Department of Art Visiting Artist Lecture Series (VALS)

UCI Department of Art, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, is thrilled to announce the public conversations of the Visiting Artist Lecture Series Winter 2022. This year Visiting Artist Lecture Series is realized with partners Rhizome and LAXART:

Cauleen Smith and Romi Crawford in conversation
Thursday, January 20, 2022, 4:30pm, PT online.

Ryan C. Clarke and Aria Dean in conversation
Friday, February 18, 2022, 6pm
Introduction by Zachary Kaplan, director, Rhizome.
A joint event of Rhizome and Visiting Artist Lecture Series.
Location: 526 N. Western Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90004.

Arthur Jafa and Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa in conversation
Thursday, March 10, 2022, 7pm
Introduction by Hamza Walker, director, LAXART.
A joint event of LAXART and Visiting Artist Lecture Series.
Location: 2220 Arts + Archives, 2220 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90057.

The annual Visiting Artist Lecture Series (VALS), organized by graduate students in art, invites artists, scholars, curators, critics, gallerists and writers to give public lectures and conduct studio visits with students relevant to graduate students’ research and practice. The series is presented in a colloquium setting where students engage in in-depth discussions with the visiting artists and scholars.

The Visiting Artist Lecture Series Winter 2022 is organized by Rhea Anastas and the first year graduate cohort. This year VALS is presented with partners Rhizome and LAXART, and with the support of UCI Illuminations.