What is visual studies: an open forum

Co-organized and co-chaired conference panel.

Hailed as the largest and most comprehensive art forum internationally, the conference presents over 200 talks, discussions, and meetings exploring a vast collection of topics in art scholarship and practice. Attracting over 5,000 attendees from a wide expanse of art careers, the conference features book and trade fairs, receptions and reunions, annual awards for distinction, and an annual MFA exhibition, in which student work from MFA programs across the region will be featured.

Speakers for the What is Visual Studies Open Forum included the following:
Giuliana Bruno / Visual and Environmental Studies Harvard, Florian Dombois / Hochschule der Künste Bern, Richard Grusin / Center for 21st Century Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Heike Kühn / Frankfurter Rundschau, Tim Mattson / Visual Applications Research Lab, Intel W.J.T. Mitchell, University of Chicago, Laurence A. Rickels, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe Craig Smith, University of Florida, Thomas Zummer/Whitney Museum of American Art, International link: College Art Association, New York, Anne Marie Oliver, Pacific Northwest College and Ford Institute for Visual Education, Wiebke Leister/LCC