Claudia Rousseau, PhD.
Public Arts Trust Steering Committee Representative, Claudia Rousseau is an art historian, independent curator and art critic. She is currently Professor Emerita, Art History, Montgomery College and Editor-at-Large of East City Art, an online art magazine covering art and art exhibitions in the DMV region and beyond. She is also a senior contributor to this magazine. Dr. Rousseau has curated numerous exhibitions in galleries and museums in the region. She is also an internationally published scholar of Renaissance and Modern Art. Since 2010 she has been a juried member of the prestigious International Association of Art Critics (AICA-USA) for her writing on art. Dr. Rousseau was born and raised in New York City, completing her B.A. at Hunter College, CUNY and her M.A. and doctorate at Columbia University in New York. She has been a resident of Montgomery County since 2001.