CCA Reopens with Marietta Patricia Leis: Sense Memories
The Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe announces the reopening of its gallery space with the new solo exhibition by Marietta Patricia Leis.
December 01, 2021
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Southwest Art News: December 2021
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the Southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
December 01, 2021
Review: Poetic Justice at the New Mexico Museum of Art
In Poetic Justice at the New Mexico Museum of Art, the social impacts and artistic contributions of Judith F. Baca, Mildred Howard, and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith are on display.
November 30, 2021
Arizona’s Black Theatre Troupe Evolves Amid its Fiftieth Season
Exploring the history, work, and significance of the Black Theatre Troupe in Phoenix as the company marks its fiftieth season milestone—and considers making changes moving forward.
November 29, 2021
Review: AH’-WAH-NEE at UNLV’s Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery
AH’-WAH-NEE brings together Indigenous women artists throughout the Southwest for an exhibition about feminine Indigeneity at Donna Beam Gallery at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
November 23, 2021
Molly Zuckerman-Hartung Talks Comic Relief at the Blaffer Art Museum
Molly Zuckerman-Hartung discusses her work and process on the occasion of her survey exhibition Comic Relief at the Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston.
November 22, 2021
Review: Temporary in Nature at Lisa Sette Gallery
Amid the escalating climate crisis, a dozen artists explore the impacts of human activity on the natural world during the Anthropocene era in Temporary in Nature at Lisa Sette Gallery.
November 19, 2021
A Conversation with Kimball Art Center’s Executive Director Aldy Milliken
Aldy Milliken, the new executive director of Kimball Art Center in Park City, Utah, discusses his career, what surprises him about Utah, and his passion for education.
November 17, 2021
Remembering the Future at the Heard Museum
In Remembering the Future: 100 Years of Inspiring Art, the Heard Museum’s new exhibition tells the story of an artistic movement that is often left out of the broader story of American art.
November 16, 2021
Book Review: A Treatise on Stars by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge's A Treatise on Stars, the latest book by the New Mexico-based poet, makes a case for communication with star beings.
November 16, 2021
Review: 2021 Texas Biennial at SAMA and the McNay Art Museum
The 2021 Texas Biennial explores cross-sections of identity and project optimism in A New Landscape, A Possible Horizon across five venues in San Antonio and Houston.
November 15, 2021
U.S.-Mexico Binational Art Walk Brings Borderland Stories to Life
The Binational Art Walk in Douglas, Arizona and Agua Prieta, Sonora dispels the borderlands-as-monolith myth through creative expressions.
November 11, 2021
Review: Dawolu Jabari at Galveston Artist Residency
Dawolu Jabari's large-scale drawings in Lessons from Above: Constellation Quilts at Galveston Artist Residency embed Black history, mythology, and folklore into the fabric of the cosmos.
November 10, 2021
Patrick Martinez: Look What You Created at the Tucson Museum of Art
The Tucson Museum of Art presents Look What You Created, the first solo museum exhibition in the American Southwest by Los Angeles-based artist Patrick Martinez.
November 09, 2021
Denver Art Museum Transforms Campus with Reimagined Ponti Building
After almost four years of construction and renovations, the Martin Building, designed by Gio Ponti and built in 1971, and the Sie Welcome Center are ready to impress Denver Art Museum visitors.
November 09, 2021
No Name Cinema Hosts Pink Narcissus in New Santa Fe Warehouse Space
Nature prevails through a young man’s dreams in Pink Narcissus and its way-making precursor, Fireworks, to be screened together at No Name Cinema’s November program officially announced today.
November 08, 2021
Review: Robert Burnier: Song Cycle at David B. Smith Gallery
Robert Burnier's exhibition Song Cycle at David B. Smith Gallery in Denver features small acrylic-on-aluminum wall sculptures folded into aesthetically and conceptually compelling shapes.
November 05, 2021
Your Weekly 5×5: Lauren’s Picks for Horror and Poetry
We’re back with a staff contribution of the 5×5! This week, SWC’s publisher Lauren Tresp shares her top five picks for horror and poetry.
November 04, 2021
Review: 40 Years, 40 Stories at San Antonio Museum of Art
The San Antonio Museum of Art celebrates its fortieth anniversary with an exhibition showcasing the global and chronological breadth of its permanent collection.
November 04, 2021
Work in Progress with Trey Duvall
Denver-based artist Trey Duvall explores futility and absurdity as they relate to objects through installation, video, performance, and sculpture.
November 03, 2021
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Announcing Art Steady 2.0: Career Development for Creators
We want to see more artists shine in all aspects of their work, so we’re excited to announce Art Steady 2.0, a series of five workshops that cover essential areas of successful creative career development led by leading experts.
November 02, 2021
Joan Mitchell Fellowship Awarded to 3 Southwest Artists out of 15 Nationwide
Justin Favela, Luis Tapia, and Rose B. Simpson are recipients of the inaugural Joan Mitchell Fellowship, which gives awardees unparalleled recognition and $60,000 in unrestricted funds.
November 02, 2021
Activation/Transformation at the Wheelwright
Multidisciplinary artist Nathan Young newly activates the Wheelwright Museum’s collection of silverwork and jewelry with a site-specific installation Activation/Transformation.
November 02, 2021
Southwest Art News: November 2021
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the Southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
November 01, 2021
Studio VisitColoradoVol. 4 Winter 2021
Studio Visit: Suchitra Mattai
Denver artist Suchitra Mattai challenges Western traditions of painting through her use of culturally specific materials that are informed by the South Asian diaspora.
October 29, 2021
From the EditorVol. 4 Winter 2021
From the Editor: Vol. 4
Southwest Contemporary Vol. 4 travels across the region to meet artists, brewers, climate-change activists, and DIY-ers to have in-depth conversations about significant and inspiring issues.
October 29, 2021
FeatureTexasVol. 4 Winter 2021
With Climate Emergency a Certainty, Gulf Coast Creatives Reflect on Art’s Value in Crisis
Houston creatives and artists discuss the influence of climate change on their individual practices and possibilities for creative responses to climate crisis.
October 29, 2021
Patricia Marroquin Norby: The First Indigenous Curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Patricia Norby, the first Indigenous curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, talks about the representation of Indigenous art in institutional gallery spaces.
October 29, 2021
FeatureColoradoVol. 4 Winter 2021
Life is a Cumulative Exercise: Devon Dikeou’s Mid-Career Smear
Devon Dikeou’s Mid-Career Smear in downtown Denver is a retrospective that examines "in-between" spaces with keen observation and irreverent humor.
October 29, 2021
Studio VisitUtahVol. 4 Winter 2021
Studio Visit: Jaclyn Wright
New work by Jaclyn Wright explores the contentious space of the Utah desert and how the ideology of ‘rugged individualism’ has visually manifested itself.
October 29, 2021
