School of Art Visiting Speaker Series
Please join the Sculpture program at the School of Art for a public conversation between Shahzia Sikander and Dr. Paul M. Farber. Born in Lahore, Pakistan, Sikander earned a B.F.A. in 1991 from the National College of Arts (NCA) in Lahore. The artist moved to the United States to pursue an M.F.A. at the Rhode Island School of Design from 1993 to 1995; from 1995 to 1997, she participated in the CORE Program of the Glassell School of Art at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Sikander’s multimedia work Havah… to breathe, air, life is currently installed on the University of Houston campus. Paul M. Farber is a curator, historian, and educator. He is Director of Monument Lab. He also serves as Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Public Art & Space at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design.
