CURRENTS Festival 2022: Circuits
More than seventy new media artworks will be presented as part of the multi-venue CURRENTS festival across Santa Fe this June.
More than seventy new media artworks will be presented as part of the multi-venue CURRENTS festival across Santa Fe this June. By CURRENTS New Media
The Albuquerque Museum tells the compelling story of African American homesteading in New Mexico in the exhibition Facing the Rising Sun. By Steve Jansen
Starting fall 2023, Central New Mexico Community College in Albuquerque will no longer offer a bench jewelry certificate program for its students. By Steve Jansen
Kouri + Corrao gallery presents New Mexico-based artist Jen Pack at VOLTA New York. By Kouri + Corrao Gallery
Khang Pham-New's monumental sculptures in granite are feats of stoneworking and artistry on view at Tesuque's Glenn Green Galleries + Sculpture Garden. By Glenn Green Galleries + Sculpture Garden
A debut solo exhibition by Albuquerque artist and muralist Nani Chacon (Diné, Chicana) celebrates Indigeneity through storytelling and design. By Kathryne Lim
Hecho Gallery, a new sibling of Hecho a Mano, opened in Downtown Santa Fe on April 1, 2022 with offerings of new and contemporary art from New Mexico and Oaxaca. By Hecho Gallery
Veterans Off Grid in rural Northern New Mexico helps vulnerable veterans get back on their feet in a setting that’s a model for sustainable architecture, community building, and affordable housing. By Dawn Penso
The Agnes Martin Gallery at the Harwood Museum in Taos, New Mexico embodies Yi-Fu Tuan’s concept of mythic space. By Joshua Ware
Collectivity + CollaborationNew Mexico
Through the Flower in Belen, New Mexico is organizing a new installation with a collective of New Mexico artists to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Judy Chicago’s Womanhouse. By Caitlin Chávez
Mitsuru Ando, a Tokyo-based painter inspired by biology and Eastern medicine, opens his first solo exhibition in the United States at Kouri + Corrao Gallery in Santa Fe on April 22. By Kouri + Corrao Gallery
New Mexico sculptor Jeremy Thomas uses inflation to create three-dimensional works of steel and canvas that explore air as a medium. By Joshua Ware
A jewelry-making program helps train artisans for steady career opportunities in Albuquerque. That may not be enough for the cash-strapped school. By Steve Jansen
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. By UNM Art Department and Frederick Hammersley Foundation
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. By Smoke The Moon
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. By Pie Projects
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. By SITE Santa Fe
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. By Steve Jansen
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. By Winterowd Fine Art
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. By Auberge Resorts Collection
Chris Roberts-Antieau releases a new limited series piece titled Painted Horse, premiering in Santa Fe on March 4, 2022. By Antieau Gallery
FeatureNew MexicoVol. 5 Collectivity + Collaboration
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, renowned New Mexico-based poet, opens up about her personal poetry process and collaboration across artistic disciplines. By Kathryne Lim
ReviewNew MexicoVol. 5 Collectivity + Collaboration
Cara Despain’s exhibition In Memoriam: Carbon Paintings at Utah’s Kimball Art Center confronted the pressing environmental and moral calamities of the American West. By Scotti Hill
PhotographyNew MexicoVol. 5 Collectivity + Collaboration
Santa Fe–based artist Saro Calewarts explores trauma and the healing process in her photographic project, Agency Lessons. By Angie Rizzo
InterviewNew MexicoVol. 5 Collectivity + Collaboration
Wynema Chavez Quintana discusses her work as a head ager/dyer in the film industry, a job that requires a skillful understanding of color and textiles and collaboration across many departments. By Annie Bielski
ReviewNew MexicoVol. 5 Collectivity + Collaboration
Counter Mapping, a group show of local, national, and international creatives at 516 Arts in Albuquerque, attempted to reclaim stories and ties to place for underheard populations, with mixed results. By Steve Jansen
EssayNew MexicoVol. 5 Collectivity + Collaboration
This autofiction short revisits an outpatient surgery and the drive home through the lens of health, marriage, and fantasy. By Hannah Dean
EssayNew MexicoVol. 5 Collectivity + Collaboration
D. Ward muses on the current and potential roles of the human gut microbiota in collaboration and art in general. By d. ward
ArtistsNew MexicoVol. 5 Collectivity + Collaboration
Sandra and Wence Martinez of Martinez Studio have been collaborating for over thirty years on textile design and weaving. By Southwest Contemporary
ArtistsNew MexicoVol. 5 Collectivity + Collaboration
Friends of the Orphan Signs is a collaborative art organization that works with community members to bring their voices to empty billboards and signs in Albuquerque. By Daisy Geoffrey
ArtistsNew MexicoVol. 5 Collectivity + Collaboration
Amanda Rowan's multimedia performance project Place Setting collaborates with the narrative and artifacts of three generations of women at the Acequia Madre House in Santa Fe. By Southwest Contemporary
Political organizer and artist Szu-Han Ho of Albuquerque builds coalitions and breaks down institutionalized barriers. By Kathryne Lim
Abeyta | To’Hajiilee K’é at the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe spotlights the invaluable contributions of a Navajo family of artists and deepens an understanding of Indigenous and American histories. By Steve Jansen
Jack Lemon opened Landfall Press in 1970 and continues to operate it in Santa Fe, having collaborated with Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Chuck Close, Robert Indiana, and Lesley Dill, among others. By Lauren LaRocca
Design Corps is Santa Fe's network for creative professionals and a comprehensive resource for creative services. By Design Corps of Santa Fe
Josephine Halvorson: Contemporary Voices at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe offers an intimate view of the Abiquiú desert. By Shane Tolbert
Roswell, New Mexico artist-in-residence Marie Alarcón explores the revolutionary potential of the end of the world in her solo exhibition Relocations. By Caroline Picard
To some family-run businesses, two murals by local Albuquerque artists are indicative of new creative energy in Old Town. To city officials, they’re out of character for the historic district and must go. By Steve Jansen
Tamarind Institute announces fifteen new monotypes created by Maja Ruznic during her Tamarind residency. By Tamarind Institute
Albuquerque-based artist Jennifer Nehrbass paints the nature of landscapes to challenge ideas of what is real. By Nancy Zastudil
UNM Art Museum in Albuquerque presents an exhibition by Anila Quayyum Agha, a Pakistani American artist whose work is influenced by women’s social issues. By Nancy Zastudil
In an off-limits, decommissioned tunnel at the Albuquerque International Sunport, nobody knows the origins of stunning mosaic artworks. By Steve Jansen
Our final installment of the 2021 local gift guide spotlights Albuquerque holiday shopping opps—think tickets to Hamilton or a staycation in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque. By Steve Jansen
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