maria elena buszek : curriculum vitae
Professor of Art History
University of Colorado Denver, Department of Visual Arts
Office: CU Bldg. 800G
Mail: Campus Box 177, P.O. Box 173364, Denver, CO 80217-3364
e-mail: maria.buszek@ucdenver.edu
phone: 303/315.7413
SELECTED PANELS, PRESENTATIONS, AND VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS
March 2024 Presenter, “The ‘Transatlantic Intimacies’ of Post-Punk Feminism,” Women in Revolt: radical acts, contemporary resonances conference, Tate Britain and the Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media, University of Westminster (London, England)
March 2024 Visiting Scholar, Torn Edges: Punk, Art, and Design Symposium, London College of Communication, University of the Arts London (London, England)
December 2023 Keynote speaker, Writing Never Written: 2023 Art Writing Symposium, University of Nevada Reno, Nevada Museum of Art, and the Ozmen Institute for Global Studies (Reno, NV)
April 2023 Coordinator and Moderator, “Punk Feminisms and Film: Vivienne Dick and Rachel Garfield,” University of Colorado Denver/CU President’s Fund for the Humanities (Denver, CO)
February 2023 Presenter, “’Identity is the Crisis’: Punk feminisms,” College Art Association annual conference (New York, NY)
July 2022 Session chair/moderator, “Guérillères Talk: A conversation with Vivienne Dick and Claire Pajaczkowska,” Approaching Downtown: Avant-Garde Cultural Production in New York City, 1970s-1990s – An Interdisciplinary Workshop, The Centre for American Art, The Courtauld Institute of Art (London, England)
February 2022 Session co-chair (with Dr. Johanna Gosse), “”Signs o’ the Times”: Music and Politics in Contemporary Art, Parts I & II” College Art Association annual conference (Chicago, IL)
December 2021 Moderator, “Go Nighclubbing! Emily Armstrong and Pat Ivins,” University of Colorado Denver/Emmanuel Gallery (Denver, CO)
October 2020 Panelist, “David Bowie’s Blackstar,” Record to Record: A Monthly Book Club for Music, ArtHyve (Denver, CO)
October 2020 Visiting Scholar, School of Fiber Arts, Kansas City Art Institute (Kansas City, MO)
September 2020 Visiting scholar, Virtual Visiting Speakers series, Kent State University School of Art (Akron, OH)
March 2020 Presenter, “Danger Came Smiling: Linder Sterling and Punk Feminism,” Radical Materialities: Linder and Companion Histories conference, University of Cambridge and Kettle’s Yard (Cambridge, England)
February 2020 Discussant, “Amplifying Inclusion: Intersectional Feminism in Contemporary Curatorial Practice,” College Art Association annual conference (Chicago, IL)
October 2019 Gallery talk, “Caroline Coon in conversation with Maria Elena Buszek,” TRAMPS Gallery (London, England)
October 2019 Visiting speaker, Genders and Identities Research Group, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Loughborough University (Loughborough, England)
October 2019 Panelist, “100% Women Initiative: A Companion to Feminist Art” (with Hilary Robinson, Felicity Allen, Alexandra Kokoli, and Amy Tobin), Richard Saltoun Gallery (London, England)
June 2019 Presenter, “Moderns Before Midcentury,” Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America, Denver Art Museum (Denver, CO)
March 2019 Bensussen Distinguished Lecture in the Arts, Chapman University Department of Art and Art History (Orange, CA)
March 2019 Guest Lecturer, Visiting Artists Program, University of Nevada-Reno Department of Art and Art History and Gender, Race, and Identity Program (Reno, NV)
February 2019 Presenter, “Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Lower East Side: Post-Punk Feminisms,” College Art Association annual conference (New York, NY)
January 2019 Panelist, Tara Donovan: FIELDWORK Panel Discussion, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver and University of Colorado Denver College of Arts and Media (Denver, CO)
July 2018 Presenter and moderator, “Dismantling the Gaze: A Visual Primer,” Inaugural event for the Dismantling the Gaze series, International Center of Photography (New York, NY) (Click here for ICP video of this session/conversation)
April 2018 Presenter, “Joe Strummer’s Silk-Stocking Sleeves: Feminism and Fashion in London Punk,” Museum of Popular Culture (formerly Experience Music Project) Pop Conference (Seattle, WA)
March 2018 Kendall College of Art and Design Annual Masters of Art in Visual and Cultural Studies Lecturer and visiting professor, Ferris State University (Grand Rapids, MI)
February 2018 Session co-chair/presenter (with Dr. Hilary Robinson), “The Collaborative Art of Publishing” College Art Association annual conference (Los Angeles, CA)
November 2017 Presenter, “Situationist fashion,” 3 Things: Any 3 Things series, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver (Denver, CO)
November 2017 Faculty keynote, Inaugural CU-Denver Live! Art Showcase series, Auraria Library, University of Colorado Denver (Denver, CO)
September 2017 Presenter accompanying screening of Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, Breckenridge Film Festival (Breckenridge, CO)
September 2017 Moderator, “Art and Activism: A Tilt/West Roundtable,” 2017 Biennial of the Americas (Denver, CO)
April 2017 Panelist/presenter, “What is Politics? A Roundtable,” Museum of Popular Culture (formerly Experience Music Project) Pop Conference (Seattle, WA)
April 2017 Moderator, “The Politics of Sex and Consent,” Museum of Popular Culture Pop Conference (Seattle, WA)
March 2017 Guest lecturer/critic, University of Illinois Department of Art + Design (Champaign, IL)
March 2017 Visiting Professor, Visual Culture Studies Forum, California College of the Arts (San Francisco, CA)
February 2017 Session chair/moderator, “Marilyn Stokstad (1929-2016): A Memorial Roundtable,” College Art Association annual conference (New York, NY)
November 2016 Presenter, “Home is Un-dead: Sights and Sounds in Feminist Art, Music, Comix, and Film,” American Studies Association Annual Conference (Denver, CO)
November 2016 Moderator, “Artist Residencies at Research Institutions,” a2ru: Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities Annual Conference (Denver, CO)
June 2016 Guest lecturer, Spencer Museum of Art and KU Alumni Association, “Art on the Rocks,” University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS)
April 2016 Session Chair, “Wynne Greenwood/Tracy + The Plastics,” Experience Music Project Pop Conference (Seattle, WA)
August 2015 Presenter and panelist, “Beyond the Flower(s): Georgia O’Keeffe and feminist art history,” Georgia O’Keeffe in her Own Time and Place symposium, Colorado Springs Fine Art Center (Colorado Springs, CO)
April 2015 Visiting lecturer, Critical Studies Series, Cranbrook Academy of Art (Bloomfield Hills, MI)
March 2015 Presenter and panelist, “Critical Pleasures, Critical Risks: A Conversation about Art Criticism Today with Maria Elena Buszek, Patrick Greaney M.S. Dansey, and Guido Ignatti,” University of Colorado Boulder (Boulder, CO)
October 2014 Guest lecturer, Virtual Visiting Artist Program, The University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS)
June 2014 Art Lecture Series, Workt By Hand: Women Weigh In, Crocker Art Museum (Sacramento, CA)
June 2014 Visiting Scholar, Iaspis/Swedish Arts Grants Committee (Stockholm, Sweden)
March 2014 The Murray Pepper and Vicki Reynolds Pepper Visiting Artists and Scholars Endowed Lecture Series, Pitzer College (Claremont, CA)
March 2014 Gallery talk, Saints, Stars, and Selfies exhibition, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City Art Institute (Kansas City, MO)
February 2014 Panelist, “Balancing Act: Art, Family, and Other Distractions” (Services to Artists Committee Session) College Art Association annual conference (Chicago, IL)
November 2013 Nora! and Friends Talk Contemporary Art [and Other Things], Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver (Denver, CO)
November 2013 Guest lecturer/critic, Visiting-Artist Lecture Series, Minneapolis College of Art and Design (Minneapolis, MN)
September 2013 Guest lecturer, Graduate Lecture Series, San Francisco Art Institute (San Francisco, CA)
February 2013 Keynote speaker, Cluttered: A Symposium, University of Western Ontario (London, ON, Canada)
November 2012 Interviewer and moderator, “Media, Process, History: Craft Beyond Crafting (a conversation with Sonya Clark, Elaine Reichek, and Michael Strand),” Nation Building: Craft and Contemporary American Culture Symposium, Smithsonian American Art Museum and The Renwick Gallery (Washington, DC) (Click here for video of this session from the Nation Building symposium)
September 2012 Guest lecturer, Design and Craft Lecture Series, California College of the Arts (San Francisco, CA)
May 2012 Guest lecturer, Santa Monica College Department of Art (Santa Monica, CA)
April 2012 Guest lecturer/critic, CraftPerspectives Lecture Series and 2011-2012 Graduate Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Pacific Northwest College of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Craft (Portland, OR) (Click here for mp3 or streaming audio of this lecture)
March 2012 Presenter and panelist, “DIY and Craftivism,” Craft and the New Economy Symposium, Ontario Crafts Council and the Ontario College of Art and Design (Toronto, ON, Canada)
February 2012 Session Chair, “Necessary Positions: Intergenerational Collaboration in Feminist Art,” (Committee on Women in the Arts Session) College Art Association annual conference (Los Angeles, CA)
February 2012 Presenter and panelist, Inaugural RAW: Recognition of Women in the Arts Symposium, Norton Museum of Art (Palm Beach, FL)
November 2011 Interviewer, “Conversations with the artist series: Naomi Fisher’s Jungle Sweat, Roseate,” Vizcaya Museum (Miami, FL)
April 2011 Presenter and moderator, “Play List,” Feminism & Co.: Art + Sex + Politics, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver (Denver, CO) (Click here to watch the MCA’s video highlights of the “Play List” speakers and performances)
April 2011 Guest lecturer and critic, University of Nevada, Reno Gender, Race, and Identity Program and Department of Art (Reno, NV)
March 2011 Guest lecturer, Women’s History Month: Our History is Our Strength, The Institute for Women’s Studies and Services, Metropolitan State College of Denver (Denver, CO)
March 2011 Guest lecturer, Colorado State University Department of Art and Art History (Fort Collins, CO)
February 2011 Coordinator/moderator (with Kat Griefen), “Sonic Art and Activism: Exploring the ties between feminist art and popular music,” with Damali Abrams, Kathleen Hanna,Lorraine O’Grady, and Shizu Saldamando, SoHo20 Gallery (New York, NY)
October 2010 Moderator (with Elissa Auther), “A Conversation with Joan Braderman, Lucy Lippard, and May Stevens” at Crossing Boundaries: A Symposium on Feminism and the Arts,Colorado College InterDisciplinary Experimental Arts (Colorado Springs, CO)
October 2010 Guest lecturer/critic, Department of Art and Art History, University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE)
July 2010 Guest lecturer, “Women with Cameras,” PHOTOGRAPHIC: Anne Collier and Melanie Schiff, Salina Art Center (Salina, KS)
May 2010 Visiting professor, Cultural Studies Colloquium Series, Department of Cultural Studies, Columbia College (Chicago, IL)
March 2010 Keynote speaker, Women’s History Month Celebration, Women’s and Gender Studies Department, Duquense University (Pittsburgh, PA)
February 2010 Event chair/coordinator, The Feminist Art Project Special Sessions, College Art Association annual conference (Chicago, IL) (Digital video of sessions available here through TFAP)
February 2010 Presenter, “Extra/ordinary: Craft and Contemporary Art”, College Art Association annual conference (Chicago, IL)
November 2009 Guest lecturer/critic, Department of Art + Design, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)
November 2009 Guest lecturer/critic, Department of Art, Georgia College and State University (Milledgeville, GA)
May 2009 Featured lecturer, “Minding the Margins: Craft, criticism, and contemporary art,” International Surface Design Association conference, Off the Grid (Kansas City, MO)
April 2009 Keynote address, Rutgers University Women’s and Gender Studies Association conference, Whores and Halos: Female Sexuality and Popular Culture, Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ)
April 2009 Session chair/moderator, “The Handmade Effect/Affect: A roundtable on craft and contemporary art,” Midwest Art History Society annual conference (Kansas City, MO)
February 2009 Session chair/moderator, “Artists Converse on Feminism: Andrea Bowers, Cheri Gaulke, Catherine Opie” (The Feminist Art Project Special Session), College Art Association annual conference (Los Angeles, CA) (MP3 recording available through CAA)
February 2009 Allen R. Hite Art History Lecture, Keynote address for the 2nd Biennial Aegis Symposium: Imaging Desire, Speed Museum of Art and the Department of Fine Arts and Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville (Louisville, KY)
February 2008 Panelist, “Feminism and Popular Culture” (Women’s Caucus for Art Session), College Art Association annual conference (Dallas, TX)
December 2007 Visiting professor, Critical Studies Series, Producing Culture: Creators and Creativity in the Contemporary World, Cranbrook Academy of Art (Bloomfield Hills, MI)
November 2007 Panelist/guest lecturer, Beauty and the Blonde: An Exploration of American Art and Popular Culture, Mildred Lane Kemper Museum of Art, Washington University(St.Louis, MO) (Click here for a Kemper Museum video of the panel)
November 2007 Panelist/guest lecturer, Let Me Show You the World: The Sewn Drawings of China Marks, Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS)
July 2007 Presenter, “’Perma-wave’: Contributing third-wave scholarship to the feminist discourse,” National Women’s Studies Association annual conference (St. Charles, IL)
April 2007 Guest lecturer, Department of Craft and Material Studies colloquium, Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA)
March 2007 Visiting professor, Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas Gender Seminar (Lawrence, KS)
February 2006 Session chair, “The Impact of New Feminisms” (Women’s Caucus for Art Session), College Art Association annual conference (Boston, MA)
February 2006 Panelist, “Third Wave Feminists in Conversation,” Women’s Caucus for Art national conference (Boston, MA)
April 2005 Lecturer, “We Won’t Play Nature to Your Culture–The Photography of Naomi Fisher,” Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art (Kansas City, MO)
September 2004 Performer/presenter, “Duets: Can you feel the love?” New, Two: Kansas City Art Institute Faculty Exhibition (Kansas City, MO) (Click here for artist’s statement and documentation)
February 2004 Presenter, “From Womyn to Grrrls: Fostering understanding between feminist generations,” College Art Association annual conference (Seattle, WA)
November 2001 Panelist/presenter, “Doing Feminist Art/Feminist Art Matters: Engaging Multiple Publics in Visual Cultures,” American Studies Association Annual Conference (Washington, DC)
October 2001 Guest lecturer, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, “War Goddesses: Women, World War II, and the Varga Girl” (Lawrence, KS)
February 2000 Session co-chair, “Learning in Mind and Body: Influential Teacher-Student Relationships” (CAA Committee on Women in the Arts Session), College Art Association Annual Conference (New York, NY)
August 1999 Lecturer, “Fame after Feminism: Feminist interpretations of the sexualized woman in popular culture,” The Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY)
November 1998 Session co-chair/presenter, “Looking for Trouble: Reconsidering the Dangerous Woman in Art,” ArtsNow Conference, Subject to Desire: Refiguring the Body (SUNY-New Paltz, NY)