A jewelry-making program helps train artisans for steady career opportunities in Albuquerque. That may not be enough for the cash-strapped school.
April 15, 2022
In The Passage, Tucson artist Nika Kaiser reimagines endings and the possibilities of a post-human future inspired by the reemergence of Glen Canyon.
April 13, 2022
Fox Hysen, the 2022 Frederick Hammersley Visiting Artist, will present a talk at the Albuquerque Museum on April 28 and host an open studio on the UNM campus on April 21.
April 12, 2022
Rochelle Johnson, an artist in residence at Denver’s RedLine Contemporary Art Center, is a figurative oil painter who imbues her work with messages about women’s beauty, the Black community, and the human condition.
April 12, 2022
Artist Sarah Alice Moran's debut solo exhibition at Smoke The Moon gallery in Santa Fe features imagery of mythological creatures, symbolic figures, and explosive compositions.
April 11, 2022
Julio César Morales explores cultural differences as senior curator for ASU Art Museum in Arizona, drawing on his binational experiences to address social justice issues through collaboration.
April 11, 2022
Collectivity + CollaborationColorado
A new hanging of Clyfford Still’s work, co-curated by a cohort of young children, presents "not just boring grown-up things" at Denver’s Clyfford Still Museum.
April 08, 2022
Salt Lake City artist Mitsu Salmon explores issues of racism, environmentalism, and sexuality. Her performance-based approach to a multi-disciplinary practice crafts an immersive experience between artist and viewer.
April 07, 2022
Santa Fe artist Sam Scott’s new body of work on view at Pie Projects, Mind/Mirror, is an invitation to peel back visual layers and a journey into the very essence of abstraction.
April 06, 2022
Indigenous artist Brad Kahlhamer explores nomadic existence and hybrid identity in Swap Meet exhibition at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art.
April 06, 2022
Galveston, Texas artist Nick Barbee uses the process of abstraction in recounting American history and personal experiences in his paintings, sculpture, and installation.
April 05, 2022
SITE Santa Fe opens Nani Chacon: SPECTRUM, an exhibition featuring eight newly commissioned paintings and a survey of public artworks by the New Mexico-based artist.
April 01, 2022
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the Southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
April 01, 2022
In So That We May Fear Not at Finch Lane, photographer Jesse Meredith documents an American militia group and illustrates contradictory narratives of maleness and patriotism.
March 31, 2022
Denver-based poet Nicky Beer’s Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes is a clever, probing look into the collective desires and fears underlying our love of illusion.
March 29, 2022
A new book, Breadth of Bodies: Discussing Disability in Dance, spotlights the voices, experiences, and art of dancers with disabilities.
March 28, 2022
If you decide to Gogh, be prepared for decent visuals, a hefty debit charge, and a pun or two at the Beyond Van Gogh projection room at Albuquerque’s Sawmill District.
March 25, 2022
UMOCA’s artist-in-residence program in Salt Lake City provides studio space and exhibition opportunities for Utah artists while enriching the local arts community.
March 24, 2022
Gerald Peters Contemporary presents On the Threshold of Dusk, featuring new and recent works by Elizabeth Hohimer on view at the gallery’s New York location.
March 23, 2022
As war, climate change, and COVID-19 dominate the headlines, Phoenix Art Museum presents Breaking Up, an exhibition featuring women artists exploring fragmentation on personal and global scales.
March 22, 2022
In Celestial Movement, artist Tom Kirby's latest exhibition at Winterowd Fine Art on Santa Fe's historic Canyon Road, the artist's transcendental paintings explore the mysterious and limitless skies as the earth makes its elliptical path through space.
March 22, 2022
Collectivity + CollaborationUtah
The For Freedoms collective, dubbed the country’s largest network of artists, cultural workers, and organizations, engages in tough and important conversations about social change through artistic civic activism.
March 21, 2022
Collectivity + CollaborationTexas
El Paso, Texas-based Juntos Art Association tackles the power of place and the “who is heard” component of storytelling in its multi-faceted project, Icons and Symbols of the Borderland.
March 18, 2022
Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota) melds Indigenous patterns, materials, and symbolism with modernist archetypes in Speaking To Relatives at MCA Denver.
March 16, 2022
Sara Hubbs’s exhibition Soft shoulder at Everybody gallery in Tucson pays homage to the inseparability of art and life.
March 15, 2022
Houston curator Suzanne Zeller uses their curatorial platform to promote underrepresented queer narratives in contemporary photography.
March 14, 2022
Southwest Contemporary's handy roundup of choice spring 2022 art exhibitions includes shows in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah.
March 11, 2022
Bishop's Lodge is a Santa Fe landmark steeped in history, and is a distinctive venue to explore arts, dining, the outdoors, and wellness in the Southwest—whether you leave the grounds or not.
March 10, 2022
Benjamin Timpson hand-cuts delicate pieces of ethically-sourced butterfly wings to create meticulous and moving portraits that explore trauma and healing while raising awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women.
March 08, 2022
Writer and poet Laura Neal visits Theresa Chong's Dallas exhibition dedicated to the organization of grief, and finds the power in the familiar and heavy emotion.
March 07, 2022
