Amplify Lecture Series
The Amplify Lecture Series is presented in conjunction with the School of Art and Design’s course titled “Artists and Designers in Real Time.” The series introduces students to the artistic production of BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and People with Disabilities and provides the context for the evolution of contemporary art and design practice that addresses access and visibility for historically underrepresented communities. Guest speakers include artists, designers, curators, art historians, and scholars who focus on the pressing cultural concerns of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
SPACES OF INTENTION: ART, DESIGN, AND CURATORIAL PRACTICE
How do artists, designers, and cultural producers shape space—and how does space shape meaning? Space is not passive; it actively frames how we see, feel, and understand. From galleries to installations to everyday environments, the spaces in which we encounter art and design are never neutral—they are carefully constructed, not only in physical form but also through cultural, social, and political forces.
Fall 2025
Thursdays 5:30 - 6:45 - Hepner Hall, Room 221
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September 11
Michael James
Armstrong Artist, ICE Gallery director
September 16
Oscar Romo
Artist, architect, environmental engineer
September 23
William Camargo
Photographer, arts advocate, and educator
October 2
Guusje Sanders
Curator
October 7
Hector Perez
Architect
October 16
Lizzie Zelter
Artist, Two Rooms Gallery founder
October 23
Ingram Ober
Artist
October 30
Janina Myronova
Sculptor Ceramics Artist
November 6
Alexa Ramírez Posada
Artist and Curator
November 13
Eunice Uhm
Assistant Professor, Art History, School of Art and Design, SDSU
November 20
Gail Goldman
Public art planning, policy development, and project management
Spring 2025
Thursdays 5:30 - 6:45 - Hepner Hall, Room 221
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February 4
Ruka Kashiwagi
Visual Artist, Macro Waves
February 13
Leslie Shershow
Jewelry Artist & Educator
February 20
Akiko Surai
Artist, Writer, Handpoke Tattooer
February 27
Kaori Fukuyama
Multi-Disciplinary Artist
March 13
Anna O'cain
Visua1 Artist
March 20
Taylor Chapin
Visual artist, Arts Advocate, & Educator
March 27
May-Ling Martinez
Visual Artist
April 10
Bryan & Rian
Artist Collaborative
April 17
Marcos Ramirez ERRE
Sculptor
April 24
Dutra Brown & Alex Reed
Weiszb1uth & Brown
May 6
Matthew Hebert
Visual Artist and Associate Professor of Art at San Diego State University
Fall 2024
Thursdays 5:30 - 6:45 - Hepner Hall, Room 221
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September 12
Sage Serrano
Visual Artist
September 19
Cat Gun
Interdisciplinary artist
September 26
Cindy Zimmerman
Painter and placemaker
October 3
Richard Keely
Visual and installation artist
October 10
Wendell Kling
Interdisciplinary artist and educator
October 24
Salvador De La Torre
Mexican-born Texas-raised artist, educator, and storyteller
October 31
Beliz Iristay
Turkish-American mixed-media artist
November 7
Eva Struble
Painter and professor, School of Art and Design, SDSU
November 14
Morgan Wylder
Associate Conservator of Paintings, Balboa Art Conservation Center
November 21
Stacy Keck
Photographer
December 5
Sondra Sherman
Professor, Head of Jewelry + Metalwork Program, School of Art and Design, SDSU
Spring 2023
Thursdays 5:30 - 6:45 - Hepner Hall, Room 221
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February 2
Marisol Rendón
Artist, Designer, and Educator
February 9
Francisco Eme
Music, Sound - Art, Multimedia
February 16
Andrew Alcasid
Visual Artist
February 23
Yasmine Kasem
American - Egyptian Muslim Sculpture
March 16
Elizabeth Rooklidge
Independent Curator
March 23
Omar Pimienta
Artist, Writer, Scholar
April 6
Paloma Checa
Gismero Scholar of Global Contemporary Art
April 13
Courtney Starrett
Art, Craft, and Technology
April 20
Gosia Herc
Balaszek - Visual Artist
April 27
Christine Lee
Interdisciplinary Artist, Designer
FAll 2022
Thursdays 5:30 - 6:45 - Hepner Hall, Room 221
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Presented in conjunction with ART 104: Artists and Designers in Real Time and organized by ART 104 Instructor Claudia Cano.
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September 1
Lynn Susholtz
Artist, community activist, educator, founder of Art Produce and Stone Paper Scissors, San Diego
September 8
Mark Tan
Artist-in-Residence in Furniture Design and Woodworking, Fall 2022
September 15
Marisa Caichiolo, Ph.D.
Artist, curator, founder of Building Bridges Art Exchange, Santa Monica
September 29
Carolina Montejo
Artist, filmmaker
October 6
Monica Arreola
Visual artist, architect, director of 206 arte contemporánea, Tijuana
October 13
Sasha Reibstein
Artist-in-residence in Ceramics, Fall 2022
October 20
Yin Yu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture, SDSU; artist, designer, engineer
October 27
TBA
Details Forthcoming
November 10
Narsiso Martinez
Visual artist
November 17
Alana Hernandez
Executive director and curator of CALA Alliance, Phoenix
December 1
Denise Rogers, Ph.D.
Professor of Art History, San Diego Mesa College, San Diego
Credits: Photo: Yin Yu with her wearable art airMorphologies. Photo by JM Escalante.
