Julia Bryan-Wilson is Professor of Art History and LGBTQ+ Studies at Columbia University.  She is also Curator-at-Large at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo, where she most recently co-curated the exhibition Queer Histories.  She is the author of Art Workers: Radical Practice in the Vietnam War Era (2009); Fray: Art and Textile Politics (2016); and Louise Nevelson's Sculpture: Drag, Color, Join, Face (2023).  She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a Guggenheim, the Frank Jewett Mather Award, the Robert Motherwell Book Prize, and the ASAP Book Award. 

ABOUT THE WELCH VISITING ARTISTS & SCHOLAR LECTURE SERIES

This year-round calendar of art lectures provides students with intellectual access to a diverse group of acclaimed artists, art historians, art educators, curators, and scholars. Our guests conduct on-campus talks about their art, research, and careers, adding to the pedagogical discourse of contemporary art in the classroom and studio. All VAS events are free and open to the public, an important educational program for the regional art scene.

All 2025-2026 VAS lectures will take place within walking distance of our Arts & Humanities main building (10 Peachtree Center Ave SE), at Kopleff Recital Hall (15 Gilmer St SE) and Student Center East (55 Gilmer St).

Please provide ample travel time, as there are street closures and construction by the venue. There is City of Atlanta Park Mobile street parking available on Edgewood, Auburn, Courtland, and other adjacent streets. 

Georgia State parking decks are also open to visitors for a $10 fee. T Deck (43 Auburn Ave NE) is the closest GSU deck to Kopleff and M Deck is the closest GSU deck to the Student Center East, but more visitor parking information can be found at parking.gsu.edu.

For those who prefer mass transit, our campus is directly between two MARTA stops, Five Points and Peachtree Center.