Collaboration and Public Interactions | Intervention Lecture Series

Olivia Robinson to speak Thurs., Oct. 6

Olivia Robinson is a Professor of Studio Art in the Fiber Department at the Maryland Institute College of Art and a multimedia fiber artist whose work spans performance, installation, research, and community engagement. Robinson’s diverse body of work, which ranges in scale from hand-built textile circuits to architectural-scale inflatable structures, investigates issues of justice, identity, community, and transformation.

Robinson’s lecture on her research and studio practice will bring a perspective on historic, architectural, and economic interventions. Under the theme of interaction, Robinson’s lecture will specifically highlight themes of reactivation, reanimation, and revaluation in her research.  As an artist, Robinson consistently reactivates, reanimates, and revaluates public space, economies, and identities.

Her lecture will be 5:30 p.m. Oct. 6 in 107 Art and Design Building, 408 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign. Champaign.

Robinson's lecture is part of the School of Art + Design's Intervention Lecture series, which has been funded through the Frances P. Rohlen Visiting Artist Fund, the College of Fine and Applied Arts, the Krannert Art Museum, and the School of Art + Design Visitors Fund.