Chinati Foundation

Programs: chinati sponsors programs initiated by judd establishing links to the local community, other cultural institutions and universities in the us and abroad. These include artists' residencies, summer art classes for local children, internships, temporary art exhibitions, publications and symposia. The chinati foundation will continue these programs hosting interns and artists from around the world, publishing its annual newsletter with scholarly essays and museum information in english and spanish, conducting its summer arts classes and additional educational programs throughout the year for area residents, sponsoring symposia (every few years) and temporary exhibitions (annually) related to chinati's collection and judd's vision. Chinati's emphasis remains on the permanent collection; its development, maintenance and conservation will be a cornerstone for the museum's efforts in the coming years. In all of its activities the museum is guided by the ideas of its founder and his philosophical approach that art is essential to life, and created with the concern of its relationship to the constructed and natural environment. Chinati's collection and programs reflect judd's belief of a multi-layered world, in which the components are joint but distinct.