Calendar of Events

School of Art+Design

Visiting Artist Lecture Series

Each semester, weekly visiting artist lectures host noted artists, curators, critics, and historians to share their perspectives, expertise, and current work, and to give insight into contemporary issues facing artists and designers.

Wednesdays at 5 pm (unless otherwise noted)
Perception Lab, Visual Arts 1016

All lectures are free and open to the public.

Fall 2026

 

Date Artist
August 26 Brigitta Varadi
September 9 Keisha Scarville
September 23 Cullen Washington Jr.
September 30 Swoon
October 7, 10am Pap Souleye Fall
October 7 Sarah Elawad
October 14 Baseera Khan
October 21 Yashua Klos
November 4 Rowan Renee
November 18 Lisa Sanditz

Past Lectures

The School of Art+Design and the Digital Collections Center at SUNY Purchase Library have digitally archived a selection of the artist lectures from 2012 to 2017 available through Artstor. The archive is for academic use only. To access the archive you must be on campus at SUNY Purchase. Recordings of the ’20-’21, ’21-’22, ’22-’23, ’23-’24, and ’24-’25 lecture series are viewable on Vimeo for academic use.