Department of Art Lecture Series to welcome guest artist Will Hutnick
February 18, 2025
The Department of Art Lecture Series will welcome guest artist Will Hutnick for a lecture Thursday, February 27, at 5:30 PM at the McDonough Museum of Art.
Hutnick, based in Connecticut, received his B.A. from Providence College and his M.F.A. from the Pratt Institute. He was named a 2021 New York Foundation for the Arts Artist Fellow in Painting, as well as a grant recipient from the Berkshire Taconic Foundation in 2017 and 2023 and from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts in 2016.
Hutnick has had exhibitions at the Handwerker Gallery at Ithaca College in New York, Ortega y Gasset Projects, also in New York, the Heaven Gallery in Chicago, and numerous other spaces across the United States. He has been named an artist-in-residence for multiple organizations, and also served as curator-in-residence at Benaco Arte and Trestle Projects.
Hutnick currently works as the director of artistic programming at the Wassaic Project, a nonprofit organization that utilizes art and education to foster positive social change. His exhibit, “QUEER HORIZONS,” is on display at the McDonough through Friday, February 28.
Entry to this event is free and open to the public. Parking is available in the Wick Avenue Deck (M30) for a $5 fee payable in cash only. The McDonough Museum is open from 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM Tuesday through Saturday.