ArtsWest

The contributions of all four speakers contributed to the sense of Burning Man as a type of experimental art utopia for those seeking an alternative to purely capitalist pursuits.

On October 29, Lukas Felzmann discussed the evolution of his photography leading to his most recent book, Apophenia.
 

By Sasha Landauer

Communication Professor Fred Turner has been studying the role of art and countercultural movements – including the communal, participatory lifestyle celebrated at the annual Burning Man festival – that have had far-reaching influence in the workplace of tech firms. This February, he will present his scholarship for the Center’s ArtsWest Initiative.

An ArtsWest symposium on May 18 focused on how art and music are shaping social, cultural and political identity in the U.S.-Mexico border region.

A collaboration between Stanford’s Bill Lane Center for the American West and the Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco, the ArtsWest public symposium in February celebrated the rise of women artists and art scholars in the West during the 20th century.

Stanford professor Marci Kwon delivering her lecture at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center on Nov. 30.   Thu Nguyen
 

As part of its ArtsWest Great Writers of the West program, the Bill Lane Center for the American West hosted the symposium “Steinbeck and The Environment” at Stanford on May 10.