Visiting Artists & Scholars
Visiting Artists and Scholars Fall 2023 – Spring 2024 – SCHEDULE TO BE ANNOUNCED
Through a variety of exhibitions, lectures and performances by national and international artists and scholars, the WSU Department of Fine Arts presents a diverse group of artists and scholars who bring unique perspectives and voices to our extended community at WSU. All events are free and open to the public, supported by the Forst Endowed Visiting Artist Program.
See more upcoming events on our calendar.
Listen to podcast interviews with visiting artists here
Past Programming
Visiting Artists and Scholars Fall 2022 / Spring 2023
Fall 2022 Events
Juventino Aranda Artist Talk with JSMA
October 7 | Reception & Discussion 4:30-6:00pm at the museum
Megan Mack Artist Talk
October 13 | In-Person Artist Talk 4:30pm // Fine Arts Auditorium, 5062
Grad-Curated Exhibition with JSMA
December 1 – January 2 | Exhibition in Fine Arts Gallery 2 and JSMA Collection Study Center
Spring 2023 Events
‘Wordplay: Print/Text/Image’ Edie Overturf and Kevin Haas
January 12 – February 10, 2023 | Exhibition in Fine Arts Gallery 2
Na Kim Virtual Artist Talk
February 23 | 4:30pm Pacific
MFA Thesis Exhibitions
April 2023 | Exhibitions at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
MFA 1st Year Exhibitions
April 2023 | Exhibitions in Fine Arts Gallery 2
BFA Exhibitions
April 2023 | Exhibitions in Fine Arts Gallery 3 & Locker Gallery
Visiting Artists and Scholars Fall 2021 / Spring 2022
Fall 2021 Events
Body of Water: Dennis DeHart & Sarah Schorr
August 26 | Reception 4:30pm in Gallery 2
Alonsa Guevara Virtual Artist Talk
September 16 | 4:30pm Pacific
Jacob Riddle Artist Talk & Reception
October 7 | Artist Talk 4:30pm | Reception 5:30pm in Gallery 2
Robyn O’Neil Artist Virtual Talk
November 4 | 4:30pm Pacific
Donté K. Hayes Virtual Artist Talk
December 2 | 4:30pm Pacific | Exhibition in Gallery 2
Spring 2022 Events
Cannupa Hanska Luger Virtual Artist Talk
January 19 | 4:30pm Pacific
Alison Saar – Hockenhull Visiting Artist Lecture
February 10 | 4:30pm CUB Auditorium | with the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
Anthony White Virtual Artist Talk
Postponed
Yoonhee Choi Virtual Artist Talk
April 21 | 4:30pm Pacific
Visiting Artists and Scholars Fall 2020 / Spring 2021
Emma Nishimura Artist Talk
April 29 at 4:30pm via Zoom (more info here)
Edie Overturf Artist Talk
April 1 at 5:00pm via Zoom (more info here)
Victoria Fu Artist Talk
March 25 at 5:00pm via Zoom (more info here)
Kori Newkirk Artist Talk
March 18 at 4:30pm via Zoom (more info here)
Danny Navarro: My Neighbor, Miguel Film Screening
February 24 at 4:30pm via Zoom (more info here)
Ginger Ewing with Inga Laurent and Emma Noyes
December 10, 2020 at 4:30pm (more info here)
Lien Truong Artist Talk
November 19, 2020 at 4:30pm via Zoom (more info here)
Sidney Del Ray Murphy Interview
September 24, 2020 on Instagram
MFA 2020 Alumni Instagram Live Interviews
September 8-11, 2020 on Instagram
Visiting Artists and Scholars Fall 2019 / Spring 2020
Washington State University’s Department of Fine Arts is pleased to present the 2019-2020 Fine Arts Season of programming focused on the inauguration of our Artist-In-Residence Program with visiting artist Jeffry Mitchell. Mitchell will be in residence during Fall 2019 and his exhibition will be on view until January 17, 2020.
Cao Zhengwei
March 10 – 26, 2020 Fine Arts Gallery 2 (Exhibition moved to Instagram)
Arshia Fatima Haq – 2020 Hockenhull Visiting Artist
Artist Installation/Performance – March 4, 2020 4-7pm, Fine Arts Gallery 2
Visiting Artist Lecture, March 5, 4:30pm, Fine Arts Auditorium 5062
Reception immediately following lecture, March 5, 5:30pm, Fine Arts Gallery 2
Now & Then Alumni Exhibition
January 23 – February 17, 2020, Fine Arts Gallery 2
Jeffry Mitchell Residency & Exhibition
October 24, 2019 – January 17 2020, Fine Arts Gallery 2
Visiting Artist Lecture, October 24, 4:30pm, Fine Arts Auditorium 5062
Opening Reception immediately following lecture, October 24, 5:30pm, Fine Arts Gallery 2
Palouse Performance Showcase
October 7-11, 2019, Fine Arts Gallery 2
TRIBUTTE
September 26, 2019, Fine Arts Gallery 2
Opening Reception September 26, 4:30pm
Kassie Smith
August 19 – September 20, 2019, Fine Arts Gallery 2
Opening Reception August 29, 5:30pm
Joe Hedges – Hypercombines
August 19 – September 20, 2019, Fine Arts Gallery 2
Artist Lecture August 29, 4:30pm, Fine Arts Auditorium 5062
Opening Reception immediately following lecture, August 29, 5:30pm, Fine Arts Gallery 2
Visiting Artists and Scholars Fall 2018 / Spring 2019
The Body: Power, Meaning & Representation in Contemporary Art
Washington State University’s Department of Fine Arts is pleased to present the 2018-2019 Fine Arts Season of thematic programming focused on the human body. The human body has always played a central role in art. Artistic representations of the body are found in nearly every culture in the world. Today, many artists are pushing beyond representation and beyond the classical traditions of paint and marble to utilize new technologies such as digital media, and new strategies such as performance and social practice. While authority over the human body has long been determined by gender and class, in today’s highly globalized and pluralistic contemporary art world, artists view the body as a malleable site of meaning and power, not as an archetype but as a performative instrument, a vessel to be filled and surface upon which the artist or viewer may project her own fears, desires and dreams.
Through a variety of exhibitions, lectures and performances by international artists and scholars, the WSU Department of Fine Arts presents a diverse group of artists and scholars who use the body to create radical representations, re-imaginings and abstractions of the human form.
Jiemei Lin
August 20 – September 25, 2018, Fine Arts Gallery 2
Opening Reception August 23, 4:30pm
Visiting Artist Lecture, September 13, 4:30pm, Fine Arts Auditorium 5062
Tariqa Waters
October 4-26 2018, Fine Arts Gallery 2
Visiting Artist Lecture, October 4, 4:30pm, Fine Arts Auditorium 5062
Opening Reception immediately following lecture, October 4, 5:30pm, Fine Arts Gallery 2
Palouse Performance Art Showcase featuring Shana Moulton
November 6-9, 2018, Fine Arts Gallery 2
The Body: Power, Meaning & Representation in Contemporary Art
Juried Exhibition, November 15, 2018 – January 2019, Fine Arts Gallery 2
Paul Rucker
Lecture, January 14, 2019, 7-9pm, CUB Auditorium
Cello/Multimedia Performance, January 15, 2019, 8-10pm, SPARK Building
Nanibah Chacon
Visiting Artist Lecture, February 7, 2019, 4:30pm, Fine Arts Auditorium 5062
Exhibition February 7 – March 1, 2019. Reception February 7, 5:30pm, Fine Arts Gallery 2
Aim • Less Juried Exhibition
Juried Exhibition, March 4-29, 2019, Fine Arts Gallery 2
Reception Event March 21 4:30pm, Fine Arts Gallery 2
Visiting Artists and Scholars Fall 2017 / Spring 2018
Washington State University Department of Fine Arts proudly presents Shifting Landscapes: 2017-18 Fine Arts Season. Each year, the Department of Fine Arts organizes a robust series of visiting artist talks and gallery exhibitions around a common theme. This year, artists are considering our ever-changing environment. The idea of Shifting Landscapes is understood broadly, engaging varied academic disciplines and critical contexts such as global climate change, industrial and technological revolutions, politics and culture. Students, faculty and the public are invited to share in an open-minded dialogue about the world around us sparked by presentations and exhibitions by a diverse range of artists and artist groups including Carlos Castellanos, Signal Fire, Jeffry Mitchell, Mark Dorf, Kim Stringfellow and Wendy Red Star. All events are free to attend, supported by the Forst Fund.
Marie Watt: 2018 Jo Hockenhull Distinguished Lecturer
April 12, 2018, Visiting Artist Walkthrough, 1:30pm, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Hockenhull Lecture, 4:30pm, Fine Arts Auditorium 5062
Reception, 5:30pm, Fine Arts Foyer
Letha Wilson
Visiting Artist Lecture, January 18, 4:30pm, Fine Arts Auditorium 5062
Wendy Red Star
Visiting Artist Lecture at WSU Museum Exhibition Closing Reception
Friday, November 17th, 6:00pm
Kim Stringfellow
Visiting Artist Lecture November 9th, 4:30pm
FA 5062 Auditorium
Mark Dorf
Visiting Artist Lecture Thursday, October 19th, 4:30pm
FA 5062 Auditorium
Jeffry Mitchell
Visiting Artist Lecture Thursday, October 5th, 4:30pm
FA 5062 Auditorium
Shifting Landscapes: Signal Fire
Exhibition October 9th- November 3rd
Closing Reception Thursday, November 2nd, 4:30pm-5:30, Fine Arts Gallery 2
5:30pm-6:30 Gallery Fireside Chat with Signal Fire Artists
Under the Skin: Dismantling Borders within Borders
Exhibition October 3 – October 31, 2017, Fine Arts Gallery 3
Opening Reception 5:30pm, Fine Arts Gallery 2
Carlos Castellanos
Visiting Artist Lecture Thursday, September 14th, 4:30pm, FA 5062 Auditorium
Exhibition September 14th – Oct 4th, Fine Arts Gallery 2
Opening Reception 5:30pm, Fine Arts Gallery 2
Visiting Artists and Scholars Spring 2017
Kristan Kennedy
Visiting Artist Lecture, April 20, 2016, 4:30pm, Fine Arts Auditorium 5062
MSHR
March 10 – April 1, 2016, Fine Arts Gallery 2
Opening Reception, March 10, 6 – 8PM
Visiting Artist Lecture, March 9, 4:30pm, Fine Arts Auditorium 5062
Melinda Hurst Frye
Visiting Artist Lecture, Feb 15, 4:30pm, Fine Arts Auditorium 5062
Utopia/Dystopia Juried Exhibition
Opening Reception, Feb 2, 2016, 5PM
Feb. 2 – Mar. 3, 2016, Fine Arts Gallery 2
PSJM
Feb. 2, 2016, 12:15pm
Visiting Artist Skype Lecture, Fine Arts Auditorium 5062
Visiting Artists and Scholars Fall 2016
Ann-Marie Oliver
Nov. 3, 2016, 5PM
Visiting Artist Lecture, Fine Arts Auditorium 5062
Symposium on Place
Friday, October 21, 6-9pm
Fine Arts Auditorium 5062
Torrey Pines / Clyde Petersen
Film Screening with a live score performed by a 3-piece band
October 18, 2016, 7:30PM, Fine Arts Auditorium 5062
Eroyn Franklin
Oct. 5, 2016, 1:10pm
Visiting Artist Lecture, Museum of Art/WSU
Oscar Tuazon
Sept. 26 – Oct 21, 2016, Fine Arts Gallery 2
Opening Reception Sept. 29, 6 – 8PM
Visiting Artist Lecture, Sept. 30, 5pm, Fine Arts Auditorium 5062
Isabelle Andriessen
September 8, 2016, 5pm
Visiting Artist Skype Lecture and Conversation, Fine Arts Auditorium 5062
Jenny Hyde
Aug. 22 – Sept. 23, 2016, Fine Arts Gallery 2
Opening Reception, Aug. 25th, 6 – 8PM
Visiting Artist Lecture, Thursday, Sept. 1, 5pm, Fine Arts Auditorium 5062
Visiting Artists and Scholars Spring 2016
Pae White
Jan. 25-26, 2016
Lecture, Monday, Jan. 25, 5pm, Fine Arts Auditorium
Dr. Sue Taylor
Jan. 28-29, 2016
Lecture, Thursday, Jan. 28, 5pm,
Kimbrough 101
Shrijon Chowdhury
Feb. 4-5, 2016
Lecture, Thursday, Feb. 4, 5pm,
Fine Arts Auditorium
Jeff Olson
Feb. 10-12, 2016
Lecture, Friday, Feb 12, 5pm,
Fine Arts Auditorium
Exhibition Closing Reception, Friday, Feb 12, 6pm,
Gallery 2
Tracy Featherstone
March 2-4, 2016
Lecture, Thursday, March 3, 5pm,
Fine Arts Auditorium
Visiting Artists and Scholars Spring 2015
Ayana Jackson: 2015 Hockenhull Lecture
March 26, 2015
Lecture, 5:30pm, Fine Arts Auditorium
Michael Schultheis
March 9, 2015
Lecture, 7pm, CUB Auditorium
Julie Anand
Feb. 18, 2015, 5pm, Kimbrough Hall 101
Lecture: Head in the Clouds, Boots on the Ground: Work by Julie Anand
Visiting Artists and Scholars Fall 2014
Kirsten Furlong
Repeat and Shift: Recent Work by Kirsten Furlong, Wednesday Oct 8th 2014 5pm @ Kimbrough 101
Paul Manoguerra
Tuesday, September 9th at 5pm in Kimbrough 101 Paul Manoguerra is the Director and Curator of the Jundt Museum of Art. His lecture is titled American Artist-Adventures: Manifest Destiny and Landscape Aesthetics in the Northwest.
Paul Manoguerra joined students and faculty for an informal dinner after his lecture. Photo by Phillip Mudd.