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We took a seat at the table in the center of the warehouse-turned-home (turned-“work, brainstorming, and studio space”) where artists Cannupa Hanska Luger and Ginger Dunnill live in Glorieta, New Mexico. Taped to the kitchen cabinet was a wall-size paper schedule of impending deadlines for numerous projects. Every line was filled out, and notes were made in black marker, even in the margins. “Welcome to my life,” Dunnill laughed as, never skipping a beat, she outlined their individual projects—while the couple’s two children ran in one door and out the other...

Maggie Grimason • August 28, 2019

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Quietly, a new foundation has come into being in Santa Fe that promises to have a significant impact on art history and art-making, not just in the Southwest, but internationally. The Holt/Smithson Foundation (HSF) was literally willed into existence by artist Nancy Holt—creator of the massive concrete art installation, Sun Tunnels, in the Utah desert— who lived in Santa Fe the last two decades of her life, until her death in 2014.

Janet Abrams • July 30, 2019

From the Editor

Welcome to the next chapter of The Magazine! In July, the beginning of The Magazine’s 28th year, I launched a new business: Southwest Contemporary. (If you missed this launch, sign up for our newsletter at the bottom of this page!) Southwest Contemporary is a new art media company that will serve as an umbrella over The Magazine while also carving out room for this company to evolve and grow.

Lauren Tresp • July 29, 2019

FeatureFood + Drink

Genetic diversity is important in plants for the same reason it’s important in humans and animals: a shallower gene pool means more vulnerability to disease and mutation and less adaptability to environmental change. Throughout human history, farmers have benefitted from plants’ ability to evolve over time by carefully selecting seeds from their harvest to plant for next year based on drought tolerance, disease resistance, productivity, or other desirable traits. This long partnership between growers and seeds has created countless unique plant phenotypes, many of which are now extinct or going that way.

Robin Babb • July 29, 2019

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Want to break out of the mold? Seven alternative immersive art experiences in Santa Fe are worth exploring this summer.

Jenn Shapland • July 29, 2019

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“What exactly is a record label’s future in a music industry climate seemingly hellbent on conditioning audiences to pay next to nothing for music?” Eliza Lutz, founder of the pioneering Santa Fe–based Matron Records label, thinks the only path forward is to embrace the inevitable and adapt accordingly...

Patrick McGuire • June 26, 2019

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"If there is a goal to sustain yourself as an artist, then innovation is a big part of that. Traditions have to change with the times, because artists are the chroniclers of our times."

Lauren Tresp • June 26, 2019

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Summer in northern New Mexico can be overwhelming. Any day of the week there is some activity calling for our attention: artist talks, studio tours, performances, openings, fairs, festivals, markets, music, and, of course, beautiful weather beckoning us outdoors. To help us make sense of it all, I asked two of our regular contributors, Maggie Grimason and Rachel Preston Prinz, to give us a selection of their “must-sees” for the summer season...

Maggie Grimason and Rachel Preston • June 26, 2019

From the Editor

For a monthly magazine, it can be difficult to capture a theme throughout an entire issue. So much of our content is deliberately eclectic, covers a span of disciplines, and is a mix between in-depth and topical coverage. I’m delighted, therefore, that our “Landscapes” issue came together rather organically...

Lauren Tresp • May 24, 2019

Food + Drink

Tasting notes with: Kenneth Francis. Occupation: Landscape architect. Venue: Geronimo bar, Santa Fe. (Next stop: Paloma patio.) Drinking: Hendrix Martini.

Lauren Tresp • May 24, 2019

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For the first panel-discussion Collectors Collect New Mexico I at The Magazine on May 9, 2019, we hosted collectors and gallerists Christian Mayeur and Anne Poux along with artists Anne-Marie […]

Lauren Tresp • May 11, 2019

Food + Drink

Have a drink with Elaine Ritchel of Santa Fe Art Tours.

Lauren Tresp • April 26, 2019

New Mexico Women

In her essay, “Time to Get Ready,” Maria Varela recalls, “I once volunteered in the fourth grade that I was Mexican, and the angry response of the teacher frightened and shamed me. ‘No, you are not! We’re all Americans here,’ snapped Sister Rosita.” For a woman who has spent her life fighting white supremacy across the U.S., this scene presents a formative moment.

Jenn Shapland • April 26, 2019

From the Editor

I can already tell from our overflowing calendar of events that the New Mexico arts season is soon upon us.

Lauren Tresp • April 26, 2019

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Client Account Representative and Distribution Manager Rebecca Lynch is the newest addition to The Magazine's staff.

Editor • April 16, 2019

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A tour of destination residency programs in the Southwest for artists and writers.

Shane Tolbert • March 27, 2019

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Taos artist Nikesha Breeze met her father for the first time when she was ten years old. He was homeless on the streets of Portland, while she was growing up beyond the city’s southern outskirts in the small town of Sherwood...

Jordan Eddy • March 27, 2019

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Name: Kenji Barrett Location: Albuquerque, NM Proofreading for The Magazine since: 2002 Proofreader Kenji Barrett and his trusty dog, Kai, stop by each month right before the issue is sent to the […]

Southwest Contemporary • March 18, 2019

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The City of Santa Fe is looking for a new Arts Commission Director to plan, organize and coordinate arts and cultural programs and services, and represent the City in the arts and cultural arena...

Southwest Contemporary • March 11, 2019

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“12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now” opened on Friday, March 1, with a wonderfully packed house. Big thanks to everyone who came out to see the work of emerging […]

Southwest Contemporary • March 06, 2019

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Professor Rebecca Schreiber of the UNM American Studies Department was awarded the Frank Jewett Mather award for art criticism by the College Art Association for her book The Undocumented Everyday: Migrant Lives and the Politics of Visibility.

Southwest Contemporary • February 12, 2019

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Name: Lauren Tresp Location: Santa Fe, NM Writing for The since: 2013   1. Where are you from? Oshkosh, Wisconsin. 2. What is your favorite thing about New Mexico? It feels real. […]

Lauren Tresp and Southwest Contemporary • February 12, 2019

Food + Drink

tasting notes with Andrea R. Hanley. occupation Membership and Program Manager at IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts. venue Geronimo, Santa Fe.

Lauren Tresp • January 30, 2019

From the Editor

In November of 2018, we put out an open call for New Mexico artists to submit their work to be featured in this issue and were astounded receive over 450 submissions from artists across the entire state.

Lauren Tresp • January 30, 2019

New Mexico Women

This week, an image from the February 2019 issue of Vanity Fair has been circling my social-media feeds. It features six newly elected Democrat representatives, and at the center of the photo sits Representative Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo). Rep Haaland’s demeanor in the photo is fierce yet kind, the exact, impossible combination of feelings a woman politician has to strike to be elected in this country.

Jenn Shapland • January 30, 2019

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It's January, and for many artists that means it's application season. Was your New Years resolution to apply for more things in 2019? We can help! The Classifieds page on The Magazine's website features a running list of opportunities for artists throughout the southwest.

Southwest Contemporary • January 21, 2019

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It's a big month for news from Santa Fe. Four Grammy nominations, two Living Treasures, a residency, an art CSA, and a new secretary of cultural affairs.

Southwest Contemporary • January 15, 2019

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Meet Maggie Grimason, The Mag writer since 2017, who lives in Albuquerque and hails from "northwest Indiana, land of lakes and soy beans." Her favorite things about New Mexico? "Mountains on the horizon, lizards, and clothes drying instantly on the line."

Maggie Grimason and Southwest Contemporary • January 08, 2019

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Jimmy Montoya, The Magazine's distributor extraordinaire, reflects on his twelve years at the magazine. In that time, he's found a cat, a dead snake, and a wallet in our streetside boxes, among other treasures.

Southwest Contemporary • December 27, 2018

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What a year for The Magazine! The top ten most read articles on our website in 2018 were:
1. Field Report: Las Vegas
2. Wendy Young: A Long and Slow Surrender
3. Santa Fe Women: Paula Angel
4. Floating Worlds: The Santa Fe Opera Scene Shop...

Southwest Contemporary • December 19, 2018