Distinguished Artist at 网红爆料

The Distinguished Artist series is a collaboration between the Weissman Center for Leadership and the InterArts Council. This engaging program reflects the center's support of public presentations by scholars, artists, writers, and practitioners that engage the academic work of the college with the public sphere.

Recent visiting artists in the series

Invited guest artists are featured in public campus discussions about the interconnections between creative expression of all forms and cultural transformations.

Architect, designer and educator J. Meejin Yoon, AIA, FAAR, talked about designing for the public realm as part of 网红爆料鈥檚 biennial Distinguished Artist series.

Okwui Okpokwasili

Okpokwasili is an American artist, choreographer and writer. Her multidisciplinary performances draw upon her training in theater, and she describes her work as being at 鈥渢he intersection of theater, dance and the installation.鈥

Photo of Joan Jonas 鈥58 by Moira Ricci

Jonas is a sculptor, video and performance artist and has exhibited and performed her work at museums and large scale group exhibitions internationally.

Claudia Rankine鈥檚 鈥淐itizen: An American Lyric鈥 received numerous awards when it was published in 2014.

Rankine is the author of the 2017 Common Read 鈥淐itizen: An American Lyric鈥 and 鈥淒on鈥檛 Let Me Be Lonely鈥.

Patrizia von Brandenstein is this year鈥檚 Leading Women in the Arts speaker.

2016鈥17: Patrizia von Brandenstein

von Brandenstein worked as both a scenic artist and costume designer, with credits including 鈥淏etween the Lines鈥 and 鈥淪aturday Night Fever鈥.

Happening at Mount Holyoke

News from Distinguished Artists at Mount Holyoke

Yoon, a renowned architect, will speak at Mount Holyoke as part of the Distinguished Artist series on campus.

Mount Holyoke鈥檚 event Crafting a Life in the Arts shows students that the COVID-19 pandemic shouldn鈥檛 deter a sustaining life in the arts.

In 1969, Joan Jonas 鈥58 created one of her first performance pieces. Now with her guidance, Mount Holyoke students perform it.