Chautauqua Visual Arts (CVA) hosts a public lecture series of profound thought leaders in the visual arts from all over the world. We are delighted to present luminaries who will share their current projects and discuss relevant topics of the day.
All of our lectures and are free and open to the public, unless otherwise listed.
Additionally, CVA is meant to be a place where people can visit freely, participate, share and experience a wide variety of master and enrichment classes and workshops through our programming in our physical Arts Quad, the large Drawing Room and our Galleries. There is something for anyone who wants to embrace their creativity, even if they’re simply curious to take a peek and observe those who are professional artists living a creative life. Come join us.
To watch recordings of our past Chautauqua Visual Arts Lecture Series and other events, visit and subscribe to our YouTube playlist.
Anina Major (she/her) is a visual artist from the Bahamas. Her decision to establish a home contrary to the location in which she was born and raised motivates her to investigate the relationship between self and place as a site of negotiation. By utilizing the vernacular of craft to reclaim experiences and relocate displaced objects, […]
School of Art Faculty Lecture: Kevin Umana - Materiality and Abstraction - Sharpe Walentas Recipient, NY
School of Art Faculty Lecture: Alex Callender - Disentangling the Interwoven Relations of Race, Gender, and Capitalism - Professor Smith College, MA
School of Art Faculty Lecture: Sachiko Akiyama - Carving the Figure - Professor at University of New Hampshire, NH
School of Art Faculty Lecture: Susan Lichtman - Painting the Figure and Light - Professor at Brandeis University, MA
School of Art Faculty Lecture: Stephanie Pierce - Observing Time in Painting - Professor at Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC
School of Art Faculty Lecture: Elizabeth Mooney - Exploring the Concept of Place - Professor at Massachusetts College of Art & Design, MA
School of Art Faculty Lecture: Cosmo Whyte - Disruptions of Identity by Migration - Professor at UCLA, CA
Jessica Pinsky - Textile artist and Executive Director of Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH
