Affiliates

Group of people sit in a circle for a talk at the Center for Art Research.

CFAR Admin

Tannaz Farsi, CFAR Faculty Director: 2024- current, Critical Conversations Program Manager: 2025- current
Wendy Heldmann, CFAR Program Manager: 2018- current
Laura Butler Hughes, Critical Conversations Program Coordinator 2021- current
Colin Ives, CFAR Faculty Director: 2022- 2024
Brian Gillis, CFAR Faculty Director: 2018-2022, Critical Conversations Program Manager: 2020- 2024
Geordi Helmick, Knight Campus Fabrication Lab Manager 2021-2024

Advisory Board Members

2018-19: Anya Kivarkis, Christopher Michlig, Amanda Wojick
2019-20: Tannaz Farsi, Anya Kivarkis, Rick Silva
2020-21: Tannaz Farsi, Rick Silva
2021-22: Tannaz Farsi, Rick Silva, Amanda Wojick
2022-23: Julieta Gil Gomez, Ananstasiya Gutnik, Stephanie LeMenager, John Sherry
2023-24: Hiba Ali, Adam DeSorbo, Stephanie LeMenager, John Sherry, Gabie Strong
2024-25: Simon Ciglia, Briar Marsh Pine, Ellen Lesperance, Rick Silva

UO Department of Art Faculty

Hiba Ali
Jovencio de la Paz
Brian Gillis
Colin Ives
Anya Kivarkis
Ron Jude
Kevin Tripper
Ellen Lesperance
Sylvan Lionni
Charlene Liu
Briar Marsh Pine
Christopher Michlig
Donald Morgan
Michael Rey
Michael Salter
Stacy Jo Scott
Jack Snell-Ryan
Gabie Strong
Laura Vandenburgh
Claire Webb
Amanda Wojick

In-residence

Yaelle S. Amir, 2020-21 Curator-in-Residence
Aaron Bjork, 2020-21 Designer-in-Residence
Tiffany Harker, 2021-22 Curator-in-Residence
Liliam Nieves, 2019 Artist in Residence
Jessica Segal, 2019-20 Artist-in-Residence
Ashely Stull Meyers, 2023-24 Curator-in-Residence
Aurora Tang, 2023-24 Curator-in-Residence
Namita Gupta Wiggers, 2019-20 Publication Annotator & Writer-in-Residence
Iris Williamson, 2021-22 Curator-in-Residence
Julie York, 2018 Artist-in-Residence, Discussion and Project Conveners

CFAR Project Incubator Fellows

2023-24
Hiba Ali
Brian Gillis
Noelle Herceg
Julia Oldham

2022-23
Agnese Cebere
Julieta Gil
Garrick Imatani
Jessie Rose Vala
Sara Siestreem
Jen Vaughn

2021-22
Robert Arellano
Carla Bengtson
Karin Bolender
Brian House
John Park
Mary Polites
Jeremy Rotsztain

Discussion and Project Conveners

Glenn Adamson, Discussion Convener
Julie Bryan-Wilson, Discussion Convener
Carmen Brewton Denison, Discussion Convener
Don’t Shoot Portland, Project Convener
Bukola Koiki, Publication Annotator
Mary McInnes, Discussion Convener
Pope L., Discussion Convener
Julie Rodrigues-Widholm, Discussion Convener
Emily Eliza Scott, Discussion Convener and Curator
Stacy Jo Scott, Department of Art Faculty, Project Convener and Publication Annotator
Allie Tepper, Discussion Convener

Discussants

Anthea Black
David M. Carballo
Garth Clark
Tom Connolly
Sonja Dahl
Bean Gilsdorf
Nicki Green
Anita Grunder
Christine Miller
Alejandro Pastrana
Monique Péan
Jacob Riddle
Joe Scott
Lori Talcott

Visiting Artists

Jea Alford
Manuel Arturo Abreu
DB Amorin
Avantika Bawa
Jon Bellona
Carla Bengtson
Marissa Lee Benedict
Pat Boas
Karin Bolender
William Bonner
David Buckley-Borden
Agnese Cebere
Marcus Fisher 
Shadi Harouni
Jessica Jackson Hutchins
Ariana Jacob
Katherine Jenkins
Garrick Imatani
Tabitha Nikolai
Juliet Palmer
Ryan Pierce
Ralph Pugay
David Rueter
Bogosi Sekhukhuni
Nancy Silvers
Darion Smith
garima thakur
Sharita Towne
Jan Tumlir
Shannon Stratton
Jessie Rose Vala
Lisa Ward
Sasha Michelle White
Molly Zuckerman- Hartung

CFAR Interns

Claire Anderson
Eden Evans
Kyle Nelson
Thea Owens
Steven Tang
Xander Cruz Tice
Nathan Ward