Paul Farber ’01 is the director and co-founder of Monument Lab. A leading voice on memory and public space, he has authored/co-edited several publications, including National Monument Audit and Re:Generation. He is the creator of the NPR podcast The Statue and curator of the upcoming exhibition Rising Up: Rocky and the Making of Monuments at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Farber serves on the boards of the Mellon Foundation, A Long Walk Home, and the Humboldt Forum.

Carmen Winant ’01 is an artist and the Roy Lichtenstein Endowed Chair of Studio Art at Ohio State University. Her work uses archival and authored photography to explore feminist care networks and coalition building. Winant’s projects have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, ICA Boston, and many other institutions. A Guggenheim Fellow, FCA Artist Honoree, and American Academy of Arts and Letters award recipient, she is also a community organizer, prison educator, and mother to two children, Carlo and Rafa. 

The Abigail Rebecca Cohen ’91 Memorial Art Lecture was created in memory of Abigail Rebecca Cohen, a 1991 GFS graduate. Her life as an artist and photographer was dedicated to the pursuit of social and aesthetic concerns. The Cohen Art Lecture is made possible by
the generous support of Abigail’s brother, Jonathan Cohen ’88, and his wife, Julia Pershan. The Cohen Art Lecture reflects GFS’ Quaker philosophy that guides students to understand and appreciate their world through inquiry and artistic expression.