Lectures

Lecture Series: Walid Raad

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

Walid Raad's work examines the role of documentation in the representation of collective traumatic events and their use in the construction of memory and narrative.

CANCELLED: Lecture Series: Renée Stout

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

Renée Stout's work in painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, and installation encourage self-examination, self-empowerment, and self-healing.

CANCELLED: Lecture Series: Stephanie Syjuco

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

Stephanie Syjuco creates large-scale spectacles, often with an active public component, that investigate issues of economies and empire.

Solmaz Sharif & Negar Azimi

Carnegie Museum of Art 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Solmaz Sharif is the author of Customs (Graywolf Press, 2022) and Look (Graywolf Press, 2016), a finalist for the National Book Award. Negar Azimi is a writer and editor and occasional curator.

Tishan Hsu & Ryan Inouye

Carnegie Museum of Art 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Tishan Hsu is an artist who has been probing the cognitive as well as physical effects of transformative technological advances on our lives since the mid-1980s. Ryan Inouye is associate curator for the 58th Carnegie International.

James “Yaya” Hough & Let’s Get Free

Carnegie Museum of Art 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

James “Yaya” Hough has created more than 50 works installed at PA State Correctional Institutions. Let’s Get Free: The Women and Trans Prisoner Defense Committee works to end perpetual punishment and build a pathway out of the prisons

terra0 & Sohrab Mohebbi

Carnegie Museum of Art 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

terra0 is a group of developers, theorists, and artists exploring the creation of hybrid ecosystems in the technosphere.

Ignacia Biskupovi, Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende

Carnegie Museum of Art 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Ignacia Biskupovic is a visual artist and educator. Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende Collection (MSSA) is a museum of modern and contemporary art with one of the most important collections in Latin America.

Sophie Kier & Katherine Hubbard

Carnegie Museum of Art 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Sophie Kier is the director of the Millett Center for the Arts. Katherine Hubbard is a School of Art Professor who uses photography, writing, and performance to plumb photography’s continuing significance.

LaToya Ruby Frazier

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

In photography and other media, LaToya Ruby Frazier uses collaborative storytelling to address social, economic, and political injustices.