Visiting Artist

The School of Critical Studies invites a diverse group of visiting writers, theorists and artists to come to CalArts each year. These guests share their experience and vision with students in lectures, class discussions, workshops and one-on-one meetings. In recent years, visitors have included:

Ammiel Alcalay, writer and poet
David Antin, performance artist
Robert Ashley, composer
Alain Badiou, philosopher
John Baldessari, artist
Stephen Barber, cultural theorist
Aimee Bender, writer
David Bunn, artist
Catherine Cazalé, philosopher, writer and critic
Michael Chabon, writer
Joseph Chaikin, theater director and writer
Iain Chambers, cultural theorist
Bernard Cooper, essayist and art critic
Victor Hernandez Cruz, poet
Mike Davis, historian and social critic
Vaginal Davis, performance artist
Bruce Ferguson, curator
Chris Fishbauch, editor
Carolyn Forché, poet
Maria Irene Fornes, playwright
Peter Frank, art critic
Coco Fusco, performance artist, writer and curator
Cristina Garcia, writer
Amy Gerstler, poet and art critic
Barbara Goldoftas, scientific journalist
Ingrid Gouws, novelist and playwright
Jorie Graham, poet
Nina Hagen, musician
Lynn Hejinian, poet
Jen Hofer, poet and translator
Gary Indiana, writer
Michael Joyce, hypertext writer
Heidi Julavits, writer
Marsha Kinder, film theorist
Deena Larsen and geniwate, hypertext writers
Li-Young Lee, poet
Tan Lin, poet and theorist
Felicia Luna Lemus, writer
Stewart Lindh, poet, screenwriter and critic
Steve McCaffery, poet, essayist and critic
Ben Marcus, writer
Czeslaw Milosz, writer
Trinh T. Minh-ha, filmmaker, writer and composer
Geoff Nicholson, writer
Celeste Olalquiaga, cultural critic and author
Peggy Phelan, performance theorist
Yvonne Rainer, filmmaker
Charles Ray, artist
John Rechy, writer
David Rees, writer, comic book artist and satirist
John Sack, literary journalist
Carolee Schneemann, artist
Leonard Schwartz, poet and translator
Carolyn See, writer
Mona Simpson, artist
Reneta Slaclel, cultural theorist
Gary Snyder, poet
Mary Ellen Solt, poet
Frances Stark, writer and artist
Lorin Stein, editor
Janet Sternburg, writer and photographer
Mark Strand, poet
Stephanie Strickland, hypertext poet
Michael Taussig, anthropologist
Hector Tobar, journalist and novelist
Jalal Toufic, film theorist and video artist
Quincy Troupe, poet and biographer
Sandra Tsing Loh, humorist
Luisa Valenzuela, writer and critic
Michael Ventura, writer and journalist
Hayden White, cultural theorist
Karen Wolman, novelist, editor and queer activist
Terry Wolverton, poet and performance artist
Susan Yankowitz, playwright and theater director
Slavoj Zizek, cultural theorist