Sarah Cooper is a curator, writer, and art historian based in Los Angeles.
She is the Public Programs Specialist for performance at the J. Paul Getty Museum, where she directs the experimental performance series Ever Present, among other programs.
She has organized programs featuring artists and musicians including Kim Gordon, Simone Forti, Brendan Fernandes, Patti Smith, Lonnie Holley, Martin Creed, Midori Takada, Helado Negro, Moor Mother, David Wojnarowicz, Derek Jarman, and Solange Knowles.
In addition, Sarah has held positions at The Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Royal Academy in London, and the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh.
She holds a Master's Degree in Art History from Hunter College, New York. Her thesis, Expanding Experimentalism: Popular Music and Art at the Kitchen in New York City, 1971-1985, explores the creative output of artists' bands and the relationship between popular music and avant-garde performance practices.
sarahannecooper [at] gmail.com
She is the Public Programs Specialist for performance at the J. Paul Getty Museum, where she directs the experimental performance series Ever Present, among other programs.
She has organized programs featuring artists and musicians including Kim Gordon, Simone Forti, Brendan Fernandes, Patti Smith, Lonnie Holley, Martin Creed, Midori Takada, Helado Negro, Moor Mother, David Wojnarowicz, Derek Jarman, and Solange Knowles.
In addition, Sarah has held positions at The Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Royal Academy in London, and the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh.
She holds a Master's Degree in Art History from Hunter College, New York. Her thesis, Expanding Experimentalism: Popular Music and Art at the Kitchen in New York City, 1971-1985, explores the creative output of artists' bands and the relationship between popular music and avant-garde performance practices.
sarahannecooper [at] gmail.com
August 26, 2016
Friday Flights
Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Laurel Jenkins is a choreographer, dancer, and teacher. She was a member of the Trisha Brown Dance Company from 2007¬2012 and continues to perform and restage pieces for the company. She received a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College, an MFA from UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance, and is certified in the Skinner Releasing Technique. Her work has been presented in New York City, Los Angeles, Berlin, and Tokyo. With the support of the Asian Cultural Council, Jenkins traveled to Phnom Penh, Cambodia to work with Chey Chankethya, Artistic Director of Amrita Performing Arts. This summer she presented Soma Path with Chey Chankethya at REDCAT’s NOW festival and performed as a soloist in Oedipus Rex/Symphony of Psalms directed by Peter Sellars. Map score illustration by Jessica Watkins.
