Speaker Series

Upcoming Speakers

2023 Fall

  • 14 September 2023, 5:15pm  FAB 2-20: Agata Stronciwilk (Wirth Institute Scholar) – Living/Leaving the Carbocene: On the Coal and Art of the Upper Silesia (view poster)
  • 28 September 2023, 11:00am Zoom Online (RSVP for link): Co-design Beyond Pandemics: Creativity and Making (3 speakers) (view poster)
  • 12 October 2023, 11:00am Zoom Online (RSVP for link): Co-design Beyond Pandemics: Transparency and Design (3 speakers)
  • 19 October 2023, 5:15pm FAB 2-20: Raneece Buddan (Artist in Residence, sculpture) – Material Exploration: A Way Home (view poster)
  • 23 November 2023, 5:15pm FAB 2-20: Mary Kavanaugh (University of Lethbridge) – Trinity, Then and Now (view poster)


About our Speaker Series

The Department of Art & Design hosts several visiting and local speakers annually. The Visual Art & Design Forum (VADF) is a speaker series for scholars, creative researchers, artists, and designers to discuss their projects with the University of Alberta community. Presentation formats vary widely, from the traditional lecture to dynamic panel discussions.


Previous Speakers

2023 Winter

  • 17 January 2023, 5:15pm  FAB 2-20: Jill Miller FUTURE PERFECT (view poster)
  • 26 January 2023, 5:15pm  FAB 2-20: Riaz Mehmood – Poetic Resistance: Reflections on Ghazal: Songs for Home (view poster)
  • 14 February 2023, 2:15pm  FAB 2-20: Richard Boulet and Yvonne Mullock – Panel Talk chaired by Professor Sean Caufield (view poster 1; view poster 2)

2022 Fall

2022 Winter

  • 24 March 2022, Howie Tsui: "Artist Talk"
  • 10 March 2022, Panel discussion with Aijie Shi, Anran Tu, Yi Liu, and Yiyin Xue: "The Double Life of Objects: Nature, Nation, Narratives and Their Material Incarnations in Twentieth-Century China"
  • 09 March 2022, Cinthia Sifa Mulanga: "Artist Talk"
  • 17 February 2022, Juliana Cerqueira Leite: "Public Lecture"
  • 03 February 2022, Heather Leier: "Public Lecture"

2021 Fall

2021 Winter

  • 25 March 2021, Lisa Silverman: "Rethinking Jewish Space in Vienna before 1938"
  • 04 March 2021, Jackson 2bears: "Studio and Research Practices"
  • 11 February 2021, Ellen Lupton and Bon Ku: "Health Design Thinking"
  • 28 January 2021, Christina Battle: "Studio Practice"

2020 Fall

2020 Winter

2019 Fall

2019 Winter

2018 Fall

2018 Winter

2017 Fall

2017 Winter

2016 Fall