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The Gulf Coast Art Corridor
a new social sculpture project to help preserve the cultural heritage of the region while influencing and strengthening emerging artistic languages
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Elia Arce's
- Gulf Coast Art Corridor
- is an experiment on art and social transformation. It facilitates communication and artistic interactions between folk, conceptual artists and community organizers. Funders: New Voices, TransArt Foundation, DiverseWorks, Gulf Coast Fund and individual donors. Elia Arce is a pioneer performance artist working in a wide variety of media, including video installation, performance art, experimental theater, writing, photo, video and sculptural performance. Her work has been performed extensively at national and international venues. She has been published and has received considerable critical attention in Ms. Magazine, Latina Magazine, High Performance, Heresis, Conjunto, Artlies, ArtWeek, Out of Character, The Other Los Angelesses and ArtForum amongst others. Arce has received awards from The Rockefeller Foundation, The J. Paul Getty Foundation and the NEA. She founded and facilitated the Performance Art Lab at the University of Houston, which has now become an independent performance collective. A dual citizen of Costa Rica & the US, Arce is currently a 2008 New Voices fellow based in Houston, Tx. and the founder and artistic director of this new social sculpture project.
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