erika nelson



LECTURES

Spreading Ideas




    School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL. Guest Lecturer, Better Homes & Gardens: Vernacular Environments. 2025        

  • Kansas City Art Institute/ Block Artspace, Kansas City MO. Social Practice Guest Artist Lecture. October 15, 2024
            
  • Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita KS. Cabinets of Curiosities evening. April 20 2023

  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL. Guest Lecturer, Better Homes & Gardens: Vernacular Environments. 2023
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  • University of South Dakota, Vermillion SD.  Guest Artist Lecture. October 25, 2016  
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  • Kansas Field Arts Forum, Pratt KS. Kansas Arts Commission & M12 Arts Collective. Guest Lecturer. 2022

  • Society for Commercial Archeology/Kansas History Museum, Zoom Event. June 15, 2022

  • School for Rural Culture and Creativity, Matfield Green KS. Guest Lecturer. 2018

  • Art + Rural Environments Field School, University of Colorado and M16 Art Collective. Guest Lecturer. 2017

  • threewalls gallery, Chicago IL.  inCUBATE Public Lecture Series.  Roadside Vernacular Architecture Slideshow Extravaganza 2011
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  • Iowa State University, Iowa City IA.  Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society Banquet Keynote Speaker. A History of Roadside Attractions. 2008

  • The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts Wilmington DE. Artist Lecture.The Road to Alternative Art - Outsider Art, Big Things, & Roadside Attractions. 2005

  • The City Museum St. Louis MO. Featured Artist Lecture. Roadside Attractions as Cultural Identity & Slide Show Extravaganza! 2005