FeatureSouthwestVol. 4 Winter 2021
DIY, Together: A Look at Artist-Led Efforts Across the Southwest
A handful of DIY, artist-led endeavors in the Southwest demonstrate how artists don’t just DIY—they do it for and with each other.
October 29, 2021
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Desierto Mountain Time: A Southwestern Trans-Border Collaboration
Desierto Mountain Time, a constellation of contemporary arts organizations in the Southwest United States and northern Mexico, launches an ambitious series of exhibitions, artist talks, and a podcast series.
October 22, 2021
Southwest Art News: October 2021
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the Southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
October 01, 2021
Southwest Art News: September 2021
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the Southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
September 01, 2021
Social Change Drives Shifts in Graduate Arts Education Across the Southwest
Southwestern universities—including Arizona State University, the University of New Mexico, the University of Colorado Boulder, and more—are working to increase equity, interdisciplinary study, and tangible career skills in graduate arts.
August 24, 2021
Worth a Road Trip: Southwest Contemporary’s Summer 2021 Art Guide
From Land Art in Nevada to abstraction in Denver, from demons in Dallas to the legacy of Elaine Horwitch in Santa Fe: visit ten art exhibitions across the Southwest before summer ends.
August 06, 2021
Your Weekly 5×5: Steve’s Picks Edition
We’re back with a staff contribution of the 5×5! This week, SWC's news editor Steve Jansen shares his top five picks of media he’s been obsessing over.
August 05, 2021
Meow Wolf Moves Forward With Its Third Permanent Installation in Denver
Meow Wolf, a corporate outlier in the business of arts and entertainment, announced opening plans for Convergence Station in Denver, its third and largest permanent interactive exhibition to date.
August 04, 2021
Southwest Art News: August 2021
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
July 30, 2021
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Kellie Bornhoft: Breathing with the Sun
Kellie Bornhoft’s work collaborates with the landscape, presenting both the long view of geologic time and intimate perspectives in poetry and gesture.
July 30, 2021
Your Weekly 5×5: July 22, 2021
From a Marion Palfi retrospective at Phoenix Art Museum to a new folk music project by Family Trade at Granary Arts in Utah, our top five arts and culture picks for the next five days.
July 22, 2021
Your Weekly 5×5: July 15, 2021
From Cannupa Hanska Luger at Albuquerque Museum to Earth at Modern West in Utah, our top five arts and culture picks for the next five days.
July 15, 2021
Your Weekly 5×5: Angie’s Picks Edition
In our staff takeover of the 5x5, Angie Rizzo shares her top five picks of things she's been reading, listening to, and watching.
July 08, 2021
National Endowment for the Arts Announce ARP Grants
The National Endowment for the Arts is accepting applications for $135 million in American Rescue Plan grants designed to help arts and cultural organizations recover from the pandemic.
July 05, 2021
Southwest Art News: July 2021
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
July 02, 2021
Your Weekly 5×5: July 1, 2021
From photography by Kwame Brathwaite at the Blanton Museum of Art to Denver's seventh annual SeriesFest, our top five arts and culture picks for the next five days.
July 01, 2021
Your Weekly 5×5: June 17, 2021
From the Stubborn Influence of Painting at BMoCA to Rose B. Simpson at Nevada Museum of Art, our top five arts and culture picks for the next five days.
June 17, 2021
Your Weekly 5×5: June 3, 2021
From Nathaniel Mary Quinn at Almine Rech to Sundance Film Festival's Indigenous Short Film Tour, our top five arts and culture picks in the southwest for the next five days.
June 03, 2021
Southwest Art News: June 2021
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
June 03, 2021
Your Weekly 5×5: May 27, 2021
From Ernesto Neto at Museum of Fine Arts Houston to the intersection of art and science at the Bonneville Salt Flats, our top five arts and culture picks for the next five days.
May 27, 2021
Call for Artists: Vol. 3: Inhale. Exhale.
Southwest Contemporary announces a call for entries for our upcoming issue, Vol. 3: Inhale. Exhale.
May 12, 2021
Southwest Art News: April 2021
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the southwest region, including exhibition openings, people on the move, grants, and more.
April 13, 2021
Southwest Contemporary’s Spring 2021 Art Guide
Take a look at Spring 2021 art exhibitions coming to museums throughout the Southwest.
February 24, 2021
Southwest Art News: January 2021
Catch up on southwest arts news from December 2020 and January 2021 including people on the move, grants awarded, new appointments, and more.
February 02, 2021
2021 Artist and Writer Residencies in the Southwest
A guide to 2021 artist and writer residencies in the Southwest, including Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah.
January 15, 2021
Attendance at Art Museums Reveals the Pandemic’s Impact
Recent museum attendance numbers reveal the disparate impact the pandemic is having on local arts communities.
November 03, 2020
