Otis College Lectures and Videos

In celebration of its Centennial, Otis College of Art and Design began hosting a series of conversations with world-renowned artists and thinkers, funded through a generous gift from Mandy and Cliff Einstein. The series will provide Otis College students an opportunity to learn and engage directly with major figures in the art world today. 

• Feburary 20, 205: Dawoud Bey
• March 7, 2024: Theaster Gates *
• November 15, 2023: Trenton Doyle Hancock
• March 1, 2023: Njideka Akunyili Crosby
• March 2, 2022: Anicka Yi
• October 28, 2021: Doug Aitken
• April 8, 2021: Denise Ferreira da Silva: Poethical Reading
• April 7, 2021: Denise Ferreira da Silva: After It’s All Said
• March 3, 2020: Critic-in-Residence Fred Moten *
• October 29, 2019: Jeffrey Vallance (MFA 1981) *
• October 14, 2019: Shirin Neshat
• April 28, 2019: Edgar Heap of Birds *
• April 1, 2019: Kara Walker in conversation with Jamillah James *
• March 25, 2019: Zoe Whitley in conversation with Naima J. Keith *
• February 8, 2019: Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset *

The lectures are usually held at 7:00 pm at a Los Angeles venue. Some lectures were not recorded.

* No recording available