art trips & visiting artists

Swinehart, Nicole, Jillian, Derek and I had a brainstorm & beer session at the Candlelight yesterday afternoon that resulted in these lists. Everyone is welcome to do some research so when the discussion does arise, we can enter it informed.

Trips:
Mexico City: Cross-culture, galleries, museums
LA: Museums, galleries, the counterpart to NY
San Francisco: Has become a a diverse art scene and excellent museums. We could work it out to go for First Thursday (SF) and First Friday (Oakland), plus visit San Jose, Napa, etc.
London: Expensive, but fab..
Montreal: Feels like Europe, interesting snowstorms, tons of artist run spaces
Vancouver: Artist run spaces, West Coast Photography

Detroit: No one will go for this, but there are tons of interesting DIY projects going on, mostly involved with reclaiming the city

Minneapolis: Walker, galleries

Boston & Mass Moca: Also doubtful, but Mass Moca has been cited as a favorite among us

Too Many Suggested Artist Lecturers:

Gus Van Sant

Simon Starling

John Waters

Lucy Lippard

Storm Tharpe

Santiago Sierra

Gabriel Orozco

Enrico Chagoya

John Berger

Nina Katchadourian

Eileen Gallagher

Christine Wong Yap

Emily Vey Duke

Coco Fusco

Anna Oxygen

Chris Jameson

Josh Keyes

Brian Jungian

Kara Walker

Spurse

Jon Rubin

Miwon Kwon

Claire Bishop

Jo Jackson

Miranda July

Waalid Ra'ad

Dave Hickey

Olag Breuning

Zoe Leonard

Steve Lambert

Sophie Calle

Lawrence Wechler

Martha Rosler

Mona Hatoum

Harry Dodge &/or Stanya Kahn

Nao Bustamante

Guillermo Gomez Pena

Francis Alys

Cabinet Magazine

Robert Irwin

Jen Southern and Jen Hamilton

Michael Pollan

Rosa Lee Goldberg

Hal Foster

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