Teaching
Kathy Zarur (a.k.a., Dr. Z) is Associate Professor in the department of Art at Skyline College.
She teaches art history courses on a range of regions including the West, Africa and the African Diaspora, Asia, and the Americas.
In the past, she has directed student projects, including a student-curated exhibition called Home/Body at Mills College in 2020. She has worked with graduate and undergraduate students to present their research in student symposia. She has also advised numerous thesis projects for graduate and undergraduate students.
She teaches art history courses on a range of regions including the West, Africa and the African Diaspora, Asia, and the Americas.
In the past, she has directed student projects, including a student-curated exhibition called Home/Body at Mills College in 2020. She has worked with graduate and undergraduate students to present their research in student symposia. She has also advised numerous thesis projects for graduate and undergraduate students.
Publications
“Yazan Khalili: Reframing the Palestinian Landscape," In Trinh T. Minh-ha Is On Our Mind. San Francisco: Wattis Institute and Sternberg Press, 2021.
“Lahib Jaddo: Every Woman Knows Her Own Tree.” Exhibition Publication, CAAMFest, 2019.
“Teaching Art of the Middle East and Islamic World.” Conference Publication, de Young Museum and San Francisco State University School of Art, 2018.
“Wael Shawky: The Butterfly Effect,” Broadsheet 43, no. 1 (June 2014): 46-48.
“Hassan Sharif: Process and Materiality.” Broadsheet 41, no. 2 (June 2012): 120-23.
“Looking at the Levant.” Art in America 94, no. 8 (September 2006): 154-57.
“Lahib Jaddo: Every Woman Knows Her Own Tree.” Exhibition Publication, CAAMFest, 2019.
“Teaching Art of the Middle East and Islamic World.” Conference Publication, de Young Museum and San Francisco State University School of Art, 2018.
“Wael Shawky: The Butterfly Effect,” Broadsheet 43, no. 1 (June 2014): 46-48.
“Hassan Sharif: Process and Materiality.” Broadsheet 41, no. 2 (June 2012): 120-23.
“Looking at the Levant.” Art in America 94, no. 8 (September 2006): 154-57.
Invited Conferences
Conversations on Carlos Villa: World-Making and Cross-Cultural Solidarity, Asian Art Museum, June 2022 (panelist)
Global Art Dialogues: Intimacy and Empire in Contemporary Practices, Asian Art Museum, April 2022 (moderator)
After Hope Symposium: Future Forms and Alternative Methods, Asian Art Museum, November 2021 (panelist)
Zamin Project: SWANA in the Bay Area: Teaching, Pedagogy, Mentors, August 2021 (panelist)
In conversation with Pantea Karimi, Weaving the Women of Science into the Fabric of History, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, December 2020
“Trinh T. Minh-ha is on our mind,” Wattis Institute, San Francisco, spring 2019 (reading group)
“side by side/in the world,” Creative Cities Working Group, Stanford University, April 2019 (co-presenter)
“Curating [in] the Arab World Between Global Biennials and Local Institutions,” Graduate Program in Visual and Critical Studies, California College of the Arts, November 2018 (co-presenter)
“About Place,” Institute for South Asia Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Oct 2018 (panelist)
“Translation as Research,” Arts Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, Feb 2018 (panelist)
“Challenging Institutions: Contemporary Art from SWANA and its Diasporas,” Association for Asian American Studies Annual Conference, San Francisco, April 2018 (panelist)
“Checkpoints, Panoramas and Darkness in Palestinian Landscape Photography,” College Art Association, New York, February 2017 (presenter)
“Photography as Concept and Form,“ Photography at the Arab Crossroads, New York University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 2012 (panelist)
“Imag[in]ing Cities,” March Meeting, Sharjah Art Foundation, United Arab Emirates, March 2011 (moderator)
“Building New Geographies of Practice,” March Meeting, Sharjah Art Foundation, United Arab Emirates, March 2011 (moderator)
“The Arab Women’s Panel Roundtable,” Radius of Arab American Writers, Ann Arbor, MI, June 2010 (panelist)
“Bin Laden As Odalisque: Hassan Musa’s Great American Nudes,” Middle East Studies Association, Boston, MA, November 2009 (presenter)
Global Art Dialogues: Intimacy and Empire in Contemporary Practices, Asian Art Museum, April 2022 (moderator)
After Hope Symposium: Future Forms and Alternative Methods, Asian Art Museum, November 2021 (panelist)
Zamin Project: SWANA in the Bay Area: Teaching, Pedagogy, Mentors, August 2021 (panelist)
In conversation with Pantea Karimi, Weaving the Women of Science into the Fabric of History, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, December 2020
“Trinh T. Minh-ha is on our mind,” Wattis Institute, San Francisco, spring 2019 (reading group)
“side by side/in the world,” Creative Cities Working Group, Stanford University, April 2019 (co-presenter)
“Curating [in] the Arab World Between Global Biennials and Local Institutions,” Graduate Program in Visual and Critical Studies, California College of the Arts, November 2018 (co-presenter)
“About Place,” Institute for South Asia Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Oct 2018 (panelist)
“Translation as Research,” Arts Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, Feb 2018 (panelist)
“Challenging Institutions: Contemporary Art from SWANA and its Diasporas,” Association for Asian American Studies Annual Conference, San Francisco, April 2018 (panelist)
“Checkpoints, Panoramas and Darkness in Palestinian Landscape Photography,” College Art Association, New York, February 2017 (presenter)
“Photography as Concept and Form,“ Photography at the Arab Crossroads, New York University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 2012 (panelist)
“Imag[in]ing Cities,” March Meeting, Sharjah Art Foundation, United Arab Emirates, March 2011 (moderator)
“Building New Geographies of Practice,” March Meeting, Sharjah Art Foundation, United Arab Emirates, March 2011 (moderator)
“The Arab Women’s Panel Roundtable,” Radius of Arab American Writers, Ann Arbor, MI, June 2010 (panelist)
“Bin Laden As Odalisque: Hassan Musa’s Great American Nudes,” Middle East Studies Association, Boston, MA, November 2009 (presenter)