Land Arts of the American West was founded in 2000 at the University of New Mexico by Bill Gilbert with the assistance of John Wenger. From 2001 to 2007 the program developed as a collaboration co-directed by Bill Gilbert and Chris Taylor, then at the University of Texas at Austin. In the fall of 2008, Taylor relocated to Lubbock and the program operates autonomously from the College of Fine Arts at the University of New Mexico and Huckabee College of Architecture at the Texas Tech University. Below is an index of the program history during its joint phase and since its arrival at Texas Tech.
Place - Ecological Regions
Great Plains—South Central Semi-Arid Prairies—High Plains, Texas Blackland Prairies.
North American Deserts—Cold Deserts—Arizona/New Mexico Plateau, Central Basin and Range, Colorado Plateau.
North American Deserts—Warm Deserts—Chihuahuan Desert, Mojave Basin and Range, Sonoran Desert.
Northwestern Forested Mountains—Western Cordillera—Southern Rockies, Wasatch and Uinta Mountains.
Southern Semi-Arid Highlands—Western Sierra Madre Piedmont—Madrean Archipielago, Piedmonts and Plains with Grasslands, Xeric Shrub, and Oak and Conifer Forests.
Temperate Sierras—Upper Gila Mountains—Arizona/New Mexico Mountains
Place - Indigenous Lands
Chiricahua Apache, Diné Bikéyah, Goshute, Havsu Baaja (Havasupai), Hohokam, Hopitutskwa, Jumanos, Mescalero Apache, Ndé Kónitsaaíí Gokíyaa (Lipan Apache), Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ (Ute), Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute), Nʉmʉnʉʉ Sookobitʉ (Comanche), Pescado, Pueblos, Shiwinna (Zuni), Tampachoa (Mansos)
People - Participants
Adrianna Alter, Maria Amador, Maria Amador, Julie Anand, Alden Anderson, Andres Armendariz, Elmer Arrieta, Isaac Arzate, Hallie Ayres, Levi Baruch, Katherine Bash, Lyza Baum, Roberto Becerra, Jarrod Beck, Jeff Beekman, Fiona Bennitt, Zoe Berg, Jef Biesinger, Alexander Bingham, Joe Bondi, Rachael (Viola) Bordon, Karessa Bowens, Wills Brewer, Cynthia Brinich-Langlois, Julie Brown, Henry Brown, Talia Brown, Bryan Brummett, Luis Bustamante III, Romina Cardiello, Edward (Ted) Carey, Caroline Carney, Ledia Carroll, Ty Cary, Christine Casaus, Katy Chrisler, Alexandra Codlin, Elise Coleman, Ashley Condina, Haley Cooper, Will Cotton, Sean Cox, Rory Coyne, Kate Crowe, Nichole E. Danti, Joy Davidson, Malia Davis, Grant Davis, Ian Dippo, Jessie Dodington, Amanda Douberley, Nina Dubois, Jess Dunn, Isaac Dunne, Elise Dupré, Buck Dyke, Christoffer Eide, Chappell Ellison, Jennifer Elsner, Stephanie Enriquez, Frances Erlandson, Jason Fancher, Kellie Flint, Caitlin Ford, Lia Forslund, Lia Forslund, Mark Freres, Laura Friedman, Cynthia Gabaldon, Ana Garcia Merino, Jennifer Garlick, Alexander Garza, Veronica Giavedoni, Blake Gibson, Meghan Giles, Macaella Gray, Kyle Griesmeyer, Zach Griffith, Walker Guinnee, Gloria Haag, Cade Hammers, Joshua Haunschild, Greg Hemmelgarn, Ryan Henel, Mark Hensel, Esteban Hinojosa, Adam Hitt, Winston Holloway, Tatsuki Hoshihara, Heather Houston, Liz Hunt, Meredith James, Liz Janoff, Amanda Jolley, Jesse Jones, Cara Rae Joven, Lorri Kershner, Nicholas Keys, Rohan Khanna, Rebekah King, Maeve Kirk, Richard Klaja, Miranda Klein, Gretchen Korsmo, Jana La Brasca, Jana La Brasca, Jonathan Lalinde, Vanha Lam, Jennie Lamensdorf, Nicolle LaMere, Heidi Landau, Adrian Larriva, Emily Lee, Dionne Lee, Penelope Leggett, Stirling Lemme, Carissa Leos, Caleb Lightfoot, Daisy Limon, Mauricio Lizama, Claire Long, Sean Lopano, Alexandra Lopez, Alex Lopez-Iglesias, Jonathan Loth, Jonathan Loth, Jennifer Loyd, Jimmy Luu, Caleb Mancillas, Celeste Martinez, Ashley May, Megan McKenzie, Laurel McLaughlin, Luis Martín Medina, Matthew Mendez, Rocio Mendoza, Zachary Mitchell, Maggie Mitts, Maggie Mitts, Collen Moffet, Carolyn Moore, George Morrow, Joseph Mougel, Maura Murnane, Jessica Murray, Shay Myerson, Mary Nakigan, Adam Neese, Michael Norris, Ambrocia Noyola, Amber Noyola, Colleen O’Brien, Elijah Olson, Erika Osborne, Erika Osborne, Xochitl Paredes, Jigga Patel, Barbara Pearsall, Nicolas Pena, Skylar Perez, Carissa Perez, Katie Phillips, Bristen Lee Phillips, Nicholas Pierce, Kaitlin Pomerantz, Jaclyn Pryor, Gabriela Reyes, Rebekah Reyes, Adrian Reyna, Adrian Reyna, Sadie Richter, Daniel Rios, Kyle Robertson, Zoe Roden, Helene Romakin, Gabe Romero, Gabe Romero, Hannah Rotwein, Arie Ruvinsky, Julio Sanchez Garcia, Kyrsten Sanderson, Meredith Scott, Ryan Seward, Grace Shanks, Tanisa Sharif, Geordie Shepherd, Aida Salán Sierra, J. Eric Simpson, Matti Sloman, Logan Smith, Michaela Sorenson, Carl Spartz, Cecilia Stewart, Stinne Storm, Tracy Stuckey, Corinne Sutton, Sunny Tang, Jane Taylor, Beatrice Thomas, Ryan Thompson, Andrew Towl, Ben Tremper, Jennifer DePaolo Van Horn, Claudia Vasquez, Claudia Vásquez, Jose Villanueva, Jose Villanueva, Michael Wachs, Landon Wade, Franek Wardynski, Franek Wardynski, Andrew Weathers, Mariah Williamson, Bradley Wilson, Rachael Wilson, Stephen Wollkind, Bethany Wood, Liza Yeager, Emmalee Young, Mia Zaro, Anthony Zuefeldt
People - Program Assistants
Talia Brown (2022-2024), Ted Carey (2014), Sean Cox (2010), Kellie Flint (2019-2020), Brice Harris (2009), Phil Jackson (2021), Adrian Larriva (2011), Erika Osborne (2005), Emily Rabinowitz (2015-2018), Carl Spartz (2013), Jose Villanueva (2012)
People - Field Guests
C.J. Alvarez, Tori Arpad, Joe Arredondo, Sarah Aziz, Steve Badgett, Conrad Bakker, Katherine Bash, Curtis Bauer, Eric Bernard, Judith Birdsong, Betsy Blaney, Charles Bowden, Penelope Boyer, Jerry Brody, Trey Burns, Chris Calott, Ted Carey, Kurt Caswell, Raven Chacon, Erin Charpentier, Kevin Chua, Matthew Coolidge, Dagny Corcoran, John Davis, Gretchen Dietrich, Rick Dingus, Sam Douglas, Russ Draper, Rafael Beneytez Durán, Craig Dworkin, Boyd Elder, Clifton Ellis, Idoia Elola, Dora Epstein Jones, Kellie Flint, Upe Flueckiger, Jack Forinash, William L Fox, William L. Fox, Curtis Francisco, Hector Gallegos, Deborah Garcia, Elisandra Garcia, Mary Lewis Garcia, Alex Gates, Rebecca Gates, Joel Glanzberg, David Gregor, Walker Guinnee, James Harkrider, Amy Hauft, Aaron Hegert, Gretchen Henderson, Irene Hofmann, Ian James, Tamara Johnson, Tim Johnson, Joan Jonas, Cara Ray Joven, Duncan Kennedy, Nick Keys, Erik Knutzen, Ersela Kripa, Jana La Brasca, Mike Lagg, Eve Andree Laramee, Adrian Larriva, Jesse & Irma Larriva, Susan Larson, Don Lavigne, Lisa Le Feuvre, Dionne Lee, Zoe Leonard, Noémie Despland Lichtert, Caleb Lightfoot, Lucy Lippard, Hikmet Sidney Loe, Barry Lopez, Cesar Lopez, Jason Lukas, Jimmy Luu, Graciela Martinez, Megan McKenzie, Victoria McReynolds, Beth Menczer, Susannah Mira, Maggie Mitts, Sarah Ann Mockbee, Onézieme Mouton, Stephen Mueller, Shay Myerson, Sina Najafi, Daisy Nam, Andrea Nasher, Travis Neel, Zachary Norman, Colleen O’Brien, Patrick Casey O’Shea, Erika Osborne, Monty Paret, Matthew Passmore, David Pierce, John Poch, Kaitlin Pomerantz, Rob Ray, Reinhard Reitzenstein, Lea Rekow, Ann Reynolds, Jack Risley, Alexander Robinson, Zoe Roden, Cordelia Rose, Lori Ryker, Jack Sanders, Ingrid Schaffner, Michael Scialdone, Emily Eliza Scott, Brendan Sullivan Shea, Kathleen Shields, J. Eric Simpson, Chris Snowden, Hills Snyder, Marianne Stockebrand, John Stokes, Eric Strain, Deborah Stratman, Simone Swan, Maria Sykes, Aurora Tang, Whitney Tassie, Jennifer Yvette Terrell, Lucia Thomé, KT Thompson, Mary Tsiongas, Kade Twist, Jose Villanueva, Jesse Vogler, Henry Walt, Nichole Wiedemann, Jim Williamson, Paula Wilson, Chris Witmore, Blaine Young, Joe Zuni
Place - Names
Adobe Alliance, Presidio, Texas. Anaya Springs, New Mexico. Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake, Utah. Bingham Canyon MIne, Salt Lake City, Utah. Bisti Badlands, New Mexico. BIVOUAC: Marfa, Marfa, Texas. Blue Notch, Lake Powell, Utah. Boquillas Canyon, Texas. Bosque Del Apache, New Mexico. Brokeoff Mountains, New Mexico. Burnt Spring, Utah. Cabinetlandia, Deming, New Mexico. Cebolla Canyon, New Mexico. Center for Land Use Interpretation, Wendover, Utah. Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas. Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona. Coolidge Dam, San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona. Daneros Canyon, Utah. Dipping Vat Tank, Gila Wilderness, New Mexico. Double Negative, Mormon Mesa, Nevada. El Paso, Texas. El Vado Lake, New Mexico. Epicenter, Green River, Utah. Fire Point, North Rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona. Galisteo, New Mexico. Gila Cliff Dwellings, New Mexico. Gila Hot Springs, New Mexico. Goblin Valley, Utah. Goshute Canyon, Nevada. Hoover Dam, Nevada. Huaco Tanks, Texas. Intrepid Potash, Wendover, Utah. Jackpile Mine, Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico. Juan Mata Ortiz, near Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua. Judd Foundation, Marfa, Texas. kind of a small array, Magdalena, New Mexico. Lake Mead, Nevada. Land Heritage Institute, San Antonio, Texas. Las Vegas Piece, near Elgin, Ne. Lubbock, Texas. Marfa, Texas. Mimbres River, Gila Wilderness, New Mexico. Moon House, Cedar Mesa, Utah. Muley Point, Cedar Mesa, Utah. Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. Otero Mesa, New Mexico. Point of Rocks Canyon, Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico. Point Sublime, North Rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona. Presidio, Texas. Price Canyon, Utah. Red Dog Shed, Madrid, New Mexico. Roden Crater, Flagstaff, Arizona. San Rafael Swell, Utah. Sawtooth Mountains, New Mexico. SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Spiral Jetty, Rozel Point, Utah. Sun Tunnels, near Lucin, Utah. Tablelands Center for Bioregional Art, Shallowater, Texas. Texas Tech Architecture, El Paso, Texas. The Lightning Field, near Quemado, New Mexico. Tipover Canyon, North Rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona. Tonto National Forest, Arizona. Trick Tank, Coconino Forrest, Arizona. Turkey Springs, New Mexico. Two Buttes, near Alamogordo, New Mexico. UNLV Land Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada. Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah. Valentine, Texas. Very Large Array, near Datil, New Mexico.