Summer 2012: Santa Fe, N.M.

From Work to Text: Connecting Labor, Material, History and Place

The words text and textile both come from the Latin verb texĕre, which means “to weave.” Through intensive engagement with local communities in and around Santa Fe, N.M., participants in this summer travel program will explore profound conceptual links between making art and developing narrative in an exploration of cultural history. 

Throughout these travels, students will interweave relationships among life, work and place by responding to and reflecting on their experiences. Demonstrations, lectures, discussions and assignments will develop skills in visual arts practice and knowledge of Southwest Indian art history and culture.

Dates

June 24–July 15, 2012

Academic credit

"Object Making: Process and Practice" (GEST 340-02/CASLE 389-01)
Three credit hours
Instructor: Tracy Krumm

"Topics in Native American Art: The American Southwest" (ARTHI 3819-01/LAEL 3819-01/CASLE 381-01)
Three credit hours
Instructor: Reed Anderson

Trip costs

The total cost for this program is $3,495. This does not include airfare to and from Albuquerque, N.M. The fee does includes dorm lodging at Santa Fe University of Art and Design, breakfast and dinner each day, one dinner out at the Restaurante de Chimayo, local transportation to all sites, and all entry fees and tickets. Students will need to provide their liinens for the dorm rooms, and a sleeping bag and ground pad for the trip to Chaco Canyon. Students are responsible for purchasing their own lunches each day.

Application deadline

March 2, 2012

Program description

By learning and using basic hand constructed processes to make studio work, students will participate in an artistic practice to build on a narrative sequence of works that mark time, record daily activity and reflect a sense of place. Object making in relationship to recording memory will be undertaken through investigation of materials gathered from various stops along our travels.

The art history aspect of this program will provide a historical context for the sites we visit. Students will be required to keep a daily journal, which will provide a tangible record of experiences. The also will complete a five-page reflection paper that will be due after the conclusion of the trip. Reflection and discussion about ideas in relation to location and identity will help contextualize studio and research practices.

The group will visit sites and structures that have been built by hand using adobe and other recycled and sustainable materials, including the Earthship Biotecture site, located outside of Taos, N.M., as well as the Taos Pueblo.

The service component of the trip will involve working with a local community group to restore the San Miguel Mission, a traditional adobe structure located in Santa Fe, N.M. 

Day trips will include the Museum of New Mexico, Site Santa Fe, The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, the O’Keefe Museum, the Puye Cliff Dwellings, Chaco Culture (Anasazi) National Historic Park, the weavers of Chimayo, the Santa Fe Opera, and a day at the Taos Pow Wow. 

Visiting artists, curators and guides will be present at many of these events. In addition, Santa Fe is home to world-class high desert scenery, mountains, the Rio Grande River Valley and hundreds of contemporary art galleries.

Important dates

March 2, 2012: Applications and required documents must be submitted to the international studies coordinator in the Academic Resource Center. A $250 non-refundable program deposit must also be paid to the Business Office. A receipt for payment of this deposit must be presented with your application. (Students who are not accepted into the program will have their deposit refunded to them.)

March 23, 2012: One-half of the program fee is due in the Business Office. No refunds on deposits or program payments will be made after this date.

April 13, 2012:  Full payment for the program is due in the Business Office.

More information

Download an information packet.

Download an application.

Tracy Krumm, assistant professor of fiber
tkrumm@kcai.edu or 816-802-3343

Reed Anderson, special instructor of art history
sanderson@kcai.edu or 816-802-3341

Julie Metzler, director of CASL
jmetzler@kcai.edu or 816-802-3357