Guest Faculty Lecture: Kenturah Davis & Stuar Gair

Jun 30, 2024 7PM-8PM

Schermer Meeting Hall

Sunday and Tuesday evenings, June through September, the Ranch features a 60-minute presentation by distinguished faculty members and Visiting Artists. These insightful talks dive into inspiration, the creative process and more.

Guest Faculty Lectures are free on-campus events and open to the public. All workshop participants will be pre-registered for this event.

Can’t make it in person? Register and receive a link to livestream this lecture.

Panel

Kenturah Davis

Kenturah Davis is an artist working between Los Angeles and Accra (Ghana). Using text as a point of departure, she explores the fundamental role that language has in shaping how we understand ourselves and the world around us. Her work has been included in institutional exhibitions in Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe. Kenturah was commissioned by LA Metro to create large-scale, site-specific works permanently installed on the new Crenshaw/LAX rail line. She was an inaugural artist fellow at NXTHVN in New Haven, CT.

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Stuart Gair

Stuart Gair received a history degree from Ohio University and completed an MFA from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Stuart has spent time making work and teaching at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT, Harvard University, and Colorado Mountain College in Aspen. Currently he lives in Athens, OH where he is a professor at Ohio University and makes work at his home studio.

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