May 26
Travel2023 New Mexico Field Guide
WNMU Museum in Silver City, New Mexico, occupies a historic building and houses one of the largest collections of Mimbres pottery and artifacts in the world, as well as other prehistoric Southwestern pottery and artifacts.
May 26
2023 New Mexico Field GuideNew Mexico Artists to Know Now
Karma Henry is a Paiute, Italian, and Portuguese artist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, whose acrylic paintings consider the landscape as site for both the literal and personal embodiment of place.
May 26
2023 New Mexico Field GuideNew Mexico Artists to Know Now
Zuyva Sevilla, an artist based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, makes new-media works that contemplate the cosmic and ineffable, such as heat signatures and dust patterns.
May 26
2023 New Mexico Field GuideNew Mexico Artists to Know Now
Ahní Rocheleau is a Santa Fe-based artist whose interdisciplinary work collapses the distance between humans and nature, exhibiting a deep care for the environment that bridges art and activism.
May 26
2023 New Mexico Field GuideNew Mexico Artists to Know Now
New Mexico artist Lynnette Haozous (Chiricahua Apache, Diné, Taos Pueblo) combines art and activism with murals that bring representation of Native peoples and cultures into public spaces.
May 26
Travel2023 New Mexico Field Guide
The Monastery of Christ in the Desert is host to a community of Benedictine monks in the magnificent Chama Canyon and was designed by famous designer and woodworker George Nakashima.
May 26
Writings2023 New Mexico Field Guide
Two poems from Susto, Tommy Archuleta's debut poetry book.
May 16
New Mexico Museum of Art Vladem Contemporary announces the public opening date of September 23, 2023.
May 09
William Havu Gallery presents Changing Shapes, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Hyunmee Lee, with an opening reception on Friday, May 12, 5-8 pm in Denver.
May 02
New Mexico-based artist Eric García presents solo exhibition Aim High at Ogden Contemporary Arts and unveils a community mural, the culmination of a two-month residency at OCA.
Apr 27
New Mexico Artists to Know Now
Southwest Contemporary announces the 12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now 2023.
Apr 27
Lindsay Brenner's Human Bird Nest, a public artwork presented by the Railyard Art Project in Santa Fe, combines themes of sanctuary, rebirth, and ecological resilience.
Apr 25
Inside Southwest ContemporarySouthwest
Southwest Contemporary wins design, photography, and editorial awards in the 2023 Society of Professional Journalists Top of the Rockies contest.
Apr 18
New Mexico-based artist Kate Rivers debuts new work in an exhibition at Kay Contemporary Art at their Canyon Road gallery in Santa Fe.
Mar 31
Southwest Contemporary publisher Lauren Tresp's guide to museum and gallery exhibitions to see across the Southwest this spring.
Mar 23
The University of New Mexico Art Museum celebrates the exhibition Hindsight Insight 2.0 with a reception on March 31, 4-7 pm.
Mar 06
FeatureVol. 7 Finding Water in the West
Summer Orr employs the ancient practice of dowsing to find sculptural materials for her project Geomancer.
Mar 03
EssayVol. 7 Finding Water in the West
Simone Johnson writes about her experience living between New York City and Arizona, while also highlighting her explorations of water and time in the Colorado River Basin.
Mar 03
ArtistsNew MexicoVol. 7 Finding Water in the West
Chrissie Orr is an artist, activist, and the founder of the SeedBroadcast Collective whose work focuses on the interaction between, and integration of the natural and human worlds.
Mar 03
ReviewTexasVol. 7 Finding Water in the West
Immersive Abstractions showcases Laura Turón's visual and social practices at the Rubin Center for the Visual Arts in El Paso.
Mar 03
ArtistsNew MexicoVol. 7 Finding Water in the West
Anna Rotty’s work deals with beauty and anxiety, using water as a jumping-off point to explore the politics of modern civilization.
Mar 03
FeatureNevadaVol. 7 Finding Water in the West
The decline of the Colorado River through drought and other factors has prompted artists to call attention to this event. Does art have the power, though, to mitigate the crisis?
Mar 02
Gary Burnley's collages explore representation, memory, and an image’s meaning through contrast in the exhibition Stranger(s) in the Village at the Amarillo Museum of Art.
Feb 22
The Lensic Presents lineup promises an eclectic mix of performances, including live music, dance, comedy, theater, and more.
Jan 25
Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in Salt Lake City examines the perspectives of dozens of artists who offer a broader and more inclusive view of the American West.
Jan 06
Southwest Contemporary announces our inaugural Community Editorial Advisory Board, a group of arts leaders from across the region who will provide us with critical feedback about important stories we need to tell.
Dec 31
Lauren Tresp, publisher and editor, looks back at 2022, a year of growth, engagement, and relationship-building for Southwest Contemporary.
Dec 28
Southwest Contemporary's staff, Natalie Hegert, Steve Jansen, Angie Rizzo, and Lauren Tresp, pick their favorite reads—and one podcast—of 2022.
Dec 07
With new work by Emi Ozawa and Jeff Kellar, two winter exhibitions play with perception and illusion at Richard Levy Gallery.
Dec 06
The Southern Utah Museum of Art celebrates the legacy of Utah artist Jimmie F. Jones with a new semi-permanent exhibition space and permanent, interactive touchscreen kiosk.
Nov 23
Join us at Critical Commons, a lively panel discussion and Q+A exploring the current state of art criticism and art writing in Denver and the greater Southwest at RedLine Contemporary Art Center.
Nov 08
Longtime New Mexico artist Gary Niblett receives the retrospective treatment at the Carlsbad Museum November 5, 2022 through February 4, 2023.
Nov 03
Pie Projects celebrates the vision of artists Janet Russek and David Scheinbaum, both immersed in the history and practice of lens-based imagery.
Nov 02
CareerInside Southwest ContemporarySouthwest
Art Steady 3.0 offers a powerhouse line-up of presenters touching on essential topics for all artists at any stage of their careers.
Oct 27
Experience the magic of Chaco Culture National Historical Park at the National Parks Arts Foundation's artist residency program, now accepting applications from artists in all disciplines.
Oct 11
IAIA will present the IAIA Making History Symposium on October 17, 2022, a day-long illumination of the school's sixty-year evolution from an arts-focused Native American high school to a technologically advanced college.
Oct 04
Flowers and Herb Markets in Old Town Albuquerque curates a selection of products ranging from fresh flower arrangements to sexual wellness and local, sustainably grown cannabis, and its business model is committed to the local community.
Sep 20
Richard Levy Gallery presents two solo exhibitions this fall: new work by Albuquerque artist Karsten Creightney and Los Angeles artist Sarah Hadley.
Sep 13
Santa Fe’s September celebration of art spotlights Kevin and Jennifer Box's Origami in the Garden with a gallery show, a documentary film, and a studio tour in Northern New Mexico.
Sep 07
In Air at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in Salt Lake City, sixteen contemporary artists from around the globe illuminate how air connects us to each other and the planet.
Sep 06
This fall, artists celebrate thirty years of creative community in Eldorado by opening their studios to the public during the Eldorado Studio Tour.
Aug 26
ArtistsColoradoVol. 6 Rooted: Poetics of Place
Alex Branch is a Colorado-based interdisciplinary artist whose works can be architectural, acoustic, or kinetic, and often require human involvement to be fully realized.
Aug 26
FeatureUtahVol. 6 Rooted: Poetics of Place
A survey of Utah’s public monuments and architecture reveals devotion to the LDS faith, but various prominent examples of resistance to this narrative abound.
