| The Visiting Artists Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to announce the Spring 2011 Visiting Artists Program Schedule. Reservations for classes and special groups may be made in advance with at least two weeks notice. Please contact the Visiting Artists Program at events@saic.edu or 312.899.5178 regarding your request. We hope you are able to join us for these upcoming presentations! Visiting Artists Program events are FREE, open to the public, and take place in the Columbus Drive Auditorium unless otherwise noted. For podcasts of previous lectures, articles on visiting artists, and additional information please visit www.saic.edu/vap. |
| VISITING ARTISTS PROGRAM SPRING 2011 SCHEDULE |
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 | JOSÉ MUÑOZ Monday, February 7, 6:00 p.m. Scholar, José Muñoz, is the Chair of the Performance Studies Department at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. His publications include Disideintifications: Queer of Color and the Performance of Politics, Cruising Utopia: the Then and There of Queer Futurity, and the forthcoming book The Sense of Brown. This presentation is supported in part by DePaul University, LGBTQ Studies Program. more info | |
 | LISA FREIMAN Monday February 28, 6:00 p.m. Lisa D. Freiman is Senior Curator and Chair of the Department of Contemporary Art at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Freiman was appointed by the United States Department of State to be commissioner of the U.S. Pavilion for the 54th Venice Biennale opening June 2011. more info | |
 | KORI NEWKIRK Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series Tuesday March 8, 6:00 p.m. Los Angeles-based SAIC alumnus Kori Newkirk (BFA 1993) creates multimedia paintings, sculptural installations, and photographs that transform his materials into gestures toward the semiotics of cultural identity and his own personal/familial history. This lecture is presented in collaboration with SAIC's Painting and Drawing Department and Alumni Relations. more info | |
 | YAEL BARTANA Thursday March 10, 6:00 p.m. Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street Admission: $10 general admission, $7 students, $5 Film Center members, $4 SAIC faculty, FREE for students of SAIC Yael Bartana's slippery, sophisticated films and videos reflect upon contemporary Israeli culture, the ideas and rituals that bind its citizens together, and its larger geopolitical context. This presentation is in collaboration with Conversations at the Edge and SAIC's Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation. more info | |
 | TOBIAS PUTRIH Thursday March 31, 6:00 p.m. Slovenia-born artist Tobias Putrih creates sculptures and installations that use everyday materials such as cardboard and Styrofoam to address architecture and structure, positing models for different uses and forms of inhabited space. more info | |
 | WANGECHI MUTU Tuesday April 12, 6:00 p.m. The work of Kenyan-born, New York-based artist Wangechi Mutu is a visceral response to her critiques of gender, culture, and mass media imagery. Exploring the female body as a site of engagement and provocation, Mutu's work is frequently populated by hybrid figures that possess an almost abject beauty. more info | |
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