Lectures

In the Tradition of Black Radical Gestures

Gregg Hall (Porter 100) 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsbugh, PA, United States

Hamilton and Zachery will highlight the research involved in the making of Dapline! while examining Black gestural practices as a mode of resistance.

STUDIO Lecture: Stephanie Dinkins

Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry CFA 111, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Stephanie Dinkins creates platforms for dialog about artificial intelligence as it intersects race, gender, and our future histories.

Lecture Series: Ulrike Müller

Kresge Theatre 4919 Frew Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Entangling abstraction with representational form, Ulrike Müller's work creates a new discourse around gender identity and politics that resists binaries.

Thaddeus Mosley with Naomi Chambers

McConomy Auditorium 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Thaddeus Mosley's towering, hand-carved, wood sculptures often seem to defy gravity with sensual, cantilevered shapes.

Lenka Clayton & Jon Rubin

Kresge Theatre 4919 Frew Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Both Lenka Clayton and Jon Rubin are known for their extensive work in social practice and public engagement.

STUDIO Lecture: Igor Vamos

Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry CFA 111, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Igor Vamos is a founding member of The Yes Men, a comic duo pull off jaw-dropping pranks that target the world’s biggest corporate criminals.

Library Speakers Series: Craig Baldwin

Hunt Library Studio A 4909 Frew Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Craig Baldwin “surfs the wave of obsolescence” using spoken word, graphics and motion picture clips to advocate for the re-working of marginalized film.

Sharing Our Stories: A Gathering of Local Indigenous Voices

Alumni Concert Hall College of Fine Arts, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, United States

"Sharing Our Stories" is an opportunity to hear from some of the indigenous people who call Pittsburgh and the broader Allegheny County home today.

STUDIO Lecture: Kamal Sinclair

Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry CFA 111, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Kamal Sinclair serves as the Director of the Sundance Institute’s New Frontier Labs Program, which supports artists working at the convergence of film, art, media and technology.

Lecture Series: Sean Lynch

Kresge Theatre 4919 Frew Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Lynch’s sculptures, installations, and multimedia work stems from an interest in the role that history, especially forgotten history, plays in our lives.