Visiting Artists Series

Watkins College of Art, Design & Film will bring five renowned artists to campus during the 2011-12 academic year for the expanded Watkins Visiting Artists Series.   Artemio Rodriguez, Natalia Almada, David Hilliard, Harrell Fletcher and Alec Soth are scheduled for this series of Thursday night lectures, which are free and open to the public.

The guest artists, whose work crosses many disciplinary boundaries, will give public presentations, sharing their expertise and perspectives on their careers and providing insight into current issues facing contemporary artists and designers, as well as meet with relevant classes in which they will conduct a workshop and/or critique student work.

The Watkins Visiting Artists Series is an annual year-long program which welcomes nationally and internationally recognized fine artists, designers, filmmakers, educators and critics to the campus and the community.  Through the generous support of the Memorial Foundation, this year’s series builds upon last year’s 125th anniversary series of three lectures by presenting four lectures in the Watkins Theater plus an exhibition in the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Gallery. 

Click the links below for more information on each artist:

Key series participants from Watkins are Gallery Committee members Dan Brawner, professor and department chair of graphic design; Derek Coté (committee chair), assistant professor of fine art; Stefanie Gerber Darr, director of community education; Caroline Davis, director of external relations and assistant director of development; Brady Haston, assistant professor of fine art and studio facilities manager; Charles Kanganis, associate professor of film;  Robin Paris, assistant professor and interim department chair of photography; and Tom Williams, assistant professor of art history.

The Watkins Visiting Artists Series is made possible through a grant from the Memorial Foundation and is sponsored in part by Marché Artisan Foods.

Watkins College of Art, Design & Film is supported in part by the Metro Nashville Arts Commission and the Tennessee Arts Commission