NMCC Alumna Returns for Guest Lecture

NMCC and Art History Alumna Emily Lawhead (PhD ’22) returns to UO to give the annual Gordon Gilkey Lecture for the History of Art and Architecture dept. Her presentation will share forthcoming research on AI and photography.   Please join us on Wednesday, May 22, at 5:30 to hear her wonderful and timely research.

“Art, Technology, and Discontent: Artificial Intelligence and the History of Photography” 5:30 pm, Wednesday, May 22, Pacific 123

Emily Lawhead (PhD ’22), Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Utah Museum of Fine Arts

Abstract: Heated debates have followed the emergence of new technologies in art for centuries. In fact, today’s discourse surrounding AI mimics historical reactions to and the trajectory of photography as an artistic medium. This talk will draw on the history of photography a data-based medium that has laid the groundwork for considering AI as a critical field of art history.