Poetry News An Interview With Newly Crowned Slam Poet Laureate Danny Solis On Saturday, June 13, some of Albuquerque’s top slam poets met at the KiMo to battle it out for the title of Albuquerque [...] Erin Adair-Hodges \ Jul 09, 2009 Read More Danny Solis versifying at the 2009 Slam Poet Laureate Finals
Culture Shock Put on your broomstick skirt and take out a loan to buy dinner—in honor of the International Folk Art Market, it’s Culture Shock, [...] Erin Adair-Hodges \ Jul 09, 2009 Read More
Art News: Travel The World In The City Different Santa Fe International Folk Art Market Ousmane Macina has been making jewelry since he was 7 years old.Unlike American students who decide what careers they’d like to pursue, Macina [...] Simon McCormack \ Jul 09, 2009 Read More Ousmane Macina grins for the camera during the artists' procession at the 2008 Santa Fe International Folk Art Market. Macina has participated in the market for five years. (Judith Cooper Haden)
Culture Shock Ah, marriage. The joining of two parts into a stronger whole, and other metaphors. Since summer is the traditional wedding season, let us [...] Erin Adair-Hodges \ Jul 02, 2009 Read More
Performance Review: The Truth About Beauty The Vortex Theatre Presents Gross Indecency: The Three Trials Of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde believed in beauty, and the aesthetic movement he helped to promulgate held that life was to be lived decadently, beautifully. He [...] Erin Adair-Hodges \ Jul 02, 2009 Read More The cast of Gross Indecency gets back to the play after an impromptu rendition of “Billie Jean.” (Alan Mitchell)
Gallery Box: Dreamscapes Gallery Jan Jackson owned art businesses in Ohio, Arizona and Illinois before she came to Albuquerque. Painting in studio space at the Factory on [...] Sarah M. Kramer \ Jul 02, 2009 Read More “Sea Dance” by Jan Jackson
Art Schmart At Dorkbot, People Are Doing Strange Things With Electricity On a Sunday in late May, a handful of geeky artists and artistic geeks found their way to a dilapidated factory just north [...] Ty Bannerman \ Jun 25, 2009 Read More One of Zoot Azure’s robotic works. It’s beautiful and can kill.
Culture Shock The fearsome threesome of Aux Dog Theatre’s resident companies—Ka-HOOTZ, Sol Arts and Goodpasture—presents the Live 4 Art Festival , 10 weeks’ worth of [...] Erin Adair-Hodges \ Jun 25, 2009 Read More
Art News: Land/Art Ambitious Series Goes Beyond Walls This is a preview of LAND/ART . I state this up front simply as a foil against the gargantuan nature in describing the [...] David Leigh \ Jun 25, 2009 Read More “137.5 Degrees” by Katie Holten; crocheted yarn and tacks
Gallery Box: Hanging Tree Gallery In the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration, the economic stimulus of its day, included artwork commissions. And though Hanging [...] Sarah M. Kramer \ Jun 25, 2009 Read More Walter Bambrook’s work shows at Hanging Tree Gallery