WORK WITH ARTIST LAURIE ANDERSON!
INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED ARTIST –
LAURIE ANDERSON
Laurie Anderson is one of America’s most renowned – and daring – creative pioneers. Known primarily for her multimedia presentations, she has cast herself in roles as varied as visual artist, composer, poet, photographer, filmmaker, electronics whiz, vocalist, and instrumentalist.
ACAD in partnership with One Yellow Rabbit’s High Performance 
Rodeo is making the opportunity possible for Four ACAD students to shadow international artist Laurie Anderson in creating pieces to be shown at Big Secret Theatre and ACAD. Those selected for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity are required to be available from January 11th – 17th for work, installation, development and performances related to this opportunity.
In addition to this great opportunity to work with Laurie, these four students will also receive:
- Four tickets to Another Day in America, Jan. 11, 2012 and Jan. 14, 2012
- Four tickets to Beginning, Middle and an End – an exclusive interactive dinner with Laurie Anderson at Cookbook Company Cook on Jan. 15, 2012
- A day working with Laurie at Glenbow Museum preparing The Gray Rabbit show
- Four tickets to In Conversation with Laurie Anderson at the the Glenbow Museum, Jan. 17, 2011
To apply for this opportunity please submit the following by Thursday, January 5th at 4:30 pm to Marianne Elder in the Student Experience Office:
- One page proposal outlining why you would like to be considered for this opportunity
- A Curriculum Vitae/Artist Resume
- One letter of reference (can come in by email to marianne.elder@acad.ca) from a faculty member
About Laurie Anderson:
Another Day in America
Arguably the world’s most popular – and influential – performance artist, Laurie Anderson last performed in Calgary in 2005, with her piece The End of the Moon, created after a time as artist-in-residence for NASA. Now, 7 years later, Laurie returns as High Performance Rodeo Artist-in-Residence, with Another Day In America, an intimate work-in-progress about exactly that. Expect new songs, new stories, biting and ironic social and political observation, loads of humour, and a starring role for Fenway Bergamot, Laurie Anderson’s infamous audio-drag alter ego. Another Day In America is being presented alongside her installation, The Gray Rabbit, which will be exhibited at the Glenbow Museum.
“Laurie Anderson is a singer-songwriter of crushing poignance – a minimalist painter of melancholy moods who addresses universal themes in the vernacular of the commonplace.”
-Rolling Stone
The Gray Rabbit
This is the North American premiere of The Gray Rabbit. This video-based installation recounts a pivotal childhood event in Laurie’s life, when she broke her back at age 12. As Laurie grows older, she realizes that she has told this story so many times that she is actually telling a ‘cleansed’ version of the tale, that is, what is palatable for her to remember.
“Laurie Anderson…has broken through and made some of the most interesting art of the late 20th Century…earning as she goes a reputation as one of the world’s premiere performance artists.”
- Wired
2012 WINTER AWARD
2012 WINTER AWARDS ARE ONLINE
To view all 2012 Winter Award discriptions CLICK HERE.
To view how you apply for comeptitive bursaries and awards using slideroom CLICK HERE.
Awards:
- Determine which awards apply to you
- Fill out the Award Application Form (Form A, PDF)
- Hand in the completed form to Patricia Knott, Student Experience Office
- Upload all supporting documentation (images, statement, etc.) at slideroom.com >>
Bursaries:
- Determine which bursaries apply to you
- Fill out the Bursary Application Form (Form B, PDF)
- Hand in the completed form to Patricia Knott, Student Experience Office
- Upload all supporting documentation (images, statement, etc.) at slideroom.com >>
If you have any questions feel free to contact Dan Barnfield, ACAD Student Life Coordinator, at dan.barnfield@acad.ca or in the Student Experience Office.
First Day of Classes – Thursday, Jan 15th (running on a Monday schedule)
FIRST DAY OF CLASSES IS THURSDAY, JANUARY 5th, RUNNING ON A MONDAY SCHEDULE (FRIDAY, JANUARY 6th, WILL BE THE REGULAR FRIDAY SCHEDULE)
The first day of classes is Thursday, January 5th. Once again, we are running a Monday schedule on the first day of classes!
Q: “Why” you ask?
A: This change, approved by Academic Executive, will allow all classes to have a full 14 weeks of instruction, including those that fall on statutory holidays.
Normal schedules return on Friday, JANUARY 6th.
FIRST DAY OF CLASSES IS THURSDAY, JANUARY 5th, RUNNING ON A MONDAY SCHEDULE
3-4th Year Drawing Major Show Opening – 17 Nov 2011
Join the 3rd and 4th year Drawing majors on Thursday November 17 for the opening of their exhibition “Drawn”. The opening is from 5-7 in the Main Mall–hope to see you there!
