Work in Progress with Amber Tutwiler
The large-scale paintings of recent Salt Lake City transplant Amber Tutwiler blend figural realism with abstraction to uncover the myriad ways in which technology dislodges notions of the self.
Review: Bottomland Artist Brook-Lynne Clark at Sweet Pass Sculpture Park
At Sweet Pass Sculpture Park, Brook-Lynne Clark finds signs of her life on the Blackland Prairie in Big Tex is Burning, which tracks her relationship to embedded histories of Dallas.
Jun 21
The Hiroshima Library: A Memorial Next to Refrigerators
The Hiroshima Library is a library (kind of), art installation (we think), reading room, and place for contemplation created by Brandon Shimoda at Counterpath in Denver.
Jun 20
Curator Profile: Laura August of the Rubin Center in El Paso
Laura August joins the Rubin Center and builds on a program that nurtures connections between art and artists in Ciudad Juárez and El Paso.
Jun 17
Review: Plein Air Challenges Assumptions and Aesthetics at MOCA Tucson
In Plein Air at MOCA Tucson, artists challenge norms in paintings, installations, and video works that confront the white gaze that privileges colonizer culture and systems of oppression.
Jun 15
Yvonne Force Villareal Launches Brite Force in Marfa
Curator Yvonne Force Villareal inaugurates Brite Force, a new arts initiative in Marfa, Texas, with an exhibition of surreal Western paintings by Will Cotton.
Jun 14
Kim Stringfellow Reckons with Human Impact on the Desert in The Mojave Project
Kim Stringfellow presents the current iteration of her exhibition The Mojave Project, which expands ideas of the Mojave Desert and its inhabitants through transmedia representations.
Jun 13
Judy Chicago’s Wo/Manhouse 2022 Explores Gender 50 Years After Womanhouse
In Wo/Manhouse 2022, nineteen New Mexican artists from across the gender spectrum created artworks exploring the meaning of home, gender, and inclusivity on the fiftieth anniversary of Womanhouse.
Jun 13
Fort Worth’s Kinfolk House Draws Artists and Neighbors Together
Kinfolk House’s entry to social practice art is meant to investigate community, culture, and isolation in the venue’s neighborhood of Polytechnic Heights and beyond in Fort Worth.
Jun 10
Hot Art Summer: Must-See Southwest Art Exhibitions for Summer 2022
Hit the road this summer for Southwest art exhibitions in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah.
Jun 08
50th Annual Crested Butte Arts Festival
Crested Butte hosts its 50th Annual Crested Butte Arts Festival August 5–7, 2022.
Jun 08
UMFA Highlights Utah in the 1970s, From Spiral Jetty to Voter Rights
Curator Alana Wolf mines the University of Utah’s archives to backdrop the various occurrences of the 1970s—the formative decade in which Robert Smithson’s earthwork Spiral Jetty made its debut.
Jun 07
High-Profile Visionaries Present at SITE Santa Fe
Priya Parker, conflict resolution strategist and author, and Anand Giridhadaras, journalist and writer, present at SITE Santa Fe’s Innovative Thinker Summer Speaker Series.
Jun 07
Curator Profile: SITE Santa Fe’s Brandee Caoba’s Powerful Practice of Saying Yes
SITE Santa Fe curator Brandee Caoba’s generous yet discerning way of being in the world, the studio, and the exhibition space supports artists and audiences alike.
Jun 06
Review: Somos Southwest Only Whispers to the Chicano Arts Movement
The exhibition Somos Southwest at Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum delivers a muted homage to the Chicano Arts Movement, primarily through works by Arizona and California artists.
Jun 03
Meet Shelly C. Lowe, the First Indigenous Chair of the NEH
Shelly C. Lowe (Diné), the first Native American to chair the National Endowment for the Humanities, is approaching her high-profile job at the granting institution through an Indigenous lens.
Jun 01
Southwest Art News: June 2022
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the Southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
May 31
Work in Progress with Reyes Padilla
Albuquerque artist Reyes Padilla, born with synesthesia, paints visual representations of music in works that have appeared throughout New Mexico and on Better Call Saul.
May 30
See the Wheelwright’s Latest Jewelry Acquisitions
Contemporary Native American jewelry is showcased at the Wheelwright Museum’s Center for the Study of Southwestern Jewelry and Case Trading Post gift shop in Santa Fe.
May 27
2022 Anniversaries in New Mexico Arts
2022 New Mexico Field GuideFeature
This year is a landmark year for many of New Mexico’s arts institutions, some of which are celebrating their centennials and other significant anniversaries.
Apr 27
Announcing the 12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now 2022
New Mexico Artists to Know Now2022 New Mexico Field Guide
Southwest Contemporary announces the fourth annual 12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now and a group exhibition.
May 27
Groundbreaking: A Community-Curated Exhibition of Pueblo Pottery Debuts in Santa Fe
Feature2022 New Mexico Field Guide
Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery debuts at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe in summer 2022.
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