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/