Approaching the Llano Estacado on Highway 114, east of Lubbock, Texas. Photo by Chris Taylor.

2018 Field Season

2018_Land_Arts_syllabi.pdf
2018_Land_Arts_Reader_Outline.pdf
2018_Land_Arts_Bibliography.pdf
2018_Land_Arts_Itinerary.pdf
2018 Land Arts Itinerary Map

Itinerary

Journey 1
4-7 Sep – Cebolla Canyon, New Mexico
5 Sep – Jackpile Mine, Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico
7-11 Sep – Muley Point, Cedar Mesa, Utah
11-14 Sep – Goblin Valley / San Rafael Swell, Utah
14-16 Sep – Spiral Jetty, Rozel Point, Great Salt Lake, Utah
16 Sep – Sun Tunnels, near Lucin, Utah
16-23 Sep – CLUI Wendover, Utah
23-26 Sep – Double Negative, Mormon Mesa, Nevada
26-29 Sep – North Rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona
29 Sep-2 Oct – Coconino Forrest, Arizona
2-4 Oct – Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
5-15 Oct – Lubbock, Texas

Journey 2
16-19 Oct – Two Buttes, White Sands, New Mexico
19-24 Oct – Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico
21-22 Oct – The Lightning Field, New Mexico
24-28 Oct – Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona
28 Oct-1 Nov – Mimbres River, New Mexico
1-4 Nov – Cabinetlandia, Deming, New Mexico
4-9 Nov – Marfa, Texas
10 Nov – 5 Dec – Lubbock, Texas

Participants

Jessie Dodington, artist and Texas Tech University MFA candidate.
Elise Dupré, illustrator and art historian with MA from Ghent University, Belgium.
Amanda Jolley, artist with BFA from Carnegie Mellon University.
Cara Rae Joven, artist and University of California, Riverside MFA candidate.
Shay Myerson, artist with BA from Lewis & Clark College.
Elijah Olson, University of Texas at Austin BA in geography candidate.
Hannah Rotwein, artist and historian with BFA and BA from U. of Texas at Austin. 

Emily Rabinowitz (Program Assistant)
Chris Taylor (Program Director)

Field Guests

Steve Badgett – artist with SIMPARCH
Curtis Bauer – poet and translator teaching at Texas Tech University (Advisory Group member)
Eric Bernard – director of landscape architecture at Texas Tech University (Advisory Group member)
Kurt Caswell – writer teaching in honors at Texas Tech University (Advisory Group member)
Kevin Chua – art historian teaching at Texas Tech University (Advisory Group member)
Matthew Coolidge – director of Center for Land Use Interpretation
Rafael Benéytez-Duran – architect teaching at Texas Tech University (Advisory Group member)
k. Flint – artist and University of California, Riverside MFA candidate (Land Arts 2017 alum)
Upe Flueckiger – architect teaching at Texas Tech University (Advisory Group member)
Curtis Francisco – geologist from Laguna Pueblo
Susan Larson – literature, film and urban studies scholar teaching in Spanish at Texas Tech University (Advisory Group member)
Don Lavigne – classist teaching at Texas Tech University (Advisory Group member)
Barry Lopez – writer
Ann Reynolds – art historian teaching at the University of Texas at Austin
Andrea Nasher – cultural activator
Whitney Tassie – curator at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Jim Williamson -dean of architecture at Texas Tech University (Advisory Group member)