Experience

California College of the Arts

• United States
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • 2004 - Present

  I offer classes in Environmental Art & Design through a process of community engagement Fall 2014: "What's Hip about Eco-Hop" is collaborating with Acta Non Verba Youth Farm, East Oakland, CA to contribute print material, social media development, artwork, site furnishing, signage, video documentation and hands-in-the-dirt. Spring 2015: "Animating Public Space" will collaborate with Food Guardians, SF Public Health and 2 urban farms in San Francisco's Bayview District. This class will cover the same skill-based aspects of engagement. Show less



Lauren Elder Studio

• Oakland, California

• Environmental Artist & Designer

  • 1979 - Present

  Sample Projects: 2014 Project Pigway. Mentoring CCA students during their design-build experience in rural Ecuador through a Social Impact Award 2013 ART/A.R.T. Create physical models and interactive workshops re: adapting to rising tides as part of the exhibit "Sea Change", Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center, California 2012 SANCafe Project -11th Biennial Art Exhibition, La Habana, Cuba. Lead Artist for Bay Area team. Food shed mapping, field-to-table cooking and public food tasting project. Collaboration with independent organic farmers in the San Agustin neighborhood. Sponsored by the social practice collective: Laboratorio Artistico de San Agustin. 2012 Dorothy Saxe Group Exhibition: “Trees: Do Not Destroy”, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA. Tree sculpture which is also a Native Bee habitat. Previously Elder designed for performance in collaboration with Bay Area ensembles, e.g. Motion and Contraband) (1979-1996) Work was supported by 3 NEA grants for Interdisciplinary Art, 2 individual grants from the California Arts Council, the Eureka Sculpture Fellowship, numerous grants from the City of Oakland Cultural Arts Division and 3 Isadora Duncan Awards for Visual Design. Show less



California Arts Council

• Artist in Community

  • 1996 - 1999

  The State of California once employed hundreds of artists to enrich and empower local commmunities via their specific art mediums. My principal venue was Peralta Elementary School, Oakland, California where I designed and managed the installation of 3 multi-purpose gardens. The State of California once employed hundreds of artists to enrich and empower local commmunities via their specific art mediums. My principal venue was Peralta Elementary School, Oakland, California where I designed and managed the installation of 3 multi-purpose gardens.