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.
Stephanie Syjuco works in photography,
sculpture, and installation, moving from handmade and
craft-inspired mediums to digital editing and archive
excavations. Recently, she has focused on how photography and
image-based processes are implicated in the construction of
exclusionary narratives of history and citizenship.
Mimi Plumb is part of a long tradition of socially engaged
photographers whose work explores the landscapes and communities
of California and the American West. In 2022, she was awarded a
Guggenheim Fellowship to support her ongoing project, The
Reservoir.