Guests in Katya Grokhovsky’s SFAI studio
May Readings & Open Studios
Thursday, May 24
5:30pm
SFAI
FREE!
May Residents:
Carmiel Banasky – Portland, OR
Carmiel Banasky is a writer and teacher from Portland, Oregon. Her fiction and nonfiction Continue reading
Environmentally focused multi-media artist
Amy Franceschini
Lecture/Reception – “Futurefarmers: A Collective Practice”
Monday, June 18
6pm @ Tipton Hall/SFAI
$10 general/$5 students/seniors
Exhibition
Monday, June 18 – Friday, July 27
9am – 5pm M-F @ SFAI
FREE (closed weekends and holidays)
Workshop
“Ethnobotanical Excursion with Futurefarmers and John Duncan”
Sunday, June 24
Time TBD @ SFAI
$100 (generous scholarships available)
The Santa Fe Art Institute is proud to welcome – as part of our 2012 season of public programming, Half-Life – artist, educator, and award-winning web designer, Amy Franceschini to offer a workshop, exhibition, and lecture. The lecture, “Futurefarmers: A Collective Practice,” will present a lineage of work woven together by the common thread Continue reading
Discovery & Direction: An Art/Life Workshop
Conceived & conducted by Robert Atkins
July 9 – 28, 2012
Three Group meetings: Monday evenings, July 9, 16 & 23, 6:30-9 pm
Four required private meetings by appointment
Discovery & Direction is a workshop for artists presented by the Santa Fe Art Institute that focuses on ways to identify barriers, renew meaning and facilitate movement in your art. It entails discussion, writing, reading, and—by its end—the Continue reading
The SFAI Presents:
Nancy Holt: Sightlines
Exhibition, Reception, Artist/Curator Talk
Sun Tunnels
EXHIBITION HOURS
Saturday, May 5 – Friday, June 29
Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm
SFAI Galleries I & II
Free
Exhibition Opening Reception
Saturday May 5, 4-6pm
SFAI
Free
Artist/Curator Conversation
with Nancy Holt and Alena Williams
Monday, May 7, 6pm
Tipton Hall
$10 general | $5 students & seniors
The Santa Fe Art Institute is proud to present Nancy Holt: Sightlines, an in-depth examination of Holt’s early projects from 1966 to 1980, on view from May 5 through June 29. Holt’s pioneering work falls at the intersection of art, architecture, and time-based media. The career of this important American artist took off in the late 1960s when she and Continue reading
Kim Krause (right) in his SFAI studio
April Readings & Open Studios
Thursday, April 26
5:30pm
SFAI
FREE!
April Residents:
Carmiel Banasky – Portland, OR
Carmiel Banasky is a writer and teacher from Portland, Oregon. Her fiction and nonfiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Glimmer Train, The Rumpus, Anderbo, Tottenville Review, and The Boy Bedlam Review. She earned her BA in creative writing from the Continue reading
Dutch Sculptor and Installation Artist
Ida Kleiterp’s
Acequias
Exhibition
Monday, April 9 – Friday, April 27
9am – 5pm M-F @ SFAI
Lecture/Reception
Monday, April 9
6pm @ Tipton Hall/SFAI
Workshop
in collaboration with Railyard Stewards
Saturday, April 21
10am-1pm, @ SF Railyard
Santa Fe, NM – The Santa Fe Art Institute is proud to welcome Dutch sculptor and installation artist, Ida Kleiterp to the Santa Fe Art Institute for the month of April.
Sculptor and installation artist Ida Kleiterp was born in Beverwijk in 1948 and lives and works in Amsterdam. During a visit to Spain in 2001, Kleiterp was struck by the extraordinary architectural forms she saw in the mountainous landscape of the Alpujarras. They were the ‘Acequias,’ a network of reservoirs, channels, and moveable gates, which together formed a remarkable and ancient irrigation system. Kleiterp’s sculptures, inspired Continue reading
The SFAI Presents:
Teri Rueb’s
This is (not) a Map
lecture · reception
Artist Talk
Monday, April 16, 6pm
Tipton Hall
$10 general | $5 students & seniors
The SFAI is proud to present as part of our 2012 season of programming HALF-LIFE, site specific installation artist, Teri Rueb.
Teri Rueb will be in residence for the months of April and September and will participate in the Eighteenth International Symposium on Electronic Art, ISEA2012 Albuquerque: Machine Wilderness. ISEA2012 is a symposium and series of events exploring the discourse of global proportions on the subject of art, technology and nature. The ISEA symposium is held every year in a different location around the world, and has a 30-year history of significant acclaim. Albuquerque is the first host city in the U.S. in six Continue reading
Willow Wishes
Art, Science and River Restoration – Saturday March 31 1PM – 3:30PM
In this hands-on workshop learn about water, the Santa Fe River and restoration through art, writing and science: culminating in creating willow wish poles–native willow adorned with your wishes that we will all plant along the river. Offered by poet Valerie Martinez, artists Bobbe Besold and Dominique Mazeaud and ecologist Rachel Boothby.
Saturday, March 31, 2012, 1 – 3:30 pm : Community Room at the Railyard Park (metal building near the parking lot behind SITE), Santa Fe. For All ages and skill levels, a great family project.
Admission: by donation (no one turned away for lack of funds). Workshop Limit: 25.
To register contact Bobbe: bobbebird@gmail.com or call 988-9244
Artist Murad Kahn Mumtaz in his SFAI Studio
March Open Studio
Thursday, March 22
5:30pm
SFAI
FREE!
March Residents
Tom Shepard – San Francisco, CA
Tom Shepard produced and directed Scout’s Honor, a PBS-funded documentary thatwon top awards at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival Scout’s Honor broadcast nationally when it opened POV’s 14th season in 2001. In 2006, Shepard co-directed and produced Knocking (www.knocking.org) in association with the Independent Television Service (ITVS)
The SFAI Presents:
Up Heartbreak Hill
Film Screening and Q&A with filmmaker Erica Scharf
What: Up Heartbreak Hill Film Screening and Q&A
Where: Tipton Hall
When: 6pm Monday, March 19
How Much: $10 general | $5 students/seniors
The Santa Fe Art Institute is proud to present accomplished documentary filmmaker and television producer, Erica Scharf and her award-winning film, Up Heartbreak Hill.
Up Heartbreak Hill is Scharf’s first feature length film. Shot in New Mexico, Up Heartbreak Hill chronicles the lives of three Native American teenagers in Navajo, NM — Thomas, an elite runner, Tamara, an academic superstar, and Gabby, an aspiring Continue reading
On January 20-23rd, the Santa Fe Art Institute, with support from the Kresge Foundation, brought the Creative Capital Professional Development Program to Santa Fe for two workshops: The Internet for Artists (IFA) Weekend Workshop, and a one-day Verbal Communications (VC) Workshop.
IFA Team Leader Brad Lichtenstein and workshop participants
The artists who participated in the workshops were selected from a pool of applications by a committee of local artists, curators, writers, and educators. The result was a group of artists at varying stages of their Continue reading
The SFAI and Theatre Without Borders Present:
Acting Together on the World Stage:
Performance and the Creative Transformation of Conflict
Film Screening and Panel Discussion
What: Acting Together on the World Stage Film Screening & Panel Discussion
Where: Tipton Hall
When: 6pm Monday, February 13
How Much: $10 general | $5 students/seniors
The Santa Fe Art Institute is very pleased to work with internationally recognized Theatre Without Borders to present a screening of the documentary film Acting Together on the World Stage immediately followed by a Panel Discussion.
The feature documentary Acting Together on the World Stage highlights courageous and creative artists and peacebuilders working in conflict zones. It features theatrical Continue reading
INVITATION TO APPLY
Internet for Artists Weekend
&
Verbal Communications
Workshops
Open to Individual Artists Living and Working in New Mexico
Overview
The Santa Fe Art Institute is pleased, with support from the Kresge Foundation, to partner
with Creative Capital to present two Professional Development workshops, Internet for Artists and Verbal Communications, for artists, writers, and performers in all disciplines living and working in New Mexico. The Internet for Artists weekend retreat will take place
at the Santa Fe Art Institute from Friday, January 20 to Sunday, January 22, 2012, and the Verbal Communications workshop will be held on Monday, January 23, 2012. The two workshops may be taken individually or in combination. Eligible New Mexico artists are invited to apply to attend. Continue reading
Danish Painter, Mathilde Jensen in her SFAI Studio (photo credit: Dianne Stromberg)
December Open Studio
Thursday, December 15
5:30pm
SFAI
FREE!
December Artists in Residence
Liza Buzytsky – New York, NY
Liza Buzytsky is a New York based artist working in installation, collage and writing. A Continue reading
Act in Response: Santa Fe Speaks
A community exhibition in response to an open call for work related to environmental issues.
Exhibition Hours
Monday – Friday
11/11 – 12/16
9am – 5pm
Including work by:
Diane Armitage
Jon Carver
Charlotte Dupont
Liza Buzytsky
Lauren Davies
Autumn Gomez
Nico Salazar
Dana Chodzko
Gerald Jacobi
Stacy Pearl
Monique Janssen-Belitz
Marion Wasserman
Sybille Palmer
De Haven Solimon Chaffins
Teressa Valla
Erikka James
Mark Lyons
Mary Dineen
Ai Krasner
Jerry and Raina Wellman
Tafadzwa Matamba
Cheri Ibes
Ana MacArthur
Pat Harris
Sherry Bishop
Bill Maxon
Rick Fisher
Don Kennell
Topaz Jones
Mayumi Nishida
Niya Lee
Ann Filemyr
Daniel Richmond
Elba Pineda Philips
Daniel Kyong's SFAI Studio
November Open Studios
an 
event
Thursday, November 17
5:30pm
SFAI
FREE!
Hafeez Lakhani – New York, NY
Hafeez Lakhani was born in India and grew up in Suburban South Florida. A graduate of Continue reading
Financial Fitness Power Hours - Take Control of Your Finances!
An opportunity for the Santa Fe Arts Community to learn how to maximize their finances
POSTPONED UNTIL FEBRUARY 2012 – DATES TBA!
Financial Fitness for Life is a FREE workshop designed to help you think through what Continue reading
Writer, Judith Stein, reading at the August Open Studio (photo credit Dianne Stromberg)
October Open Studios
Thursday, October 27
5:30pm
SFAI
FREE!
Hafeez Lakhani – New York, NY
Hafeez Lakhani was born in India and grew up in Suburban South Florida. A graduate of Continue reading
Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org and author of numerous books on climate change
SFAI Fundraiser with
Environmental Activist & Author
Bill McKibben
Wednesday, November 9
7pm, Lensic Performing Arts Center
Tickets $25-$100*
Available through Tickets Santa Fe
TicketsSantaFe.org
*$50 tickets include a signed copy of McKibben’s latest book Eaarth | $100 tickets include a signed copy of Eaarth and a private dinner with Bill after the lecture
Author, educator, and environmentalist Bill McKibben is the author of a dozen books about Continue reading
Filmmaker, Photographer, and Video Installation Artist
Breathingwall, 2011
What: Monika Bravo Lecture
Where: Tipton Hall
When: 6pm Tuesday, October 11
How Much: $10 general | $5 students/seniors
What: Monika Bravo Reception & Dance Party
Where: SFAI
When: 7:30-9pm Tuesday, October 11
How Much: FREE!
What: The Well, a Workshop with Monika Bravo
Where: SFAI
When: 10am – 4pm Saturday & Sunday, October 8 & 9
How Much: $200 – sliding scale fee and work trade options available
What: 9/11, Ten Years Later Short Film Screenings
Where: SFAI Building Exterior
When: 7pm-7am (dusk to dawn) M-F, September 9 – September 30
How Much: FREE!
What: Monika Bravo & Greg Sholette Exhibition
Where: SFAI
When: Exhibition 9am-5pm M-F, September 9 – October 31
How Much: FREE!
The Santa Fe Art Institute and the Santa Fe University of Art and Design are pleased to present filmmaker, photographer, and video installation artist, Monika Bravo, to give a lecture she calls, Process and Intuition on Tuesday, October 11, 2011. Bravo will talk about Continue reading
Vesna Jovanovic in her SFAI Studio
September Open Studios
Thursday, September 22nd
5:30pm
SFAI
FREE!
Judith Stein – Philadelphia, PA
Judith Stein is a writer and independent curator. Trained as an art historian, she taught at Continue reading
Gregory Sholette and Janet Koenig: Cannibal Tech, 2007
What: Greg Sholette Lecture
Where: Tipton Hall
When: 6pm Tuesday, September 13
How Much: $10 general | $5 students/seniors
What: Greg Sholette & Monika Bravo Exhibition
Where: SFAI
When: 9am-5pm M-F, September 9 – October 31
How Much: FREE!
The Santa Fe Art Institute and the Santa Fe University of Art and Design are pleased to present Artist and Writer, Greg Sholette, to give a lecture and show his work along with the work of Artist Monika Bravo as part of our ongoing season of visiting artists and Continue reading
Still from Darrell Wilks' film Hip Hop Hope
A series of programs marking the ten years since the tragic events of 9/11/2001.
Please join us in this community centered creative response to the events of 9/11/2001 and the ten years that have ensued, with a focus on hip hop expression and its critical role as social commentary.
The Santa Fe Art Institute, along with the Santa Fe University of Art and Design, artist and filmmaker Darrel Wilks, Hip Hop Theatre anthologist Daniel Banks, The Youth Media Project, and students from the Santa Fe School for the Arts, is proud to present a weekend of programming remembering the events of September 11, 2001 and the role Hip Hop has played in bringing issues of social justice, environmental responsibility, and cultural freedom to the fore.
Schedule of Programs Continue reading
Dr. T. Allan Comp
Environmental Scientist
Dr. T. Allan Comp
What: T. Allan Comp Lecture
Where: Tipton Hall
When: 6pm Friday, August 26
How Much: $10 general | $5 students/seniors/educators
What: Art, Science and Recovery: a Santa Fe River Exploration Workshop
Where: Various points along the Santa Fe River/Watershed & SFAI
When: 9am-5pm Sat August 27 9am-noon Sun August 28
How Much: $200 (sliding scale fees available!)
Contact Cathy at (505) 424-5050 or info@sfai.org to register
What: T. Allan Comp & Bobbe Besold Exhibition
Where: SFAI
When: M-F 9am-5pm August 12 – August 26
How Much: FREE!
The Santa Fe Art Institute is pleased to present Environmental Leader Dr. T. Allan Comp to give a lecture and then lead an incredible two-day workshop exploring the Santa Fe Continue reading
Artist Lenka Novakova in her SFAI studio
August Open Studios
Thursday, August 25
5:30pm
SFAI
FREE!
Judith Stein – Philadelphia, PA
Judith Stein is a writer and independent curator. Trained as an art historian, she taught at the Tyler School of Art and served as curator at the Pennsylvania Academy of Arts. She Continue reading
Dancer and Choreographer
Rulan Tangen
&
DANCING EARTH
Indigenous Contemporary Dance Creations
Rulan Tangen Artist Talk
Friday August 12, 6pm
SFAI Lounge
$5 (to support Of Bodies of Elements)
DANCING EARTH
Of Bodies of Elements
GALA Performance!
Friday August 19, 8pm
James A. Little Theater
$25 – $100*
Tickets available at Tickets Santa Fe at the Lensic
(505) 988-1243 or online at online ticketssantafe.org
*VIP Tickets include an exclusive Gala Reception with the Dancers; food provided by El Farol.
Rulan Tangen, director and choreographer of DANCING EARTH, the Nation’s foremost Indigenous contemporary dance ensemble, created an epic eco-production with multi-disciplinary collaborators in January 2010 with support from Santa Fe Art Institute. In Continue reading
Santa Fe dancer and teacher Shannon Elliot in artist Emilee Lord's SFAI studio
July Open Studios
Thursday, July 28
5:30pm
SFAI
FREE!
Vesna Jovanovic – Chicago, IL
Vesna Jovanovic investigates ambiguity in concepts like order and chaos, often examining science and other cultural means of building knowledge and analyzing perception. Her creative process usually involves Continue reading
Brooke Singer Lecture
Friday, July 29
6pm Tipton Hall
$10 general | $5 students/seniors
Brooke Singer & Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga Rotoscoping Workshop (see below for details on this SUPER COOL workshop!)
Saturday & Sunday, July 30-31
10am – 2pm SFUAD MOV Lab
$100 (sliding scale fees available!)
Contact Cathy at (505) 424-5050 or info@sfai.org to register
Brooke Singer & Postcommodity Exhibition
Mon-Fri, 6/10-7/31
9am-5pm SFAI
The Santa Fe Art Institute is pleased to present interdisciplinary, multi-media artist Brooke Singer to give a lecture and Rotoscoping workshop with her partner Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga as part of our ongoing season of visiting artists and exhibitions Half Life: Patterns of Change. In addition Singer’s work will be up at the SFAI through the month of July.
Brooke Singer
Working across media and disciplines, Brooke Singer creates platforms for local knowledge to connect, inform and conflict with official data descriptions. She engages technoscience as an artist, educator, Continue reading
