Core Program Events


The prestigious Core Residency Program at the Glassell School of Art offers postgraduate residencies for art critics and visual artists. Events and exhibitions take place throughout the year. Learn More

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Lectures & Discussions | 2024–2025

Core Program lectures are open to the public. Admission is free. Lectures take place in Favrot Auditorium at the Glassell School of Art with seating on a first-come, first-served basis.

Wednesday, November 20 | 6 p.m.
Speaker: Jody Graf

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Wednesday, October 23 | 6 p.m.
Speaker: Leigh Arnold

Wednesday, September 18 | 6 p.m.
Speaker: Bobbi Salvör Menuez


The Core Program at the Glassell School of Art receives generous funding from The Joseph & Sylvia Slifka Foundation; The Powell Foundation; and The Glassell Family Foundation.

Core fellowships have been underwritten by Anchorage Foundation of Texas; Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Inc.; Mr. Brad Blume; Mr. Ronald A. Logan; McClain Gallery; Karen S. Pulaski; and The Arch and Stella Rowan Foundation, Inc. 

Endowments for the Core Program have been provided by Leslie and Brad Bucher; gifts in memory of Laura Lee Blanton; the estate of Margaret Gillingham; Rusty Burnett; the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Eliza Lovett Randall; Herbert C. Wells; and Warren A. Hadler.