ARTSpeak 2016-2017, a joint program of the Fine Arts and Art History Departments at FIT, presents a panel discussion on Wednesday, April 19th, 2017, 6:30 – 8pm, on the theme of The Presence of Art History in the Artist’s Mind. The theme explores the impact of art history on the contemporary artist’s studio practice. This series is open to the FIT community and the public.
Derek Fordjour was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to parents of Ghanaian heritage, and he received his MFA from Hunter College. He has exhibited his work in the US and Europe, and is currently Artist-in-Residence at Sugar Hill Museum, New York. Sharon Horvath received her BFA from Cooper Union and her MFA from Tyler School of Art. Her awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Rome Prize. She is Professor of Art at Purchase College, SUNY. Kyle Staver received her BFA from Minneapolis College of Art and Design and her MFA from Yale University. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Prize, Staver recently exhibited her work at Kent Fine Art, New York. Jennifer Samet teaches art history at the New York Studio School and the New School. She writes the column “Beer with a Painter” in Hyperallergic, and is co-director of Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York.
The ARTSpeak program has been made possible in part through funding by the FIT Student-Faculty Corporation, the School of Art and Design, and the School of Liberal Arts.
