Tamera Lenz Muente
Muente holds an M.A. in art history from the University of Cincinnati, where she earned honors for her thesis on paintings of women by American Impressionist Frederick Frieseke and assisted in teaching introductory art history classes. She has also taught art history at Northern Kentucky University, has presented a variety of educational gallery talks at the Taft Museum of Art, and has spoken about being an art critic to students at the College of Mt. St. Joseph. While completing her B.A. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, she won awards for her poetry and studied art in Paris and Florence. She has since visited art museums and galleries around the United States and in England, France, and Italy.
She serves on the Board of Directors for Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center in Cincinnati, and has served on many juries for Manifest's nationally-acclaimed exhibitions. Prior to moving to the Cincinnati area, Muente worked for the Allied Arts Council in St. Joseph, Missouri, a community near Kansas City. She managed marketing and public relations for St. Joseph's annual arts festival, as well as assisted with the organization and installation of several art exhibitions. Originally from Milwaukee, Muente resides in Erlanger, Kentucky, with her husband, Kevin, who is a painter and art professor, and their dog and cat. The Muentes enjoy traveling the world to view art and experience extraordinary landscapes.
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