The Learning From Performers program is pleased to announce that Lisa Link '86 has been named the first Clifton Visiting Artist at Harvard University. Support for this annual designation is made possible through the generosity of Sophie H. and Roger L. Clifton, '83 and '57, respectively, who established the Sophie H. and Roger L. Clifton Young Woman Artists' Fund. During her visit to Harvard and Radcliffe March 10-12, Link will lead a workshop for undergraduates on web site design and digital imaging, with an emphasis on political and social content.
Admission is free and open to the general public.
As part of the Guild's Apprenticeship Training Program, thirty students from eleven different high schools participate each semester in the computer imaging studio. Well of Horniness , among others, at many venues throughout the U.S. and abroad, and taught workshops and courses at leading schools and art centers, including Brown, Yale, NYU, the University of New Mexico, Trinity Rep, and Highways Performance Space in Los Angeles. She is no stranger to controversy, having gained notoriety several years ago when the National Endowment for the Arts, under pressure from conservative critics, rescinded Solo Performance Art Fellowship grants awarded to Hughes as well as to Tim Miller, Karen Finley, and John Fleck. Hughes will visit Harvard April 1 and 2 under the co-sponsorship of Learning From Performers, the Department of English and American Literature and Language, the Open Gate Foundation, and the Committee on Degrees in Women's Studies. With the East Asian Studies Department, Learning From Performers is also co-sponsoring the Asian American Film Festival , part of the celebration of Asia Week at Harvard.