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Kim Stringfellow speaks on "The Mojave Project"

The Mojave Project: Rockhounding, Landspeeding and Fossil Water Portals

KIM STRINGFELLOW is an artist and educator residing in Joshua Tree, California. Her practice bridges cultural geography, environmental journalism and experimental documentary into creative, socially engaged transmedia experiences. She is a 2015 Guggenheim Fellow in Photography and the 2012 recipient of the Theo Westenberger Award for Artistic Excellence. Stringfellow is an Associate Professor in the School of Art + Design at San Diego State University. Talk will be followed by Q and A led by UC Irvine MFA student Kelly Donahey. Sponsored by the Desert | Structure | Modernism Research Cluster with funding from UCI Humanities Commons and the University of California Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA)



Gem-O-Rama (pink Halite field trip), Searles Lake, Trona, CA 2011
Collecting pink halite at Searles Lake during the 72nd Gem-O-Rama. The Mojave Project is an experimental transmedia documentary led by Kim Stringfellow exploring the physical, geological and cultural landscape of the Mojave Desert.