Upcoming Events
Visiting Artist Lecture Erin Johnson
New York-based Erin Johnson will discuss her interdisciplinary, collaborative and research-driven studio practice.
Opening Reception for Fall 2019 Exhibitions
Enjoy refreshments and conversation as you view five new exhibitions in the VAC’s galleries.
Sep 20
2019
5:00 PM
Visual Arts Center
Climbing the Ladder: On Hieronymus Bosch's Vision of Hell
This lecture examines the motif of the ladder in Bosch's scenes of Hell. This motif has negative associations with war, sexuality and executions, but also positive associations with spiritual ascent. Its use here demonstrates how Bosch exploited ambiguity of meaning as a part of his overall strategy of picture-making.
Satirizing at the Daily Times of Nigeria Limited: A Critical Examination of Victor Ekpuk’s Illustrations and Drawings (1990-1998)
As an illustrator working at the government-owned Daily Times between 1990 and 1998, artist Victor Ekpuk navigated the delicate political terrain of the second military government in Nigeria. This lecture examines a selection of illustrations, in which he used cutting, albeit subtle, visual satire to scrutinize the country’s political apparatus.
Alumni Artist Talk: Stephanie McMahon
UT MFA Alumna Stephanie McMahon (Studio Art, 2004) speaks about her recent work and Alfred University's Graduate program.
Do-It-Ourselves: Artist-Run Institutions
For decades now, artists struggling in the United States have banded together and forged anarchic institutions, experimental galleries, unorthodox distribution models, and alternative economies. How can younger artists improve upon these imperfect—and sometimes chaotic—prototypes to build new, responsive models for collective artistic action?
Life After UT with COFA Alum, Emily Edwards of the Dallas Contemporary
Emily Edwards is the Curatorial Associate at Dallas Contemporary. Her most recent curatorial project for the museum was a survey exhibition of work by Margarita Cabrera, which closed in March 2019.
Oct 4
2019
2:30 PM
DFA 1.104
Visiting Artist Joshua Okón
The Studio Art Visting Artist Lecture Series presents a talk from Mexico City-based artist Yoshua Okón.
A Minoan Heterotopia in Egypt: A lecture on the Toreador Frescoes at Tell el-Dab‘a
The discovery of Minoan wall paintings at the Egyptian Tell el-Dab‘a (Avaris) in the 1990s was an archaeological sensation. This lecture proposes a new approach towards better understanding the complexity of this phenomenon and the transcultural processes at work in the Late Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean.
Attaching identity to the architecture of ancient Rome
This lecture examines how audiences in the ancient city of Rome associated particular forms, styles, and materials with Hellenic culture. Focusing on the reign of the emperor Hadrian, it reassesses the labeling of architecture as ‘Greek’, ‘Roman’, ‘Hellenic’, and explores how statements of identity become invested in buildings.