Since the early 2000s, the Visiting Artist Lecture Series has invited nationally recognized artists, critics, and curators to campus for public lectures and interactions with students pursuing the M.F.A. degree in studio art. This series is housed in the College of Letters and Science and organized by faculty in the Maria Manetti Shrem Art Studio Program and M.F.A. studio art candidates.
Previous Lectures
2025-2026
Felipe Baeza in Conversation with Ruben Zecena, November 6, 2025
Stephanie Syjuco, March 5, 2026
Mimi Plumb, April 23, 2026
2024-2025
Fernando Palma Rodríguez, November 7, 2024
Linda Sormin, March 6, 2024
Rebeca Bollinger, May 1, 2025
2023-2024
Sky Hopinka, October 26, 2023
Kang Seung Lee, March 7, 2024
2022-2023
Tarrah Krajnak, December 1, 2022
Rina Banerjee, March 9, 2023
2021-2022
Janelle Iglesias, October 28, 2021
Kota Ezawa, February 17, 2022
Simphiwe Ndzube, March 3, 2022
2020-2021
LaToya Ruby Frazier, October 8, 2020
Kyle Dunn, December 3, 2020
Rita Gonzalez, December 10, 2020
Soo Sunny Park, February 4, 2021
Ramekon O'Arwisters, March 4, 2021
Andrea Bowers, April 7, 2021
Arnold Joseph Kemp, April 22, 2021
Irina Rozovsky, May 6, 2021
2019-2020
Yevgeniya Baras, October 3, 2019
Kathy Butterly, November 7, 2019
Amelia Jones, December 5, 2019
Jonathan Calm, February 27, 2020
Beatriz Cortez, April 23, 2020
Harry Gamboa Jr., March 21, 2020
Joe Fyfe, May 27, 2020
2018-2019
Alison Saar, October 4, 2018
Line Clausen Pedersen, November 13, 2018
Angelina Gualdoni, November 29, 2018
Dena Beard, January 31, 2019
Sangram Majumdar, February 7, 2019
Rodrigo Valenzuela, February 28, 2019
Edgar Arceneaux, April 4, 2019
Sarah Cain, June 6, 2019
2017-2018
Samara Golden, October 5, 2017
Amanda Cachia, December 7, 2017
Christine Sun Kim, February 1, 2018
Stephen Westfall, February 8, 2018
Diana Al-Hadid, February 22, 2018
Sarah Roberts, March 2, 2018
Devon Bella, May 3, 2018
Athena La Tocha, May 10, 2018
Kevin B. Chen, June 7, 2018
2016-2017
Chris McCaw, November 3, 2016
Adrian Forty, February 1, 2017
Briony Fer, February 2, 2017
Dona Nelson, February 9, 2017
Terry Berlier, April 13, 2017
Janet Bishop, May 2, 2017
Sondra Perry, May 18, 2017
2015-2016
Clarissa Tossin, October 22, 2015
Chie Fueki, November 12, 2015
Hrag Vartanian, January 14, 2016
Eileen Quinlan, February 18, 2016
Charles Atlas, April 7, 2016
Joseph Del Pesco, April 21, 2016
2014-2015
Ed Panar, November 6, 2014
Anne Ellegood, January 15, 2015
Saul Melman, February 19, 2015
Rico Gatson, March 12, 2015
Deborah Stratman, April 9, 2015
Annie Lapin, May 14, 2015
2013-2014
Alec Soth, November 7, 2013
Julie Heffernan, January 23, 2014
Laura Owens, February 6, 2014 (cancelled)
Ann Agee, March 6, 2014
Bill Arning, April 10, 2014
Jim Campbell, April 24, 2014
2012-2013
Julia Haft-Candell, September 27, 2012
Wynne Greenwood, November 15, 2012
David Pagel, January 17, 2013
Keltie Ferris, February 21, 2013
Allison Smith, March 7, 2013
Laura McPhee, April 18, 2013
2011-2012
Chico MacMurtrie, September 29, 2011
Joanne Greenbaum, October 27, 2011
Fred Tomaselli, January 12, 2012
Kalup Linzy, January 26, 2012
Stephanie Syjuco, February 23, 2012
Carter, March 15, 2012
Shimon Attie, May 17, 2012
2010-2011
Justine Kurland, October 14, 2010
Wayne Thiebaud and Kenneth Baker, November 18, 2010
Lial A. Jones, January 13, 2011
Leslie Shows, January 13, 2011
Ryan Trecartin, February 24, 2011
Anders Ruhwald, April 21, 2011
Bill Berkson, April 28, 2011
2009-2010
Will Rogan, October 22, 2009
John Welchman, November 9, 2009
Jim Dow, January 7, 2010
David Humphrey, January 14, 2010
Ron Baron, March 11, 2010
Marie Thibeault, April 8, 2010
Shana Moulton, April 22, 2010
Owen Smith, May 6, 2010
2007-2008
Phong Bui
Ward Shelly
Liz Phillips
Eve Aschheim
Dana Schutz
Joseph Grigely
2006-2007
Angela Dufresne
Suzanne Lacy
Judith Shea
Perry Hoberman
Sam Messer
Mira Schor
Dave Muller
2005-2006
Melissa Pokorny
Jennifer and Kevin McCoy
Marco Breuer
Rob Storr
Rikrit Tiravanja
Jim Clark
Bruce Altschuler/Holly Hughes
2004-2005
Mary Lucier
Craig Nagasawa for Irene Pijoan
Donna Dennis
Gregory Amnoff
Peter Campus
Rob Storr
Charles Long
Neal Benezra
2003-2004
Fred Tomaselli
Carolee Schneeman
Pat Oleszko
Jeanne Silverthorne
Alan Sekula
William Pope. L