Visiting Lecturer

V. Vale

Cultural Historian, Writer, Keyboard Player

V. Vale is a San Francisco cultural historian, writer, keyboard player and, as Vale Hamanaka, was a member of the initial configuration of Blue Cheer. In 1977 V. Vale founded as sole proprietor Search & Destroy, San Francisco’s first Punk Rock publication. In 1980, V. Vale launched as sole proprietor RE/SEARCH. V. Vale is most likely the longest lasting (and still active) Punk publisher. Although Vale released books that include Jello Biafra, Henry Rollins, Lydia Lunch, and many other Punk notables, RE/SEARCH is actually best known for its impact on the total world of...

Chloe Veltman

Journalist, Broadcaster

Chloe Veltman is a creator and shaper of engaging written, audio, and video content in the arts and culture media space. Her home base for storytelling is NPR, where, as a staff culture correspondent since July 2022, she covers a wide range of topics across digital and broadcast platforms, including both breaking news and in-depth features.

Before joining NPR, Veltman worked as an arts and culture reporter and senior editor at KQED. She launched and led the arts and culture bureau at Colorado Public Radio, was the Bay Area's culture columnist for The New York Times...

Andrew Weiner

Associate Professor of Art Theory and Criticism at NYU

Andrew Weiner is an interdisciplinary researcher whose work aims to theorize and historicize relations between aesthetics, politics, and media. His dissertation tracked the increasing convergence of these spheres in West Germany and Austria during the 1960s, focusing on "events"—new modes of public action that combined experimental art with radical demonstration. It considers the practices of artists such as Joseph Beuys, Jörg Immendorff, VALIE EXPORT, and Peter Weibel alongside those of activists on the emergent New Left. The project argues that this "aesthetico-political...

Robert Wilson

Experimental Theater Stage Director & Playwright

Born in Waco, Texas, Robert Wilson is among the world’s foremost theater and visual artists. His works for the stage unconventionally integrate a wide variety of artistic media, including dance, movement, lighting, sculpture, music and text. His images are aesthetically striking and emotionally charged, and his productions have earned the acclaim of audiences and critics worldwide. After being educated at the University of Texas and Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute, Wilson founded the New York-based performance collective “The Byrd Hoffman School of Byrds” in the mid-1960s, and...

Jenna Wortham

Journalist

Jenna Wortham (they/them), also known as J Wortham, is a sound healer, reiki practitioner, herbalist, and community care worker oriented towards healing justice and liberation.

J is also a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, and co-host of the podcast...

Kathy Zarur

Curator & Educator

​Kathy Zarur is a curator and educator based in San Francisco. She has curated exhibitions for the San Francisco Arts Commission, Center for Asian American Media Film Festival, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, Kearny Street Workshop, SOMArts, San Francisco State University Fine Arts Gallery, and Museum of the African Diaspora (all in San Francisco). In 2011, she was assistant curator of the Sharjah Biennial. She co-produced artist Wael Shawky’s live installation Dictums 10:120 for the subsequent Sharjah Biennial in 2013. She has worked...