Since 2008, the Studio Art and Doris McCarthy Gallery Visiting Artist Lecture Series (VALS) has invited esteemed artists and art professionals from across Canada and abroad to speak about their artistic work and careers.
Past Visiting Artists Lecture Series speakers have included Hiba Abdallah, Kim Adams, Kendra Ainsworth, Aisle 4, Abbas Akhavan, Martin Arnold, Ingrid Bachmann, Steven Beckly, Ron Benner, Lori Blondeau, Diane Borsato, Corinne May Botz, Kotama Bouabane, Shary Boyle, Sandra Brewster, Terril Calder, Ulysses Castellanos, Henry Chan, Patty Chang, soJin Chun, Biljana Ciric, Stephanie Comilang, Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge, Patrick Cruz, Raphaelle de Groot, Erika DeFreitas, Sarindar Dhaliwal, Jess Dobkin, Chun Hua Catherine Dong, Graham Fagen, Sameer Farooq, Vanessa Dion Fletcher, Stefana Fratila, Brendan Fernandes, Anthony Gebrehiwot, Anitra Hamilton, David R. Harper, Heather Hart, Gita Hashemi & Krys Verrall, Lisa Hirmer, Mike Hoolboom, Maria Hupfield, Ursula Johnson, Simone Jones, Anique Jordan, Laurie Kang, Eleanor King, John Kissick, Annette Krauss, Tristram Lansdowne, Kristina Lee Podesva, Micah Lexier, Jimmy Limit, An Te Liu, Leif Low-Beer, Morris Lum, Robert Luzar, Rachel Macfarlane, Lani Maestro, John Marriott, Thérèse Mastroiacovo, Pamela Matheru, Sanaz Mazinani, Meryl McMaster, Shawn Micallef, Nyle Miigizi Johnston, Mitchell & Logue, Gordon Monahan, Jalani Morgan, Amish Morrell, Nastio Mosquito, Nadia Moss, Lisa Myers, Louise Noguchi, Jenn E. Norton, Midi Onodera, Abdi Osman, Andi Patton, Michele Pearson Clarke, Paulette Phillips, Simon Pope, Public Studio, Kevin Ramroop & Sampreeth Rao, Jonathan Shaughnessy, Meera Margaret Singh, Skawennati, Greg Staats, Leesa Streifler, Richard Storms, Christine Swintak, Polina Teif, Catherine Telford-Keough, Lenore Thomas, Hope Thompson, Jessica Thompson, Georgiana Uhlyarik, Colette Urban, Vey Duke & Battersby, Chih-Chien Wang, Syrus Marcus Ware, Kate Wilson, Annie Wong, Jinny Yu