#eric thayer

Scenes from the road in Donald Trump’s America

In the aftermath of one of the most turbulent elections in recent memory, it seemed time to do it again. After spending more than a year covering Donald Trump’s insurgent campaign for the presidency, Eric Thayer, an award-winning photojournalist, joined Yahoo News National Correspondent Holly Bailey on a cross-country road trip in the weeks after Election Day, visiting places where the GOP candidate won — and places where he did not.

Los Angeles, California, US

A protestor is arrested during protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles. With the US military deployed on the city’s streets, federal immigration authorities have conducted sweeping raids across California, arresting people at their homes and at workplaces as part of Donald Trump’s promised immigration crackdown

PH - Eric Thayer - Members of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club warm up before swimming at the beach at Coney Island. NY. December 15, 2013. 

Photos from Turkey, Crimea, Georgia and the United States.

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For the 5th episode of our monthly art series with Canada's leading newspaper the Globe and Mail, we invited celebrated NYC fashion designer Tanya Taylor to share the work of a contemporary artist she admires.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/…/why-we-lo…/article25108773/

Tanya's signature prints and bold colours have adorned some of today's high-profile figures, including Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and the first lady, Michelle Obama.

The video, re/cover, is a performance and video piece created in collaboration with classmates Aaron A. Gohlke, B. Root, and Elise Weber by Eric Thayer.

Eric Thayer is an artist and educator who works in sculpture, ceramics, performance, and installation.  He is a graduate of the University of Toledo with degrees in Studio Art and Art History, and has either exhibited or taught art at institutions in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Florida, and Texas, most notably the Toledo Museum of Art, the Erie Art Museum, Florida State University, and the Blaffer Art Museum. 

 A former Merit Fellowship winner at the Contemporary Artists Center-Woodside in Troy, NY, he is currently a Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fellow at the University of Houston School of Art, working towards his MFA.

Thayer is interested in identifying and interrupting the myriad of political, social, and economic systems that we as humans have built up over time on both microscopic and macroscopic levels.   He was born on post in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and currently lives and works in Houston, Texas. 

He’d like to thank, in no particular order; Justin and Brittney Kemper, Sarah O'Neil, Sean Lawler, Jason and Meredith Campbell, Gene Tegenkamp, Tyler Dearing, Kyle and Kristen Barry, AJ Malatesta, Michael Szekely, and Russel Scatturo for all their help and support throughout his life and career thus far.  

This post is part of the Center for Arts Leadership Student Board’s series focusing on the artists of the University of Houston.