Culture Shock: Light As Air Tracy Rocca Works To Translate Experience Into Canvas “I’m not an angsty painter,” Tracy Rocca explained as she led me around her orderly—serene, even—studio. The detached building where she paints, tucked [...] Maggie Grimason \ Aug 16, 2018 Read More Tracy Rocca works in her Albuquerque studio (Courtesy of Tracy Rocca)
Culture Shock: Vital Growth 516 Arts Exhibition Brings Puerto Rican Art To Abq “Defying darkness is a full-time job,” Puerto Rican artist Antonio Martorell wrote to 516 ARTS curator Josie Lopez as she was in the [...] Maggie Grimason \ Aug 09, 2018 Read More Nathan Budoff, “Whale over the Milla,” 2018.Charcoal, oil, acrylic and shellac-based ink on canvas, 48 x 30 inches. (Nathan Budoff)
Arts Interview: Michelle Otero Albuquerque's Newest Poet Laureate When I asked Michelle Otero about what poetry can do to shape civic life, she described a poem by New York writer Martín [...] Maggie Grimason \ Aug 09, 2018 Read More Michelle Otero believes “poetry is for everybody.” (Courtesy of Michelle Otero)
Theater Review: Nine Musical Theatre Southwest's Wonderful Nine A quick Google search tells me that men don’t reach emotional maturity until the age of 43. This is blindingly obvious to theater-goers [...] Maggie Grimason \ Aug 09, 2018 Read More (Jason Ponic Photography)
Art Magnified: Fox Richards' Paintings Put Matter Under A Microscope Fox Richards' Paintings Put Matter Under A Microscope “My paintings are an abstracted look at what we see in everyday life, as if viewed under a microscope, but projected onto a [...] Maggie Grimason \ Aug 02, 2018 Read More (Fox Richards)
Culture Shock: Past Lives Brings New Energy To Repertory Pieces Past Lives Brings New Energy To Repertory Pieces Past Lives involves a lot of reflecting on the past—returning to crafted dances with the might of muscle memory and the persistent questioning [...] Maggie Grimason \ Aug 02, 2018 Read More J. García Dance Company remounts series of works that explore diverse themes (k. ferg photography)
Arts Interview: Jeph Jerman The Audio Art Of Jeph Jerman Sound artist Christopher DeLaurenti said that all music is now “recombinant polyphony”—a mash-up of what already exists. “There’s very little that’s pure anymore,” [...] Maggie Grimason \ Aug 02, 2018 Read More Jeph Jerman explores sonic possibilities of desert detritus (Courtesy of Jeph Jerman)
Art Magnified: Murosabq Browse Local Mural Art In Your Browser Local designer Sandy Hill took a trip to Argentina and upon returning was inspired to highlight and honor Albuquerque’s public art in the [...] Maggie Grimason \ Jul 26, 2018 Read More (Courtesy of Studio Hill Design)
Arts Interview: Chelsea Bunn Chelsea Bunn Unpacks The Power Of Poetry “The singular fact,/ both a shock and a comfort,/ that time moves on, that so much/ time has moved on, and still so [...] Maggie Grimason \ Jul 26, 2018 Read More Poet Chelsea Bunn will host a reading at the South Broadway Library
Arts Interview: The Art Of Music The Diverse Creative Modes Of Local Musicians New red rope is strung between mic stands at Outpost Performance Space’s Inpost Art Space (210 Yale SE) to safeguard the freshly hung [...] Maggie Grimason \ Jul 19, 2018 Read More “Ariel” by Terry Bluhm (Courtesy of Inpost Artspace)