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
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.
Southwest Contemporary • February 04, 2021
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.
Daisy Geoffrey • February 03, 2021
Catch up on southwest arts news from December 2020 and January 2021 including people on the move, grants awarded, new appointments, and more.
Southwest Contemporary • February 02, 2021
The goal of Santa Fe’s Culture, History, Arts, Reconciliation, and Truth (CHART) resolution is bigger than determining the fate of the plaza obelisk.
Ellie Duke • January 29, 2021
Our top five picks for the next five days: arts and culture events in the Southwest.
Southwest Contemporary • January 28, 2021
The new book Making History: IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts shows how IAIA is redefining boundaries in Native art scholarship.
Lillia McEnaney • January 27, 2021
NBCU Selects IAIA to participate in NBCU Academy, a collaborative journalism training program for underrepresented voices.
Daisy Geoffrey • January 22, 2021
Our top five picks for the next five days: arts and culture events in the Southwest.
Southwest Contemporary • January 21, 2021
The virtual-reality installation Carne y Arena, the brainchild of acclaimed director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, is an unforgettable twenty minutes of walking in migrants’ shoes at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Deborah Ross • January 18, 2021
A guide to 2021 artist and writer residencies in the Southwest, including Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah.
Daisy Geoffrey • January 15, 2021
As the state's film industry continues to grow, the New Mexico Film Office builds standards of safety, inclusion, and worker rights.
Daisy Geoffrey • January 13, 2021
The Arizona-based ArtFarm PHX collective created a series of outdoor installations to connect diverse artists and audiences.
Lynn Trimble • January 08, 2021
As Southwest Contemporary begins expanding its coverage across the Southwest, we are on the lookout for sharp, engaged freelance writers from across the region to contribute features, critical essays, profiles, reviews, photo essays, and other stories to our print and digital publications.
Southwest Contemporary • January 06, 2021
Academic publishing rarely attracts praise for aesthetics, affordability, or alacrity, but all three have defined the SFI Press since its founding in 2017. Supported by Bill Miller and the Miller Omega Program, it aims to bring new research from submission to publication within a year, at trade-book prices and in unique, collectible style.
Southwest Contemporary • December 22, 2020
The Support Santa Fe Gift Guide series features treasures from local shops, makers, and organizations. Presenting: the Art Edition.
Daisy Geoffrey • December 21, 2020
The Support Santa Fe Gift Guide series features treasures from local shops, makers, and organizations. Presenting: the Handmade Edition.
Daisy Geoffrey • December 11, 2020
The Support Albuquerque Gift Guide features an eclectic mix from Albuquerque's vibrant scene of makers and doers.
Maggie Grimason • December 04, 2020
Richard Levy Gallery’s recent video celebrates their current exhibition, CHARCOAL: Strokes of Vitality.
Southwest Contemporary • December 02, 2020
The Support Santa Fe Gift Guide series features treasures from local shops, makers, and organizations. Presenting: the Books Edition.
Daisy Geoffrey • November 30, 2020
RioBravoFineArt Gallery presents Donna Monroe: 40 Years Innovative Wit, a fine-art textile show by artist Donna Monroe.
Southwest Contemporary • November 24, 2020
The Support Santa Fe Gift Guide series features treasures from local shops, makers, and organizations. Presenting: the Food + Drink Edition.
Daisy Geoffrey • November 19, 2020
The Support Santa Fe Gift Guide series features treasures from local shops, makers, and organizations. Up first: the Lifestyle Edition.
Daisy Geoffrey • November 18, 2020
In the face of today’s sociopolitical climate, New Mexico museum practitioners plan for a brighter, more equitable future.
Lillia McEnaney • November 13, 2020
Southwest Contemporary is excited to announce a call for entries for its first issue of 2021: Bodies//Boundaries.
Southwest Contemporary • November 12, 2020
Catch up on southwest arts headlines from October: people on the move, grants awarded, new appointments, and more.
Southwest Contemporary • November 04, 2020
Recent museum attendance numbers reveal the disparate impact the pandemic is having on local arts communities.
Patrick McGuire • November 03, 2020
Dancing Earth’s BTW US Cyberspace imagines digital space as a realm of creative gathering and regeneration.
Tamara Johnson • November 03, 2020
After six months of government-mandated lockdown, museums across New Mexico are reopening. Here's what you need to know.
Southwest Contemporary • November 03, 2020
Writer and dancer Marlee Grace explores the practice of returning (again and again) to center in her new book.
Maggie Grimason • November 02, 2020
203 Fine Art presents an exhibition in cooperation with the Harwood Museum of Art. 203 Fine Art and the participating artists aim to support the Harwood's ongoing mission to bring art and culture to the Taos community.
Southwest Contemporary • October 27, 2020
Copyright © 2026 Southwest Contemporary