DANBURY, CONN. — The Western Connecticut State University Master of Fine Arts in Art program will continue its artist lecture series with presentations by six visiting artists this fall. Lectures will consist of slides depicting the artist’s work, ranging from plush landscapes and palatial interiors to still lifes and vivid portraits.

All lectures will be at 11 a.m. in Viewing Room 2 of White Hall on the university’s Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury, with the exception of the Sept. 26 lecture, which will be in Viewing Room 1. The talks are free and the public is invited.

Scheduled lectures include:

Monday, Sept. 9: Painter Ying Li. Born in Beijing, China, in 1951, Li graduated from Anhui Teachers University in 1977, where she taught from 1977 to 1983. She received an M.F.A. from Parsons School of Design in 1987, having immigrated to the United States only four years before. She has held single and group exhibitions throughout the U.S. and has been reviewed by The New York Times, Art Forum and The Philadelphia Inquirer.  

Thursday, Sept. 26: Illustrator Scott Bakal. Nationally recognized, Bakal received his M.F.A. in Illustration from the University of Hartford a decade after graduating from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He chairs the Student Scholarship Competition and Zankel Scholarship, the largest illustration student competitions in the world. His clients include Oprah and Businessweek.

Monday, Oct. 7: Painter Robert Berlind. Berlind lives and works in New York City and Cochecton, N.Y. He has received the American Academy & Institute of Arts and Letters Award in Painting and writes about art for several publications including Art in America, BorderCrossings and The Brooklyn Rail.