Paul Pfieffer, “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (9)” (2004), fujiflex digital c-print
The encounter between the artist as teacher and the artist as student yields a good kind of friction. Sometimes they relate as mentor and mentee, but often students and teachers find themselves working though new ideas and emerging territories as peers: they take turns praising and questioning one another, lighting fires of inspiration and challenging themselves to take risks. In MFA Fine Arts at SVA, students have the unique opportunity to engage critically with the work that their faculty make, and to have a conversation about it, at weekly artist talks hosted by the department.
All of the speakers in this year’s lecture series currently teach in MFA Fine Arts at SVA. Lectures are free and open to the public, start at 6pm, and take place at 133 West 21st Street, Room 101-C, Chelsea, Manhattan. Videos of past lectures are available online at mfafinearts.sva.edu/talks.
Upcoming speakers include:
- Gianni Jetzer – November 18, 2014
- David Row – November 25, 2014
- Kate Gilmore – December 2, 2014
- Media Farzin – December 9, 2014
- Amy Smith-Stewart – January 13, 2015
- Johan Grimonprez – January 20, 2015
- Judith Page – January 27, 2015
- James Clark – February 17, 2015
- Eva and Franco Mattes – February 24, 2015
- Paul Pfeiffer – March 17, 2015
- Rico Gatson – March 24, 2015
- Laurel Nakadate – March 31, 2015
For more information about MFA Fine Arts at SVA, visit mfafinearts.sva.edu. 
