Artist in residence Liliya Lifanova will give a lecture at the University Galleries as part of the Visiting Artist Program.  The event will be from noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, at the University Galleries in Uptown Circle.  The event is free and open to the public.

Lifanova is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice encompasses performance, painting, drawing, and sculpture. She received a master’s in fine arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and is a Fulbright Scholarship recipient. Lifanova has been an artist-in-residence at Gridchinhall Artist Residency, Moscow, Russia; Triangle Arts Association, New York; and more recently at Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska and Artist’s Alliance, New York.

The talk is sponsored by the School of Fine Arts. For additional information or for special accommodations, contact the School of Fine Arts at 438-5621 or email finearts@illinoisstate.edu.