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Heather Layton
Senior Lecturer, Artist
Arts, Sciences, and Engineering
Department of Art And Art History
Areas of expertise: Contemporary Art-Making, Drawing, Painting, Conceptual Art, Live Art, Intervention Art, Installation, Community-Based Art, Art Diplomacy, Art and Activism
Press contact:
Valerie Alhart
valerie.alhart@rochester.edu
585.276.3256
Related Links:
Heather Layton Home Page
Heather Layton: Studio Updates
Department of Art and Art History
Vigil at George Eastman House for Victims of Violence
In the News
The Center for the Study of the Drone (Bard College)
Interview: Heather Layton and Brian Bailey
July 10, 2013
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Heather Layton
April 05, 2013
The Huffington Post
Home Drone: Art at the Border of America and the Muslim World (PHOTOS)
March 27, 2013
The Valley Advocate
Art in Paradise: Death from Above
March 12, 2013
News Releases
Home Drone: A Public Art 'Intervention' By Two Rochester Artists
February 20, 2013
Fear of the Unknown: Filmmakers from the Tribal Region of Nagaland Debut Work in Rochester
July 12, 2011
An exhibition of votive paintings by Heather Layton
February 09, 2006
"Too Much Attention, Not Enough Food," an exhibit of paintings by artist Heather Layton
November 05, 2004
Biography
Heather Layton is interested in contemporary art-making, drawing, painting, conceptual art, live art, intervention art, installation, community-based art, art diplomacy, art and activism. Her teachings in contemporary art include, art as activism, drawing, painting, and site-specific art. She is well-known for her public sculpture, such as her intervention project in 2005 that was designed in response to the 54 homicides that occurred in Rochester, New York.