Visiting Artists & Scholars

2023 visiting artist Arantxa Araujo

2023 visiting artist Arantxa Araujo, shown in a neon-colored costume, performing “Dar A Luz” at the Brooklyn Museum

Each year the School of Art invites contemporary artists and scholars to present their research to the public, and conduct studio visits with our Fine Art students. These presentations are co-organized by faculty, staff and students in the Fine Arts Program, with the goal of sharing inspiring work by interdisciplinary practitioners at all stages of their careers, providing exposure to members of our community, and opportunities for kinship and connection. We welcome all members of the public to engage. All our lectures are free and open to the public. 


Experiments in Glitch 

For 2023/24 academic year, the School of Art Visiting Artists and Scholars committee created a topical focus for the presentations. Experiments in Glitch is a yearlong symposium that includes visiting artists, classroom workshops, faculty presentations, and a book reading list that encompasses queer performance art, science and technology in the arts, and nature in the arts through liminal processes, experiences, identities, and spaces. Join us for an inspiring lecture series celebrating new aesthetics. 


  • October 12       Arantxa Araujo     
  • November 2     VISTA Lecture Series: A Conversation with Anissa Lewis, Rebekah                                          Beaulieu, & Christina Vassallo
  • November 9     Laura Splan  
  • TBD                   Faculty Talk with Assistant Professor Neil Daigle Orians
  • TBD                   Faculty Talk with Assistant Professor Xia Zhang    
Glitch Feminism by Legacy Russell

 

Our community favorite, “Glitch Feminism” (2020), by curator, writer and author Legacy Russell, nominated by Assistant Professor Neil Daigle Orians, has our hearts racing!

We dedicate this year’s Lecture Series in her honor. Inspired by Glitch Feminism, we examine “fault lines, ruptures, places to hide, shifting media, fantastic landscapes, home, safety, and hopeful possibilities.” 

In solidarity,

Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series Committee Members 

“The imaginative architecture of utopia remains ever present in glitch feminism. It gives us home and hope.”

Legacy Russell, Glitch Feminism

Collective Futures Book Presentations

This year, expanding upon our traditional program, we asked our faculty and students to share a selection of their favorite books, in a collective meditation on futurity. We welcome you to visit the DAAP library to read our selections and share in our collective efforts to envision shared futures. View our selections here!

Ornamentalism book by Anne Anlin Cheng
Queer Phenomenology book by Sara Ahmed
ecofeminism book by Maria Mies and Vandana Shiva
  1. Glitch Feminism – Legacy Russel
  2. Ecofeminism - Maria Mies and Vandana Shiva
  3. Queer Phenomenology - Sarah Ahmed
  4. Ornamentalism – Anne Anlin Cheng

Have a book you swear by? Share it with us!


Faculty Lunch Talks

Join our faculty lunch talks twice each semester to learn about the active and inspiring research and creative work undertaken by our own faculty. In Fall 2023, artists and Assistant Professors Xia Zhang and Neil Orians will present their latest work in an informal discussion on the Grand Staircase 5499E. Bring your lunch with you – these talks are free and open to the public. 


Artists at Work, Workshop Series

Shane Hatfield  in the Patina Workshop

 

 

Each semester, we invite artists to engage with our students through small and mid-sized workshops on themes as diverse as collective drawing, metal working, new materials, and bioplastics. Sometimes these are organized months in advance, and sometimes just a few days in advance, so stay posted! 

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Past Lecture Recordings

2023-2024 Academic Year

Matt Distel headshot

Matt Distel Lecture 2023-08-23

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Jacqueline Terrassa

Marit Dewhurst 2023-05-10 | "Doing Our Homework: Preparing to Facilitate Social Justice Art Education"

Jacqueline Terrassa

Jacqueline Terrassa 2023-02-28 | Presentation Sponsored by Vista Foundation

Aaron Coleman artwork

Aaron S. Coleman Lecture 2023-02-16 (no recording available)

Gamaliel Rodríguez

Gamaliel Rodríguez Lecture 2022-10-10

David Dotson Lecture 2022-11-03

David Dotson Lecture 2022-11-03

Cameron Granger Lecture 2022-10-07

Cameron Granger Lecture 2022-10-07

Jules Gimbrone

Jules Gimbrone Lecture 2022-09-27

Michael Scott and Dr. Brenda Hunda

Michael Scott and Dr. Brenda Hunda Lecture 2022-09-08

Florentine Baumann

Florentine Baumann Lecture 2022-07-08

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Heather Jones

Heather Jones Lecture 2022-06-23

Charles Davis

Charles Davis Lecture 2022-03-10

Mthuthuzeli Zimba

Mthuthuzeli Zimba Lecture 2022-03-28

Mary Mattingly

Mary Mattingly Lecture 2022-02-28

Analia Segal

Analia Segal Lecture 2022-01-26

Michael Coppage

Michael Coppage Lecture 2021-11-29

Jeffrey Gibson

Jeffrey Gibson Lecture 2021-11-10

Richard W. James

Richard W. James Lecture 2021-10-20

Monica Ramirez-Montagut

Mónica Ramirez-Montagut, Ph.D. Lecture 2021-10-13

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headshot of Steve Locke

Steve Locke 2021-03-30

writing that reads "I Don't Know"

Shannon R Stratton 2021-03-23

colorful painting

Sara Rose Sharp 2021-03-16

headshot of Sarabel Santos-Negron

Sarabel Santos-Negron 2021-03-09

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Mara Duvra 2021-03-04

headshot of Angel Otero

Angel Otero 2021-02-23

headshot of Kenyatta Hinkle

Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle 2021-02-02

Sa'dia Rehman sitting in their office

Sa'dia Rehman 2020-11-24

Kahlil Irving 2020-11-19

rope net hanging against black wall

Abigail Smithson 2020-11-10

photography of leaf hanging from spherical light

Erwin Redl 2020-10-30

poster collage of two images

Kristine Donnelly and Alice Pixley Young 2020-09-23