Culture Shock: Forged In New Mexico Exhibition Brings Clarity To A Legacy Of Jewelry Making In the vaults of the Albuquerque Museum (2000 Mountain Rd. NW) tables run in a line between cases of shelved paintings and other [...] Maggie Grimason \ May 31, 2018 Read More "Necklace of Stone and Shell Pendants," by an unknown basketmaker, ca. 430 CE. On loan from Arizona State Museum. (Courtesy of the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History)
Found Objects Resurfacing The Harwood Art Center (1114 Seventh Street NW) is once again hosting their annual show of up-and-comers, Surface: Emerging Artists of New Mexico, [...] Maggie Grimason \ May 31, 2018 Read More (Anita Beatriz)
Going All The Way The Full Monty Is Good, Not-Too-Clean Fun Stories of underdogs triumphing against the odds through sheer determination, sweat and a few tears are a familiar trope in this day and [...] Maggie Grimason \ May 31, 2018 Read More The Full Monty at Albuquerque Little Theatre runs through June 17 (Glenn Pepe)
Culture Shock: The Digital Revolution Artechouse Brings New Experiences And Mediums To Albuquerque Inside the darkened gallery, star-like pinpricks of light move in response to the humans who open their hands and manipulate them. Shapes coalesce [...] Maggie Grimason \ May 24, 2018 Read More Washington, D.C.-based Artechouse brings digital, experiential art to Albuquerque in XYZT: Abstract Landscapes (AMCB)
Arts Interview: At Home In The World Place Is Unpacked At Sanitary Tortilla The walls of the gallery at Sanitary Tortilla Factory (401 Second Street SW) are bare. Instead, new works by Kacie Smith and Emma [...] Maggie Grimason \ May 24, 2018 Read More Emma Difani uses printmaking to explore stratified topography (Emma Difani)
Culture Shock: Brick By Brick Artist Joanna Keane Lopez Makes Contemporary Installation With Traditional Techniques Joanna Keane Lopez‘ family owned an old adobe home in Socorro, built by her great grandparents on her father’s side. She looked across [...] Maggie Grimason \ May 17, 2018 Read More "Resolana," a new adobe installation by Joanna Keane Lopez at The Kosmos (Joanna Keane Lopez)
Found Objects Free Upgrade Once again, Nativo Lodge (6000 Pan American East Fwy NE) welcomes the community into the beautiful hotel for the annual Artist Room Open [...] Maggie Grimason \ May 17, 2018 Read More
Found Objects The Good Word On Friday, May 11 the Native American Community Academy hosts an evening of poetry at El Chante: Casa de Cultura (804 Park Ave. [...] Maggie Grimason \ May 10, 2018 Read More
Arts Interview: Speaking Up Erin Galvez Explores The Meaning Of The Materials In It's Hard To Say It’s hard to pin down all the materials used in Erin Galvez’ upcoming show at AC2 Gallery (301 Mountain NE), transmuted as they [...] Maggie Grimason \ May 10, 2018 Read More Erin Galvez explores materials and reuse in her show at AC2 Gallery (Erin Galvez)
Culture Shock: New Gallery On The Block Vitrine Brings New Conceptual Works To Downtown “As an artist, you should look after your own practice,” Anna Reser said as we sat at a makeshift table tucked into a [...] Maggie Grimason \ May 10, 2018 Read More (Vitrene)