University of Southern California

Master of Public Art Studies Critical Conversations

“Critical Conversations” features talks by visiting artists, curators, theorists, art historians, writers, organizers, activists, architects and other types of cultural producers, who engage in critical, open, rigorous conversations with the graduate students, and other attending members of the public. Notions/realities of public space, and the cultural politics of the public sphere, are explored from various disciplinary and ideological perspectives, so that the classroom becomes a potential locus of authentic public domain experience: a place wherein multiple discursive positions are brought into contact, even into moments of productive friction, and new knowledge is generated.

MPAS Critical Conversations: John Welchman

MPAS Critical Conversations: John Welchman

February 9, 2010
6:00 PM - 8:50 PM
Lecture Forum
Graduate Fine Arts Building
3001 S. Flower Street
Los Angeles, CA 90007

MPAS Critical Conversations: Boris Groys

MPAS Critical Conversations: Boris Groys

February 16, 2010
6:00 PM - 8:50 PM
Lecture Forum
Graduate Fine Arts Building
3001 S. Flower Street
Los Angeles, CA 90007

MFA Lecture Series, Handtmann Photography Lecture Series, & the MPAS Program present: Harrell Fletcher

MFA Lecture Series, Handtmann Photography Lecture Series, & the MPAS Program present: Harrell Fletcher

March 3, 2010
12:00 PM - 2:00 AM
Lecture Forum
Graduate Fine Arts Building
3001 S. Flower Street
Los Angeles, CA 90007