. Art instructor Central Texas College, 2001—2004. Art dealer Susan St. Fine Art Gallery, Solana Beach, since 2002.

Co-owner Keeran Properties, Helendale, since 2004. Consultant Time-Life Books, Alexandria, Virginia, 1992. Board directors San Diego State University Arts Council.

Panelist, art critic San Diego Institute The Living Artist, 2002—2005.

Achievements

• Achievements include development of new methodology of deciphering Aegean Bronze Age art. Ran numerous national programs in museum education for National Gallery of Art. Re-organization of entire Hillwood guide program.
  
  Volunteered to teach Navy & Marine personnel aboard the aircraft carrier John C. Stennis on its deployment to participate in war in Afghanistan two months after 9/11. Discovery of contemporaneous portrate of the late 15th English preteuder perkin warbech in an unpublished tapestry. Discovery of contemporaneous portrait of the late English pretender Perkins Warbeck in an unpublished tapestry.

Works

• Other Work

  • Production assistant (videotape) Anni Albers, William H. Johnson, Reuben Nakian, Jacob Kainen:Five Decades as an Artist, assistant producer Americans in Brittany and Normandy, curator (art exhibition) More than a Miniature: Works of Art in Medieval Manuscripts, (exhibition) The Power of the Press: Revolution & Communications 1450-1600. Author: (magazine articles) The Walters Art Gallery Bulletin, (contributing author) Culture et Revolution: The French Revolution and Its Aftermath, (instructor's manual) The Inquiring Eye: The European Renaissance, (book) Teacher Programs in Art Museums: A Directory. Contributing author (magazine) The Post, presenter (symposium paper) Intimate Portrayals of Napoleon's Family, (scholarly conference paper) Anatomical Observations of Women's Life Stages in the Frescoes of Thera, (scholarly conference presentation) An Altar in the Miniature Fresco at Thera and Its Implications, lecturer (scholarly lecture) Timeless Cycles: Youth, Beauty and Ag in the Bronze Age Frescoes of Thera, scholarly presenter (scholarly conference presentation) The Boxing Boys and Fishermen Frescoes at Thera: An Analysis of their Physical Ages and Its Implications, Physical Growth and Aging Characteristics Depicted in the Theran Frescoes at Thera, conference presenter (conference presentations) Developing Good Relationships Between Guides and Security, lecturer (museum lecture series) C.W.Post and the Breakfast Cereal Revolution, The Gilded Age: The Newport Mansions.
    
    Editor: (newsletter) COVA Newsletter. Presenter Sixteenth Century Society & Conference, 2010, The Reichsjaeger sisters Tapestry Weaving A Conspiracy. Contributor articles to professional papers.

Membership

Member of Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Gregory Wallace Withee, June 8, 1968 (div. 2007); children: Christopher Edward, Jefftrey Wallace, Brett Andrew.

Father:

Royal Victor

Mother:

Johanna Polterock Keeran

Spouse:

Gregory Wallace Withee

child:

Christopher Edward Withee

child:

Jefftrey Wallace Withee

child:

Brett Andrew Withee