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Your Guide to the Scottsdale Art Scene: Arizona’s Essential Art Destination
Explore the vibrant Scottsdale art scene with galleries, museums, public art installations, and exciting arts events in this free guidebook.
August 29, 2025
MOCA Tucson’s New Executive Director Brings “Bicultural” Vision to the Borderlands
Venezuelan curator Gabriela Rangel and her international circle discuss her "double viewpoint" of the Global North and South, and what it means for MOCA Tucson.
August 28, 2025
19th New Mexico Jazz Festival Announces Schedule of World-Class Talent
Catch Grammy winners, NEA Jazz Masters, and more top artists at the 19th Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival, September 4-28, 2025, in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and Taos.
August 27, 2025
¡Cuidado! Transforms Care Workers’ Daily Labor into Powerful Video Art
Experience ¡Cuidado! at the Blaffer Art Museum in Houston, June 7–September 27, 2025, a video installation by X Arriaga Cuellar and Adán Vallecillo that explores Honduran care workers' labor.
August 26, 2025
“You’re Being Zeroed Out”: How IAIA Battled Its Biggest Funding Threat in Decades
Institute of American Indian Arts leaders on turning the tides in their federal funding fight—and why it’s not over yet.
August 26, 2025
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Exiled Artist Named “War and Peace” Never Gave Up Faraway Fight for Democracy
Two fires marked Burmese artist Sitt Nyein Aye’s life. After his tragic death in Colorado, a tribute to his "Little Myanmar" of the Southwest.
August 21, 2025
Arizona Artist Residencies: The Grand Canyon State Beckons
Whether you're a local Arizonan looking for community support or a visitor looking for an idyllic new setting to inspire, let our roundup of Arizona Artist Residencies guide you to your next opportunity.
August 19, 2025
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“You’re Being Zeroed Out”: How IAIA Battled Its Biggest Funding Threat in Decades
Institute of American Indian Arts leaders on turning the tides in their federal funding fight—and why it’s not over yet.
August 26, 2025
Off-Market: 11 Must-See Satellite Shows and Events for Santa Fe Indian Market 2025
While you’re in Santa Fe for Indian Market, don’t miss these Native art experiences featuring Cara Romero, Fritz Scholder, Diego Medina, and more.
August 12, 2025
An Artist Who Builds Dreamworlds Alongside Moths, Stones, and Stars
Sculptor-photographer Virginia L. Montgomery is based in Austin but her work lives on a different plane, somewhere between science and dreams.
August 07, 2025
Southwest Art News: August 2025
Colorado poet laureate Andrea Gibson dies, Texas artists galvanize support for flood survivors, and more top Southwest art news headlines for August 2025.
August 05, 2025
An Artist Who’s Leaving Her Studio—and Angling for “Feral Freedom”
Denver-based artist Kaitlyn Tucek has a seemingly boundless practice, but working without a dedicated space will be a new challenge.
July 31, 2025
The Birth, Death, and Resurrection of a Ghost Town Artist Residency
After years of harassment, Home of the Brave artist residency founder Eileen Muza sold the ghost town property. The new owner will restart the program in Cisco, Utah, this fall.
July 29, 2025
An Artist Who Braids Cultures, from the Porcelain Trade to Beyoncé
Jennifer Ling Datchuk's live-wire practice is rooted in ceramics but branches into performance, installation—and biting cultural critique.
July 24, 2025
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Your Guide to the Scottsdale Art Scene: Arizona’s Essential Art Destination
Explore the vibrant Scottsdale art scene with galleries, museums, public art installations, and exciting arts events in this free guidebook.
August 29, 2025
19th New Mexico Jazz Festival Announces Schedule of World-Class Talent
Catch Grammy winners, NEA Jazz Masters, and more top artists at the 19th Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival, September 4-28, 2025, in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and Taos.
August 27, 2025
¡Cuidado! Transforms Care Workers’ Daily Labor into Powerful Video Art
Experience ¡Cuidado! at the Blaffer Art Museum in Houston, June 7–September 27, 2025, a video installation by X Arriaga Cuellar and Adán Vallecillo that explores Honduran care workers' labor.
August 26, 2025
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An Artist Who Builds Dreamworlds Alongside Moths, Stones, and Stars
Sculptor-photographer Virginia L. Montgomery is based in Austin but her work lives on a different plane, somewhere between science and dreams.
August 07, 2025
An Artist Who’s Leaving Her Studio—and Angling for “Feral Freedom”
Denver-based artist Kaitlyn Tucek has a seemingly boundless practice, but working without a dedicated space will be a new challenge.
July 31, 2025
An Artist Who Braids Cultures, from the Porcelain Trade to Beyoncé
Jennifer Ling Datchuk's live-wire practice is rooted in ceramics but branches into performance, installation—and biting cultural critique.
July 24, 2025
Lu Wei Takes on Feminine Archetypes and the Desert in Wild, Visionary, and Precise Strokes
In two successive solo exhibitions, Taiwanese artist Lu Wei traces a wild pilgrimage through the shadows of motherhood into the searing heat of the Utah desert landscape.
June 26, 2025
An Artist Who Makes Maps You Can’t Read
Returning to Santa Fe after nearly thirty years in New York, Nicola López disorients viewers with layered visual systems that defy resolution.
June 19, 2025
Take Respite: Aisha Imdad’s Works Feel Like a Monsoon Rain, or Like Falling in Love
Aisha Imdad’s exhibition of paintings, The Allegorical Gardens, is a stunning display of virtuosity and literary allusion.
June 17, 2025
Texas Artist Michael Tracy Channeled the Violence and Transcendence of the Borderlands
Late artist Michael Tracy hit the Texas border village of San Ygnacio like a "cyclone." His creative aggression melded with an empathic awareness of his adopted home.
May 29, 2025
Exhibitions
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¡Cuidado! Transforms Care Workers’ Daily Labor into Powerful Video Art
Experience ¡Cuidado! at the Blaffer Art Museum in Houston, June 7–September 27, 2025, a video installation by X Arriaga Cuellar and Adán Vallecillo that explores Honduran care workers' labor.
August 26, 2025
Artists Explore Structures of Confinement and the Carceral System in High Walls
High Walls: Artists Navigate Structures of Confinement at RedLine Denver, August 15–October 12, 2025, presents art by incarcerated and contemporary artists exploring U.S. carceral systems.
August 06, 2025
Is There “Life on Mars?” This Exhibition Makes the Case for Focusing on Earth
In a David Bowie–inspired show in Scottsdale, Steven J. Yazzie and Erika Lynne Hanson confront earthly disillusionment through landscape-based abstraction.
July 17, 2025
Delmas Howe’s Rare Lithographs + Never-Before-Seen Sketches
Delmas Howe: The Lithographs at RioBravoFineArt in Truth or Consequences features rare works from the artist's Rodeo Pantheon series. On view through August 31.
July 14, 2025
Confused by AI? Allow These Glitchy Retro-Future Oracles To Explain
Lynn Hershman Leeson has long prepared for the AI revolution. In Nevada, she channels warnings and hope through digital personas.
July 08, 2025
71 International Artists Transform Santa Fe in SITE’s Sprawling Exhibition Once Within a Time
The 12th SITE SANTA FE International Once Within a Time features seventy-one artists across more than twelve city venues, from June 27, 2025, to January 12, 2026.
July 01, 2025
Lu Wei Takes on Feminine Archetypes and the Desert in Wild, Visionary, and Precise Strokes
In two successive solo exhibitions, Taiwanese artist Lu Wei traces a wild pilgrimage through the shadows of motherhood into the searing heat of the Utah desert landscape.
June 26, 2025
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The People’s Biennial
Charged with reviving SITE Santa Fe’s storied biennial, world-renowned curator Cecilia Alemani unveils Once Within a Time, a citywide chorus of regional and global voices.
May 23, 2025
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Field Report: Las Cruces
Your complete art guide to discover Las Cruces, New Mexico's hidden art scene, with local galleries, craft markets, outdoor adventures, and authentic dining.
May 23, 2025
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Kat Kinnick: Collages of Geographical Memory
Artist Kat Kinnick draws from her New Mexico surroundings to visualize a world more aligned with nature.
May 23, 2025
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Unique New Mexico: Cognition Enhancer
Cognition Enhancer in Santa Fe is a colorful public sculpture, molecular puzzle, and wild local legend all in one.
May 23, 2025
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Unique New Mexico: Sol LeWitt, A Square, A Circle
Sol LeWitt's sculpture A Square, A Circle on the New Mexico State University campus is the famed Minimal and Conceptual artist's only outdoor, site-specific work in New Mexico.
May 23, 2025
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Unique New Mexico: Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts
The Spencer Theater, with its soaring form echoing the surrounding mountains, exemplifies Antoine Predock’s design philosophy.
May 23, 2025
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Unique New Mexico: Couse-Sharp Historic Site
The Couse-Sharp Historic Site invites visitors to step into the living legacy of Taos’s early art colony—and consider Taos Pueblo's influence on every brushstroke.
May 23, 2025
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Exiled Artist Named “War and Peace” Never Gave Up Faraway Fight for Democracy
Two fires marked Burmese artist Sitt Nyein Aye’s life. After his tragic death in Colorado, a tribute to his "Little Myanmar" of the Southwest.
August 21, 2025
The Birth, Death, and Resurrection of a Ghost Town Artist Residency
After years of harassment, Home of the Brave artist residency founder Eileen Muza sold the ghost town property. The new owner will restart the program in Cisco, Utah, this fall.
July 29, 2025
Studio VisitTexasThe Hyperlocal
Dallas AIR Quality Report: The Cedars Union Offers “Life-Changing” Support for Artists
By prioritizing locality and the rich diversity of its community, the Cedars Union has become a cornerstone for Dallas artists and creatives.
July 15, 2025
An Architecture of Care: Passive House Designer Andrew Michler Embraces a Hyperlocal Approach
Andrew Michler redefines sustainable design through hyperlocal, compassionate architecture shaped by climate, culture, and the evolving lives of its occupants.
June 05, 2025
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An Artist Who Paints the West as Strange as It Is
Colorado artist Grace Kennison paints her way into the reality of the West, a place layered thick with fictional narratives, mythical characters, suppressed histories, and surreal storylines.
June 02, 2025
“What’s Your Side Hustle?”: Hard-Earned Lessons on Artistic Survival from a Southwest Highway Town
The artists of Helper, Utah, have spent the last three decades honing strategies to strengthen their rural community—and make the regional market work for them.
May 13, 2025
Meet the “Sad Little Houses” of Dallas, and the Artists on the Front Lines of the Housing Crisis
Three artists confront the Texas housing crisis with street-level projects using piñatas, murals, gentrification walking tours, and more.
May 06, 2025
