Throughout their tenure at the Frostic School of Art, students learn that making art is not the sole component of what it means to be an artist in the 21st century. Artists must also develop professional contacts, learn to speak freely about their work, answer challenging questions, contextualize and promote their work.
The mission of Frostic School of Art’s Visiting Artist program is tri-fold: to provide students direct, meaningful contact with working artists, both established and emerging; to elevate the regional, national, and international profile of the Frostic School of Art and Richmond Center for Visual Arts; and to nurture a sense of community among students, faculty and staff within WMU’s College of Fine Arts.
As a program that integrates all disciplines within the Frostic School of Art, our Visiting Artist Program also encourages students to step beyond their given major and explore techniques outside their given practice. As such, the Visiting Artist program provides a broad and solid foundation that seeks to expand each students’ view of professional practice after graduation.
Since the 1960s, the rich history of the Frostic School of Art’s Visiting Artist and Scholar Program includes such curators, writers and artists as Richard Hunt, Christo, Julia Christensen, Roger Shimomura, Eleanor Heartney, Lucy R. Lippard, John Cage, Ivan C. Karp, Benny Andrews, Squeak Carnwath, Haroon Gunn-Salie, Chun-Hak Oh, Yoshisuke Funasaka, Brigit Skiold, Maria Gaspar, Tyanna Buie, Ashley Hunt, Patterson Sims, Dr. David Pilgrim and Victoria Finlay, among hundreds of others.
Dr. Yang Liu
Visiting Scholar Lecture
Richmond Center for Visual Arts
room 2008 at 3:00 p.m.
Jennifer Wells
Richmond Center for Visual Arts
room 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
Robyn O'Neil
Richmond Center for Visual Arts
room 2008 at 4:00 p.m.
Khalid el-Hakim
Richmond Center for Visual Arts
room 2008 at 3:30 p.m.
Kika Nikolela
Richmond Center for Visual Arts
room 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
Angela Davis
Dalton Theater, 6:00 p.m.
Kalamazoo College
Art & Activism: On the Inside Out
Panel Discussion: Angela Davis, Maria Gaspar and Tyanna Buie
WMU School of Music
Dalton Center Recital Hall at 2:00 p.m.
Mike Daines
Visiting Designer Lecture
Richmond Center for Visual Arts
room 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
Lauren Tickle-Tietje
Richmond Center for Visual Arts
room 2008 at 5:30 p.m.
Joseph Shubitowski
Distinguished Alumni
Richmond Center for Visual Arts
room 1004 at noon
Sherrill Roland
Performance, The Jumpsuit Project
Downtown Kalamazoo
EPIC center lobby, 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sang-Mi Yoo
Richmond Center for Visual Arts
room 2008 at 5:30 p.m.
Ashley Hunt
Richmond Center for Visual Arts
room 2008 at 4:00 p.m.
ART SPEAKS:
Elizabeth Kerlikowske and Mary Hatch
Poetry reading and discussion
Richmond Center for Visual Arts
room 2008 at 6:00 p.m.
Yuanliang Sun
Richmond Center for Visual Arts
room 2008 at 5:30 p.m.
Carolyn Case
Richmond Center for Visual Arts
room 2008 at 5:30 p.m.
After Art School: Kaylon Khorsheed, Audrey Mills,
and Sophie Lane Dennis in Dialogue
PANEL DISCUSSION
Richmond Center for Visual Arts
room 2008 at 5:30 p.m.
Becca Eley
Richmond Center for Visual Arts
room 2008 at 5:30 p.m.
Amos P. Kennedy, Jr.
Richmond Center for Visual Arts
room 2008 at 6:00 p.m.
Fari Nzinga
Richmond Center for Visual Arts
room 2008 at 5:30 p.m.
Bill Davis
Richmond Center for Visual Arts
room 2008 at 5:30 p.m.
Joel Whitaker
Richmond Center for Visual Arts
room 2008 at 5:30 p.m.