Land Arts of the American West

Syllabi + Program Materials

• Syllabi (complete with itinerary, reader outline, and supplementary reader index)
• Map

Itinerary

• Tablelands Center for Bioregional Art — Shallowater, Texas
• 31 Aug-4 Sep — Cebolla Canyon, New Mexico
• 1 Sep — Jackpile Mine, Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico
• 4-8 Sep — Muley Point, Cedar Mesa, Utah
• 8-11 Sep — Goblin Valley, Utah
• 11-13 Sep — Spiral Jetty, Rozel Point, Great Salt Lake, Utah
• 13 Sep — Sun Tunnels, near Lucin, Utah
• 13-19 Sep — Center for Land Use Interpretation, Wendover, Utah
• 19 Sep — Burnt Spring, Utah
• 20-22 Sep — North Rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona
• 22-24 Sep — Double Negative, Mormon Mesa, Nevada
• 24-26 Sep — Coconino Forrest, Arizona
• 26-28 Sep — Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

• 29 Sep-4 Oct – Lubbock, Texas

• 5-10 Oct — Marfa, Texas
• 10-14 Oct — Cabinetlandia, near Deming, New Mexico
• 14-18 Oct — Mimbres River, New Mexico
• 18-22 Oct — Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona
• 22-27 Oct — Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico
• 24&25 Oct — The Lightning Field, New Mexico
• 27 -29 Oct — Two Buttes, White Sands, New Mexico

• 30 Oct-5 Dec — Lubbock, Texas
• 5 Dec — Final Critique at Texas Tech University
• Feb-April, 2024 — Land Arts 2023 Exhibition at Museum of Texas Tech University

Participants

1. Tatsuki Hoshihara—visual artist from Japan, with BA and MA from Musashino Art University, Japan, MS from SCI-Arc, Los Angeles. 
2. Lorri Kershner—interior designer, environmentalist, avowed art nerd, and returning poet from Santa Cruz, California, and Marfa Texas. 
3. Rohan Khanna—visual artist and writer living a nomadic existence. 
4. Maeve Kirk—writer from Bonners Ferry, Idaho with an MFA in fiction from the University of Alaska Fairbanks who is currently thawing out while pursuing a PHD in poetry from Texas Tech University.  
5. Heidi Landau—visual artist/performer based in Austin, Texas with a BFA in drawing from the University of Florida. 
6. Stirling Lemme—landscape architecture grad student at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, studying the typologies of rural landscapes. 
7. Laurel McLaughlin—educator based in Philadelphia, among other things. 
8. Stinne Storm—poet and architect based in Copenhagen, Denmark. 
9. Liza Yeager—documentary radio producer from Oregon. 

• Dionne Lee, 2023 Field Resident. Artist and educator.  www.dionneleestudio.com  
• Talia Brown, writer / artist from Duluth, Minnesota (Program Assistant)
• Chris Taylor, architect, and associate professor at Texas Tech (Program Director)

Field Guests

• C.J. Alvarez — historian teaching at University of Texas at Austin.
• Joe Arredondo — director of Landmark Arts at Texas Tech. 
• Steve Badgett — artist with SIMPARCH based in Chicago.
• Trey Burns — artist, educator, writer, and co-founder of Sweet Pass Sculpture Park.
• Matthew Coolidge — director of Center for Land Use Interpretation.
• Gretchen Dietrich — director of Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
• Curtis Francisco — geologist from Laguna Pueblo.
• Alex Gates — Chef and restaurant owner.
• Walker Guinnee — artist and Land Arts 2022 alum.
• James Harkrider — architect and restaurant owner.
• Aaron Hegert — artist with Everything is Collective teaching at Texas Tech.
• Tamara Johnson — artist, educator and co-founder of Sweet Pass Sculpture Park.
• Jana La Brasca — art historian PhD candidate at University of Texas at Austin and curatorial assistant at the Nasher Sculpture Center.
• Jesse & Irma Larriva — El Paso residents and parents of alum architectural designer.
• Mike Lagg — artist and founder of MoMA ZOZO.
• Dionne Lee — artist teaching at Ohio State University.
• Megan McKenzie — historian and Land Arts 2022 alum.
• Andrea Nasher — cultural activator.
• Monty Paret — art historian teaching at University of Utah.
• Ann Reynolds — art historian teaching at University of Texas at Austin.
• Zoe Roden — art historian and Land Arts 2022 alum.
• Ingrid Schaffner — curator at Hauser & Wirth, formerly at Chinati Foundation.
• J. Eric Simpson — artist and farmer in Lubbock and Land Arts 2014 alum.
• Deborah Stratman — artist and filmmaker teaching at University of Illinois at Chicago.
• Hills Snyder — artist, musician, curator, writer with kind of a small array
• Aurora Tang — curator, researcher, CLUI program director, Otis College of Art and Design & University of Southern California School of Architecture.
• Paula Wilson — artist and founder of MoMA ZOZO.