Empathy Vs. Hate New Mexico Holocaust Museum Revisited Where does hate and intolerance come from? On the streets, on social media and in national campaigns, it infuses the conversation about the [...] Clarke Conde \ Sep 03, 2020 Art New Mexico Holocaust Museum’s Executive Director Leon Natker stands in front of the Flossenbürg flag, part of the museum’s collection. The flag was painted by the prisoners of the Nazi’s Flossenbürg, Germany concentration camp and given to a New Mexican solider that helped liberate the camp. (Clarke Condé)
Art Magnified: Yoshimura‘s “Do Not Disappoint Your Mother” Yoshimura‘s “Do Not Disappoint Your Mother” The story goes like this: It was 1920 and 24-year-old Tennessee state legislator Harry Burn was faced with a choice. Thirty-five of the [...] Clarke Conde \ Aug 27, 2020 Art (Clarke Condé)
Living On The Edge (But Not In A Good Way) Laura Paskus’ At The Precipice: New Mexico’s Changing Climate You’re a smart, clued-in Alibi reader, so clearly you have a fairly good idea about the impact climate change will have on the [...] Alibi \ Aug 20, 2020 Art Laura Paskus with bike at the Los Poblanos open space (Clarke Condé)
Big Feelings By Gigi Bella Gigi Bella’s new collection Big Feelings is not a narrative work, but its poems flow like a drive through the streets, stopping at [...] Clarke Conde \ Aug 20, 2020 Art (Clarke Condé)
Field Trip Through Albuquerque Be A Tourist In Your Hometown With in-person school out this fall, you can also count out field trips. Sad but true, students and chaperones alike are going to [...] Clarke Conde \ Aug 13, 2020 Art
Art Magnified: Windows On The Future Lea Anderson’s Upcycled Yucca Like it or not, a transformation is underway as our social fabric is tested, our economy challenged, our immune systems confronted and our [...] Clarke Conde \ Aug 13, 2020 Art Lea Anderson’s yucca sculptures on display 24/7 on Broadway (Clarke Condé)
Arts Interview: How Is Unm Going To Work? A Conversation With The New Dean Of The College Of Fine Arts. “The future is unwritten,” or so says Joe Strummer, but one thing is clear: It’s going to be a very different year at [...] Clarke Conde \ Aug 06, 2020 Art Harris Smith outside the School of Fine Arts at the University of New Mexico with obligatory lobo sculpture in the background. (Clarke Condé)
Art Magnified: Phantom Phases Ally Burke’s Phantom Phases It is safe to assume at this point that school pictures are off this year. Good riddance, some may say, with their dull [...] Clarke Conde \ Aug 06, 2020 Art “Knowledge is Sour” by Ally Burke (Clarke Condé)
Arts Interview: What We Wear When We Protest Ellen Lesperance On Sweaters Ellen Lesperance is a painter interested in the sweaters worn by the protesting women during the 19 years of an all-women anti-nuclear protest [...] Clarke Conde \ Jul 30, 2020 Art Ellen Lesperance at the Tamarind Institute (Clarke Condé)