UPCOMING LAND/ART EVENTS

LAND/ART Speakers

	Monday, November 2, 5:30pm Art and Ecology: An International Perspective Lecture by special guest Tricia Watts at Dane Smith Hall, room 127 (on the UNM campus, map) for more info contact the UNM Art Museum, 505-277-2868, www.unm.edu/~artmuse Tricia Watts has researched art and nature practitioners since 1994. She is founder and west coast curator of ecoartspace, a nonprofit platform organizing exhibitions and programs in collaboration with artists who address environmental issues in the visual arts. Most recently she traveled to New Delhi, India to participate in the 48*c Public Art Ecology international festival and symposia, and to Taiwan for the Tropic of Cancer Environmental Art Project (2008-09), including community dialogues and symposia addressing debris fields of aquaculture waste as material for Land Art and cultural engagement. For more information visit www.ecoartspace.org Presented by UNM Art Museum & sponsored by the Department of Art & Art History
	Tuesday, November 3, 6pm Principles: Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer Lecture by Laura Steward at SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe for ticket info: 505-989-1199, www.sitesantafe.org This is the first in a series of lectures titled The Three P's of Land Art: Principles, Poetics and Politics, as part of SITE Santa Fe's Contemporary Art in Context program aimed at grounding the art of today in art history. Laura Steward is the Phillips Director and Curator of SITE Santa Fe, a non-profit contemporary art space located in Santa Fe known for its international biennial exhibitions, and other contemporary art programming. Appointed to the position in April 2005, she came to SITE from MASS MoCA, one of the world’s largest centers for contemporary visual and performing arts, where she was founding curator. Several of her exhibitions have won prizes from the International Association of Art Critics. Presented by SITE Santa Fe
	Tuesday, November 10, 5:30pm Land Arts of the American West: Investigations in Place Lecture by Bill Gilbert at University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, 505-277-2868, www.unm.edu/~artmuse Bill Gilbert holds the Lannan Chair in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of New Mexico where he directs the place-based, field program entitled Land Arts of the American West. Gilbert has worked with indigenous artists at Acoma Pueblo and Pastaza, Ecuador, curated exhibitions and authored essays for the potters of Juan Mata Ortiz, Mexico. Following the lecture, Gilbert will sign copies of his new book Land Arts of the American West (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2009) which he co-authored with Chris Taylor. For more information on the Land Arts of the American West program visit landarts.unm.edu Presented by the University of New Mexico Art Museum
	Tuesday, November 10, 6pm Poetics: Andy Goldsworthy and Richard Long Lecture by Joanne Lefrak at SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe for ticket info: 505-989-1199, www.sitesantafe.org This is the second in a series of lectures titled The Three P's of Land Art: Principles, Poetics and Politics, as part of SITE Santa Fe's Contemporary Art in Context program aimed at grounding the art of today in art history. Joanne Lefrak is currently the Education and Catalogue Manager at SITE Santa Fe. She received her BS in Studio Art from Skidmore College and her MFA in Studio Art from Montclair State University. In addition, she studied fine art and art history with Studio Art Centers International in Florence, Italy. She has been awarded full fellowships to the Vermont Studio Center and I-Park, residency programs in the arts, as well as a Creative Capital Professional Development grant. Presented by SITE Santa Fe

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Site project for LAND/ART at the Harwood

November 9 – 16, 2009 Pause Installation by Christopher Robbins and John Baca at Harwood Art Center,1114 7th St. NW, Albuquerque, 505-242-6367, www.harwoodcenter.org Christopher Robbins and John Baca will prevent a tree from losing its leaves this autumn. Visit the grounds of the Harwood Art Center during daylight hours as the artists attend to their ambitious project. Barring any extreme conditions, the artists will live under the tree for the duration of their stay.