Along with The Art History Visual Culture Department, Sheehan Gallery, the Walla Walla Foundry, Whitman Alumni Office, and the Whitman Visiting Educator Fund the art department has brought the following artists, gallerists, and critics:
Kiki Smith
Paul McCarthy
Paul Catanese
Greg Pond
Laurie Gibbons
Theo LeGuin
Mariam Eqbal
Tatsuya Nakatani
Kirby Ferguson
Paul Valadez
Jessica Fenlon
Rick Silva
Adnan Charara
John Dombroski
Jason Patterson
Theo Downes-LeGuin
Mary Iverson
Justin Boyd
Joseph Patrick Gray-Smith
Leslie Hickey *
Charlie Schneider *
Sam Alden *
Joe Sacco
Alison Bechdal
Craig Thompson
Whitman alumni*