August 28–December 9
Roski School of Fine Arts
University of Southern California
The USC Roski School of Fine Arts is pleased to announce its Fall 2013 Graduate Lecture Series, featuring weekly, in-depth presentations by internationally recognized artists, curators, and writers in an intimate setting that fosters critical conversation. Free and open to the public. Locations noted below.
August 28: Tala Madani, artist
12–2pm Graduate Fine Arts Building (IFT)
September 11: The Propeller Group, art collective
12–2pm Graduate Fine Arts Building (IFT)
September 25: Oscar Tuazon, artist
12–2pm Graduate Fine Arts Building (IFT)
October 2: Lara Schnitger, artist
12–2pm Graduate Fine Arts Building (IFT)
October 9: Barbara T. Smith, artist
7–9pm Wong Auditorium (HAR)
October 16: K8 Hardy, artist
7–9pm Wong Auditorium (HAR)
October 23: Michael Ned Holte, critic, writer
7–9pm Wong Auditorium (HAR)
October 30: Alexandra Grant, artist
12–2pm USC Fisher Museum (HAR)
November 6: Susan Silton, artist
12–2pm USC Fisher Museum (HAR)
November 13: Elad Lassry, artist
12–2pm Graduate Fine Arts Building (IFT)
November 20: Hito Steyerl, artist, theorist, writer
12–2pm Graduate Fine Arts Building (IFT)
December 4: Wu Tsang, artist
12–2pm Graduate Fine Arts Building (IFT)
December 9: Merlin Carpenter, artist
12–2pm Graduate Fine Arts Building (IFT)
Locations and map: web-app.usc.edu
Graduate Fine Arts Building (IFT)
3001 S. Flower Street
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Wong Conference Center (HAR)
Harris Hall
850 West 37th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90089
USC Fisher Museum (HAR)
Harris Hall
850 West 37th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90089
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The MFA Program
The MFA Program at the USC Roski School of Fine Arts is a two-year, full-time, studio-based program located in the center of Los Angeles. The program accepts eight students each fall, providing a highly rigorous and individualized experience. Its interdisciplinary nature encourages wide-ranging experimental and intellectual exploration. Students work closely with an internationally recognized faculty including Jud Fine, Sharon Lockhart, Tala Madani, Paul Sietsema, Frances Stark, A.L. Steiner, and Charlie White. Beyond the core faculty, MFA students work with an expanded community of professional artists, critics, and curators, including other members of the USC Roski faculty, who participate in the weekly lecture series, teach critical-studies courses, conduct studio visits, and serve on thesis committees. roski.usc.edu/mfa
TheMA Program, Art and Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere
The MA program is an intensive Master’s-level course in the practice and history of art, curating and critical theory. Over two years of study, students explore cultural production, writing, and programming in a curriculum that combines seminar and practicum formats, intimate guest lectures, and cross-disciplinary opportunities within a premiere research university. Seminars are taught by curators, art historians, artists, and critics whose work with leading institutions and publications provides critical insight to students as they pursue research and manifest their second-year exhibitions and individual Master’s Theses. Students work collaboratively to conceptualize, research and organize a culminating project in Los Angeles, an exhibition with a connected publication and programming. MA faculty includes Rhea Anastas, Connie Butler, Bruce Hainley, Karen Moss, Carol Stakenas, A.L. Steiner, John Tain, Lincoln Tobier, and Noura Wedell. roski.usc.edu/ma
