Andrea Bowers


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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2012

 
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 Artist
and
Activist



Andrea
Bowers
 
 Lecture/Reception


Monday,
November
5

 6pm
@
Tipton
Hall/SFAI
 $10
general
|
$5
students/seniors



 Workshop
 TBD


TOP:
Andrea
Bowers,
No
Olvidado
‐
Not
Forgotten,
2010
 BOTTOM:
detail


Saturday
&
Sunday,
November
10
&
11

 Time
TBD
@
SFAI
 Price
TBD
 
 


Exhibition
 TBD
 November
5‐30
 SFAI
 FREE!





Santa
Fe,
NM
–
The
Santa
Fe
Art
Institute
(SFAI)
and
the
Santa
Fe
University
of
Art
and
 Design
(SFUAD)
are
pleased
to
welcome
–
as
part
of
the
SFAI’s
2012
season
of
public
 programming,
Half‐Life
–
feminist,
artist
and
activist,
Andrea
Bowers,
to
give
a
lecture
and
 workshop
and
to
show
work
as
part
of
the
HALF‐LIFE
exhibition
season.
 
 About
Andrea
Bowers:
 Artist
and
activist,
Andrea
Bowers,
uses
her
work
to
focus
primarily
on
direct
action
and
 nonviolent
civil
disobedience
enacted
through
the
lives
of
women.
Proudly
accepting
the
 moniker
of
'feminist,'
she
presents
the
stories
of
activists
to
express
her
belief
that
dissent
is


essential
to
maintaining
a
democratic
process,
as
well
as
to
illustrate
the
importance
of
a
 political
strategy
that
opposes
violence
and
war.
Bowers
typically
works
with
video
 installation,
drawing
and
bookmaking,
although
her
practice
encompasses
a
wide
variety
of
 other
material,
interventions
and
social
practice.
Craft
as
women’s
tradition
is
a
recurring
 theme
in
her
work
as
a
reminder
that
craft
has
always
been
an
integral
component
of
 political
action.
Bowers
received
her
MFA
from
CalArts
and
currently
lives,
works
and
 teaches
in
Los
Angeles,
CA.
Bowers
is
a
2008
United
States
Artists
Broad
Fellow
and
2009
 Louis
Comfort
Tiffany
Foundation
grant
recipient.
 
 
 About
Half
Life:
Patterns
of
Change:
 Cycles
of
Creation,
Decay,
and
Renewal
in
Art
and
Life
 When
an
object
or
system
stops
performing
its
assigned
function
in
contemporary
society,
 we
tend
to
replace
it
rather
than
repair
it.
However,
artists
redefine
useless
as
useful
by
 creating
a
new
life
for
objects,
and
that
renewed
life
alters
the
role
of
these
objects
entirely.
 Artists
work
similar
magic
with
degraded
landscapes,
blighted
neighborhoods,
and
other
 systems—infusing
them
with
new
purpose
and
expanding
the
potential
for
positive
change.
 Ideally,
this
change
is
accomplished
with
the
participation
of
the
surrounding
communities— transforming
not
only
objects
and
systems,
but
also
the
communities
themselves.
 
 About
the
Santa
Fe
Art
Institute
 The
Santa
Fe
Art
Institute
(SFAI)
founded
in
1985,
is
an
independent
non‐profit
community‐ based
arts
center
with
international
reach
that
presents
and
promotes
art
as
a
positive
social
 force.
SFAI
fosters
the
exploration
of
contemporary
art
by
enlivening
public
discourse
on
art,
 nurturing
artists
at
all
phases
of
their
careers,
and
encouraging
learning
via
the
arts
for
 people
of
all
ages
through
five
key
program
areas:
1)
Ongoing
residencies
that
provide
 support
necessary
for
visual
and
new
media
artists,
writers
and
poetry
translators,
 performance
artists
and
composers
to
complete
work
and
explore
new
creative
directions;
 2)
An
annual
season
of
lectures
and
workshops
that
stimulates
discourse
around
important
 issues
in
the
arts;

3)
Small,
focused
exhibitions
that
challenge
audience
assumptions;
4)
 Publications;
and
5)
Community‐based
arts
education
and
outreach
that
support
creativity
 and
innovation,
provide
an
alternative
pathway
for
learning,
and
expand
the
traditional
 skillset
available
to
people
young
and
old.
For
more
information,
visit
 http://www.sfai.org/index2.html
 
 About
Santa
Fe
University
of
Art
and
Design
 Santa
Fe
University
of
Art
and
Design
is
an
accredited
institution
located
in
Santa
Fe,
New
 Mexico,
one
of
the
world’s
leading
centers
for
art
and
design.

The
university
offers
degrees
 in
arts
management,
contemporary
music,
creative
writing,
digital
arts,
graphic
design,
 moving
image
arts
(filmmaking
and
video
production),
performing
arts,
photography,
and
 studio
art.

Faculty
members
are
practicing
artists
who
teach
students
in
small
groups,
 following
a
unique
interdisciplinary
curriculum
that
combines
hands‐on
experience
with
core
 theory
and
prepares
graduates
to
become
well‐rounded,
creative,
problem‐solving
 professionals.

As
a
Laureate
International
Universities
Center
of
Excellence
in
Art,


Architecture
and
Design,
the
university
boasts
an
international
student
body
and
 opportunities
to
study
abroad,
encouraging
students
to
develop
a
global
perspective
on
the
 arts.

Santa
Fe
University
of
Art
and
Design
is
accredited
by
The
Higher
Learning
Commission
 and
a
member
of
the
North
Central
Association,
www.ncahlc.org
 
 
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