Mrs. Jane Panza
Lecturer
Areas of Expertise
I am a freelance editor and proofreader with over twenty years of experience specializing in fine-art catalogues and art museum–specific texts that range from marketing materials to didactics. My clients are both national and international and include the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Whitney Museum of American Art; the Cleveland Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Qatar Museums; Saint Louis Art Museum; Worcester Art Museum; Jewish Museum; Anderson Collection at Stanford University; Hirmer Publishers; and 5 Continents Editions.
Education
John Carroll University
Master of Arts in English
Bachelor of Arts in English
Courses Taught
EN 4050 Special Studies in Writing: Professional EditingPublications
A few of the fine art catalogues I have edited include:Bolton, Andrew. About Time: Fashion and Duration. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2020. Exhibition catalogue.
Bolton, Andrew. Costume Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2026. Exhibition catalogue.
Bolton, Andrew. Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023. Exhibition catalogue.
Bolton, Andrew. Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2024. Exhibition catalogue.
Bolton, Andrew, and Amanda Garfinkel. In America: A Lexicon of Fashion. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2022. Exhibition catalogue.
Bridges, Nichole N., ed. Narrative Wisdom and African Arts. Saint Louis Art Museum; Hirmer, 2024. Exhibition catalogue.
Burns, Nancy Kathryn, and Kristina Wilson, eds. Cyanotypes: Photography’s Blue Period. Worcester Art Museum, 2016. Exhibition catalogue.
Dintenfass, John and Nicole, eds. Intimate Conversations: African Miniatures. 5 Continents Editions, 2017.
Fliegel, Stephen. The Caporali Missal: A Masterpiece of Renaissance Illumination. Cleveland Museum of Art; DelMonica Books/Prestel, 2013. Exhibition catalogue.
Gagliardi, Susan Elizabeth. Senufo Unbound: Dynamics of Art and Identity in West Africa. Cleveland Museum of Art; 5 Continents Editions, 2014. Exhibition catalogue.
Herreman, Frank. Mumuye Sculpture from Nigeria: The Human Figure Reinvented. 5 Continents Editions, 2017.
Huber, Mellissa, and Karen Van Godtsenhoven. Women Dressing Women: A Lineage of Female Fashion Design. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023. Exhibition catalogue.
Kelly, Simon. Matisse and the Sea. Saint Louis Art Museum; Hirmer, 2024. Exhibition catalogue.
Kiefer, Anselm. Anselm Kiefer: Becoming the Sea. Saint Louis Art Museum; Hirmer, 2025. Exhibition catalogue.
Korkow, Cory. British Portrait Miniatures: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Museum of Art; D Giles, 2013.
Left of Center: Five Years of the Anderson Collection at Stanford University. Anderson Collection at Stanford University, 2019. Exhibition catalogue.
Lemonier, Aurélien, Maryam Hassan Al Thani, Caroline Hancock, and Clémence Bergal, eds. Art Mill Museum 2030. Qatar Museums; Silvana, 2022. Exhibition catalogue.
Liebert, Emily, and Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi. Emeka Ogboh: Ámà: A Gathering Place. Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019. Exhibition catalogue.
Marr, Alexander Brier, ed. Native Studio Art Since the 1920s: The Healey Collection. Saint Louis Art Museum; Hirmer, 2025.
Miller, Monica L. Superfine: Tailoring Black Style. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2025. Exhibition catalogue.
Rothkopf, Scott, Elisabeth Sussman, Laura Phipps, and Dan Nadel, eds. Sixties Surreal. Whitney Museum of American Art, 2025.
Thüring, Reto. Julia Wachtel. Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
