Encounters Past and Future: Duhon James at Hecho a Mano
Capturing glimpses of ancestors and extraterrestrials, Duhon James’ (Diné) work illustrates a moment in time with something both there and not there at the same time.
August 14, 2023
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How a Phoenix Mural Project Could Bring Local Latino History to Life
The La Flor Del Pueblo mural project in Phoenix will transform an Arizona Public Service utility substation into a canvas for telling diverse stories of the Grant Park neighborhood.
August 11, 2023
Land Suffering: The Unavailing Amelioration of Marguerite Humeau’s Orisons
The meek, reverent sculptures of Marguerite Humeau’s Orisons puncture 160 acres of unusable potato farmland in Hooper, Colorado, offering healing to a sandhill crane nesting ground undergoing megadrought.
August 10, 2023
Performance Santa Fe Presents Transient Landscapes, Sounds of an Alaskan Glacier
Experience the sound of an Alaskan glacier in an extraordinary, fully immersive live performance on September 16, 2023 in Santa Fe.
August 09, 2023
Work in Progress with lydia see
Lydia see, a multidisciplinary artist, curator, and educator, works with diverse materials in her Tucson studio to explore social justice, foster civic engagement, and broaden access to the arts.
August 09, 2023
Ogden Contemporary Arts Announces Two August Exhibitions
Ogden Contemporary Arts presents two exhibitions delving into the profound theme of artwork as a cathartic release of trauma. Holly Wong: Emergence and Stephanie Leitch: Spellbound are on view through October 16, 2023.
August 08, 2023
Financial Lifespan of an Artist: Student Loan Updates
Though widespread student loan forgiveness isn't happening, there are still important changes afoot. Here’s some breaking news, tips, and things to know before loan payments resume in fall 2023.
August 08, 2023
agriCULTURE Showcases Flourishing Collaboration Between Artists and Farmers
agriCULTURE: Art Inspired by the Land looks at the many intersections between art and agriculture, helping viewers create new connections to farms and farming in Boulder County, Colorado.
August 07, 2023
Handmade Readymades: Tamara Johnson’s Kitschy Kitchen Imposters in House Salad at Lora Reynolds Gallery
Tamara Johnson’s exhibition House Salad at Lora Reynolds Gallery in Austin examines the absurdity of daily domesticity with mass-produced kitchen items turned into one-of-a-kind sculptures.
August 04, 2023
Work in Progress with James Surls
At age eighty, James Surls, an internationally recognized artist who works out of a rural Colorado studio, continues telling stories through his sculptures, drawings, prints, and rubbings.
August 03, 2023
Southwest Art News: August 2023
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the Southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
August 02, 2023
Hazel Larsen Archer: Out of the Shadows and Into the Light
Hazel Larsen Archer was a luminary yet underrecognized photographer and educator who inspired countless others, celebrated now at the Center for Creative Photography along with her student, Linda McCartney.
August 01, 2023
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Santa Fe’s Radius Books Announces Artist Weekend 2023
Join art book publisher Radius Books for Artist Weekend 2023, a free community celebration with artists, writers, and collaborators in New Mexico.
August 01, 2023
Alexis Rausch Unpacks America’s Desensitization to Violence
Alexis Rausch continues raising questions about mass responses to traumatic events and how her identity comes into play through the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art exhibition Nobody likes it here.
August 01, 2023
Contemporary Aesthetics Renew Debussy’s Mystifying Pelléas et Mélisande at the Santa Fe Opera
In the Santa Fe Opera’s 2023 staging of Pelléas et Mélisande, director Netia Jones’s contemporary aesthetics renew Debussy’s mystifying Symbolist opera for present-day audiences.
July 31, 2023
Brie Ruais Invigorates Body-Based Conceptual Art for a New Generation
The process-oriented work of Brie Ruais—a Santa Fe-based artist who makes conceptual and gestural performance art for a new generation—recenters artmaking in the body.
July 28, 2023
(Extra) Hot Art Summer: Southwest Contemporary’s Summer 2023 Art Guide
Step into air-conditioned contemporary art bliss with our Southwest art guide for summer 2023 at these exhibitions in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah.
July 27, 2023
Financial Lifespan of an Artist: Aligning Revenue, Time, and Values
The sixth article in our Financial Literacy for Artists series by Tamara Bates gives artists a template for analyzing time, revenue, and values.
July 25, 2023
In A Dream Deferred, Southern Utah Museum of Art Presents Works by Aïsha Lehmann and Vitus Shell
A Dream Deferred at Southern Utah Museum of Art explores the Black experience and inequality in education, wealth, and housing. The exhibition is on view through September 23, 2023.
July 25, 2023
A Greater Utah at UMOCA Hopes to Offer a More Authentic View of the State
A Greater Utah, a major survey at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, aims to be more representative of regional artmaking than the predecessor show, Utah Biennial: Mondo Utah.
July 24, 2023
Work in Progress with Patrick Dean Hubbell
Patrick Dean Hubbell (Diné), who works from his family homestead on the Navajo Nation, creates artworks that reference how Diné people think about natural elements.
July 20, 2023
Scorpio Palace’s Creative Mysticals Take Over Rhinoceropolis
Scorpio Palace, the creation of Lauren Zwicky and Michael Stone, invites visitors to experience community-focused hypnotic art and music while keeping alive the spirit of DIY creative incubator Rhinoceropolis.
July 19, 2023
Financial Lifespan of an Artist: Protective Factors for Managing Uneven Income
In the next installment of our Financial Literacy for Artists career series, Tamara Bates dishes practical tips on managing uneven income sources and provides several real-life examples.
July 18, 2023
Curator Profile: Rory Padeken of the Denver Art Museum
The Modern and Contemporary Art Galleries in the Denver Art Museum have a whole new energy, thanks to Rory Padeken, whose thoughtful curation led to reorganizing the spaces by theme.
July 17, 2023
Three Ways of Walking Walter De Maria’s The Lightning Field
The Lightning Field—a vestige of the conceptual, minimalist, and earthwork movements of the mid-20th century by Walter De Maria—provides visitors with multiple, discrete ways of encountering the art object.
July 14, 2023
Manjari Sharma and Eric Tillinghast Explore Water and Form at Bishop’s Lodge
Manjari Sharma and Eric Tillinghast, an exhibition exploring water and the figure, opens at Bishop’s Lodge Auberge Resort on July 20 with a special projection event.
July 12, 2023
Work in Progress with Ramón Bonilla
The paintings and murals of Denver-based artist Ramón Bonilla explore the multifarious uses of the line and all of its subsequent meanings.
July 12, 2023
Financial Lifespan of an Artist: Basics of Managing Uneven Income
Our Financial Literacy for Artists series continues with advice on managing uneven income, especially for artists that might be moving from full-time W-2 income to part- or full-time self-employed earnings.
July 11, 2023
Colorado Photographic Arts Center’s New Location Brings Welcome Changes to the Sixty-Year-Old Organization
Colorado Photographic Arts Center, considered a regional hub for the art of photography since 1963, recently moved into new and improved quarters in Denver's Golden Triangle cultural district.
July 10, 2023
Bruce Nauman Presents a Solo Show in New Mexico for the First Time
Bruce Nauman: His Mark at SITE Santa Fe—Nauman’s first solo exhibition in New Mexico—features never-before-shown work by the internationally celebrated artist.
July 07, 2023
