Abstract
This proposal focuses on the archives of the Connemara Conservancy, a 72-acre blackland prairie land trust near Dallas, TX. The Conservancy ran an artist residency from 1981-2002, which hosted ten artists each year. The artists made sculptures, land art, and experimental interventions into the landscape. This paper examines how a digital archive of the artist residency at Connemara can bring attention to ecological systems and environmental justice in a way that reaches beyond the immediate local environment of Dallas, TX.
Presenters
Karen EdwardsStudent, Masters, Edith O'Donnell Institute of Art History at the University of Texas, Dallas, Texas, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
2026 Special Focus—Modeling Life Systems: Art, Algorithms, Ecologies
KEYWORDS
Land Art, Land Trust, Sculpture, Archives, Art History, Landscape
