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.
RADICAL EMPATHY AS AN OVERARCHING THEME
Radical empathy is a transformative agent that can fundamentally change our perspective by enabling us to consciously recognize other people’s circumstances. An untapped power, radical empathy has the potential to inspire positive change as it encourages authentic connections between individuals and communities of varying backgrounds and identities. The Amplify Lecture Series, with its focus on radical empathy, exemplifies the School of Art and Design’s commitment to acting as a force for the public good, with the goal of an equitable society.
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.
