Summer is in full swing and we've got a great way to help you cool off and take a break from the day with the Lunchtime Lecture Series, presented and curated by SVA's MFA Art Practice program. Held on Tuesdays from 12:30 – 2:00pm in June and July, this year's iteration of the series will feature a diverse group of interdisciplinary artists, speaking on topics that range from racial and gender identity to global politics and pop culture. Visiting artists are recognized for their work in performance art, painting and sculpture, visual technology, and more.

All Lunchtime Lectures will take place at MFA Art Practice, located on the fifth floor of SVA's 335 West 16th Street location, and are free and open to the public. Details of each speaker are below.

Tuesday, June 25: Gary Simmons
Gary Simmons (BFA 1988 Fine Arts) is a Los Angeles-based artist whose work draws from American pop culture to racial identity and cultural politics. (Read our Visual Arts Journal feature on Simmons here.)
Tuesday, July 2: Eleanor Kipping
Eleanor Kipping is a socially engaged artist and educator. Her interdisciplinary creative practice is concerned with the black female experience as Other in the United States, regarding hair politics, color-ism and racial passing and how these topics may be explored at the intersections of installation, performance and social practice.
Tuesday, July 9: Kalup Linzy
Kalup Linzy is a Brooklyn-based video and performance artist who creates low-tech, satirical narratives inspired by television soap operas, telenovelas and Hollywood melodramas that explore racial, gender and sexual identity.

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