Lectures

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.

CAS: Comics and Social Justice

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

This talk will provide overviews and analyses of three German-language comics that approach issues of identity in contemporary Germany.

IDeATe Event: Turning Jewels Into Water

IDeATe Media Lab - Hunt Library A10A 4909 Frew Street, Pittsburgh, United States

"Turning Jewels Into Water" is a live electronic duo led by Indian-born drummer/producer Ravish Momin along with Haitian electronic percussionist Val Jeanty.

Lecture Series: Beverly Semmes

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

Beverly Semmes works across sculpture, painting, drawing, film, photography, and performance to probe the complexities of the female body and its representation

CAS: La Borinqueña: Decolonizing Puerto Rico

CFA Room 303 Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

La Borinqueña is an original character and patriotic symbol presented in a classic superhero story created by graphic novelist Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez.

STUDIO Lecture: Elizabeth Hénaff

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

Dr. Elizabeth Hénaff is a computational biologist and designer who researches the way living beings interact with their environment.

STUDIO Lecture: Sandy Stone

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

Dr. Sandy Stone is an academic theorist, media theorist, author, and performance artist, and is considered a founder of the academic discipline of transgender studies.