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Laboratory Conditions: Despite Spring Layoffs, Meow Wolf’s Union Sees Encouraging Progress
Nearly four years into Meow Wolf's unionized era, employees say things are looking up despite a recent round of staff cuts.
July 11, 2024
Nearly four years into Meow Wolf's unionized era, employees say things are looking up despite a recent round of staff cuts.
Delaney Hoffman • July 11, 2024
Barbie mania ends and a new fashion era begins at Phoenix Art Museum, and other recent Southwest art news headlines.
Jordan Eddy • July 03, 2024
Don't miss these essential Southwest summer art exhibitions in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Texas, and Nevada.
Jordan Eddy • June 27, 2024
The arts community goes head-to-head with a sports magnate in Salt Lake City, and other recent Southwest art news headlines.
Jordan Eddy • June 03, 2024
Lavish and rugged residency opportunities abound in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
Jordan Eddy • May 21, 2024
From the EditorInside Southwest ContemporarySouthwest
Our new editorial director, who joined SWC on April 22, looks back on a challenging decade of arts journalism—and ahead with an ambitious editorial vision.
Jordan Eddy • May 17, 2024
From the EditorInside Southwest ContemporarySouthwest
This spring, Southwest Contemporary welcomes a new editorial director and four new board members, along with award wins, open calls for our next issue, and an opportunity to win $10,000 in funding for emerging media.
Lauren Tresp • May 10, 2024
Inside Southwest ContemporarySouthwest
Southwest Contemporary scores honors from the Society of Professional Journalists and New Mexico Press Women, for stories and designs reflecting the range of the publication's regional arts coverage.
Southwest Contemporary • May 10, 2024
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the Southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
Erin Averill • May 01, 2024
Inside Southwest ContemporarySouthwest
Southwest Contemporary is entreating its readers to stop, take a moment, and imagine what a new world could hold.
Southwest Contemporary • April 25, 2024
Do muralists have a legal right to keep their work from being altered or whitewashed? Experts and artists in the Southwest discuss artist contracts and the Visual Artists Rights Act.
Lynn Trimble • April 11, 2024
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the Southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
Erin Averill • April 02, 2024
Inside Southwest ContemporarySouthwest
Ta-da! Southwest Contemporary, a leader in arts and culture coverage in the Southwest, punches above its weight in a revamped print magazine!
Southwest Contemporary • April 01, 2024
From airborne sculptures unveiling alternate dimensions to place-based meditations on healing, these spring 2024 exhibitions reveal truths about the past and present to inspire meaningful engagement with an unfolding future.
Erin Averill • March 06, 2024
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the Southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
Erin Averill • March 04, 2024
Southwest artist residencies in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and more with Spring 2024 deadlines between February 17 and May 31.
Erin Averill • February 16, 2024
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the Southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
Steve Jansen • February 01, 2024
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the Southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
Steve Jansen • January 05, 2024
From contemporary Korean photography to a time-spanning collection of Andean fiber arts and a bubbling biennial on the U.S.-Mexico border, let these exhibitions across the Southwest be bright lights on these short, dark days.
Lauren Tresp • December 19, 2023
Ronald Rael, who was born and raised in the San Luis Valley, harnesses the inherent contradictions between heritage and digital-build practices in his 3D-printed adobe works.
Joshua Ware • December 15, 2023
EssayCollectivity + CollaborationSouthwest
Hyperlink, a nebulous artist collective with projects in Denver, Chicago, and at a uranium mine ghost town in Wyoming, is a proven testament to the power of collectivity and collaboration.
Denise "The Vamp DeVille" Zubizarreta • December 13, 2023
Seeking tips on artist-made gifts? Are you trying to find Southwest-inspired stocking stuffers? Want to shop locally and support area artists and artisans? Read the Southwest Contemporary Gift Guide 2023!
Natalie Hegert • December 05, 2023
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the Southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
Steve Jansen • December 01, 2023
Bloomberg Public Art Challenge funding will help Phoenix and Salt Lake City address climate change, and Houston examine homelessness, through temporary public art that engages artists and community members.
Lynn Trimble • November 21, 2023
As Southwest art spaces such as Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum deal with art censorship allegations, national art censorship and art law experts weigh in on the broader issue.
Lynn Trimble • November 10, 2023
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the Southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
Steve Jansen • November 02, 2023
Check out these Southwest art exhibitions for fall 2023, featuring the churning creativity of community, the crisis of climate change, and cowboys.
Natalie Hegert • October 13, 2023
Southwest artist residencies in California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming with deadlines between Fall 2023 and Winter 2024.
Steve Jansen • October 06, 2023
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the Southwest region, including new leadership appointments, grants, and more.
Steve Jansen • October 04, 2023
The four Southwest-based winners of a 2023 Latinx Artist Fellowship—who each received $50,000 in unrestricted funds—include Margarita Cabrera, Verónica Gaona, Postcommodity, and Daisy Quezada Ureña.
Lynn Trimble • September 12, 2023
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