Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist series begins March 2 with photographer Tibbs
calendar icon18 Feb 2022
Lincoln, Neb.--Six artists will be presenting Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar lectures this spring in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s School of Art, Art History & Design. The series begins with photographer Millee Tibbs on Wednesday, March 2.
The School of Art, Art History & Design’s Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture Series brings notable artists, scholars and designers to Nebraska each semester to enhance the education of students.
Each lecture takes place at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. The lectures are free and open to the public. The lectures will also be accessible remotely via Zoom.
Tibbs’ work derives from her interest in photography’s ubiquity and the tension between its truth-value and inherent manipulation of reality. Tibbs is an associate professor of photography at Wayne State University.
She holds an M.F.A. in photography from the Rhode Island School of Design. She is the recipient of two MacDowell fellowships, as well as multiple national and international artist residency awards. Her work has been published by the Humble Arts Foundation (New York City) and the Aperture Foundation and is held in the permanent collections of the George Eastman Museum, Detroit Institute of Arts, the Chrysler Museum, the Portland Art Museum and the RISD Museum (Rhode Island School of Design).
Tibbs’ lecture will be available on Zoom at https://unl.zoom.us/j/97076352413.
The remaining lectures in the series are:
• March 9: Rachel Adams, sculpture. Adams is the chief curator and director of programs at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha. Zoom link: https://unl.zoom.us/j/93721090605.
• March 10: Gregory Schmidt, graphic design. Schmidt is a graphic designer practicing in Richmond, Virginia. He also works as an exhibition graphic designer at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Zoom link: https://unl.zoom.us/j/98197781628.
• March 23: Kathryn Gleason, art history. Gleason is professor of landscape architecture and a member of the Cornell Institute for Archaeology and Material Studies (CIAMS) at Cornell University. Zoom link: https://unl.zoom.us/j/92305010114.
• April 6: Chip Thomas, interdisciplinary. Thomas, a.k.a. jetsonorama, is a photographer, public artist and physician, who has been working in a small clinic on the Navajo Nation since 1987. Zoom link: https://unl.zoom.us/j/93570308270.
• April 13: David Lubin, art history. Film and art historian Lubin will present a lecture titled “Edward Hopper and Classic American Cinema.” He is the Charlotte C. Weber Professor of Art at Wake Forest University. Zoom link: https://unl.zoom.us/j/94380775980.
Underwritten by the Hixson-Lied Endowment with additional support from other sources, the series enriches the culture of the state by providing a way for Nebraskans to interact with luminaries in the fields of art, art history and design. Each visiting artist or scholar spends one to three days on campus to meet with classes, participate in critiques and give demonstrations.
Currently, UNL no longer requires face masks inside our campus buildings, but we encourage masking indoors, especially if social distancing cannot be maintained. Details, exclusions and updates can be found on the UNL website at https://covid19.unl.edu.
For more information on the series, contact the School of Art, Art History & Design at (402) 472-5522.