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
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
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
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
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
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
Critic and curator, Robert Atkins
Writing for Artists: Think! Express! Communicate!
Are you…
Frustrated about your ability to describe & discuss your work?
Dissatisfied with your artist’s statement or CV?
Wonder about the nature & value of art criticism? 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
Libby Spears’ Documentary Film
Playground Screening and Talk by Libby Spears
Friday, June 3
Tipton Hall, 6pm
$5
The Santa Fe Art Institute and Helen Kornblum are pleased to present Libby Spears and her award-winning documentary film, Playground about the international and domestic child sex trafficking trade.
While traveling to the Philippines in 2001, filmmaker Libby Spears gained first hand knowledge of the horrific practice of trafficking human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation. She examined a little deeper, and discovered that most of these victims were young children.
Facing death threats to be “knocked off” for only $10, Libby went undercover to infiltrate brothels in South Korea and Thailand. She held first-hand Continue reading
Janet Rogers
Admission is FREE!
Seasoned spoken word poets Alex Jacobs and Janet Rogers, both of the Mohawk nation, will present spoken word and performance poetry. Their poetry reflects contemporary cultural, political and social realities as Indigenous people of Turtle Island. Both poets draw from a strong history of oratory and breathe new life into current poetic styles pleasing to both the ears and eyes.
Janet Rogers is a Mohawk/Tuscarora writer from the Six Nations band in southern Ontario. She was born in Vancouver British Columbia and has been living on the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people (Victoria, British Columbia) since 1994. Janet works in the genres of poetry, short fiction, science fiction, play writing, spoken word performance poetry, video poetry and recorded poems with music. www.janetmarierogers.com
Alex Karoniaktahke Jacobs, born in 1953, is from the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation, which straddles the U.S. and Canadian boarders. In addition to working as an artist, Jacobs is also a poet and spoken word performer. He was the Editor of Akwesasne Notes, a CKON Mohawk Nation Radio dj, and an ironworker. He attended Manitou Community College (LaMacaza, QC), the Institute Of American Indian Arts (Santa Fe, NM), and received a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in Creative Writing/Sculpture (1986). Jacobs’ assemblage/collage works garnered national and international recognition and has beencollected by the Museum of Anthropology (Berlin), the Museum of Anthropology (Frankfurt), Museum of FineArts (Boston), Heard Museum, the Southern Plains Indian Museum, the Institute of American Arts, the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, and others. Jacobs lives and works in Santa Fe.
Lisa Von Koch at March Open Studio
March Readings & Open Studios
Thursday, April 28
5:30 pm SFAI
Join us to check out the work of our incredible April artists and writers!
April Residents:
Jennilie Brewster – Brooklyn, NY
Jennilie Brewster graduated with an MFA (2007) from Bard College in Upstate New York and with a BFA (2002) from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She has traveled around the country making art including residencies at: Santa Fe Art Institute; Headlands Center for the Arts and Djerassi in Continue reading
What: Oil Spill: Information Gulf Panel Discussion & Audio Webcast
Where: Tipton Hall
When: 6pm Friday, March 25
How Much: $10 general | $5 students/seniors/sfai members
What: Oil Spill: Information Gulf Exhibition
Where: SFAI Gallery 1
When: March 1 – 31, 9am – 5pm M-F
How Much: Free!
Oil Spill: Information Gulf Panel Discussion
In Santa Fe, panelists Riki Ott, Aviva Rahmani, and Debbie Fleming Caffery, moderated by Patricia Watts will discuss the spill, its aftermath, and the role of the arts as tellers/revealers of truth. Ama Rogan and Douglas Meffert will join us online from New Orleans for a Q&A session.
To listen LIVE ONLINE to the audio broadcast and participate in an online discussion of the panel, follow the instructions below.
Scheduled Time: Date: Fri, March 25, 2011 Time: 08:00 PM EDT
Call in:
Dial: (724) 444-7444
Enter: 1210 # (Call ID)
Enter: 1 # or your PIN
Join from your computer:
Click here to join the call or just listen along
Oil Spill: Information Gulf Exhibition
Photographs by Aviva Rahmani and Debbie Fleming Caffery. Continue reading
2D artist Jung In Kim at February's Open Studio
March Readings & Open Studios
Thursday, March 24
5:30 pm SFAI
Join us to check out the work of our incredible March artists and writers!
March Residents:
Britta Hallin – interdisciplinary artist, Minnetonka, MN
Britta Hallin is an interdisciplinary visual and somatic artist working in sculpture, video, photography, installation, public art, performance, the body and consciousness. Her process is an integrative practice of vinyasa yoga, mindfulness meditation, and art making. Britta’s union of the living and creative arts is based on the connection with the physical, energetic, and spiritual dimensions of existence. Embodying a spiritually connected life in the age of information and globalization is the complex phenomenon that drives her aesthetic search for meaning in the path of creating beauty.
Kristiana Kahakauwila – writer, Honolulu, HI
Kristiana Kahakauwila’s writing focuses on Hawai’i and the Pacific. Her current work, a short story collection titled “I Never See You For a Long Time,” Continue reading
Still from "A Fire in My Belly"
Screening of David Wojnarowicz’s film “A Fire in My Belly”
SFAI Gallery 1 Projection Room 2
Now through February 25, 2011, looping continuously, 9am – 5pm, M-F
FREE
Screening of “State of the Art: Art of the State”
SFAI Gallery 1 Projection Room 1
Now through February 25, 2011, looping continuously, 9am – 5pm, M-F
FREE
C*NSORSHIP: a p*nel discuss**n
Tipton Hall
Friday, February 25, 2011 @ 6pm
$10 general admission | $5 students/seniors/members
In reaction to the National Portrait Gallery’s decision to remove David Wojnarowicz’s film, “A Fire in My Belly”, from the exhibition Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture, the Santa Fe Art Institute will screen the film through February 11, 2011. These screenings will act in support of Wojnarowicz’s important and complex work and in protest to the NPG’s conviction that the censorship of the work serves as an appropriate Continue reading
The Museum of Contemporary Native Art & The Santa Fe Art Institute Present:
Jolene Rickard (top), Lucy Lippard (bottom)
IN SESSION: Jolene Rickard & Lucy Lippard In Conversation
Friday, January 28 6pm
Tipton Hall
$10 general | $5 students/seniors/SFAI & MoCNA members
The Museum of Contemporary Native Art and the Santa Fe Art Institute are proud to present IN SESSION: Jolene Rickard and Lucy Lippard in Conversation.
The MoCNA lecture series In Session: Conversations with Contemporary Native Artists and Scholars, will be an engaging cross-cultural dialogue providing unique perspectives on their ongoing contribution to contemporary Native art. Continue reading
Artist Barbara Mehlman's SFAI Studio
Thursday 12/16
5:30pm SFAI
Admission is FREE!
Join us for readings by our talented authors and studio tours of our amazing visual artists!
December Residents:
Kaveh Bassiri – Brooklyn, NY
Kaveh Bassiri is a co-founder of Triptych Readings and the Literary Arts Director of the Persian Arts Festival in New York City. His work has won the Continue reading
