Public Lecture Series
The Sam Fox School’s Spring 2024 Public Lecture Series highlights design and art as catalysts for change. Renowned speakers will delve into themes like social equity, resilient cities, and the impact of emerging technologies on contemporary life.
Speakers include artists, architects, designers, and critics of the highest caliber, widely recognized for their research-based practices and multidisciplinary approaches to their fields.
Apr 25 at 5:30pm • Steinberg Auditorium
Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Visiting Artist Lecture: Judith Barry
May 6 at 5:30pm • Kemper Art Museum
Timothy Morton: "This Is Hell, It's Not the End of the World"
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The spring Public Lecture Series will highlight themes relating to social equity, resilient cities and the impact of emerging technologies.
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Fall speakers to include artist Adam Pendleton, designer Kelli Anderson, Whitney curator Adrienne Edwards and architects Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi
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Speakers include sculptor Chakaia Booker, Pritzker Prize-winning architect Francis Kéré, author and illustrator Deb J.J. Lee, stage director Robert Wilson, and fashion technologist Anouk Wipprecht.
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Speakers to include Katharina Grosse, Hilary Sample, Thomas Phifer, Derrick Adams, and Meleko Mokgosi, among others.
Parking and Directions
Free parking is available in the East End Garage beginning at 5:00 p.m. Enter the garage from Forsyth Boulevard or Forest Park Parkway.
Recent Lecture Series Events
Past Lecturers
Ai Weiwei met—and took selfies!—with those in attendance at the opening of his exhibition Ai Weiwei: Bare Life at the Kemper Art Museum in fall 2019. Photo: Virginia Harold/Washington University.
Past Lecturers
Yvonne Farrell, co-founder of Grafton Architects, visited with architecture students in studio while in town for a lecture. The Dublin-based firm received the 2020 Pritzker Prize.