Art Preview: Opera Southwest Presents Bless Me, Ultima Opera Southwest Premieres An Adaptation Of A Classic Starting its tenure at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (1701 Fourth Street SW) on Sunday, Feb. 18, and running until Sunday, Feb. 25, [...] Maggie Grimason \ Feb 15, 2018 Read More Soprano Daisy Beltran as Tony and Mezzo- soprano Kirsten Chávez as Ultima in Opera Southwest's adaptation of Rudolfo Anaya's novel (Lance Ozier/Todos Juntos Photography)
Culture Shock: Resistance And Creative Practice Multi-Disciplinary Artists Converge At “The Last Oil” Conference “We’re expanding the definition of what we mean by art,” Subhankar Banerjee, an art and ecology professor at UNM, as well as the [...] Maggie Grimason \ Feb 15, 2018 Read More “Protect: Caribou and Salmon”; Gwich'in Human- Aerial Art along the Yukon River, Fort Yukon, Alaska (Courtesy Of Gwich'In Steering Committee)
Making Africa Explores The Thousand Contexts Of Contemporary Design The continent of Africa is large and diverse—its landmass could swallow up whole other continents, like Europe or Australia, several times over, actually, [...] Maggie Grimason \ Feb 15, 2018 Read More (courtesy of Making Africa)
Culture Shock: Renaissance Man Leonardo Da Vinci Makes An Extended Stay In Albuquerque Standing in front of the Mona Lisa at the Louvre was such a nonevent in my life that I barely remember it. I [...] Maggie Grimason \ Feb 08, 2018 Read More Visitors uncover the Secrets of the Mona Lisa in an exhibition making a stop at the Natural History Museum (Courtesy of Grand Exhibitions)
Found Objects Dwelling In Possibility Bob Horner, the late stepfather of local artist Adrian Toto, was a man of complexity, who lent Toto many insights on life. A [...] Maggie Grimason \ Feb 08, 2018 Read More
Culture Shock: Windows Across Time Nora Wendl's Installation Uncovers The Histories Of A Glass House “It was all really controlled,” Nora Wendl described of her visits to the Farnsworth House in Plano, Illi., “but I’m a woman, so [...] Maggie Grimason \ Feb 01, 2018 Read More Nora Wendl collecting sound, "which is divorced from image," to record the experience of Edith Farnsworth. (Nora Wendl)
Steam Genius: Move Or Die Customer-Friendly Game Hits The Right Chords Move or Die brings the party game experience to Steam, with a series of clever mini-games sewn into quick rounds of platforming action. [...] Desmond Fox \ Feb 01, 2018 Read More
Found Objects Corridos Opens At Nhcc El Corrido de Jorge, a piece for the stage written by New Mexican playwright Patricia Crespín opens on Thursday, Feb. 1 at Wells [...] Maggie Grimason \ Feb 01, 2018 Read More
Culture Shock: A Design Of Defiance Expansive Exhibition Creatively Explores The Complexity Of The Border In the schematics of artists and architects Ronald Rael and Virgina San Fratello’s design project, the painful split created by the border wall [...] Maggie Grimason \ Jan 25, 2018 Read More “La Bestia / The Beast” by Guillermo Bert, 2015, cotton weaving and audio (Guillermo Bert, courtesy of 516 Arts)
Arts Interview: Weaving Across Land And Time M. Jenea Sanchez' “Border Tapestry” Visits Sanitary Tortilla Factory Artist M. Jenea Sanchez hails from both sides of the US-Mexico border, calling both Douglas, Ariz. And Agua Prieta, Sonora, home. Her work [...] Maggie Grimason \ Jan 25, 2018 Read More Artist M. Jenea Sanchez weaving her “Border Tapestry” through the border (Rosa Sanchez)