The Department of Art & Art History hosts an engaging lecture series featuring visiting artists and art historians. This series offers students and the wider community unique opportunities to interact with and learn from prominent figures in the art world. Through these lectures, participants gain valuable insights into contemporary art practices, art historical contexts, and critical theories, enriching their academic and cultural experiences.
Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
- Michelle Al-Ferzly, art historian, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Zora J. Murff, artist and educator, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University
Fall 2022 - Spring 2023
- Nicola Camerlenghi, art historian, Dartmouth College
- Molly Morin, artist
- Marianna Dixon Williams, artist
Fall 2021 - Spring 2022
Fall 2018 - Spring 2019
- Makeda Best, curator of photography
- Maggie Cao, art historian
- Robin Hill, sculptor
- Michael Stasiuk, multimedia sculptor
Fall 2017 - Spring 2018
- Bradley Castellanos, painter
- Alfredo Gisholt, painter
- Paul Jaskot, art historian, Duke University
- Jeremy Long, painter
- Eric Poehler, Roman archaeologist, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Neil Riley, painter
Fall 2016 - Spring 2017
- Michael Dandley, painter
- Kara Fiedorek, curatorial assistant, photography
- Joseph Koerner, art historian, Harvard University
- Phyllis Kornfeld, author
- Andrew Mowbray, sculptor
- Colleen Mullins, photographer
- Stephanie Pierce, painter
- Victoria Reed, curator of provenance
- Judith Simpson, art educator
Fall 2015 - Spring 2016
- Farrell Brickhouse, painter
- Caleb Cole, photographer
- Michael Danti, archaeologist
- Liz Ensz, sculptor
- Elizabeth Hebbard, French & Medieval Studies
- Adam Manley, woodworker & installation artist
- Susan Jane Walp, painter
Fall 2014 - Spring 2015
- Eric Adjetey Anang, coffin maker
- Bradley Bailey, art historian
- Daniel Rowland, historian
- Kyle Staver, painter
- Kim Theriault, art historian
Fall 2013 - Spring 2014
- Brigham Dimick, painter
- Adelheid Gealt, art historian
- Barry Gealt. painter
- Vera Iliatova, painter
- Alison McCann, art historian
Fall 2012 - Spring 2013
- Michael Ananian, painter
- Dana Clancy, painter
- James Elkins, art historian and critic
- James Heffernan, writer
- Matt Hutton, furniture maker
- Jon Imber, painter
- Peter Milton, printmaker
- Chris Todd, woodworker