The School of Art lecture series at the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences welcomes visiting artist Jaimie Warren to campus.

Jaimie Warren is a multidisciplinary artist and co-director and creator of the community arts project and fake public access TV show "Whoop Dee Doo." Her work explores the disruption of popular culture through self-portraiture, performance, a collaboration.

The lecture will be at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at Hillside Auditorium, room 202.

Warren's work is created by bringing the world inside her mind to life through characters like Lasagna Del Rey and Oreoprah. She wants to "re-introduce the weird" to today's pop culture icons, which are often portrayed as beautiful and glamorous. 

These re-imagined icons in photographs and performances take shape because of Warren's collaboration with artists in her community. Together they create wacky and wild experiences for viewers.

"Jaimie Warren comes across as a force of nature, or at least pop culture, whose work brims with messy promise," said Roberta Smith, co-chief art critic at The New York Times. "Her photographs indicate a talent for color and tactility (to say the least) as well as for rough-edged transformation."

Warren has taught extensive workshop series' with youth, adults and seniors. She has worked with New York City public schools and organizations including the Museum of Modern Art, the Art21 Education Department, the Museum of Art & Design, the Brooklyn Arts Council SU-CASA Program, and NurtureArt the Dia: Beacon and Abrons Arts Center, and she has received a United States Presidential Teaching Award, presented by Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., in 2013.

Students and faculty are looking forward to hosting and learning more from Warren during her time on campus. In addition to the lecture, she will be spending time in the classroom with foundation students in a special workshop. 

All are invited to learn more about Warren and her cutting-edge work at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at Hillside Auditorium, room 202. 

The School of Art visiting artist and scholar lectures are free and open to the public with generous support provided by the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation.

Please visit the Fine Arts Center Gallery for more information about the School of Art lecture series.