SJSU Art Galleries Tuesday Night Lecture: Elizabeth Turk

Every Tuesday evening during the semester, the Department of Art & Art History has an “Open House” that includes a weekly free public lecture from 5 – 6pm, followed by receptions in the six Student Galleries located throughout the Art Building and in the Industrial Studies Building. Elizabeth Turk – Expanding Sculpture: The Language of OBJECTS to The Language of EXPERIENCES How do solitary fine art studio practices transition into creating platforms for public experiences and back again? Creating imagery from a space of vulnerability and passion is intimate and feels safe when you, as an artist, are alone in one’s studio. Yet, the power of social sculpture is to ignite imagination together. Communities create memories spontaneously, in the recognition that personal perspectives exist in tandem with others. A native Californian, Elizabeth Turk is an artist, known for marble sculpture and participatory, community art activations. Currently, she splits time between a studio in Santa Ana, CA and NYC. She is a MacArthur Fellow, an Annalee & Barnett Newman Foundation recipient and a Smithsonian Artist Fellow among other awards.