Studio VU Lecture Series welcomes Fritz Horstman

About this event

The Vanderbilt University Department of Art is proud to welcome artist, curator and educator Fritz Horstman as the next visiting artist in the Studio VU Lecture Series (2026-2027 season). Horstman will present his work on Wednesday, November 4, 2026 at 5pm in Wilson Hall Room 103.

Fritz Horstman is an artist, curator, and educator based in Bethany, Connecticut. Recent solo exhibitions of his sculptures, videos, performances, and works on paper have been held at the New Britain Museum of American Art in New Britain, Connecticut; at Municipal Bonds in San Francisco; and at Planthouse Gallery in Manhattan. He is represented by Municipal Bonds and Planthouse. Recent residencies include Tusen Takk, The Arctic Circle Residency, and The Bauhaus Residency. He has curated exhibitions across Europe and the US, including Anni Albers: In Thread and On Paper at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin. As Education Director at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, he is author of Interacting with Color: A Practical Guide to Josef Albers’s Color Experiments . An exhibition of his new sculptures and works on paper will be held at Planthouse in 2027 .

About Studio VU:

The Department of Art annually invites national and international voices in creative, curatorial, and critical-thought fields to the Vanderbilt campus through the Studio VU Lecture Series. Each visiting lecturer has a recognized career in visual arts, performance art, art criticism, and/or a combination. In addition to giving a lecture, the visiting speaker conducts one-on-one critiques with senior art major students.

The Studio VU Lecture Series began in 2007. The Department of Art would like to thank all collaborators, cosponsors, and community members for their continued support for the Studio VU program.

All lectures are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.

Please email the Vanderbilt University Department of Art at artdept@vanderbilt.edu with any questions.