Tuesday, March 25, 3:00pm | Michelle Grabner | 133/141 W 21st St., room 101C

MFA Fine Arts presents a talk by midwest-based artist, writer, and curator Michelle Grabner, part of the Talks lecture series. She is the Crown Family Professor of Art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she has taught since 1996. Grabner is a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow, a 2018 National Academician in the National Academy of Design, a 2024 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters Fellow, and a 2025 Nohl Fellow.

Tuesday, March 25, 7:00 – 8:30pm | i3 Photo Lecture: Diane Allford | 136 W 21st St., room 418F MPS Digital Photography presents a talk with fashion photographer Diane Allford, part of the i3: Images, Ideas, Inspiration lecture series. Allford, who shoots editorial and commercial imagery for marketing, eCommerce, and advertising, is a founding member of The Luupe and is represented by Cake-factory Studios in New York City.

Wednesday, March 26, 9:00 – 10:00am | The Curatorial Roundtable: Kjersti Solbakken (Bergen, Norway) | Online

MA Curatorial Practice presents a talk with Kjersti Solbakken, a curator, writer, and institutional leader based in Bergen, Norway. Solbakken recently assumed the role of director at Bergen Kunsthall, a center for contemporary art presenting a vibrant program of exhibitions, events, and learning activities, established in 1839. She is the curator of Lofoten International Art Festival (LIAF) 2024, the longest-running art biennial in Scandinavia, presenting works by local and international artists in a location-conscious context.

Saturday, March 29 – Sunday, March 30, 10:00am – 6:00pm | Community AIDS Memorial Quilt-making Workshops | SVA Flatiron Gallery

In conjunction with “TO LOVE–TO DIE; TO FIGHT. TO LIVE. Art and Activism in the Time of AIDS,” an exhibition honoring all forms of art-based activism amid the AIDS crisis, 40 years after the idea for the iconic AIDS Quilt was conceived, SVA presents a weekend of quilt-making workshops honoring artists, designers, and other members of the creative community lost to the AIDS epidemic. The New York City AIDS Memorial organizes these workshops alongside artist Daniele Frazier with support provided by the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development and the National AIDS Memorial, San Francisco, with materials courtesy of Materials for the Arts, Todd Oldham Studio, the David Wojnarowicz Foundation, and Maharam.

Monday, March 31, 6:30 – 8:00pm | David France—Surviving A Plague: Art and Activism in the Time of AIDS | 136 W 21st St., room 101C

BFA Visual and Critical Studies and the Honors Program present a talk with Award-winning journalist, author and filmmaker David France in conjunction with the exhibition “Staying Alive: Art and Activism in the Time of AIDS” on view at the SVA Flatiron Gallery and Project Space. France will speak on the achievements of AIDS activists in art and politics amid terrible necessities, as well as his Oscar-nominated and critically acclaimed documentary and subsequent book, How to Survive a Plague, about the early years of the AIDS epidemic.

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This month marks the beginning of thesis exhibitions at SVA, a wealth of talent on display, plus much more.