How can public art have a meaningful impact on the people who experience it?  In recent years, public art has grown beyond the display of monumental sculpture in bronze and stone, to explore projects that push the conventional definitions of art, finding new ways to engage people.  Increasingly, public art often involves ephemeral works, guerrilla actions, and social interventions.  People may come across these projects in the midst of everyday life, opening an unexpected window of interaction.  This one-day symposium will feature presentations of specific projects in the morning, and a roundtable discussion in the afternoon.  Audience participation is invited, as we take a look at the goals, results, and future questions brought up by these new ways of working. Organized by Christy Hengst and The Kathryn Street Arts Festival.

 

Saturday, September 13th, 2014

 

9am-1pm: presentations

3-5:30pm: discussion

CCA (the Living Room),1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NM

Suggested donation $10, or free...

8pm: dance! at the Garage on Kathryn St. with DJ Oli

 

Morning presentations, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Matthew Chase-Daniel    Gourdsigns

Aly Kreikemeier    El Otro Lado

Molly Sturges    COAL & Lifesongs

Edie Tsong    Snow Poems

Dominique Mazeaud and Bobbe Besold    Rivers Run Through Us

Christy Hengst    Birds in the Park

 

Afternoon roundtable, 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Paula Castillo

Issa Nyaphaga

Alysha Shaw

Sanjit Sethi    Santa Fe Art Institute

Vince Kadlubek    Meow Wolf

Jerry Wellman    Axle Contemporary

 

Roundtable moderated by  Michelle Laflamme-Childs of New Mexico Arts.

 

Sponsored by Axle Contemporary, NM Arts, CCA, and the Kathryn Street Arts Festival