Visual Arts:

Vail Visiting
Artists

The Vail Visiting Artist program invites working artists at all stages in their careers to speak and mentor junior and senior students through one-on-one sessions, talks, workshops, and demonstrations.

Chair of Visual Arts:
Keith Allyn Spencer

Visual Arts Assistant:
Rebekah Lennon

About Vail Visiting Artists

Denison Visual Arts’ Vail Visiting Artist series is an endowed fund that invites working artists with fresh perspectives to connect with Denison students each semester. Artists come to campus to meet students in classes and performances, offer one-on-one feedback and critique, and provide support and mentorship during students’ junior and senior years. 

The program strives to bring together a diversity of cutting-edge artists, methods, and backgrounds to provide students with a vision of the different ways in which art can function, question, and articulate experience in the world. 

We have been fortunate to have artists as varied as: Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Zanele Muholi, Sharif Bey, Ann Hamilton, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Glenn Ligon, Alison Bechdel, Delita Martin, Darin Klein, Troy Michie, David Antonio Cruz, fierce pussy, Gordon Hall, Karen Tam, Tania Bruguera, Morehshin Allahyari, and Tanya Aguiñiga.

Vail Visiting Artists
Archive

2016 - 2017

Bayne Peterson, Vail Visiting Artist, gives an artist talk.

Performance artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña presents a new spoken-word monologue with a cameo performance by Balitronica Gómez, "The Phantom Mariachi."

New media artist Morehshin Allahyari gives an artist's talk.

The Studio Art program and Queer Studies welcome Vail visiting artist Rona Yefman.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes artist Katie Bell.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Drew Sawyer.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes ceramicist Lauren Mabry.

Denison University's Studio Art Program and the Vail Visiting Artist Lecture Series present painter Cody Tumblin.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes artist and filmmaker Elizabeth Orr.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes potter and social artist Lauren Karle.

Fiber arts were the center of a discussion with two artists-in-residence from Open Wabi Artist Residency, Elizabeth Tolson & Peter Stevens.

2015 - 2016

The Vail Visiting Artists program welcomes Sophia Flood.

Luke Ahern gives artist's talk about his exhibit "Recent Work: New Problems."

The Vail Visiting Artist program welcomes Jessie Kanelos Weiner '08 and Cyrille Weiner.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Elizabeth Leister presenting an artist talk.

Visual activist Zanele Muholi gives artist's talk.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes artist Jennifer Hansen Gard for an artist's talk.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes artist Tom Berenz for an artist's talk.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes artist Mariah Robertson for an artist's talk.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes artist Melissa Vogley-Woods and her exhibition "Opaque."

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes artist Sage Lewis and her exhibition "Material Inference."

2014 - 2015

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Tania El Khoury for an artist's talk.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Vail visiting artist Jen Davis.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Shelley Thorstensen for an artist's talk.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Vail visiting artist Zanele Muholi.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Vail Visiting Artist Jeffry Mitchell for an artist's talk.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Vail Visiting Artist Laura Letinsky.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes artist Don Colley who will present his sketchbook drawings of Denison and Granville.

2013 - 2014

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes artist Jacob Ciocci presenting an artist's talk.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes curator Tina Kukielski for an artist's talk.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Ben Kinsley presenting an artist's talk.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Lenka Clayton presenting an artist's talk.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes artist Ohad Meromi

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes an artist talk by X. Andrade.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes artist Jennifer Nuss.

2012 - 2013

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Jennifer Anable presenting an artist talk.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Ann Hamilton presenting an artist talk.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Charles Fairbanks.

"Art & Politics the spark that sets the prairie on fire" exhibition.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Glenn Ligon presenting an artist talk.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Peter Welz presenting an artist talk.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Pearl C Hsiung presenting an artist talk.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Elizaveta (Leeza) Meksin presenting a screening of the film "BALKA."

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Melissa Vogley Woods presenting an artist talk.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Dona Nelson presenting an artist talk.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Michael Stickrod presenting an artist talk.

2011 - 2012

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Miguel González.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Heather Rowe presenting an artist talk.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Jennifer Cohen.

Denison's Studio Art program welcomes Jim Winters.

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