Randy Lee Cutler facts for kids

Randy Lee Cutler was born in 1964 in Quebec, Canada. She is a talented writer, artist, and teacher. She lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Randy Lee Cutler studied Cultural History and earned a PhD from the Royal College of Art. Today, she is a professor at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. She helps students learn about art and design.

Randy Lee Cutler's Writing

Randy Lee Cutler writes about art and culture. She explores how art connects with our lives. Her writing helps us think about art in new ways.

One of her important works is a chapter in the book Vancouver Anthology. It's called Vancouver Singular Plural: Art in an Age of Post-Medium Practice. In this writing, she talks about artists who use many different types of art. She calls this "post-medium practices." This means artists are not limited to just one art form.

She also wrote an essay called O My friends…: On Friendship and Artistic Practice. Artists Marina Roy and Abbas Akhavan asked her to write it. In this essay, Randy Lee Cutler explains how friendship can help artists create. She believes that special friendships can inspire and support creative work. She looks at ideas about friendship from history and different thinkers.

Books and Articles by Randy Lee Cutler

Here are some of the things Randy Lee Cutler has written:

• Crystal Queer (2015)
• On Speculative Walking: From the Peripatetic to the Peristaltic (2014)
• Review: Il Palazzo Enciclopedico: The 55th International Art Exhibition (2013)
• FeminismS without End... (2012)
• Making Metaphors (2009)
• A Spectrum of Difference (2009)

Randy Lee Cutler's Art Projects

Randy Lee Cutler creates art using many different materials. She makes collages, performances, and even digital books. She also uses text in her art. Sometimes, she uses an art name, Hedda Cabbage, for her performances.

Bridging Art and Science: Leaning Out of Windows

From 2016 to 2020, Randy Lee Cutler led a big project called Leaning Out of Windows. She worked with Ingrid Koenig on this. The project aimed to connect art and science. It brought together artists and physicists. They explored ideas about reality from both art and science viewpoints.

Students and teachers from Emily Carr University joined in. Scientists from TRIUMF at the University of British Columbia also took part. They worked together to understand the world better. The project ended with a book. It included essays by Randy Lee Cutler and art by other artists.

Saltwalks: Exploring Culture Through Taste

Saltwalks: Three Movements was a unique art project. It involved walking tours and tasting different kinds of salt. Randy Lee Cutler used these walks to show how salt has shaped our culture.

Each walk had a special theme:

• The first walk explored Chinese herbal medicine with an herbalist.
• The second walk focused on how salt helps preserve food. It also looked at how salt affects land and harvests.
• The last walk explored the crystal shapes of salt. It connected salt to ideas about healing energy.

Open Wide: A Creative Look at Digestion

In 2014, Randy Lee Cutler released an ebook called Open Wide: An Abecedarium for the Great Digestive System. This book uses the idea of digestion as a way to understand experiences.

The book follows the alphabet, like an "abecedarium." It has illustrations, media, and sounds. Many artists helped create the book. It's a fun and creative way to think about how we take in and process information, just like our bodies digest food.

Where Randy Lee Cutler's Art Has Been Shown

Randy Lee Cutler's art has been shown in many places. Here are some examples:

• Salt Walks, Nanaimo Art Gallery, BC (2015)
• A Joyful Wisdom, AHVA Gallery, University of British Columbia (2014)
• Salt Walks: Three Movements, VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver, BC (2014)
• By Way of the Intersection, Burnaby Art Gallery and Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver, BC (2014)
• Salt Walks: Three Movements, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, Vancouver, BC (2014)
• Kitchen Semiotics, Innovate Heritage conference, Berlin, Germany (2014)

Interviews

• Jeremy Todd: A Conversation w/Randy Lee Cutler