2026 Gretchen Taylor Millson Distinguished Lecture- Creative Defiance as Sensory Ecologies with Jolene Rickard

The UCLA Department of Art History proudly presents the 2026 Gretchen Taylor Millson Distinguished Lecture, featuring Jolene Rickard (Art History, Visual Studies, & Art American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program, Cornell). The presentation, entitled Creative Defiance as Sensory Ecologies, will be held on Monday, May 11, 2026 at 4:00 pm at the Luskin Conference Center’s Laureate Room, with a reception to follow.

The Gretchen Taylor Millson Distinguished Lectureship was established in memory of UCLA alumna Gretchen Millson in December 2009 by her husband, Dr. John J. Millson. Gretchen graduated from UCLA with a B.A. from the Department of Art in 1961. This endowed fund provides much-needed resources to the department to allow us to grow and continue our longstanding tradition of excellence. For more information, click here.

Kindly RSVP by May 4 to ycastellanos@support.ucla.edu or 310-825-0913.