Jeff Kintop

Canadian architect Brian Mackay Lyons has used his award-winning design practice to make a cultural contribution to Nova Scotia where his Acadian and Mi’kmaq ancestors have lived for centuries. The firm has built an international reputation for Design Excellence confirmed by over 100 national and international awards.

An historian of Latin America, join Linda Curcio-Nagy to explore themes of labor in Mexican-American history through film, literature and art.

Reno architect Don Clark is designing the “Man Pavilion” surrounding the iconic figure at the center of the 2014 festival. Learn about its inspiration and design before going to see it installed on the playa.

Cultural anthropologist and international educational consultant Jill Derby discusses the importance of understanding Islamic life and culture in relation to Doris Duke’s Shangri La

Join photographer Stephen Galloway and Director of Contemporary Art Initiatives JoAnne Northrup for a dialogue about Stephen’s work, and ideas about making pictures of the natural world, in Place/No Place.

With a background in the urban design of Islamic cities, Heba Mostafa presents a brief history and meanings of Islamic architecture and urban design in relation to Doris Duke’s Shangri La.

Prominent architecture and design curators Albrecht and Mellins jointly discuss Doris Duke’s unique home and the extensive Islamic art collection it contains, as well as the ongoing efforts of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art to promote an understanding and appreciation of the art and architecture of the Islamic world.

Delve into Baroque art history through the expert guidance of Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences Assistant Professor Dr. Morten Steen Hansen, who specializes in 15th through 18th century European art. What is Florentine Baroque? In the capital of the Grand Duchy, after 1600 painters presented competing versions of what defined a uniquely Tuscan style. Some pictured beautiful sculptural figures, echoing Michelangelo and the Florentine Renaissance, whereas others, inspired by the recent example of Caravaggio, had less idealizing ideas about the human body, tied to its functions and sexuality

Artists Richard Saxton and Kirsten Stoltz are co-founders of the M12 Collective, an interdisciplinary art and design group based in Colorado