santa fe art institute
The Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) is a nonprofit organization & artist residency dedicated to fostering creative practices that address critical social issues. It also provides public programs, and community engagement opportunities for artists, writers, and cultural practitioner from around the world / 2022-2023
Water becomes a creative incubator for Changing Climate artist-in-residence and activist Angel Faz as they examine their personhood and help us reconsider how we access waterways. We also explore the ongoing history of New Mexico’s water and changing climate through the work and reporting of Laura Paskus, environmental reporter and senior producer of New Mexico P BS, “Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future”.
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Soil health directly affects our way of life. Within “Soil as Black Gold,” we look at how soil becomes foundational to an art & science practice. We follow SFAI Changing Climate resident Esha Chiocchio’s use of film & photography as a vehicle to document the environmental conservation work of various farming communities throughout the Southwest. We then look at how understanding soil biogeochemistry becomes a part of environmental physicist Dr. Sanna Sevanto’s vegetation-climate research work Los Alamos National Laboratories.
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Conducted interviews with Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) Board Members and wove in documentation from the SFAI Winter Open House. In harmony with other marketing efforts, the campaign helped close a $7,400 funding gap, ensuring SFAI met its annual goal and secured support for upcoming artist residency and programming.