public speaking
Delivering engaging presentations to inform, persuade and inspire global audiences and drive cultural and social impact. Notable examples include a global keynote for the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Viewpoints lecture series at the University of Texas, Austin, multiple addresses at Brown University, Rhode Island School of Design, New York University and Istanbul Contemporary Art Fair. I also developed a sought after public speaking program for Brown University’s summer sessions including a Creative Entrepreneurship program in collaboration with Berklee College of Music.
Lectures given by invitation (selected)
2020 Chinese University of Hong Kong, Cultral Management Programme | Hong Kong
Invited Speaker: “Do this instead: Curating as practice” | 24 May
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Arts Public Lecture | Hong Kong
Keynote: “On Fatigue and Recovery” | 16 May
2019 Chinese University of Hong Kong, Community Arts Forum | Hong Kong
Keynote: “Strangelove Or, How I learned to stop worrying and love art | 2 Nov
2018 University of Texas, Austin | Austin, Texas
Viewpoints Guest Lecture Series | Feb – Apr 2018
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Community Arts Forum | Hong Kong SAR, China
Keynote: “Community Arts” | 18 Mar
2017 Brown University, Public Humanities | Providence, Rhode Island
“What do curators know?” | 7 Dec
Ormston House Gallery | Limerick, Ireland
“Sustainability Models for Urban Artist Housing” | 4 Sept
2016 University of the Arts, Helsinki, Exhibition Laboratory | Helsinki, Finland
Keynote: “The Art of the Past: Before and after Archaeology” | 14 Dec
Rhode Island School of Design, Glass Department | Providence, Rhode Island
“Political Ecology and Socially Engaged Practice” | 24 Feb
Williams College, Museum of Art | Williamstown, Massachusetts
“Contemporary Curating” with Denise Markonish | 10 Feb
2015 Firestation Artists’ Studios | Dublin, Ireland
“Political Ecology and Socially Engaged Practice” | 11 Nov
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Cultural Management | Hong Kong SAR, China
“New Thoughts on Community Arts” | 30 Apr
2014 Contemporary Istanbul | Istanbul, Turkey
“Curating Tomorrow,” Panel Discussant | 13 Nov
Brown University, Department of Visual Arts | Providence, Rhode Island
“Approaches to studio visits” | 6 Oct
Artpace | San Antonio, Texas
“Political ecology & socially engaged art” | 21 July
Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto | Biella, Italy
“The Educational Turn in Contemporary Art” | 12 July
New York University, Radical Archives Conference | New York, New York
“An Innocent City: Archiving Everyday Istanbul” | 12 Apr
2013 Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts | Guangzhou, China
“Designing Heritages: Creativity & Preservation” | 18 Dec
Koç University, Inter-Asian Connections IV | Istanbul, Turkey
“Contemporary Art and the Inter-Asian Imaginary,” Panelist | 2 – 5 Oct
2012 Brown University, Public Humanities | Providence, Rhode Island
“The Future of Museums and the Public Humanities” | 24 Oct