Hamza Walker: Bill & Stephanie Sick Distinguished Visiting Professor Lecture

MONUMENTS, 2025-2026 installation view LA MOCA Geffen, still from Julie Dash/Davone Tines video Homegoing, photo credit: Fredrik Nilsen 

Doors open at 5:45 p.m. Free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Explore the Visiting Artists Program homepage for visitor information, recordings of past events, and more. 

Join us for a lecture by curator Hamza Walker followed by an audience Q&A.

Hamza Walker is director of The Brick (formerly LAXART), a nonprofit alternative art space in Los Angeles. Walker has been chasing the same high for over three decades. Ever since seeing avant-garde concerts and performances in late '80s Chicago, he has felt compelled to share a boundless curiosity about art. In the ensuing years, Walker has curated dozens of exhibitions ranging from solo to thematic exhibitions, from the production of new work to career surveys. Recent exhibitions include MONUMENTS, co-curated with Bennett Simpson and Kara Walker, and co-organized with the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2025-2026; Gregg Bordowitz, This Is Not A Love Song, 2025; Betsy Paige Smith, Unshade Me Of You, 2025; Nikita Gale, Takers, 2022; Ari Marcopoulos and Joe McPhee, Alone Together, 2021; Kandis Williams/Cassandra Press' The Absolute Right to Exclude, 2021; and Postcommodity's Some Reach While Others Clap, 2020.

Established in 2006 by a generous gift from Bill and Stephanie Sick, this distinguished visiting professorship enables internationally renowned artists and designers to visit and teach at SAIC.

This event will be live captioned by Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services. The auditorium is wheelchair accessible and hearing assisted devices are available. For additional access requests, visit saic.edu/access.