Snow Job (1970) Performance and Workshop

Snow is predicted to fall outside the AD&A Museum as part of a restaging of Bonnie Ora Sherk’s performance Snow Job (1970). Flavored snow cones will be given out and spectators are invited to enjoy themselves in a performance score writing workshop and durational performance presented by Ajani Brannum in the galleries. Formal attire is encouraged but not required.

Organized by the Art, Design & Architecture Museum at UC Santa Barbara and the Performance Art Museum, this program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970, on view at the AD&A Museum through November 29.

Ajani Brannum (they/them) is an undisciplinary artist and researcher whose practice is a meditation on performance, embodiment, and selfhood. They have created spaces of encounter with REDCAT, ODC, Human Resources Los Angeles, Materials & Applications, Highways Performance Space, Los Angeles Performance Practice, in classrooms, on tabletops and screens, and when no one is looking. Born in Anchorage, Alaska, they hold an AB in English and a Certificate in Dance from Princeton University, and a PhD in Culture and Performance from UCLA.

This program is made possible by Teiger Foundation. Thank you to our program collaborators: artist Ajani Brannum, Kona Ice of Santa Barbara, and Performance Art Museum. Special thanks to Bonnie Sherk Estate, Life Frames, Inc., and A Living Library, San Francisco.

The AD&A Museum is an educational partner of the multi-year initiative High Performance: A 2-Year Conference (2025–2027), which celebrates and historicizes High Performance (1978–97), the first international magazine devoted exclusively to performance art. Through educational collaborations and programming, this exhibition highlights Sherk’s feature in the magazine.