Your Weekly 5×5: February 18, 2021
Our top five picks for the next five days: arts and culture events in the Southwest.
February 18, 2021
Articles
Catherine Roberts Leach: Finding Creativity in the Pandemic [sponsored]
Fine art photographer Catherine Roberts Leach was challenged with a new set of limitations when the pandemic hit in 2020 and like many others, had to adapt life to the confines of her own home.
February 11, 2021
FeatureArizonaVol. 1 Bodies//Boundaries
Nazafarin Lotfi: The Distance to the Horizon
A conversation with Arizona artist Nazafarin Lotfi, whose multidisciplinary work explores the experience of bodies out of place.
February 08, 2021
Vol. 1 Bodies//BoundariesColorado
Corey Drieth
Colorado Springs artist Corey Drieth seeks to make lyrically poetic objects that are simultaneously intimate, mysterious, and expansive.
February 08, 2021
Vol. 1 Bodies//BoundariesNew Mexico
Marcus Xavier Chormicle
Las Cruces artist Marcus Xavier Chormicle navigates the loss of family and culture by examining ongoing hardships within his family.
February 08, 2021
From the Editor: Vol. 1 — Bodies//Boundaries
SWC Vol. 1: Bodies//Boundaries is the first publication of a new journey and an expanded mission: to bring curated, critical arts and culture publishing to the American Southwest, in print and online.
February 08, 2021
José Guadalupe Posada, Legendary Printmaker of Mexico
A look at iconic printmaker José Guadalupe Posada and Albuquerque Museum's current exhibition of his work.
February 08, 2021
Vol. 1 Bodies//BoundariesTexas
Hillerbrand+Magsamen
Hillerbrand+Magsamen, the Houston artist collective, creates artwork that comments on family dynamics and American consumer culture.
February 08, 2021
Vol. 1 Bodies//BoundariesTexas
Michael Hubbard
Midland, Texas artist Michael Hubbard's work creates an imaginary vision of non-binary identity in all its ambiguity, freedom, and contradiction.
February 08, 2021
Vol. 1 Bodies//BoundariesArizona
Saskia Jordá
Phoenix artist Saskia Jordá’s practice engages in an iterative mapping and remapping to explore concepts of cultural identity, bodies in space, and sense of place.
February 08, 2021
Vol. 1 Bodies//BoundariesMagazine
Lindsey Kennedy
Santa Fe artist Lindsey Kennedy's latest photographic work considers intimacy as an unavoidable necessity of survival. She uses color and instant film to explore texture and concept through still life.
February 08, 2021
Vol. 1 Bodies//BoundariesMagazine
Alivia Magaña
Taos artist Alivia Magaña, who works as a medical investigator on untimely deaths in her community, explores the notion of grieving for those we don't know.
February 08, 2021
FeatureNew MexicoVol. 1 Bodies//Boundaries
Catherine Czacki: Write a Poem, Make a Sculpture, Do the Wash
Catherine Czacki, who is based in Portales, NM, finds radical healing in making her art—objects, sculptures, paintings, talismans, and wall hangings from a variety of different materials— and enjoys the subversive side of indulging in material.
February 08, 2021
Vol. 1 Bodies//BoundariesMagazine
Nate Lemuel
Albuquerque artist Nate Lemuel (Diné) uses photography to create a perspective of a reality that embodies emotion and the future.
February 08, 2021
Vol. 1 Bodies//BoundariesMagazine
Sallie Scheufler
Albuquerque artist Sallie Scheufler uses her personal history for material through her interdisciplinary works. Her recent exhibition explores how relationships inform our desires.
February 08, 2021
Vol. 1 Bodies//BoundariesMagazine
Helen Juliet Atkins
Interdisciplinary Albuquerque artist Helen Juliet Atkins explores the symbiotic nature between individuals and their communities, especially how one’s sense of self is affected by culture.
February 08, 2021
Vol. 1 Bodies//BoundariesArizona
Safwat Saleem
Phoenix artist Safwat Saleem works in illustration, writing, animation, film, and more to study the idea of belonging.
February 08, 2021
FeatureTexasVol. 1 Bodies//Boundaries
Hong Hong: Before Earth and Sky Were Separate
Artist Hong Hong works in papermaking, an art she defines as improvisatory choreography. Her latest work seems to connect earth and sky.
February 08, 2021
Teresita Fernández: Elemental
Elemental, Teresita Fernández's mid-career survey at Phoenix Art Museum elevates the intersections of history, culture, and materiality.
February 08, 2021
Vol. 1 Bodies//BoundariesMagazine
Aleya Hoerlein
Taos artist Aleya Hoerlein's latest series expresses a desire for closeness and meaning in a time of isolation by working in the space between and around forms.
February 08, 2021
Holding the Knife by the Blade
Musician Patrick McGuires writes that while the internet is a proven tool for putting distance between human beings, it's also been a lifeline for humanity.
February 08, 2021
Vol. 1 Bodies//BoundariesMagazine
Caitlin Carcerano
The latest series from Albuquerque artist Caitlin Carcerano is centered on the locus of self-care and vulnerability: the bathtub.
February 08, 2021
Vol. 1 Bodies//BoundariesTexas
Sarah Sudhoff
Houston artist Sarah Sudhoff delves into themes of gender, science, and personal experience. Rooted in the quotidian, Sudhoff's work navigates the personal and universal.
February 08, 2021
Diego Rodriguez-Warner: Horror Vacui
Diego Rodriguez-Warner’s recent exhibition Horror Vacui offers a look beyond the immediate disarray and confusion in which we find ourselves.
February 08, 2021
Vol. 1 Bodies//BoundariesArizona
Jaewook Lee
Flagstaff artist Jaewook Lee's work takes inspiration from brain science to examine the human condition and how we're connected to a greater network.
February 08, 2021
FeatureColoradoVol. 1 Bodies//Boundaries
Margaret Neumann: I Just Like the Cherry
Colorado artist Margaret Neumann's paintings are rooted in the human experience as it is translated through time, through the body, and through our many coping mechanisms.
February 08, 2021
NewsNew Mexico Artists to Know Now
Call for Artists: 12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now 2021
Southwest Contemporary announces a call for artists for the third annual 12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now feature.
February 04, 2021
Call for Artists: Vol. 2 Flights of Fancy
Southwest Contemporary is excited to announce a call for entries for our upcoming issue, Vol. 2: Flights of Fancy.
February 04, 2021
Your Weekly 5×5: February 4, 2021
From watercolor landscape painting class at the O'Keeffe to DJ Spooky's Rebirth of a Nation, our top five southwest arts and culture picks for the next five days.
February 04, 2021
Catching up with the Poeh
The Poeh Cultural Center in Pojoaque, NM became a full-fledged safety and well-being resource at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We caught up with executive director Karl Duncan.
February 03, 2021
