Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series is a lecture series established by the University of Michigan School of Art & Design. With the support of A&D alumna Penny W. Stamps, the Stamps Series presents visionary leaders who use their creative practice effectively. It celebrates those who transcend tradition and are progressive and influential with their work. Speakers are a range of emerging and established artists and designers from a broad spectrum of media.
The lectures take place on Thursdays at 5:10 pm at the Michigan Theater, in downtown Ann Arbor. All lectures are free of charge and open to the public.
Most lectures are available via podcast on iTunes in both audio and video formats, as well as at the University of Michigan channel on youtube.
| Year | Season | Date | Speaker | Practice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Fall | 2010-09-09 | Temple Grandin[1] | Doctor of Animal Science |
| 2010 | Fall | 2010-09-16 | Christopher Csikszentmihalyi & Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi | Professor of Psychology |
| 2010 | Fall | 2010-09-23 | Christopher Sperandio & Simon Grennan | Cartoonist |
| 2010 | Fall | 2010-09-30 | Joumana Haddad | Journalist |
| 2010 | Fall | 2010-10-07 | Marije Vogelzang | Designer |
| 2010 | Fall | 2010-10-21 | Matthew Ritchie | Painter |
| 2010 | Fall | 2010-10-28 | Sarah Chayes | Reporter |
| 2010 | Fall | 2010-11-04 | Laura Kuhn | Executive Director, John Cage Trust |
| 2010 | Fall | 2010-11-11 | Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle | Installation Artist |
| 2010 | Fall | 2010-11-18 | Wangechi Mutu | Painter |
| 2010 | Fall | 2010-12-02 | Luis Chomiak | Industrial Designer |
| 2010 | Fall | 2010-12-09 | Natasha Tsakos | Performance Artist |
| 2010 | Winter | 2010-04-08 | Tim Brown[2] | Industrial Designer |
| 2010 | Winter | 2010-04-01 | Cameron Carpenter[3][4] | Musician |
| 2010 | Winter | 2010-03-25 | Matthias Müller[5] | Filmmaker |
| 2010 | Winter | 2010-03-18 | Marian Bantjes[6] | Graphic Designer |
| 2010 | Winter | 2010-03-11 | Dayna Baumeister | Biomomicry |
| 2010 | Winter | 2010-02-18 | Saskia Olde Wolbers[7] | Installation Artist |
| 2010 | Winter | 2010-02-11 | James Geary[8][9] | Writer |
| 2010 | Winter | 2010-02-04 | Bjarke Ingels[10] | Architect |
| 2010 | Winter | 2010-01-28 | Dave Hickey | Writer |
| 2010 | Winter | 2010-01-21 | Bill T. Jones | Dancer/Coreographer |
| 2009 | Fall | 2009-12-10 | Lucy Orta | Fashion Designer |
| 2009 | Fall | 2009-12-03 | Stewart Brand | Critical Thinker and Innovator |
| 2009 | Fall | 2009-11-19 | Phoebe Gloeckner | Graphic Novelist |
| 2009 | Fall | 2009-11-12 | Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison[11] | Photographer |
| 2009 | Fall | 2009-11-05 | Jamy Ian Swiss | Performance Artist |
| 2009 | Fall | 2009-10-29 | Margaret Livingstone | Neurobiologist |
| 2009 | Fall | 2009-10-22 | Paula Scher | Graphic Designer |
| 2009 | Fall | 2009-10-08 | Bernard Khoury | Architect |
| 2009 | Fall | 2009-10-01 | Douglas Hollis | Installation Artist |
| 2009 | Fall | 2009-09-24 | Dave Gallo & Bill Lange | Ocean Explorer |
| 2009 | Fall | 2009-09-17 | Richard Barnes[12] | Photographer |
| 2009 | Fall | 2009-09-10 | Robert Mankoff[13] | Cartoonist |
| 2009 | Winter | 2009-04-09 | Clotaire Rapaille | Critical Thinker and Innovator |
| 2009 | Winter | 2009-04-02 | Mary Ellen Strom | Installation Artist |
| 2009 | Winter | 2009-03-26 | George Manupelli | Filmmaker |
| 2009 | Winter | 2009-03-19 | Marina Abramovic | Performance Artist |
| 2009 | Winter | 2009-03-12 | Richard Saul Wurman | Graphic Designer |
| 2009 | Winter | 2009-03-05 | Jacque Fresco | Architect |
| 2009 | Winter | 2009-02-12 | Anne Pasternak | Curator |
| 2009 | Winter | 2009-02-05 | Jose Francisco Salgado | Astronomer |
| 2009 | Winter | 2009-01-22 | Gilgamesh | Musician |
| 2008 | Fall | 2008-11-20 | Daniel J. Martinez | Installation Artist/Performance Artist |
| 2008 | Fall | 2008-11-13 | Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba | Filmmaker |
| 2008 | Fall | 2008-11-06 | Theo Jansen | Sculptor |
| 2008 | Fall | 2008-10-30 | Antanas Mockus | Politician |
| 2008 | Fall | 2008-10-23 | Jane Evelyn Atwood | Photographer |
| 2008 | Fall | 2008-10-09 | Cheyenne Medina & Gretchen Schulfer | Graphic Designer |
| 2008 | Fall | 2008-10-02 | Cary Fowler | Critical Thinker and Innovator |
| 2008 | Fall | 2008-09-25 | Sir Ken Robinson | Critical Thinker and Innovator |
| 2008 | Fall | 2008-09-18 | Michael Moore | Filmmaker |
| 2008 | Fall | 2008-09-12 | Complicite | Performance Artist |
| 2008 | Fall | 2008-09-11 | Stasys Eidrigevicius | Visual Artist |
| 2008 | Winter | 2008-04-03 | Michele Oka Doner | Sculptor |
| 2008 | Winter | 2008-03-27 | Joost Rekveld | Filmmaker |
| 2008 | Winter | 2008-03-20 | Eric Staller | Public Artist |
| 2008 | Winter | 2008-03-13 | Julie Mehretu | Painter |
| 2008 | Winter | 2008-03-06 | Chip Kidd | Graphic Designer |
| 2008 | Winter | 2008-02-14 | Trimpin | Sound Artist |
| 2008 | Winter | 2008-01-17 | Chaz Maviyane-Davies | Graphic designer |
| 2008 | Winter | 2008-01-10 | Dan Hurlin | Puppetteer |
| 2007 | Fall | 2007-11-29 | Lawrence Weschler | Writer |
| 2007 | Fall | 2007-11-08 | Xu Bing | Installation Artist |
| 2007 | Fall | 2007-11-01 | Pat Oleszko | Performance artist |
| 2007 | Fall | 2007-10-25 | Charles McGee | Painter |
| 2007 | Fall | 2007-10-18 | Andy Kirshner | Performance Artist |
| 2007 | Fall | 2007-10-04 | Carole Bilson | Industrial Designer |
| 2007 | Fall | 2007-09-27 | Gijs Bakker, Droog Design | Industrial Designer |
| 2007 | Fall | 2007-09-20 | Ellen Lupton | Graphic Designer |
| 2007 | Fall | 2007-09-13 | Jeremy Deller | Public Artist |
| 2007 | Winter | 2007-04-05 | Liz Lerman | Dancer/Coreographer |
| 2007 | Winter | 2007-03-29 | Franz John | Installation Artist |
| 2007 | Winter | 2007-03-22 | Ken Jacobs | Filmmaker |
| 2007 | Winter | 2007-03-15 | David Small | Graphic Designer |
| 2007 | Winter | 2007-03-08 | William Pope.L | Performance Artist |
| 2007 | Winter | 2007-02-15 | Peter Richards | Public Artist |
| 2007 | Winter | 2007-02-08 | 2x4 Design | Graphic Designer |
| 2007 | Winter | 2007-02-01 | Shrinking Cities | Filmmaker |
| 2007 | Winter | 2007-01-25 | Janie Paul | Visual Artist |
| 2007 | Winter | 2007-01-18 | Anne Wilson | Installation Artist |
| 2006 | Fall | 2006-11-30 | Chris Impey | Astronomer |
| 2006 | Fall | 2006-11-16 | Susie Brandt | Textile Artist |
| 2006 | Fall | 2006-11-09 | Father Boyle | Social Worker |
| 2006 | Fall | 2006-11-02 | Royal Shakespeare Company | Performance Artist |
| 2006 | Fall | 2006-10-26 | Ellen Harvey | Painter |
| 2006 | Fall | 2006-10-19 | Alicyn Warren | Composer/New Media Artist |
| 2006 | Fall | 2006-10-05 | Peter Chung | Animator |
| 2006 | Fall | 2006-09-28 | Nikki Lee | Photographer |
| 2006 | Fall | 2006-09-21 | Amy Goodman | Journalist |
| 2006 | Fall | 2006-09-14 | Marga Gomez | Performance Artist |