“Be As Weird As You Want”: Enchantment Brings Burning Man To New Mexico (More Or Less) Enchantment Brings Burning Man To New Mexico (More Or Less) I have never been to a Burning Man event, but in a lifetime filled with hitchhiking, travel and stays at both communes and [...] Mike Smith \ Jun 26, 2014 Read More
Pigments And Ailments: Group Exhibit Grapples With Illness And Survival Group Exhibit Grapples With Illness And Survival How do you present a (literally) life-changing subject to your audience? For artist Valerie Roybal, a sardonic sense of humor helps. “Originally,” she [...] Zachary Kluckman \ Jun 19, 2014 Read More
Culture Shock: Ipso Facto X-Acto Ipso Facto X-Acto Any way you slice it, nothing’s quite like paper art. Traditional papel picado is a cheerful, humble Mexican papercraft often used to adorn [...] Lisa Barrow \ Jun 19, 2014 Read More “La Nao de China” by Catalina Delgado-Trunk, 2006, hand-cut paper over collage
Tuning In To The City: The Lomas On-Site Listening Station The Lomas On-Site Listening Station It was a fiery early-summer evening at the end of May, and in a sand-covered empty lot on Lomas Boulevard near I-25, several [...] Alison Oatman \ Jun 12, 2014 Read More
Art News: Shebangs In The Fe When I say Weekend Art Party, you say Santa Fe. Ready, go! No, really. Grab your hat and sunscreen and go. Head out [...] Zachary Kluckman \ Jun 12, 2014 Read More You’ve gotta see Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer's 17th-century reds in person.
Get Lit: Sunday Best Artemis Awakening Yes, summer has finally, unequivocally arrived. And yes, the bestseller lists are replete with tomes like Capital in the Twenty-First Century (whose blurb [...] Lisa Barrow \ Jun 12, 2014 Read More
Be A Crossroads: Digital Projects Bridge Geographies, Cultures And Media Digital Projects Bridge Geographies, Cultures And Media Growing up in the shadow of a wall leaves an indelible mark. For El Paso-based artist Jessica Pizaña Roberts, the ever-visible border between [...] Christopher C. Guider \ Jun 05, 2014 Read More
After A Silence, Flamenco Speaks Again What humbly started with only two shows back in 1987 has pulsated into seven star-studded performances and at least 30 workshops at this [...] Franchesca Stevens \ Jun 05, 2014 Read More Eva Yerbabuena
Stage Whispers: A Trio Of New Performances Bring The Funny And The Wise In A Biblical Sense The Vortex Theatre (2004½ Central SE) brings us an irreverent and madcap look at material usually reserved for the doldrums of Sunday School. [...] Ian Wolff \ May 29, 2014 Read More Actors Neil Faulconbridge, Benjamin Liberman and Harry Zimmerman have a word or two …
Culture Shock: Poet’s Conclave, Year Of The Horse And The Old Church Artfest Collective Memory In 1969, José Montoya and a band of merry instigators in Sacramento, Calif., cofounded a politically active arts collective called the Royal Chicano [...] Lisa Barrow \ May 29, 2014 Read More