Poetry Review: An Infected Sunset An Infected Sunset By Demian Dinéyazhi' I read An Infected Sunset in an afternoon, that feeling of “one more page,” compelling my fingers to flip another and another as [...] Maggie Grimason \ Aug 23, 2018 Read More
Culture Shock: Wings Of Change Flight Tests Art-Making As Social Practice Sheri Crider described looking through the fence onto the building and surrounding grounds of Cibola Detention Center—a large, privately run center that detains [...] Maggie Grimason \ Aug 23, 2018 Read More (Courtesy of Sheri Crider)
Pop Culture Santa Fe’s Pre-Fiestas Event Now In Sixth Year Be among the first to meet Zozobra at the annual ZozoFest, taking place at Santa Fe Place Mall from Friday, Aug. 24 through [...] August March \ Aug 23, 2018 Read More
Arts Interview: Eric Velhagen Albuquerque’s own fantasy and science fiction festival—renowned the galaxy over—is celebrating 50 years with this year’s con Aug. 24 to 26. This year’s [...] Maggie Grimason \ Aug 23, 2018 Read More “Genieve” by Eric Velhagen, guest artist at Bubonicon 50
Art Magnified: Unm Art Museum Director Arif Khan Unpacks The Unm Art Museum’s Importance Alibi: Why is it vital to have a museum on-campus?Khan: University art museums can do things that larger municipal or private museums cannot. [...] Maggie Grimason \ Aug 16, 2018 Read More (Courtesy of the UNM Art Museum)
Arts Interview: Pre-Apocalyptic Sentiments Local Artists React To Climate Change Just two years ago at the very top of the world, extreme heat melted the frozen ground exposing an anthrax-infected deer carcass. Greetings [...] Sara MacNeil \ Aug 16, 2018 Read More The sculptural works in Greetings from the End of the Earth are both cute and eerie (Sara MacNeil)
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)
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)
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)
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)