Land Arts at Texas Tech University in the field

Land Arts solar system ready for the van install.

Land Arts at Texas Tech University has begun its 2010 field season.

Their itinerary can be found online at http://arch.ttu.edu/wiki/Land_Arts_2010_Itinerary and at http://arch.ttu.edu/wiki/Land_Arts_2010 you will find program information and our course descriptions. When possible Field Reports will be posted at http://landarts.org/index.php/site/field_reports/cat/2010_field_reports/. Check often for updates.

In addition to regular field programming a series of lectures, panels and events on the theme of Landscape as Knowledge will occur in Lubbock sponsored by the School of Art, the College of Architecture, and Land Arts of the American West. Information about Landscape as Knowledge can be found online at http://www.depts.ttu.edu/art/SOA/nav/landmark/speakerschedule/landscape.php

Land Arts 2010 will follow on the success of last year exhibiting its work at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts (LHUCA) Warehouses on Mac Davis Lane in Lubbock, Texas in February and early March of 2011. Check our website later in the year for details about the opening and related events.

CHRIS DRURY: LAND, WATER AND LANGUAGE

PRESS RELEASE


CHRIS DRURY: LAND, WATER AND LANGUAGE
4th September - 30th October 2010
Taigh Chearsabghagh Museum and Arts Centre, North Uist, Western Isles, Scotland HS6 5AA - admission free - open 10 am - 5 pm - Monday to Saturday

This exhibition is the first in a series about land and water which will be curated and devised by Chris Drury and Andy Mackinnon at Taigh Chearsabhagh over the next 2 years. It is hoped that the ongoing project will involve, artists, writers, film makers and musicians.

The project began in September 2009 when Drury and Andy Mackinnon (TC’s curator and filmmaker) made a two day journey by Canadian canoe across the island, from the west coast back to Lochmaddy on the east coast, threading their way through the maze of lochs and waterways.

The result is this extensive show which includes the installation of a suspended woven canoe, made from heather, willow and salmon skins, works on the wall using digital technology and place names, with maps and satellite imagery; works with peat and water; a photogravure of the land traversed by canoe; and a video of a breaking wave.

Chris Drury has said about his experience of the landscape:


‘The Uists and Benbecula are part of a flow country whose interweaving of sea, lochs and land takes on a wave pattern, as when the tide retreats from a beach. The chain of islands and sea are dominated by Eaval (Island Mountain) in the North and Hekla in the South, both Norse names transfixing a fluid landscape with history and language. For the experience of this land is multi layered: the actuality of the place - the wind, the rain, the light, the sound of the curlew, the roar of the surf, the brown squelch of the peat bogs and the scent of the burning peat from the cottage chimneys - intermingles with the history interred in the place names on the map, given both in Gaelic and Norse: Encounter Loch, Secure Sheep Island, Hillock of Many Priests, Loch of the Old Woman - and something of the pain from the clearances: Isle of Lament, Coffin Loch. So language and meaning and history are embedded in this now sparsely populated place. And using satellite imagery we can look at this pattern of land and water, observe the ever changing patterns of weather fronts which mirror the land beneath. At the same time we can look at the microcosm in the small bacteria embedded in the peat bogs and know through the science that these micro-organisms are affecting the climate and the weather in which the whole is embedded.’

Anyone who finds themselves on this beautiful island over the next two months should also visit Drury’s work Hut of The Shadows, a Cloud Chamber made in 1997, which is a twenty minute walk from the Ferry terminal.

Contact:
arts@taighchearsabhagh.org . +44 (0)1876 500293 . www.taighchearsabhagh.org -
chrisdrury@chrisdrury.co.uk - +44 (0)1273 476655 - +44 (0)7584 129 217 - www.chrisdrury.co.uk

deviantART: CoolClimate Art Contest

deviantART presents The CoolClimate Art Contest Our friends at deviantART are calling on artists to participate in the CoolClimate Contest -- the first online art contest exploring climate change and how it's impacting our lives. Artists are invited to submit a work of art that explores their relationship with the climate -- from clean energy jobs to pollution-free oceans. Post entries on www.coolclimate.deviantart.com, and a panel of judges, including Ballroom Marfa favorite Mel Chin, will select the 20 finalists. Finalists will then move to the Huffington Post web site, and the public will vote on the winners. The top three will receive cash prizes and be featured on the Planet Green Planet 100 show. The deadline for submissions is September 6, 2010, so send your artwork now! Learn more, and read the official contest rules at CoolClimate. _________________________________________________________________________________________

Ballroom Marfa www.ballroommarfa.org Open Thursday through Sunday 12 PM - 6 PM PO Box 1661 108 East San Antonio St. Marfa, Texas 79843 T 432.729.3600 F 432.729.3606

Stringfellow to teach “Art, Environment, and Place,” SDSU Honors Fall 2010

Art, Environment, and Place (HONORS 413 Section 02) is a San Diego State University undergraduate honors course scheduled for fall of 2010. Stringfellow’s new course focuses on the work of contemporary artists who integrate various field and research strategies borrowed from the natural sciences, geography, and other  disciplines within their practice.

The course will be centered around focused readings, discussions, presentations, screenings, and field trips. Students will conceive and execute a final project proposal that may take the form of a hybrid documentary, temporary site-specific artwork or installation, digital multimedia feature, performance, text, or other work that addresses social, cultural, environmental, geographical, and/or political issues of a local or regional ecology, site, or subject. Special emphasis will be placed on projects that are collaborative, incorporate sustainable design strategies, promote environmental awareness through education, and/or directly encourage audience participation. Projects, possibly collaborative in nature, will be distilled, executed, and documented at the conclusion of the course. A background in art is not required to take this course. Students from all academic and disciplinary areas are encouraged to apply.

The course will culminate in an imersive three-day weekend field study workshop at the Salton Sea scheduled for the weekend of November 19 – 21, 2010. During this workshop students will be able to directly experience and respond to place over an embedded field research period.  Visiting artist/architect, Chris Taylor, director of Land Arts of the American West at Texas Tech, will join the student group for this weekend field experience. Students will be prepared before embarking on the field trip through readings and presentations on diverse topics related to the site including but not limited to regional water politics, agricultural/real estate economies, local ecologies, military presence, tourism, outsider art, fringe subcultures among others. A culminating art exhibit and publication will be organized to document student interdisciplinary projects resulting from this course and workshop.

Visit the course Web site and blog at: http://kimstringfellow.wordpress.com/ for more information.

THE CENTERS OF THE USA: CLUI KS

An exhibit in Lebanon, Kansas (center of the contiguous continental United States):

THE CENTERS OF THE USA
Open indefinately starting August 14, 2010

The Centers of the USA, produced by the Institute of Marking and Measuring and the CLUI, is now open to visitors.

A CLUI Exhibit Unit, temporarily installed at the center of the contiguous continental United States, north of Lebanon, Kansas, contains an exhibit which depicts and describes several of the "Centers" of the United States, such as the geodetic center, in Lucas, Kansas; the geographic center, near Belle Fourche, South Dakota; and the current population center, in Edgar Springs, Missouri.

This project is part of the CLUI Lines of Site thematic program, an ongoing series of presentations about surveying, cartographic lines, perimeters, and borders. It was made possible with the support of the Salina Art Center, Creative Capital, the Hub Club of Lebanon, KS, and the Institute of Marking and Measuring (IMAM).

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The Center for Land Use Interpretation
9331 Venice Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
310.839.5722 office
310.839.6678 fax
clui@clui.org
www.clui.org

Debra Bloomfield's Wilderness Series

Richard Levy Gallery is pleased to present a selection of photographs from Debra Bloomfield's latest project, The Wilderness Series. Over the past few years, Debra Bloomfield has focused her camera on the wilderness areas of southeast Alaska developing a series of sublime images that gently remind us of the importance of wilderness preservation in a time when our environmental impact is greater than ever. In an effort to support conservation and raise awareness, Richard Levy Gallery is donating a portion from all 2010 sales of this series to The Wilderness Society.

The Wilderness Series edition information:
13 x 19 inch (11 x 11 image) ed. of 15
20 x 24 inch (19 X 19 image) ed. of 25
38 x 39 inch (29.5 X 29.5 image) ed. of 12

Founded in 1935, The Wilderness Society a leading American conservation organization and has been involved with every major public land bill since their founding, including the National Forest Management Act, the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the National Trails Act, and the National Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act. The Wilderness Society strives to protect our wild places, improve land and resource management, and inspire Americans to care for their lands all over the United States. More recently, The Wilderness Society has tackled some of today's most significant issues such as climate change, global warming, the Gulf oil disaster restoration, renewable energy, and countless others. More information about the Wilderness Society can be found by following this link:

http://wilderness.org/

Please contact the gallery for pricing, further Wilderness Series edition details, and information on how your acquisition supports The Wilderness Society. Images are also available on our website at Levygallery.com.

CLUI: Through the Grapevine Bus Tour

The Center for Land Use Interpretation presents:

Through the Grapevine Bus Tour
Thursday August 12, 2010

Join us for a tour of a place meant to be passed through - a tour, essentially, of a highway. We will visit contemporary and historic lines of conveyance through the transitional geography between Central and Southern California - the epic Tejon Pass region.

The tour is part of the CLUI exhibit Through the Grapevine: Streams of Transit in Southern California's Great Pass, on display until August 29, 2010.

The bus will depart from the Center for Land Use Interpretation's Los Angeles location at 9331 Venice Blvd, Culver City at 9 AM Thursday, August 12th, and will return by 7 PM.

Tour ticket price is $30. Tickets go on sale on Tuesday, August 3rd @ 12 noon PST, and must be purchased online here.

This tour is made possible by a grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles and the CLUI Remarkable Roadways Program.

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The Center for Land Use Interpretation
9331 Venice Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
310.839.5722 office
310.839.6678 fax
clui@clui.org
www.clui.org

Directions

DAVID TAYLOR: Working the Line, CLUI Independent Interpreter

Independent Interpreter presentation at the Center for Land Use Interpretation's Los Angeles location:
DAVID TAYLOR: Working the Line
Wednesday August 4, 2010 at 7:00 pm (Please arrive early, seating is limited.)

David Taylor's project "Working the Line" documents 276 obelisks, installed between the years 1892 and 1895, that mark the U.S./Mexico boundary from El Paso/Juarez to San Diego/Tijuana. He will present this work, and describe his experiences along this often remote and dramatic linear and liminal space.

Image: Border Monument No. 184 - N 32º 09.347’ W 113º 42.403’

This talk is the third in a series of CLUI Independent Interpreter presentations which are part of an ongoing investigation of the nation's political and physical boundaries. The CLUI Independent Interpreter program is made possible by the support of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

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The Center for Land Use Interpretation
9331 Venice Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
310.839.5722 office
310.839.6678 fax
clui@clui.org
www.clui.org

Admission is free.

Directions

Artist in Residence and Writer in Residence 2010-11

University College London

University College London

UCL Environment Institute

The UCL Environment Institute in conjunction with TippingPoint®, UCL Slade School of Art and the UCL History Department, is seeking to appoint an Artist-in-Residence and a Writer-in-Residence for the 2010-11 academic year.

With these two posts, the UCL Environment Institute is hoping to enhance further its aim of connecting the arts community and environmental professionals in order to explore and promote the relationship between the arts, science, technology, business and the environment, as a means of enhancing understanding and fostering collective action.

Both the artist and writer will be required to conduct a programme of work for academic staff and researchers linking art/creative writing with environmental issues centered on climate change. The specific content and structure of this programme will be from your proposal and will form the basis of selection at the interview stage. We anticipate that it might include a combination of various types of activities and styles of art.

The award for each is for 2 days per week for 9 months (October - June) and it is £8,000 plus up to £1,000 for expenses. The UCL Environment Institute will provide office space as required during this period.

The closing date for applications is 5pm, 2^nd July 2010; late applications will not be accepted. Interviews will be held on 12^th July 2010. Only shortlisted applicants will be notified. Please send 5 copies of the application to Nina Crane, UCLEI, Pearson Building, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT or by email: n.crane@ucl.ac.uk. The application should include the following: an outline of the proposed programme of work, a brief CV and, if appropriate, examples of recent work. Please note any work sent can only be returned if an SAE is included and is specifically requested.

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/environment-institute/

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/index.php

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/history/

http://www.tippingpoint.org.uk/

GLOBAL CLIMATE ART PROJECT WITH 350.ORG

GLOBAL CLIMATE ART PROJECT

GUIDELINES

We welcome new and bold ideas for the 20 plus art pieces we will be capturing via satellite on November 27^th + 28^th

Because this is a unique collaboration between artists and 350.org, we invite artists to participate at all levels from conceptualizing an idea that we execute on our own, to designing a piece and being physically on site to facilitate the piece being realized.

Below are some basic guidelines that will increase the likelihood of the art being successfully captured by satellite. We encourage creative visions and therefore invite artists to suggest ideas that might not exactly fit the guidelines below.

SIZE - The ideal minimum size for capturing the art via satellite is roughly equivalent to a soccer field, e.g. 120 yards x 75 yards or 110 meters x 70 meters.

MATERIALS – We respect that many of you use specific materials for your work. For your medium for this unique collaboration, we invite you to incorporate the people throughout the world who make up 350’s amazing international grassroots network. In some regions of the world 350.org has a very strong presence and can bring 1,000 plus people to participate in your art.

Note: If you would like to use or incorporate materials into the sculpture, we recommend that you use waterproof materials that can withstand the outdoor elements.

CONTRAST – is what make the images pop from afar so any piece that involves sharp color or shape contrast is fantastic.

TIME OF DAY – The satellite images can be taken during the day or at night. (If you’re considering a nighttime installation involving illumination, we encourage artists to use light sources that are not energy intensive. We would be happy to brainstorm ideas with you.)

350.ORG SUPPORT

Although 350.org cannot monetarily compensate artists, we can support and augment your work in a multitude of ways:

MATERIALS: As noted above, 350.org has an international grassroots network of people who can serve as the medium for your piece. Please note that 350.org’s presence varies based on geographical location. We would be happy to discuss which region you would like to showcase your piece in, how many people on the ground will be available to participate in the piece, the specific topography of the region etc.

REGIONAL COORDINATORS: 350.org has regional coordinators who can provide on the ground volunteers to help facilitate creating your art piece. This includes scouting locations, helping secure permits, organizing the volunteers who will make up your art piece etc.

GLOBAL COORDINATOR: A global coordinator will be managing the art project from inception through the to weekend of the launch.

DOCUMENTATION + INTERNATIONAL MEDIA

CREATION of ART – We are currently talking to various photographers and cinematographers about documenting the creative process involved in bringing these visions to life. The idea is to use these images and footage as part of a multi-media piece we are creating as well as to offer these images and footage to mainstream press on the weekend of the reveal. Artists will be provided free copies of all images and video footage generated of their art by photographers and cinematographers collaborating with 350.org.

ON-SITE NOV 27 + 28 – The goal is to provide an aerial shot of the piece (satellite), as well as close up on the ground photos (and where feasible, video), of the art and people involved. Artists will be provided free copies of all images and video footage generated of their art by photographers and cinematographers collaborating with 350.org.

PRESS - 350.org has a stellar communications team with a successful track record of garnering press for their international actions. For example, last October 24, 2009, 350.org coordinated 5200 simultaneous demonstrations around the world, what CNN called ‘the most widespread day of political action in the planet’s history’ on any issue. Due to 350.org communications team, these actions were also widely covered by a wealth of media outlets from local to global media giants like CNN. We have already begun discussions with Google.org and YouTube about featuring the art pieces on their websites the weekend of the reveal.

PLEASE CONTACT US

We appreciate that the above information is just a slice of the information you need for creating an art piece. Because we don’t want to overwhelm you, we sought to keep this introduction simple. We would be more than happy to provide you additional information, field any additional questions you might have etc. Please don’t hesitate to contact us: heidi@350.org 415.845.6330

VAN HORN PRESENTS KATIE HOLTEN

Photo © Katie Holten, studio, 2010

VAN HORN PRESENTS KATIE HOLTEN

2010

JUNE 11 - JULY 17, 2010

Opening June 11, 7pm

We are very pleased to announce our third solo exhibition with Katie Holten, which will be her first in the new VAN HORN space.

At the root of Katie Holten’s practice is a love of drawing. In 2010 Holten presents a series of new drawings that deepen her curiosity for the conditions by which specific natural materials, such as twigs, stones and fossils, both emerge from and return to culture.

The gallery walls are painted the ‘average color of the universe’ (as calculated by astrophysicists at Johns Hopkins). The first and ‘incorrect’ version is popularly called Cosmic Turquoise. The painted walls serve as the ‘ground’ on which the drawing installation takes form. 2010 grows out of Holten’s recent discussions with historians, economists, geophysicists, musicians, botanists, ecologists, teachers, and architects during her exploration of the ecosystem in the South Bronx, NY for her acclaimed Tree Museum (2009-2010).

In these new works Holten takes pages from The Golden Bough (Frazer, 1953), On Aggression (Lorenz, 1963) and Civilized Man’s Eight Deadly Sins (Lorenz, 1973) and uses them as both a surface for drawing on and as material for making drawn sculptures. Holten uses these seminal texts as ‘readymade’ narratives - the printed words on the pages tell the story of man’s fascination with, control of, and domination over nature – while Holten’s drawings depict man-made objects, from pre-historic stone tools to Cumulus clouds created from smog and contrails. These drawings continue Holten’s ongoing meditation on the inextricable link between man and nature in the age of the Anthropocene. The ecological is now entwined with the economical. 2010 explores where we are coming from, where we are at now and where we are going, or could be going.

"The basis of the work of Katie Holten is the relationship between nature, social construction and memory. The poetics of the Irish artist prompts reflection on the perception of the life systems and organic processes that surround us, with the aim of revealing spaces that are often overlooked. In the recent work The Golden Bough the artist comes to terms with the relativity of science, showing us ‘Cosmic Latte’ and ‘Cosmic Turquoise’, the average color of the universe. Imagination, science and nature intertwine in a dialogue intended to reactivate dulled senses." Ilaria Gianni, 2010

Katie Holten was born in 1975 in Dublin and represented Ireland at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003. Recent solo museum exhibitions include The Hugh Lane, Dublin (2010), The Bronx Museum, New York (2009), Nevada Museum of Art (2008), Villa Merkel, Esslingen (2008) and the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (2007).

VAN HORN

ACKERSTR. 99, 40233 DÜSSELDORF

T+F. +49 211 5008654 M. +49 172 2355557

INFO@VAN-HORN.NET WWW.VAN-HORN.NET

Emerging Landscapes Conference

Emerging Landscapes

This conference is a joint venture between the School of Architecture and the Built Environment and the School of Media, Arts, and Design, University of Westminster.

Dates: 25 - 27 June 2010

Outline
The past thirty years have witnessed social, geopolitical, technological, and economic change on a global scale. Alongside these shifts, landscape has also changed its nature. Focusing primarily, not not exclusively, on the synergies between the disciplines of photographer and architecture, this international and interdisciplinary conference will examine and critically reassess the interface between production and representation in the creation of contemporary landscape.

Emerging Landscapes asks practitioners, writers, critics, artists, and others working in the broad fields of the built environment (ie: architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design) and the represented environment (ie: photography, film, and the visual arts) to reconsider the idea of landscape by interrogating the relationship between space and image; to explore the synergies that exist between landscape representation - the imaginary and symbolic shaping of the human environment - the landscape production - the physical and material changes wrought on the land.

See http://www.emerginglandscapes.org.uk/ for more information and schedule.

2010 Land/Water Summer Symposium

Land/Water consists of artists, writers and curators who embrace a diversity of creative and critical practices. As a research group it operates as a forum for interrogation of nature and culture, aesthetics and representation. Questioning imagery and practices relating to land, landscape and place is central to our ethos. As artists, writers, curators we work individually exploring space and place as a point of departure for experimenting in new modes of communication through picturing. We generate work that addresses a range of issues. These include environmental change, sustainability, journey, site and regional specificity.

In addition a forum for theoretical and methodological debate is constructed through research events, exchange exhibitions (with other HE Institutions), conferences, symposia and publications.

The 2010 Land/Water Summer Symposium Land and the Metaphysical will be held Thursday 1st - Friday 2nd July at University of Plymouth: please seeEvents section for details.

VIsit http://landwater-research.co.uk/ for more info.

18th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2012)

The ISEA International Foundation Board is pleased to announce that the
18th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2012) will be held in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

ISEA2012 has been awarded to the University of New Mexico (UNM) College of
Fine Arts in collaboration with 516 ARTS

The New Mexico bid was presented at ISEA2009 Belfast.
Following a final submission process, the Foundation Board has agreed that
the New Mexico proposal is dynamic and diverse, with a strong regional and
environmental focus.

ISEA2012 will be staged in Fall 2012 in Albuquerque and Santa Fe with
the bulk of the symposium held on and near the University of New Mexico in
Albuquerque.

On hearing news of the successful bid, Prof. Polli commented: "New Mexico is
unique not only as the site of the most ancient settlements in the country,
dating back to 1100 A.D., but as the site of many scientific breakthroughs
and controversies including the first atomic detonation. Our location is
experiencing some of the fastest growth in the country with high-energy
research at Sandia and Los Alamos Laboratories, the first commercial
Spaceport, and an active film and game industry, while also being the home
to 19 Native American Pueblos. We hope that the site will inspire a wide
range of projects including many that extend outside the gallery and
conference center walls."

For further information please contact ISEAHQ Director Sue Gollifer
info@isea-web.org

CELEBRANDO LAS ACEQUIAS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

If you are in or near northern New Mexico:

CELEBRANDO LAS ACEQUIAS:
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

JUNE 11th – 13^th, 2010

Embudo Mission

Dixon, New Mexico

Celebrating the water, land, food, and people of the acequias.

Free and open to the public.

Friday, June 11, 2010

7:00 pm OPENING PRESENTATION: THINKING LIKE A WATERSHED

Jack Loeffler

8:00 pm FILM SCREENING: GENETIC CHILI

Chris Dudley

EXHIBITION: EL OJO DEL EMBUDO

Geraldine Forbes and Tim Castillo,
UNM School of Architecture and Planning,

Saturday, June 12

8:30 am REGISTRATION

9:30 am STATE AND ACEQUIA PARTNERSHIP

Estevan Lopez, Chairman

Interstate Stream Commission

10:30 am CELEBRATING A TEACHING LANDSCAPE

Hadley + Peter Arnold, co-directors

Arid Lands Institute, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA

11:30 am WATER AND SACRED LANDSCAPE IN NEW MEXICO

Dr. Sylvia Rodriguez, University of New Mexico

12:30 pm LUNCH

1:30 pm ACEQUIA LANDSCAPE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

Arnie Valdez, Planner, Santa Fe County

2:30 pm NATIVE FOODS

Dr. Gary Nabhan, University of Arizona Southwest Center

3:30 pm FEMALE VOICES IN THE FOOD POLICY DEBATE

Moderator: Dr. Marcia Brenden

Panelists: Lucia Sanchez, Norma Navarro, and Isaura Andaluz

4:30 pm DREAMING NEW MEXICO

Arty Mangan, Food and Farming Director, Bioneers

5:30 pm CENA, DINNER

6:30 pm PRESENTATIONS:

Mayordomo and Farmer of the Year

7:00pm MUSICA

Locals: Los Coyotes de CaÒoncito

From El Rito: Cipriano Vigil

From Albuquerque: Chuy Martinez y los Trinos

Sunday, June 13

12:00 pm Earthworks Institute

12:30 pm ARROYO RESTORATION WORKSHOP

Bill Zeedyk and Van Clothier

Let the Water Do The Work: Induced Meandering, an Evolving Method for Restoring Incised Channels.

ORGANIZERS

Event Director:

Estevan Arellano, farmer, writer, historian

Embudo, NM

estevan_2002@yahoo.com

Sponsor:

ARIDLANDSINSTITUTE

@ Woodbury University

Design Innovation at the Nexus of Water, Energy, and Climate Change.

7500 Glenoaks Boulevard

Burbank, CA 91510

818. 394 3335

The mission of the Arid Lands Institute at Woodbury University is to train designers and citizens to be resourceful and inventive in the face of water scarcity and hyrdologic variability brought on by climate change. ALI offers undergraduate and graduate educational opportunities; design advisory services; research; and public programs. aridlands.woodbury.edu

The Arid Lands Institute @ Woodbury University is supported by funding under Grant Number HSIAC-09-CA-39 with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of University Partnerships.

Co-sponsored by:

Embudo Valley Library

Cuatro Puertas

New Mexico Acequia Institute

The Acequia Institute

Earthworks Institute

Vivac Winery

La Chiripada Winery

McCune Foundation

LINKS

aridlands.woodbury.edu

bioneers.org

c4puertas.org

earthworksinstitute.org

embudovalleylibrary.org

lachiripada.com

ose.state.nm.us/isc_index.html

mccune.org

garynabhan.com
lasacequias.org

rio-arriba.org

acequiainstitute.org

santafecounty.org/growth_management

vivacwinery.com

LAND/ART Book Release Party: June 16, 5:30 - 7:30pm

Please join Radius Books & 516 ARTS on Wednesday, June 16, 5:30 - 7:30pm to celebrate the release of the culminating book "LAND/ART New Mexico" published by Radius Books.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: THIRD COAST ATLAS

image: Green Area designates watershed of the great lakes. All rivers and streams within this area drain into the Great Lakes. Water flows from the lakes into the Atlantic Ocean through the St. Lawrence River. For the purposes of this publication, we will consider the St. Lawrence River and Seaway, Finger Lakes Region of New York, Headwaters of the region above Lake Nipigon, as well as the various canal and hydrological management systems associated with the Great Lakes as sufficiently relevant to warrant inclusion in the region.

3rd Coast Atlas is seeking submissions.

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criteria

Submissions will be evaluated by the editors (and where necessary an independent editorial board) depending upon three criteria:

1.Quality of original intellectual and representational content and its contribution to the overall collection.

2.Relevance to sites and or subjects within the Great Lakes Drainage Basin. See map above and caption for details on geographic limits.

3.Relevance to the categories outlined for the publication.

More information about the project and submissions can be found here: www.3rdcoastatlas.com.

3rd Coast Atlas is a platform for research and design initiatives that explore the urbanization, landscape, infrastructure and ecology of the Great Lakes Basin and Great Lakes Megaregion. 3CA was initiated in 2009 by Clare Lyster, University of Illinois, Chicago; Charles Waldheim, Harvard University, and Mason White, University of Toronto.

ERRATIC SPACES/THE LAND: An installation by Don Gill

THE LAND/an art site, Inc. presents

An installation by Don Gill
ERRATIC SPACES/THE LAND

June 5-26, 2010
Opening reception and artist’s talk June 5, 5-8 pm
Gallery Hours: Thursday and Saturday 11am-5pm and by appointment

THE LAND/gallery
419 Granite Ave. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
(505) 242-1501
Email: theland@comcast.net
Website: www.landartsite.org

ERRATIC SPACE: Treating space as unmapped/unknown terrain that becomes known by wandering and examination. This wandering, in association with photography, video, GPS technology, and other forms of data collection, develops a map of both the physical terrain and the artist's experience of it. Erratic Spaces/THE LAND is a gallery installation based on the artist's February 2010 residency at THE LAND/an art site.

Multi-media artist DON GILL teaches at Lethbridge University, Alberta. In addition to New Mexico, recent art projects have taken him to D'Arcy Island, British Columbia and New South Wales, Australia.

THE LAND/an art site, Inc., a nonprofit organization, provides environmental artists with opportunities to work and exhibit in New Mexico, and works to promote awareness of environmental issues through the arts. THE LAND maintains offices, a resource center and a gallery space, THE LAND/gallery, in downtown Albuquerque, and a forty-acre outdoor site in the foothills of the Manzano Mountains devoted exclusively to site-specific, environmentally low-impact, land-based art.

CONTACT: THE LAND/an art site at (505) 242-1501

New at the Center for Art + Environment

Bill Gilbert: Physiocartographies Now Open Through September 26 Bill Gilbert's exhibition of walking maps, Physiocartographies, traces his attempts to hike predetermined routes through varied terrain, inevitably frustrated by weather, topography, and the limits of his own body. Handwriting and audio recordings overlay enlarged topographical maps, living proof that "the map is not the territory." more >

Museum Receives Selection of Lita Albuquerque Archives The newest collection to join the CA+E Archive will be materials from Lita Albuquerque's Stellar Axis. Stay tuned for the Museum’s public exhibition of this important work, the first large-scale installation made in the Antarctic. more >

Blogging from Australia Watch for forthcoming blogs by CA+E Director Bill Fox, who this month and next will again be traveling through New Zealand and Australia meeting artists, collecting archive materials, and visiting remote Aboriginal art centers in the deserts of Western Australia.more >

Chinese Economics and Yang Yongliang Don’t miss Views From China: Yang Yongliang and the Modern Metropolis, the first-ever American museum exhibition of Yang Yongliang’s haunting images of Chinese landscapes, recalling traditional Chinese paintings in the form of contemporary digital imagery. Join Elliott Parker for a discussion of Chinese economics and Yongliang’s work June 4. more >

“Placing Space | Spacing Place” New Videos on the Art + Environment Social Network Six new videos of the “Placing Space | Spacing Place” panel at the Art + Environment Conference are now available on the Art + Environment Social Network. This session brought together individuals who have worked to develop interdisciplinary networks of artists, designers, and scholars to explore the nature of place and placelessness. Videos feature William L. Fox, Bill Gilbert, Matthew Coolidge, Cheryl Haines, and Geoff Manaugh. more >

Land Art Generator Initiative DEADLINE June 4th

	The 2010 International Sculpture Conference in London Earlier this month we had the honor of presenting at the 22nd annual International Sculpture Conference. LAGI was included in the panel "A Changing Landscape: Sculpture, Society & Environment" chaired by John Grande and also featuring John Roloffand Ian Hunter. There was a lot of interest in the creative fusion of renewable energy infrastructure and public art and also the specific context of public art potential in the United Arab Emirates. The panel resulted in a very stimulating discussion and audience questions, and while there was some distance conceptually between the work of the panelists, there was a great thread that tied it all together: the necessity for new sculptural conceptions of landscape, be they agricultural, geological, ecological, or energy infrastructural. The continued relevance of sculptural intervention requires a constant reassessment in the context of contemporary cultural issues. Thoughtful sculptural interventions in the landscape can impart a new framework of understanding about fundamental cultural currencies such as water, food, energy, and ecology. We thank the ISC for inviting us to be a part of this international event.
	BarCamp UAE The next edition of DoCamp will be held on 8th May 2010 at Dubai Internet City. (Block 1, DKV Conference Halls) We will be holding a session titled, The Aesthetics of Renewable Energy: The Land Art Generator Initiative in Room A at 4:15PM. See BarCampUAE for more information on the sessions and for a location map to the event. BarCamp is an ad-hoc unconference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants. ECO Friendly EXPO We will be lecturing during the The Power of Green Lecture Series at the Eco Friendly Expo in New York City on May 27. "The Eco Friendly Expo is a three-day event in the heart of New York City. Featuring Eco innovation and sustainable Design from all over the world! This trade show is a high-end marketplace that serves as a showcase for environmentally friendly companies, services and destinations, attracting both public and private sector buyers in the Tri-state area. Eco Friendly Expo is bringing Green to a Grand New Level! The Show also features The Power of Green Lecture Series, including seminars with experts in different fields, book signings, and demonstrations. Participants include members of the Bloomberg Administration, School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University, Barnes and Noble and the Food Network, among others. We hope to see you at these upcoming events. Please go to www.landartgenerator.org for more information about these and other LAGI happenings. And to see recent press coverage, click here.
	A special thanks to the Friends of LAGI and in-kind supporters who have contributed their support to help make the competition possible: thejamjar Tasmena Energy World Magazine Reuben Andrews Jane Meikle Jude van der Merwe Ramzi Jaber Rhonda Hauff John and Jennifer Ferry We continue to seek support from individuals and institutions. Please visit ourSPONSORSHIP page for details.