Celebrating a Legacy: D. Jack Davis and His Impact on Art Education at the University of North Texas

Jack is facing forward. He has white hair and a white mustach and wears glasses and a coat and tie.

About the Lecture Series

In 2008, CVAD’s Advancement Board, led by renowned arts patron Raymond D. Nasher, created an endowed lecture series in honor of D. Jack Davis. Each year, the art education faculty members select an internationally known speaker for the D. Jack Davis Lecture Series. As one of CVAD’s signature annual events, the series continues to enrich the lives of students and faculty while advancing critical discourse within art education. Please visit the D. Jack Davis web page to read more about him.

Invited speakers have included the following in chronological order.

  • Deborah Reeve, former executive director of the National Art Education Association, retired
  • Marilyn Stewart, professor emerit of Art Education and Co-coordinator of Graduate Programs in Art Education at Kutztown University 
  • Oliva Gude, professor emerita School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • David Darts, director of global studies and chair emeritus of Steinhardt’s Art Department, New York University 
  • Robert Sabol, professor of visual and performing arts at Purdue University and chair of the Division of Art and Design 
  • Enid Zimmerman, professor emerita of Art Education and High Ability Education at Indiana University  
  • Sidney Walker, professor emerita of art education at The Ohio State University 
  • Elliott Kai-Kee, former education specialist at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Dipti Desai, professor of art and art education and director of the Graduate Art + Education Programs at New York University 
  • Kevin Tavin, professor of international art education and head of the Department of Art at Aalto University, Helsinki 
  • Charles Garoian, professor emeritus of art education at Penn State College of Arts and Architecture
  • Jun Hu, dean of the A/R/Tography Research Center and professor at Hangzhou Normal University, China
  • gloria j. wilson, [preferred capitalization] associate professor of the Department of Arts Administration, Education, and Policy at The Ohio State University 
  • Jorge Lucero, professor of art education in the School of Art + Design and associate dean for research, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign