Kennedy Family Artist and Scholar
The program was established in 2009 due to a generous gift by the Kennedy family for an Endowed Artist and Scholar Residency in the USF School of Art and & Art History.
Each year, with input from students and faculty, a recognized professional is invited for up to one semester to develop groundbreaking interdisciplinary projects and to teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. During their visit, these eminent arts professionals develop creative solutions to challenging issues of contemporary society and act as catalysts for formal outreach within the institution and beyond, in the diverse cultures of the Tampa Bay communities.
In addition to the Kennedy Family Artist and Scholars in Residence, the school brings notable and emerging artists, scholars and arts professionals to campus for brief visits, often including community outreach endeavors. Visit the Kennedy Visiting Artists and Scholars page to see guests we have invited in past semesters.
All Online Virtual Lectures require USF ID to view.
Fall 2024
Colin Edgington
Ishmael Randall-Weeks
Matthew Leifheit
November 13
Spring 2024
Kristen Lucas
Paul Mpagi Sepuya
Corban Walker
Clinton King
The 2024 Kennedy Family Artist In-Residence
April 17th - FAH 101
Fall 2023
Amy Sillman
Carl D’Alvia
Guadalupe Maravilla
Jarrett Earnest
Spring 2023
Matt Bollinger
Allison Gildersleeve
George Ferrandi
The 2023 Kennedy Family Artist In-Residence
Todd McGowan
Whitney Hubbs
Carmen Winant
Legacy Russell
April 20 at 7:00 pm
Fall 2022
Jarret Earnest
Spring 2022
April Childers and and Siebren Versteeg
Rachel Beach
Fall 2021
Anastasiya Tarasenko
Abigail DeVille
Spring 2021
Jackie Gendel
Josephine Halvorson
Kyunghee Pyun
James Hyde
The USF 2020-2021 Kennedy Family Artist In-Residence
Sheida Soleimani
Fall 2020
James Elkins
Ted Lawson
Andrea Stanislav
Spring 2020
Coco Fusco
Jan 30 at 7:00 pm
Coco Fusco is a Cuban-American interdisciplinary artist whose work explores gender, identity, race and power through performance, video, interactive installations and critical writing.
Sama Alshaibi
Feb 6 at 7:00 pm
David Humphrey
Mar 5 at 7:00 pm
David Humphrey will give a lecture about his 20+ years painting-based practice.
Fall 2019
Hope Ginsburg
Sep 5 at 7:00 pm
Arts Lecture Hall (FAH 101)
The 2019-2020 Kennedy Family Artist In Residence, Hope Ginsburg, will give a lecture on Cultivating Resilience. Her work addresses critical social and environmental issues. The USF Contemporary Art Museum received a $35,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant to support her exhibition "Sponge Exchange," coming to USF in 2020.
Hope Ginsberg is an artist and Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. Ginsburg received her BFA from Tyler School of Art and MS in Visual Studies from MIT. Her interdisciplinary projects are invested in the socially transformative potential of knowledge exchange and build community around learning. Ginsburg’s work is driven by a curiosity about the natural world, its materials and the species with which we share the planet. Her on-going projects are collaborative, cooperative, and participatory, often organized around live experiences for those directly involved, resulting in visual representations, objects, photography and videos. Ginsburg has exhibited at museums nationally and internationally, at venues including MoMA PS1, MASS MoCA, Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU, Wexner Center for the Arts, Kunst-Werke Berlin, Contemporary Art Center Vilnius, Baltimore Museum of Art, SculptureCenter, and the Mercosul Biennial in Brazil. She is the recipient of an Art Matters Foundation Grant and a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship and has attended residencies such as the Robert Rauschenberg Residency, Skowhegan, the Wexner Film/Video Studio, and The Harbor at Beta Local. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Hyperallergic, and Artforum.
Tim Roda
Oct 24 at 7:00 pm
Arts Lecture Hall (FAH 101)
Tim Roda is a celebrated artist working in photography, ceramics and sculpture. He is a Fulbright alumnus who continues to expand his poignant artworks methods of production.
Lucy Kim
Nov 7 at 7:00 pm
Arts Lecture Hall (FAH 101)
Lucy Kim is a formally-trained painter with an MFA from Yale University. She also has a passion for photography and is a self-trained sculptor.
Kathe Burkhart
Nov 21 at 7:00 pm
Arts Lecture Hall (FAH 101)
Since the 1980's, Kathe Burkhart has consistently and frankly engaged gender roles, sexuality, celebrity and language in an interdisciplinary practice spanning painting, photography, performance, installation, literature and sculpture.
Spring 2019
Jan 17 at 7:00 pm
Arts Lecture Hall (FAH 101)
Jan 31 at 7:00 pm
Arts Lecture Hall (FAH 101)
Feb 7 at 7:00 pm
Arts Lecture Hall (FAH 101)
Dr. Chiara Ponchia
Feb 21 at 7:00 pm
Arts Lecture Hall (FAH 101)
Hope Ginsburg
Mar 7 at 7:00 pm
Arts Lecture Hall (FAH 101)
Fall 2018
Aug 30 at 7 pm
Arts Lecture Hall (FAH 101)
Sep 26 at 4 pm
Art History Lecture Hall (FAH 290)
Oct 18 at 7 pm
Arts Lecture Hall (FAH 101)
Nov 1 at 7 pm
Arts Lecture Hall (FAH 101)
Nov 15 at 7 pm
Arts Lecture Hall (FAH 101)
Past Kennedy Artists and Scholars in Residence
See a list of past artists and scholars who have visited as part of the residency program.
Past Kennedy Visiting Artists and Scholars
See a list of past artists and scholars who were invited to present talks in the visiting program.
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