Visiting Artists & Scholars
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
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!
- Glitch Feminism – Legacy Russel
- Ecofeminism - Maria Mies and Vandana Shiva
- Queer Phenomenology - Sarah Ahmed
- 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
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 Lecture 2023-08-23
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Marit Dewhurst 2023-05-10 | "Doing Our Homework: Preparing to Facilitate Social Justice Art Education"
Jacqueline Terrassa 2023-02-28 | Presentation Sponsored by Vista Foundation
Aaron S. Coleman Lecture 2023-02-16 (no recording available)
Gamaliel Rodríguez Lecture 2022-10-10
David Dotson Lecture 2022-11-03
Cameron Granger Lecture 2022-10-07
Jules Gimbrone Lecture 2022-09-27
Michael Scott and Dr. Brenda Hunda Lecture 2022-09-08
Florentine Baumann Lecture 2022-07-08
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Heather Jones Lecture 2022-06-23
Charles Davis Lecture 2022-03-10
Mthuthuzeli Zimba Lecture 2022-03-28
Mary Mattingly Lecture 2022-02-28
Analia Segal Lecture 2022-01-26
Michael Coppage Lecture 2021-11-29
Jeffrey Gibson Lecture 2021-11-10
Richard W. James Lecture 2021-10-20
Mónica Ramirez-Montagut, Ph.D. Lecture 2021-10-13
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Steve Locke 2021-03-30
Shannon R Stratton 2021-03-23
Sara Rose Sharp 2021-03-16
Sarabel Santos-Negron 2021-03-09
Mara Duvra 2021-03-04
Angel Otero 2021-02-23
Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle 2021-02-02
Sa'dia Rehman 2020-11-24
Kahlil Irving 2020-11-19
Abigail Smithson 2020-11-10
Erwin Redl 2020-10-30
Kristine Donnelly and Alice Pixley Young 2020-09-23