Culture Shock: The Way To Albuquerque New Mural Depicts Migration In All Its Beautiful Diversity By mid-June, the imagery stretching to the roof of Kei & Molly Textiles‘ west facing wall was nearly done. Volunteers—who had dutifully shown [...] Maggie Grimason \ Jun 28, 2018 Read More The new mural at Kei and Molly Textiles shows women and their families on their journeys toward Albuquerque (Eric Williams Photography)
Found Objects Talks At The Tamarind Join creatives in the brightly lit, clean space of the Tamarind Institute (2500 Central Ave. SE) for a discussion led by artist Nancy [...] Maggie Grimason \ Jun 28, 2018 Read More (Courtesy of Ashley M. Biggers)
Arts Interview: The Art Of Exchange New Visiting Curator Series Kicks Off With A Visit From Renowned Artist And Curator Julio César Morales was attending a city college in San Diego when he took a photography class. Then, “it was all over,” he [...] Maggie Grimason \ Jun 21, 2018 Read More Artist and curator Julio César Morales begins the Visiting Curator Series with a stop in ABQ (Matt Martinez)
Theater News: Theatre On The Farm Theatre On The Farm Brings Great Mise En Scène To The North Valley As the golden hour descends upon the idyllic fields of Albuquerque’s North Valley, strings of lights blink on to a small stage and [...] Maggie Grimason \ Jun 21, 2018 Read More Theatre on the Farm is a “uniquely Albuquerque experience” (Courtesy of Theatre on the Farm)
Found Objects Poems With Purpose Poetry for a Cause—a night of spoken word, vendors, food and music—returns for the second year on Friday, June 22. Starting at 7pm [...] Maggie Grimason \ Jun 21, 2018 Read More (Courtesy of Color Wheel Toys)
Culture Shock: New Classics Otto Rigan's Sculptural Work And The Art Of Endurance “My intent was that it couldn’t be entirely earthbound. It had to make you want to lean back just a little bit to [...] Maggie Grimason \ Jun 14, 2018 Read More Artist Otto Rigan's large sculptural work, "Genesis," at Spaceport America near T or C (Otto Rigan)
Arts Interview: To Be, Definitely To Be Two Classics Come To Downtown Abq Thanks to The Vortex Theatre, Garcia Honda and the City of Albuquerque, Shakespeare on the Plaza is back presenting two plays—As You Like [...] Maggie Grimason \ Jun 14, 2018 Read More
Found Objects: Rezartx, Shakespeare On The Rail, Red Planet Still Resonant Rezilience, sometimes also known as REZARTX, is back for the third year running, bringing a celebration of Indigenous arts to the National Hispanic [...] Maggie Grimason \ Jun 07, 2018 Read More (Courtesy of Tanaya Winder and REZARTX)
Arts Interview: Vanesa Coloma Vanesa Coloma's Homage To A Golden Age Kicks Off Flamenco Festival To watch Vanesa Coloma dance—especially in her show Flamenklórica—is to see an innovator flexing skilled creative muscle. Mesmerizing footwork is woven between spoken [...] Maggie Grimason \ Jun 07, 2018 Read More Vanesa Coloma brings a new golden age of flamenco to the stage as part this year’s Festival Flamenco Internacional de Albuquerque (Celina Yeyén)
Culture Shock: Pathways To The Past New Public Art Project Honors And Illuminates The History Of Mountain Road Mountain Road has a unique pull—it’s certainly not like every road cutting an east-west path across the city. Artist Juliana Coles enumerated a [...] Maggie Grimason \ Jun 07, 2018 Read More (Al Parra and Friends of Mountain Road)