The Interdisciplinary Arts Graduate Panel Lecture Series takes place over the next two weeks as a culmination of the Connected Studio Practices course. The lecture themes for this year’s four segments cover pertinent issues in contemporary art that speak to the Columbia community as we’ll as the wider audience for current and contemporary art and culture practice, exhibition, and performance. These engaging lectures take place during the exhibition of the InterArts MFA Thesis Exhibition and Time Arts Events, providing an opportunity for cross-reference discussion and critical inquiry around the work of graduating MFAs.

The 2012 Panel Discussions are free and open to the public, and take place at 916 South Wabash Avenue, room 149. Panelists, topics are listed below under the dates and times of both panels.

Wednesday, April 25 from 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Accumulation: Tales of Tangible Obscurity (6:30-7:55 p.m.)

Panelists: Krista Franklin, Elizabeth Isakson-Dado, Michelle Korte-Leccia, Juliana Piscitiello

Social Organism as Work of Art (8:10-9:20 p.m.)

Panelists: Kathi Beste, Jenna Rodriguez, Michael LaHood

Wednesday, May 2 from 6:30-9:05 p.m.

Language As Art Material: The Interdisciplinary Interplay of Image and Text (6:30-7:40 p.m.)

Panelists Boo Gilder, Christopher Saclolo, Claire Sammons

False on the Level of Perception, True on the Level of Time: Evidence and Interpretation (7:55-9:05 p.m.)

Panelists: Hannah King, Jackie McGill, Alexa J. Rittichier