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.

Past visiting artists have included Amanda Ross-Ho, Paul Sepuya, Wafaa Bilal, Sonya Clark, Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa, Mark Dion, Charlotte Cotton, Ghada Amer, Leigh Ledare, Elle Perez, A.K. Burns, Barbara Takenaga, Eileen Quinlan, CASSILS, Jose Villalobos, Nicole Eisenman, Chris Wiley, Dianna Cohen, Steffani Jemison, Ryan McLaughlin, Nnenna Okore, The Propeller Group, Jaap Blonk, Math Bass, Jess T. Dugan, Art Werger, Bibiana Obler, and Steve Locke, among others.

This year's series has been sponsored in part by Hyatt Regency Atlanta, BURNAWAY, and the Ernest G. Welch Foundation.