Once Within a Time

Celebrated amidst the presentation of our most ambitious International to date, Once Within a Time: A 30th Anniversary Gala will be an unforgettable event accompanied by a weekend of gatherings and programs honoring SITE SANTA FE’s founders and recognizing the visionaries who have shaped our story over the past 30 years.

Honoring the Founders of SITE SANTA FE

Laura Carpenter
Emily Fisher Landau
Bobbie Foshay
James Kelly
Anne Windfohr Marion and John Marion
Joann Phillips
Louisa Stude Sarofim

Tickets

Individual Tickets and Sponsored Tables are SOLD OUT

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Schedule of Events

Thursday, July 17

3:30—5:30 PM | Exclusive Once Within a Time Tour and Reception for 30th Anniversary Gala Sponsors

Friday, July 18

Once Within a Time: A 30th Anniversary Gala Celebration

5:30 PM—11 PM | Exhibition Viewing, Elegant Cocktail Hour, Open Air Dinner by High Desert Table, and a Special Performance by Holland Andrews and yuniya edi kwon

Saturday, July 19

2 PM | Curator Talk: Contemporary Art Biennials — Knowledge, Storytelling, and Community Impact

Moderated by art critic and author Ben Davis, this panel brings together three visionary curators who have curated SITE SANTA FE Internationals, Cecilia Alemani, Rosa Martínez, and Francesco Bonami.

This program is sold out

Special Performance by Holland Andrews and yuniya edi kwon

Holland Andrews (they/them) and yuniya edi kwon (she/her) are composer-improvisers, vocalists, and transdisciplinary performance makers based in New York City. Their collaborative practice is an emergent and embodied extension of their lives as ritual improvisationalists, spiritual practitioners, and partners. Holland, a multi-instrumentalist and producer, arranges music for voice, clarinet, and electronics, harnessing the power of these instruments to address themes of vulnerability, catharsis, and healing. yuniya, in her work, connects sound, movement, and ceremony to explore transformation, transgression, and mythology’s ability to both obscure and reveal. Their co-created opera-in-progress, How does it feel to look at nothing, is a transdisciplinary space of convergence for their shared life, queer-trans family, and beloved creative lineages, grounded in the foundational questions that connect and inspire them. Separately, their work has been presented by The Whitney, REDCAT, PICA, ISSUE Project Room, Dia Art Foundation, Performa Biennial, Roulette Intermedium, Civitella Ranieri, and others. Holland and yuniya are both Guggenheim Fellows, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Awardees, Creative Capital Awardees, and United States Artists Fellows.

Holland Andrews is an extended-technique vocalist, clarinetist, composer, improviser, and performer whose work focuses on generating expansive tapestries of cathartic and dissonant soundscapes. Frequently highlighting themes surrounding transdimensional communication, transformation, and the unseen, Andrews composes music from their voice, clarinet, and electronics to serve as a vessel for these themes. As a musician, their influences stem from a dynamic range of styles, including opera, free jazz, american experimentalism, as well as ambient, drone, and noise music. A self-taught vocalist and improviser, they have also been cultivating a unique vocal style, which integrates these influences with language disintegration, environmental foley, and vocal distortion. Notable musical collaborations include Son Lux, Jjjjerome Ellis, Christina Vantzou, yuniya edi kwon, Shahzad Ismaily, Darian Donovan Thomas, and Nils Frahm. In addition to creating solo work, Andrews composes and performs for dance, theater, and film, and they have collaborated with other luminary artists such as Bill T. Jones, Will Rawls, Otobong Nkanga, Dorothee Munyaneza, Narcissister, and poet Demian Dinéyazhi. Andrews is a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Awardee in Music/Sound (2023), United States Artists Fellow (2024), Creative Capital Awardee (2025), and Guggenheim Fellow in Composition (2025).

yuniya edi kwon is a violinist, vocalist, and interdisciplinary performance maker based in New York City. Through a practice of diasporic improvisationalism, yuniya creates performance work that is “absolutely stunning” (Wire Magazine), “brilliantly captivating” (Jazz Magazine Paris), and “as unpredictable as life itself” (Monheim Papers). She is a Guggenheim Fellow in Composition, Creative Capital Awardee, Arts Fellow at Princeton University, Civitella Ranieri Fellow, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Robert Rauschenberg Awardee in Music/Sound, and United States Artists Ford Fellow. In addition to an evolving solo practice, yuniya collaborates with artists of diverse disciplines, including The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Senga Nengudi, Holland Andrews, Victoria Chang, Tomeka Reid, and Degenerate Art Ensemble. Her work has been presented by Dia Art Foundation, Performa Biennial, New York Live Arts, Under The Radar Festival, National Sawdust, Roulette Intermedium, On The Boards, Asia Society, Harlem Stage, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Monheim Triennale, and others. She has performed throughout the Americas and EU, including Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Jazzfest Berlin, Barbican Centre, Kennedy Center, Big Ears Festival, SESC Pompeia, Festival Sons d’hivers, Festival Banlieues Bleues, and others.

Thank you to our 30th Anniversary Gala Sponsors

MILESTONE 30

Anonymous, Avalon Trust, Soraida Bedoya and Christi Offut, Marti Meyerson and Jamie Hooper

LEGACY

Carpenter Family, Carolyn Eason and James Rubin, and Henry R. Muñoz III

MOMENTUM

Ulrike and Joel Citron, Jane and Leland Englebardt, Bobbie Foshay and Tom Turney, John Mark Horton, Courtney Finch Taylor and Scott Taylor, Metamorphosis, Cindy Miscikowski, Paloma

IMPACT

Aaron Payne Fine Art; Anthony Meier Fine Art; Atelier 4; JoAnn and Robert Balzer; Galerie Jocelyn Wolff; Karma Gallery; Patricia and William Kleh; Amy McCombs; Nicola Vassell Gallery; RB Advisory, LLC; Tina Kim Gallery; Rosina Yue

SPECIAL THANKS

Jeffrey Gibson, Maja Ruznic, Catherine Opie, Dia Art Foundation

Gala Host Committee

Marti Meyerson, Co-Chair
James Cahn, Co-Chair
Jeremiah Collatz, Co-Chair
Elizabeth Baskin
Laura Carpenter
Nina Del Rio
John Mark Horton
James Kelly
Henry R. Muñoz, III
Aaron Payne