Dispersal/Return: Lands Arts of the American West

Dispersal/Return/Landarts at UNM runs from August 28th - December 20th 2009. 2009 Anna and Claire Long will engage with contemporary and ancient peoples by hosting two visits to an archaelogical site in the high desert lands of New Mexico, close to Albuquerque. They will be inviting contemporary New Mexicans to share aspects of their lives and cultures with the original occupants site. This really exciting project also presents a unique opportunity to create links between Anna and Claires homelands and peoples using an archaeological site as catalyst for some very contemporary archaeology! See below for info from Landart website.
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The University of New Mexico Art Museum presents twenty artists from Land Arts of the American West, an interdisciplinary field program in the Department of Art and Art History at UNM. Curated by Bill Gilbert, the Lannan Chair and Director of the Land Arts program and Michele M. Penhall, Curator, Prints and Photographs at the UNM Art Museum, the exhibition brings together former participants from this innovative studio program who continue to work on land art based projects. The exhibition includes video and installation works by Claire Long and Anna Keleher, Blake Gibson, Yoshimi Hayashi, Mark Hensel, Jennifer Van Horn, and Bill Gilbert; works on paper and sculpture by Jeff Beekman, Erika Osborne, Blake Gibson, Geordie Shepherd, Elizabeth Hunt, Jeanette Hart-Mann, Brooke Steiger, Gabe Romero, and Peter Voshefski. There will also be four site specific works commissioned for the exhibition by Julie Anand, Jeanette Hart-Mann/Nina Dubois, Jess Dunn, and Ryan Henel. A performance by Gabe Romero and Johnathan Loth is scheduled for the opening night reception. Featured guest speakers will be announced at a later date. The UNM Art Museum is free and open to the public.

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