August 21 (Sunday)
- 10:00am - All flights and people converge in SLC at Transportation Counter, “All Resort Express”
- 10:30am - Board bus
- 11:00-11:45am - Walmart for supplies
- 11:45-12:00pm - Drive 1 hr 10 minutes to Thiokol, Promontory
- 12:00-12:20pm - Stop at Thiokol Rocket Garden for 20 minutes
- Transfer to minibus at Thiokol – 9160 UT-83, Corinne, UT 84307
- 12:25-1:45pm - Drive through Golden Spike to Spiral Jetty (45 min.) (GPS coordinates 41.438223°, -112.666491)
- 1:45-3:45pm - Spiral Jetty
- 4:15-7:00pm - Drive to Sun Tunnels by way of Golden Spike (2 hrs and 45min) (GPS coordinates 41.303501°N, 113.863831°W)
- 7:00pm - Arrive at Sun Tunnels, stay 1hr (sunset 8:30pm)
- Sun Tunnels self-guide
- 8:00-8:45pm - 8pm latest Leave Sun Tunnels, Drive to Montello, NV (40 min. drive)
- 7:45-8:45pm - Time Change (1 hr.+) Dinner at Montello Cowboy Bar, 443 Front Street, Montello, NV 89830
- 9:00-9:40pm - Time Change Again (1 hr.-), Depart 9pm, Drive to Wendover, Montego Bay (40 min. drive).
- ~ 11:00pm - Arrive at Montego Bay, Wendover, NV
Screening: Spiral Jetty
August 22 (Monday)
- 7:50am - Meet in lobby (Starbucks for breakfast on own prior to lobby meetup, if walking leave at 7:00am)
- 8am - Bus departs from Montego Bay Lobby with Matthew Coolidge
- 8am-11:00am - 3.5-4 hour tour CLUI and Wendover area with Matthew Coolidge Meet at orientation building off of skyhawk drive – bring map – GPS coordinate – 40°43'51.1"N 114°01'43.1"W
- 11:00-11:30am - Lunch at Wendover Taco Truck, Tacos el Canon de Juchipila, 1715 Wendover Blvd, West Wendover, NV 89835 (West of “Wendover Will” statue)
- 11:30 - Depart for Double Negative (Possible screening: Troublemakers) (5.5 hrs to Perkins Field) Time Change (-1 hr)* 4:00-4.20pm - Meet Perkins Field, 1110 Airport Rd, Overton, NV 89040, to swap to smaller vehicles
- 4:15/4:30-4:45/5:00pm - Drive to Double Negative via Mormon Mesa Road (approx. 30min.)
- 5:00-5:45/6pm - Walk to North Double Negative Site from Carp Elgin Rd.
- 5:45-7:15pm - Stay at Double Negative 1.5hrs
- 7:15-8:15pm NO LATER THAN 7:15 DEPARTURE - Walk back to vehicles from Double Negative
- 8:15-8:45pm - Drive back to Perkins Field, 1110 Airport Rd, Overton, NV 89040 (Back on bus) (Sunset 8:30pm)* 8:45-9 or 9:30 - Drive to Sunset Station Hotel, have dinner on own
Screening: Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art
August 23 (Tuesday)
- 7:00-8:00am - Breakfast (included in stay, breakfast starts at 6am)
- 8am - Depart for driving day
- 8-8:45am - Drive from Henderson to Hoover Dam (30 min. To Hoover Dam)
- 8:45-910am - Stop at Hoover Dam (Bus stops prior to the MOPT Memorial Bridge, walk across the bridge)
- 6:00pm - Navajo council chambers tour with Idah Burnside
- 6:30 - Joined by Jonathan Perry, and Church Rock activists
- 7:30-10:00pm - Depart from Window Rock, Drive to Albuquerque, NM
- 10:00pm - Arrive Albuquerque, NM - Stay Days Inn and Suites Airport Hotel
August 24 (Wednesday)
- 6:00am - Pickup 2 rental cars at ABQ airport (Note: only organizers)
- 7:00-8:00am - Breakfast at the hotel (Breakfast included in stay, starts at 6am)
- 7:00am - Car 2 Depart for White Sands
- 8:00am - Car 1 Depart for Quemado for Lightning Field (2 hr tour of Acoma Pueblo en route)
Car 1 Schedule:
- 7:30am - Receive Panera Sandwiches
- 8am - Depart for Acoma Pueblo
- 9:30am - Arrive Acoma Pueblo
- 9-30-12:30 - Museum, guided tour
- 12:30-2:30 - Drive to Quemado
- Overnight at Lightning Field
Car 2 Schedule (with Harvard Group):
- 6:00am - Pick up cars
- 6:45am - Everyone having “breakfasted” in lobby ready to go Pick up lunch at Panera’s 2820 Central Ave SE, Albuquerque NM 87106* 7:00am - Depart for White Sands
- 8:45am - Stop for breakfast at Owl Cafe (77 US 380, San Antonio, NM 87832) (Approx. 1hr 15 to Owl Cafe) flexible this stop can compress
- 9:25am - Depart for Stallion Gate (approx. 15 minutes)
- 10:00am - Meet Cammy Montoya at Stallion Gate
- ~11am Conclude Trinity portion of tour
- Noon Eat lunch during drive through ?? Drive through base to LC33 (approx. 2 hr.)* 2:00pm - Tour Mission Launch Site with PG and Matthew Hersch (possibly curator Darren Court)
- 5:30pm - Conclude WSMR Tour
- 5:30-7:30pm - Drive to Truth or Consequences
- 7:30pm - Buy Groceries
- 8:30pm - Dinner with CAJ at Riverbend Hot Springs, 100 Austin Street, Truth or Consequences, NM 87901
- 9:00-10:00pm - Hot springs soaking
Aug 25 (Thursday)
Car 1 Schedule:
- 9:45am - Pick up lightning field
- 10:45am - Leave Quemado (9:45am LF) to Very Large Array by 12:00pm
- 12:00-1:15pm - Very Large Array
- 12:00pm All cars - Tour with astronomers at VLA, climb radio telescopes in groups, Harvard cars to Los Alamos
- 1:15-4:00pm - Drive to El Paso. (3hr 30min, try to pick up time en route) Stop en route at Riverbend* 7pm - Juarez Scenic Overlook “Scenic Drive” road, discuss border development
- 8pm - Grocery shop Sprouts Farmers Market, 2036 North Zaragoza Road, El Paso, TX 79936
- Night Arrive El Paso Airbnb
Cars 2 + 3 Schedule:
- 9:00am - Eat in room or at Passion Pie Cafe (great coffee and pastries), each car makes lunch for their group
- 9:30am (sharp!) - Depart to arrive at VLA by 11:30am/Quemado by 2:30pm) to Lightning Field
- 12:00pm All cars - Tour with Claire Chandler, lead astronomer at VLA
- 1:30pm - Car #2 departs … Harvard car #3 (leaves later) to Los Alamos
- 2:30pm - Arrive at Quemado, Lightning Field (Stay)
Aug 26 (Friday)
Car 1 Schedule:
- 9:15am - Departure for Rubin The University of Texas At El Paso
- 10:00am-noon - Meet Kerry Doyle (Director of Rubin Art Center), tour border sites
- 12:30-2pm - Lunch and visit other downtown border sites of note
- 3:30-4pm - National Border Patrol Museum, 4315 Woodrow Bean Transmountain Drive, El Paso, TX 79924 (then 3 hrs to Marfa including photo op at Prada Marfa)* 8-9pm - Arrive Marfa
Car 2 Schedule:
- 9:00am - Pickup at Lightning Field
- 10:00am - Departure Quemado, NM to Marfa (full day drive 7hr, lose an hr. in transit, accounting for stops en route including Prada Marfa)
- 1:00pm - Lunch at Passion Pie, 406 Main Ave., Truth or Consequences, NM 87901, groceries for all Bullocks, 630 S Broadway St., Truth or Consequences, NM 87901
- 1:45pm - Continue driving to Marfa
- 7:00 ~ 9:00pm - Arrive Marfa, on own for dinner and next morning breakfast
Aug 27 (Saturday)
- 8:00-8:30am - Walk from Airbnb to cars
- 8:30am - Cars depart from “Abode” to Chinati Foundation - S. Hill St. and Katherine St.
- 8:45 latest - Arrive at Chinati
- 9:00am - Private group tour of Chinati Foundation (All morning)
- TBA: Lunch in town on own
- Afternoon: Free time: (time to visit Marfa and Presidio County Museum, open until 5pm [Thunderbird pool!])
- 6:30pm - Dinner in Marfa at Jett’s with guests Leila Kinney and Karen Pate, The Hotel Paisano, 207 Highland St. Marfa, TX 79843
- 8:15pm - Sunset private guided tour of Robert Irwin
- 9:00pm - (optional) Check out Marfa lights (Route 67 on Mitchell Flat), Cars drop off students at Airbnbs
Aug 28 (Sunday)
- 8:30-9:15am - Breakfast on own in Marfa
- 9:30am - Check out of Air BnBs, load cars, drive to Judd Foundation (cars driven by team to Fdn)
- 9:50-1:00pm - Block and studio tour of Judd Foundation
- 1:00-2:00pm - Lunch in Marfa
- 2:00-8:00pm - Drive to Austin (6hr 30min)
- 8:30pm - Arrive in Austin, check in Hotel Van Zandt, 605 Davis Street, Austin, TX 78701, dinner on own
- 10pm - (optional) Visit to UT Austin James Turrell Skyspace
August 29th, Monday
- 9:00-1:00pm - Breakfast on own (Hotel Van Zandt has morning tea and coffee service), free time!
- 1:00pm - Leave Austin (Meet in hotel lobby)
- 1:00-4pm - Drive Austin to Houston (2hr 45min), pick up grocery staples for group in Houston
- 3:30pm - One car through Sharpstown to view Mary Ellen Carroll’s Prototype 180
- 4:00pm - Check in to Airbnbs, early dinner on own if desired [Suggestions: Axelrod (nearish AirBnb apartments driveable, 4 min.); Tacos A Go Go (nearish drivable, 7 min.); or Houston’s This IS IT (walkable). Apartments also have kitchens.
- 5:45 - Cars depart from Arbor Street residences for Rice University visit
- 6pm - Arrive West Lot 1 at Rice University Campus. Meet Alison Weaver, director of Moody Center for the Arts, discuss “de Menil years of the Rice Museum,” view Michael Heizer collection in the Engineering quadrangle (45°, 90°, 180).
- 7:30-8:19pm - Reservation for 13 for sunset sky sequence in James Turrell Skyspace, Rice University
August 30 (Tuesday)
- 10am - Exhibitions at CAMH
- Lunch at With Bill Arning, Director of CAMH
- Optional complementary admission to Yayoi Kusama exhibition at Houston MFA (sign up)
- Late afternoon: coffee with Helen Winkler Fosdick
- 7:15 - Live Oak Meeting House visit (Turrell). Jane Houser
Aug 31 (Wednesday)
- 9-10:30am - Look at Houston based land art proposals and drawings in the Menil Collection, discuss unrealized John Gibson gallery show
- 10:30 - Rothko Chapel
- Tour collection and Dan Flavin Richmond Hall until 1pm, lunch on site
- Optional lunch with Rice School of Architecture Dean Sarah Whiting (sign up)
- 2-3:30 - Project Row Houses
Students made a documentary of the field trip, Travelogue of the Undocumentable.
Image Gallery: Land Art and Landscapes from the Optional Course Field Trip
All photos courtesy of Jessica Varner and used with permission.
Spiral Jetty (Robert Smithson, 1970)
Spiral Jetty (Robert Smithson, 1970)
Sun Tunnels (Nancy Holt, 1973)
Double Negative (Michael Heizer, 1970)
The Enola Gay hangar, CLUI research center, and Wendover, Utah visit with Matthew Coolidge (CLUI).
As part of the Landscape Experience class, infrastructure—such as the Hoover Dam—is put in dialogue with major land art works.
