Art Shanty Projects open call

Art Shanty Projects open call

Seeking visual artists, musicians, composers, media artists, architects, poets, scientists, dancer/

choreographers, writers, builders, fisher-people, outdoors-people, naturalists, puppeteers, set

designers, vocalists, spoken word artists, craftspeople, storytellers, actors, playwrights, etc.

interested in participating in the design and construction of ice fishing shanty-like structures with

integrated participatory programming to be a part of the Art Shanty presence on the St Paul

Riverfront during the Northern Spark festival, Sunset to Sunrise, June 4-5, 2011.

Resources:

Art Shanty Projects (ASP) will commission up to 5 projects to be a part of the Art Shanty

encampment on the St Paul Riverfront. Past Shanty participants are encouraged to apply, can

propose a continuation of previous programming.

• Each project will receive a stipend of $150

• Logistical and set-up help.

• For more info about Art Shanties, explore www.artshantyprojects.org

Selection Criteria:

Art Shanty Projects is an artist driven temporary community exploring the ways in which

relatively unregulated public space (frozen lakes, vacant lots, backyards) can be used as new

and challenging artistic environments to expand notions of what art can be.

The project provides a unique opportunity for artists to interact with their audience, and vice

versa, in an un-intimidating, non-gallery like environment. ASP is dedicated to expanding who

can be an artist, please address the following criteria in your proposal.

• Strength of idea and how integrated programming engages the audience directly.

• Leave No Trace. We leave only tracks on the lake (or anywhere). The lake (and

Riverfront) is a quiet place, consequently generators are not allowed at any time. Deep

cycle batteries are an option for providing power.

• Feasibility of proposed structure, while the frozen lake is a harsher environment than St

Paul in June, Shanties still need to be sturdy and rainproof. However the lack of extreme

cold opens up the possibilities for lighter weight, more open construction.

Application Materials: Applicants should submit materials through the Northern Sparks website by Friday, March 7th.

• Primary contact info.

• A written description of idea; what is the shanty and what interaction/activity will take

place in tandem with it (max 1pg PDF).

• Relevant visual material, drawing of proposed shanty, images of other similar projects

if relevant, or other materials to help the panel understand their proposal. (max 2 pgs

PDF).

• Brief bio for each participant (if working as a team).

Jury:

Art Shanty proposals will be juried by the ASP advisory board.

Questions:

Email info@artshantyprojects.org

more information can be found at: www.northernspark.org

William L. Fox to speak at Texas Tech

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release: March 21, 2011

William L. Fox to speak at Texas Tech

Texas Tech University’s Landscape as Knowledge series will host William L. Fox, poet, author and director of the Center for Art + Environment at the Nevada Museum of Art, Reno.

Fox will present “The Art of the Anthropocene: From Landscape Painting to Land Art” in Lecture Hall 202 of the Rawls College of Business Administration building at 7 p.m. April 7. The talk will examine landscape painting and land art since 1790 in light of 2000 Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen’s proposal that we have moved into the next geologic era, the Anthropocene, where humans are the most influential element on Earth.

Fox is known for visiting extreme environments to research his books. In 2001, he spent a season at the McMurdo Station and South Pole in the Antarctic as part of the National Science Foundation’s Visiting Artists and Writers program. During the summers of 2002 and 2003, he made three trips to Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic to join scientists testing future exploration protocols of Mars as part of NASA’s Haughton-Mars Project. He has since visited sites in the United States, Chile, Nepal and other places around the world.

Fox has published twelve books on cognition and landscape, fifteen collections of poetry and numerous essays in art monographs, magazines and journals. His nonfiction titles include: Aereality: On the World from Above, 2009, Terra Antarctic: Looking Into the Emptiest Continent, 2007, In the Desert of Desire: Las Vegas and the Culture of Spectacle, 2007 and The Void, the Grid, and the Sign: Traversing the Great Basin, 2005.

Fox is also an artist who has exhibited in numerous group and solo shows in seven countries since 1974.

He is a fellow of both the Royal Geographical Society and Explorers Club, a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Science Foundation and has been a visiting scholar at the Getty Research Institute, Clark Art Institute, the Australian National University and National Museum of Australia.

Fox’s presentation is supported by Land Arts of the American West at Texas Tech in the College of Architecture.

The lecture is free and open to the public. Parking is available after 5:30 p.m. in lot R5 and the Flint Avenue Parking Facility.

Call 806-742-1947 for more information.

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Landscape as Knowledge

Landscape as Knowledge is a yearlong series of public lectures, conversations and events to examine embodied intelligence within the augmented environment. It is a multidisciplinary approach to investigate how people see, conceive and depict the earth and what people find or do on it. Artists, art historians and scholars from various disciplines question how both the landscape and individuals are continually shaped and reshaped by an array of natural and cultural processes.

The series was organized by the faculty of the School of Art in collaboration with faculty from the College of Architecture at Texas Tech University. Rick Dingus, professor in photography, Dr. Jorgelina Orfila, assistant professor in art history, Dr. Carolyn Tate, professor in art history, and Chris Taylor, assistant professor in architecture, are the core collaborating faculty organizing the year of events.

Support comes from the Ryla T. and John F. Lott Endowment for Excellence in the Visual Arts, the College of Architecture, Land Arts of the American West and Landmark Arts at the School of Art.

The exhibitions, speakers and related programs at the Texas Tech University School of Art are made possible, in part, by generous grants from the Helen Jones Foundation and The CH Foundation. Additional support comes from the cultural activities fees administered through the College of Visual & Performing Arts.

CONTACT: Joe Arredondo, Director of Landmark Arts
806-742-1947 or joe.arredondo@ttu.edu
http://www.art.ttu.edu/landscape-as-knowledge

LAND ARTS 2010 EXHIBITION

Sunny Tang at Point Sublime, north rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona, 2 September 2010.

LAND ARTS 2010 EXHIBITION

Texas Tech University College of Architecture and the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts (LHUCA) announce LAND ARTS 2010 EXHIBITION.

An opening reception will take place from 6-9 p.m. Friday, April 1, 2011, at the LHUCA Warehouses at 1001 Mac Davis Lane in Lubbock, Texas.

The exhibition culminates the semester-long interdisciplinary field program Land Arts of the American West at Texas Tech in the College of Architecture and presents documents, objects and constructions by students Cynthia Gabaldon, Gregory Hemmelgarn, Rocio Mendoza, Corinne Sutton, Sunny Tang, Bradley Wilson, with art history graduate student Jennie Lamensdorf from the University of Texas at Austin. Chris Taylor, director of Land Arts of the American West at Texas Tech, leads the program and was assisted in the field by Texas Tech alumni Sean Cox. Land Arts 2010 field season was made possible with generous operational support from Andrea Nasher and student support from the James Family Foundation.

Students traveled 7,000 miles visiting locations across the Southwest camping for two months as they explored natural and human forces that shape contemporary landscapes—ranging from geology and weather to cigarette butts and hydroelectric dams.

On April 2, 2011 from noon to midnight, Land Arts of the American West and Landmark Arts will lead a public environmental art action in Lubbock, Texas as a participating venue of the 2011 Texas Biennial. See http://landarts.og for details.

The Land Arts 2010 Exhibition will continue through May 6 with a closing reception from 6-9pm that will coincide with the First Friday Art Trail.

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Gallery Hours and Events

The exhibition will open with a reception on Friday, 1 April 2011 from 6 - 9 pm and close with reception on Friday, 6 May 2011 from 6 - 9 pm, both events will be part of with the First Friday Art Trail. The exhibition will be open for viewing on Saturday afternoons from noon to 4pm and by appointment.

Land Arts 2010 Exhibition, with the collaboration of Landmark Arts in the Texas Tech School of Art is a participant in the2011 Texas Biennial. On April 2, 2011 from noon to midnight, Land Arts of the American West and Landmark Arts will lead a public environmental art action in Lubbock, Texas. See http://landarts.og for details.

Land Arts 2010 Exhibition will also be open April 14, 2011 from 6:00-8:30 PM, and April 15 from 9:00 to 4:00, in conjunction with the third annual Spring into Green event sponsored by the West Texas Branch of the US Green Building Council. This program in the LHUCA Warehouses will include an exhibit of 2011 Eco-friendly hybrid and electric cars, the Texas Tech Solar Car, plus a Classic ’57 Chevy. For conference information contact westtexasbranch@usgbcnorthtexas.org.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 18 March 2011

FOR MORE INFORMATION: please call Chris Taylor,

Director of Land Arts of the American West at Texas Tech at 806-392-6147

EXHIBITION DATES: 1 April - 6 May 2011

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, 1 April 2011, 6:00 - 9:00 pm

CLOSING RECEPTION: Friday, 6 May 2011, 6:00 - 9:00 pm

http://landarts.org/index.php/site/display/land_arts_2010_exhibition/