April 19 - 23Public Talk:
Wednesday, April 20, 7pm, Pattee Auditorium Collaborative work with Art Students
and the Educational Garden: All week |
Seitu Jones
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Schedule:
Tuesday, April 19th: arrival and dinner with faculty
Wednesday:
9:00-11:50 - Design Class in 308 McMike Academic
lunch with faculty
afternoon open for conversations with students or faculty
7:00 - public talk in Pattee Auditorium
dinner with art faculty
Thursday:
9:30-12:00 - Sculpture Class (Multiples and Installation) in 110 McMike Academic
12:00-1:00 - International Luncheon
1:00-3:15 - Sculpture Class (Relief) in 110 McMike Academic
dinner with faculty - "ThinkTank" - more info to follow
Friday:
Earth Day
morning and afternoon - Work Day
lunch with students
4:00 - Earth Day celebration at the Garden
dinner with faculty
Saturday: depart, possibly after a little morning time at the farm
Wednesday:
9:00-11:50 - Design Class in 308 McMike Academic
lunch with faculty
afternoon open for conversations with students or faculty
7:00 - public talk in Pattee Auditorium
dinner with art faculty
Thursday:
9:30-12:00 - Sculpture Class (Multiples and Installation) in 110 McMike Academic
12:00-1:00 - International Luncheon
1:00-3:15 - Sculpture Class (Relief) in 110 McMike Academic
dinner with faculty - "ThinkTank" - more info to follow
Friday:
Earth Day
morning and afternoon - Work Day
lunch with students
4:00 - Earth Day celebration at the Garden
dinner with faculty
Saturday: depart, possibly after a little morning time at the farm
Bio:
Working on his own or in collaboration, Seitu Jones has created over 30 large-scale public art works. He’s been awarded a Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship, a McKnight Visual Artist Fellowship, a Bush Artist Fellowship, a Bush Leadership Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts/Theater Communication Group Designer Fellowship.
In February of 2016, Seitu was one of 50 global artists and policy makers Invited to present at the Salzburg Global Seminar's Beyond Green: Arts as a Catalyst for Sustainability symposium. Seitu was awarded a 2001-2002 Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and was the Artist-in-Residence in the Harvard Ceramics Program. He was Millennium Artist-in-Residence for 651 Arts in Brooklyn, NY, and was the first Artist-in-Residence for the City of Minneapolis. In 2014, he integrated artwork into three stations for the new Greenline Light Rail Transit system in the Twin Cities.
A 2013 Joyce Award, from Chicago’s Joyce Foundation allowed Seitu to develop CREATE: The Community Meal, a dinner for 2,000 people at a table a half a mile long. The project focused on access to healthy food. Seitu is working with members of his neighborhood to create a 5-acre farm in a new St. Paul city park. For 18 months Seitu was a Senior Fellow in Agricultural Systems in the College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Science Resources at the University of Minnesota.
Currently, he is working on a year long commission to create a sculpture for Walker Art Center's Sculpture Garden.
MLS in Environmental History, University of Minnesota
BS in Landscape Design, University of Minnesota
In February of 2016, Seitu was one of 50 global artists and policy makers Invited to present at the Salzburg Global Seminar's Beyond Green: Arts as a Catalyst for Sustainability symposium. Seitu was awarded a 2001-2002 Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and was the Artist-in-Residence in the Harvard Ceramics Program. He was Millennium Artist-in-Residence for 651 Arts in Brooklyn, NY, and was the first Artist-in-Residence for the City of Minneapolis. In 2014, he integrated artwork into three stations for the new Greenline Light Rail Transit system in the Twin Cities.
A 2013 Joyce Award, from Chicago’s Joyce Foundation allowed Seitu to develop CREATE: The Community Meal, a dinner for 2,000 people at a table a half a mile long. The project focused on access to healthy food. Seitu is working with members of his neighborhood to create a 5-acre farm in a new St. Paul city park. For 18 months Seitu was a Senior Fellow in Agricultural Systems in the College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Science Resources at the University of Minnesota.
Currently, he is working on a year long commission to create a sculpture for Walker Art Center's Sculpture Garden.
MLS in Environmental History, University of Minnesota
BS in Landscape Design, University of Minnesota
More Information about Seitu and his work:
CREATE: The Community Meal in St. Paul (here) - Start Tribune story (here)
McNight Grant Recipient information - for the ARTARK
Frogtown Farm
The first entry at this blog provides information about many of Seitu's recent accomplishments
McNight Grant Recipient information - for the ARTARK
Frogtown Farm
The first entry at this blog provides information about many of Seitu's recent accomplishments
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