A monthly vinyl listening salon where music and storytelling meet — featuring scholar, critic and Professor of Art History at the University of Colorado Denver.

Maria Elena Buszek, Ph.D. is a scholar, critic, curator, and Professor of Art History at the University of Colorado Denver, where she teaches courses on Modern and contemporary art and design. Her publications include the books Pin-Up Grrrls: Feminism, Sexuality, Popular Culture and Extra/ordinary: Craft and contemporary art; contributions to the anthologies Punkademics: The Basement Show in the Ivory Tower and Design History Beyond the Canon; catalogue essays for numerous international exhibitions; and articles and criticism in such journals as Art in America, Art Journal, Flash Art, and Punk & Post-Punk Journal, where she also serves as Associate Editor. With Hilary Robinson, she edited the 2019 anthology of new writing, A Companion to Feminist Art. Her current book project, Art of Noise, is a two-volume exploration of the ties between feminist art, activism, and popular music.

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When: Thursday May 7th 2026 from 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Where: Posner Center for International Development