# Josep Luis Sert Practitioner in the Arts ![Liz Magor - Sert Practitioner 2019 - with students](/sites/g/files/omnuum5041/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/ves/files/liz_magor_-_sert_practitioner_2019_1_01.jpg?itok=wXmIt257) The Josep Luis Sert Practitioner in the Arts position was created in 1986, inviting visiting artists in all media to spend several days in formal and informal activities appropriate to the Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies, including lectures, demonstrations, screenings, seminars, readings, performances, and close work with students of the Department. The Sert Practitioner is made possible by a gift from [Robert Gardner](http://robertgardner.net/), former director of the [Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts](https://carpenter.center/), director of the [Film Study Center](https://filmstudycenter.org), and chair of the Department. Practitioners are nominated through a Department-wide open call which is then considered by the AFVS Visiting Artists Committee, comprised of members representing all areas of the Department, including graduate and undergraduate students. An undergraduate student is invited to serve as the Sert Practitioner Undergraduate Liaison, a compensated position that works closely with the Practitioner during their residency. If you are a current AFVS concentrator or a current Film and Visual Studies PhD Candidate interested in serving on the AFVS Visiting Artists Committee, please contact at the beginning of the fall term. ###### Image: 2019 Sert Practitioner Liz Magor speaking with AFVS students in her CCVA exhibition, [BLOWOUT](https://carpenter.center/program/liz-magor-blowout). **Previous Josep Luis Sert Practitioners in the Arts:** 2026- [Nikkita Gale](https://carpenter.center/programs/nikita-gale-2026-josep-llu%C3%ADs-sert-practitioner-in-the-arts) 2025- [Cameron Rowland](https://afvs.fas.harvard.edu/news/2025/02/2025-josep-luis-sert-practitioner-cameron-rowland) 2024- [Anicka Yi](/news/2024-josep-lu%C3%ADs-sert-practitioner-anicka-yi) 2022- [Martine Syms](/news/2022-josep-lu%C3%ADs-sert-practitioner-martine-syms) 2019 – Liz Magor 2018 – Ralph Lemon 2017 – Trisha Baga 2016 – Phil Collins 2015 – Ulla von Brandenburg 2014 – Allison Smith 2013 – Alexandra Leykauf 2012 – Liz Lerman 2011 – Liz Glynn 2010 – Damon Krukowski 2009 – Yvonne Rainer 2008 – Sharon Lockhart 2007 – Victor Burgin 2007 – Munro Ferguson 2006 – Wade Guyton / Kelley Walker 2005 – Pierre Huyghe