Current Exhibits

 

“High and Dry: A Photographic Exhibition of Peoples and Places of the World’s Dry Lands”

Since 2000, the Texas Tech University International Affairs has curated the premiere juried photographic exhibition of peoples and places of the world’s dry lands. The High and Dry Exhibition has attracted hundreds of artists from across the nation, all of whom were asked to respond to some aspect of life in an arid or a semi-arid region. Subjects range from sand dunes in the Sahara Desert to ghost towns in Terlingua, Texas. It is our hope that these images will not only prompt aesthetic appreciation but also elicit reflection upon the realities of life on our increasingly thirsty planet.

 

Texas Tech University plays a leading role in global conversations about arid and semi-arid lands through recognized programs such as the Climate Science Center, the National Wind Institute, and the International Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies, which was the genesis for the High and Dry Photography Exhibit. 

This program is made possible in part through a grant from the City of Lubbock, as recommended by Civic Lubbock, Inc.
Questions: Contact Mattie Moriearty, Texas Tech University International Affairs: mattispa@ttu.edu