May Artists in Residence Readings and Open Studio

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Artist in Residence Alexander Kroll speaking with a guest in his SFAI Studio

Artist in Residence Alexander Kroll speaking with a guest in his SFAI Studio

May Readings & Open Studios
Thursday, May 23
5:30pm
SFAI
FREE!

Emily Davis Adams – Brooklyn, NY
Emily was born in San Francisco and raised in Berkeley, California. Her work reflects her interest in and involvement with the landscape and artists of the American West, and is Continue reading

SFAI Names Sanjit Sethi as Executive Director

Santa Fe Art Institute Appoints Sanjit Sethi as Executive Director

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Sanjit Sethi

The Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) Board of Trustees announced today the appointment of Sanjit Sethi as Executive Director, effective August 1, 2013.

Mr. Sethi joins the SFAI from the California College of the Arts in Oakland, California where he is the Barclay Simpson Chair and assistant professor of Community Arts, and Director of the Center for Art and Public Life. From 2004 through 2008 he was Director of the MFA program at Memphis College of Art. He has taught at numerous institutions including M.I.T.’s Visual Arts Program, the Art Institute of Chicago, and Srishti School of Art, Design, and Technology in Bangalore, India. He is also a practicing artist with a background in sculpture, ceramics, and advanced visual studies, and has worked on projects in Canada, Ireland, Hungary, the U.K., India and the U.S.

As Director of the Center for Art and Public Life, Mr. Sethi’s accomplishments are many Continue reading

Documentary Photographer Carlan Tapp – “The China Express”

The China Express
A Lecture and Exhibition by Photographer Carlan Tapp

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Image from Carlan Tapp’s “China Express” Tour blog
Captioned: “Many condominiums line the waterfront along the rail”

Lecture & Exhibition Opening
Monday, March 11, 2013
6pm @ SFAI
$10 general | $5 students/seniors

The China Express Exhibition
March 12-April 5, 2013
9am – 5pm @ SFAI
free

Santa Fe, NM –The Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) is pleased to welcome – as part of the SFAI’s 2013 season of public programming, Contested Space – documentary photographer, Carlan Tapp, to give a lecture and show a small exhibition of his most recent work, The China Express.

About Carlan Tapp:
Carlan Tapp is a documentary photographer and lifelong educator, descendant of the Wicocomico Tribe, Taptico family, who studied photography at Art Center College of Continue reading