LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
2022
Panelist, “From Bra Burning to BurningYour Eyes: A Brief History of the Nipple as Feminist Provocation in Art and Activism” for the panel “Buy My Bananas: 50 Years of Feminist Provocation in Culture”, curated by Tanya Augsburg for the College Art Association Annual Conference, 2022
2021
Guest Artist, Cal State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, CA November 2021
Guest Artist, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT, May 19, 2021
Guest Artist, California State University at San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA, April 7, 2021
2020
Guest Artist, California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, April 22, 2020
Guest Artist, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, March 9, 2020
Guest Artist, Pepperdine University, Pepperdine, CA, February 19, 2020
Guest Artist, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA, January 23, 2020
Panelist, “The Longest March: Feminisms, Institutions, and Art”, chaired by Hilary Robinson and Elspeth Mitchell for the College Art Association Annual Conference, Chicago, 2020
2019
Invited Consultant, Instagram/Facebook Headquarters, New York, NY, October 21, 2019
Gender Equity Workshop leader, Campbell Hall School, Sherman Oaks, CA, October 11, 2019
Guest Artist Lecture, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, June 6, 2019
Guest Artist Lecture, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, April 2, 2019
Panelist, “Countercultural Positions” moderated by Cathy Akers, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, March 27, 2019
Guest Artist, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, March 2019
Panelist, Women and Leadership in the Arts, Chapman University Cross Cultural Center, March 9, 2019
Panelist, “Publishing Against the Grain” with Xtra Magazine, Pitzer College Art Gallery, Claremont, CA, February 2, 2019
2018
Guest Artist Lecture, Laguna College of Art and Design, Nov 28, 2018
Guest Artist Lecture, Cal State Fullerton, September 25, 2018
Guest Artist, public lecture, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, Los Angeles, Sept. 18th, 2018
American Women Artist Association, Annual Conference, Haggin Museum, Lodi, CA, Aug. 4, 2018
Guest Artist, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA, May 8, 2018
Guest Artist, UCLA, Art and Activism Honors Course, Los Angeles, CA May 3, 2018
Aesthetic Civil Disobedience, Philosophy Colloquium, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT, March 8, 2018
Session Leader, A.C.M.E Session, FEMINISTS UNITE! Building Community through Art & Activism, Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT, March 7, 2018
Interviewee, Please Disturb, #metoo, School of the Visual Arts at the College Art Association Annual Conference, in dialogue with David Ross, February 23, 2018
2017
Guest Artist, Public Lecture, Hammer Museum, Westwood, CA, November 7, 2017
Guest Lecturer, UCLA, Honors 136, Dr. Terri Anderson, Los Angeles, CA April 18 2017
Art + Activism, Symposium, Featured Speaker, Cal State University Long Beach, April 8, 2017
2016
On Friendship and Feminism, Performance Lessons with Suzanne Lacy, Andrea Bowers, Leslie Labowitz Staurus, Beta Main Museum, November 6th, 2016
Mothership, HerPopUpLA, Palm Desert, CA, Featured speaker, November 5th, 2016
Lecture/interview with Andrea Bowers, Ohio University, Athens, OH, October 25th, 2016
Guest Lecturer, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA March 16, 2016
Panelist, Sustaining Artists Series: Starting Art Spaces, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE, February 25, 2016
Looking Forward, Looking Back, New Mexico Museum of Art, curator, Merry Scully. Panelists: Micol Hebron, Angela Ellsworth, Ligia Bouton. January 9, 2016
2015
Guest Lecturer, USC Roski School of Art, Art and Connectivity, October, 2015
Data as Feminist Protest, public lecture with Annina Rust and Micol Hebron, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, April 9th, 2015
Data Collect-a-thon, Annina Rust and Micol Hebron, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art and Technology LAB, April 12th, 2015
Chats About Change: Creative Dissonance, Moderated by Robby Allen Herbst and Elana Mann, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions and Cal State Los Angeles, January 17th, 2015
Gallery Tally and the problem of gender inequity in the contemporary art world, Public Lecture, December 17, 2015, Area: Lugar de Proyecto, Caguas, Puerto Rico
2014
Chancellor’s Interdisciplinary Breakfast Lecture, Gallery Tally, Chapman University, Orange, CA November 20th, 2014
Panelist and Visiting Artist, GLAMFA (Greater Los Angeles MFA), California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, Aug 31, 2014 (additional panelists include: Caitlin Moore, Rafa Esparza, Max Presneill, Tanya Aguiñiga, Elizabeth James, Holly Jerger) http://greaterlamfa.com/
Conversation with Devin Kenny, in conjunction with KChung Radio and Made in LA (Hammer Museum), at Ooga Booga bookstore, August 9, 2014
Presenter, “Alternative Curatorial Practices”, Otis College of Art and Design, Public Practice MFA Program, April 21, 2014
Panelist, “Feminist Today: Art and Life”, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, March 1, 2014
Visiting Lecturer (with Alexandra Grant), Feminism Today, Los Angeles Community College, Los Angeles, CA May 21, 2014
Visiting Lecturer, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, May 8, 2014
Visiting Artist, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, May 6, 2014
Lecturer, “On Creativity”, lecture with author Tom Zoellner, Chapman University, Orange, CA April 21, 2014
Alternative Curatorial Practices, Otis College of Art and Design, Public Practice MFA Program,
(additional panelists include: Bettina Korek, Lucia Sanroman, Pilar Thompkins Rivas), April 21, 2014
Free Feminist Water, performance for CicLAvia at ForYourArt on Wilshire, Los Angeles, CA April 6, 2014
Workshop and curatorial presentation to the Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art, at ForYourArt on Wilshire, April 12, 2014
Panelist, Feminism Today: Art and Life, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana,
(additional panelists included: Arzu Arda Kosar, Carrie Yury, Joanna Roche), March 1, 2014
2013
Visiting Artist, Cal State San Bernardino Graduate Fine Art Program, San Bernardino, CA, November 19, 2013
Visiting Artist, University of Alabama at Huntsville, AL, October 2013
Artist Lecture, Cal State Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, April 2013
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Lecture/Performance, Fontbron Academy presents Aggressive Zoology: How to Survive and Animal Attack, for “Teach-In”, Cypress College, Cypress, CA April 4, 2013
Panelist, Performativity, the Performative, and Performance in Contemporary Art, CAA Annual Conference, Robert Gero, Chair, February 15, 2013
Big City Forum: Viva Voce, Human Resources, Los Angeles, January 23, 2012
Moderated by Katharina Rosenberger, USCD
2012
Interview, The Conversation, podcast produced by Michael Shaw for Notes on Looking art blog. October 2012
Artist Lecture/Performance, for Ear Meal on LAArtstream, September 26th, 2012
Panelist, Artists and Institutions, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, CA August 2012
Panelist, Making a Living as an Artist, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Sunday Salon, July 2012
Artist Lecture, University of Utah MFA Program, Salt Lake City, UT, January 2012
2011
Role Reversal: artist/curators, Mount Saint Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA, September 2011
Artist Lecture, Snow College, Ephraim, UT, April 2011
Artist Lecture¸ University of Utah MFA program, Salt Lake City, UT, February 2011
2010
Introducing Installation, Public Lecture, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, UT, December 2010
Panelist, Contemporary Art in Salt Lake City, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2010
Be Fearless: Creating Positive Encounters with Contemporary Art, Lunch and Learn lecture for the Osher Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2010
Panelist with the LA Art Girls at the Bellarmine Forum “Women’s Art and Activism”, Loyola Marymount University, October 27th, 2010
Performative Drawing: An evening of alternative and experimental drawing lessons that involve performance, language, and collaborative actions, State-wide Partnership in the Arts, at Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT, September 2010
“Copy and Paste: collage aesthetic and identity politics in the videos of Ryan Trecartin”, Paper presented at the Athens Institute for Education and Research, Conference, Athens, Greece, June, 2010
Artist Lecture, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA, June 2010
Artist Lecture, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA, May 2010
“Now playing in Los Angeles: variations of play from 10 contemporary artists”, Paper presented for the panel Blurring the Boundaries of Art: Popular Culture and Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, at the National Conference of the Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association, St Louis, MI, March, 2010
Artist Lecture, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA March 2010
Artist Lecture, Weber State University, Weber, UT, January 2010
2009
Artist Lecture, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA May 2009
Artist Lecture, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA April 2009
Artist Lecture, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ April 2009
2008
Artist Lecture, Kunstakademie, Dusseldorf, Germany, June 2008
Trade Talk, Allan Kaprow Exhibition Art as Life, Museum of Contemporary Art, LA, CA May 2008
Artist Lecture, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, March, 2008
Artist Lecture, California State University at San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA January 2008
2007
Artist Lecture, Santa Monica Community College, Los Angeles, CA April 2007
Artist Lecture, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, January 2007
2006
Works in Progress: Discourse, Democracy, and Autonomy: Inventing The LA Art Girls, Panelist, The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA, December 2006
Southern California Mediators Conference, Panel: The Aesthetics of Foreignness, performer and panelist, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA 2006
UCLA ArtsDay LA, Presenter, Figure Drawing Demonstration, UCLA, May 2006
Feminart, Visiting Artist, UCLA, January 2006
2004
The Los Angeles Visual Arts Scene: Hot and Hotter, Panelist, Arts Day LA at UCLA Extension UCLA, LA, 2004
Beauty and The Blur: the Aesthetics of Imperfection, Author and Presenter, Society for Photographic Education regional conference, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA 2004
The Story of the I (Doctor), Author and Presenter at Love Stories and Erotic Tales: Rowdy Tops and Bossy Bottoms, New American Writer Series, Armand Hammer Museum, Westwood, CA, 2004
100 artists see god / 100 artists See Satan, Panelist, panel discussion with the artists at Laguna Museum of Art, 2004
2003
The F-Word, Symposium on Contemporary Perceptions of Feminism, San Francisco Art Institute, 2003
‘Critical Mass’, Panel Discussion for The Wight Biennial UCLA, Panelist, The Hammer Museum, LA 2003
2002
One Wall: Discussion with the Artists, Contemporary Video in Southern California,
Orange County Museum, Newport Beach, CA, 2002
MODERATED PANELS and LECTURES:
2021
Title IX Anniversary panel for Equity Gallery and the New York Artists Equity Organization, New York, NY
Moderator, for panelists: Diane Schmertz, Dr. Shelah Leader, and Luciana Solano. Zoom, June 23, 2021
2017
Talking to the Other Side: discussing the role of politics in the classroom, co-moderator with Tom Zoellner, Chapman University, Orange, CA, May 3, 2017
Beall Center for Art and Technology, LASER talk: Expressing Gender, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, March 20th, 2017
2016
"Transfeminist Discussion", moderated by Addison Vincent (Chapman Alum) And Addie Tinnell at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA. March 24, 2016
Cixous Reading Group at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, as part of the Gallery Tally exhibition programming. Los Angeles, CA. March 20th, 2016
Feminist Friday, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA. March 18, 2016
Panel Organizer and Moderator, "Teenage Feminist Boys", Panel discussion and community dialogue, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA. March 15, 2016,
2015
Panel Moderator, Littlest Sister Art Fair, Panel: Creating Spaces for Art Making (panelists Kathryn Mikesell, Susan Caraballo, Kim Yantis, and Rhonda Mitrani) at Spinello Projects, Miami, FL, December 5, 2015, http://www.littlestsister.com/platform/
Navigating the Arts Institution, California Community Foundation, Panelists: Michele Papillion, Chelle Barbour, John Tain, Ed Patuto, Sarah Russin, Barndsall Theater, Hollywood, CA, June 17, 2015
Balancing Act II: Art, Family and other Distractions, Co-chair with Niku Kashef for ArtSpace at the College Art Association Annual Conference, New York City, February 13, 2015
2014
Balancing Act: Managing family, life, and career as an artist Co-chaired with Niku Kashef for ArtSpace at the College Art Association Annual Conference, Chicago, Il, February 11-16, 2014
EcoArt: Materials, Strategies, and Philosophies of eco-consciousness in contemporary art Co-chaired with Niku Kashef for ArtSpace at the College Art Association Annual Conference, Chicago, Il, February 11-16, 2014
2013
Special Meal, panel discussion at Thank You For Coming, with Jason Metcalf and Meg Boyle, Los Angeles, CA. August, 2013
2012
Colloquy: Parenthood in the Contemporary Art World, co-organized with Holly Myers at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, March 2013, Panelists: Amir Zaki, Ellina Kevorkian, Rebecca Niederlander, Andrew Berardini
Conversation with Megan Geckler, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
Common Ground: Artists and Institutions, MAK Center, Los Angeles, CA
Conversation with Lara Jo Regan, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
Intimate Exchanges, Performance Art Workshop, Wostel, Berlin, in conjunction with the Berlin Collective
Cultivision, panel discussion on Cult Aesthetics in contemporary art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, in conjunction with Transmission><LA and Public Fiction, Panelists: David Burns, Jodi Wille, Chloe Boelyn, Todd Cole
Collecting Collectives, CAA Centennial Conference, ARTSpace, Los Angeles
Panelists: Finishing School, League of Imaginary Scientists, LA Art Girls, Berlin Collective
2011
Interview with Stephanie Allespach, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Highland Park, CA, November 19, 2011
In Discussion with Angela Ellsworth and Rebecca Campbell, Phoenix Art Museum, Contemporary Arts Council, November 9th, 20011
Sholeh Wolpe, reading and lecture, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art and Utah Humanities Council, Salt Lake City, UT, October 6-7, 2011
"The Contemporary Art Scene in Utah – Contemporary art and regionalism," Twelve artists from the West of Center exhibition discuss their work and the characteristics , of the contemporary art scene in Utah. Moderator, Micol Hebron, July 17, 2011 at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Hollywood, CA
Panel: "The Role of Sculpture in Contemporary Art"
Panelists: Johanna Hutchison, Executive Director, International Sculpture Center; Davey Hawkins,
sculptor, MFA candidate, NYU; Brian Christensen, sculptor, Professor of Art, BYU; Micol Hebron, Moderator, April 9, 2011 at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
Robert Fontenot, Artist lecture, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT April 1, 2011
Panel: "The Influence of Digital Media in Contemporary Dance?", Panelists: Another Language, Telematic Performance, Elizabeth and Jimmy Miklavcic; Ashley Anderson,
Ashley Anderson Dance; Stephen Brown, of Stephen Brown Dance; Micol Hebron, moderator, February 18th, 2011, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
Artist lecture, "Mohamed Sharif: October Follies, or Diagrams (Dis)covered in Desert Sands" at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
2010
Artist lecture: Cara Despain and Myranda Bair: Artists of Go West
Artist talk at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
Discussion and Comic Book Signing: Lynne Hershman Leeson on RAW/WAR, Micol Hebron, moderator, January 25, 2011 at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
Artist lecture: Kristin Calabrese and Joshua Aster, at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
2008
Installation in Contemporary American Performance Art, National Review of Live Art, Glasgow, Scotland