Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Celebrate new beginnings. Doña Ana Arts Council opens its new South Water Street space with Vindication, Restoration, and New Beginnings , an exhibition by artist Georjeanna Feltha. Working in a…
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A New Constellation
IN TERRI ROLLAND'S PAINTINGS, familiar features are pared back to their essential elements. A pale green shape resembles an adobe wall against a black background, while a blue rectangle cutout becomes…
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Our Best Books for the Holidays
Land and Culture Cultural Convergence in New Mexico: Interactions in Art, History & Archaeology Edited by Robin Farwell Gavin and Donna Pierce (Museum of New Mexico Press) Compiled in honor of…
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Meet New Mexico's Makers
GREGORY SEGURA PEERS THROUGH his gray jeweler’s visor at the details of a silver sacred heart pendant. Wielding a hammer and torch in his Santa Fe workshop, the master silversmith fuses imagery and…
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Meet the Honorees of the 2021 Governor’s Arts Awards
Above: Artist Susan Contreras is among this year's recipients of the 2021 Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts. Photograph by Kate Russell. WHAT'S THE SMALLEST DEGREE of separation between N…
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Behind the Mask
If you walk into Susan Contreras’s home and studio in Santa Fe, prepare to don a mask—and not the pandemic kind. “Look at these masks,” the painter enthuses, carrying a box to the porch. “They’re…
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Paula Wilson Layers Art with Complex Narratives
IF YOU MEET PAULA WILSON AT HER STUDIO during the weekly art event known as MoMAZoZo, you might not actually see her for a while. Art tends to get in the way, along with history, a growing artistic…
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The Tamarind Institute Honors the Fine Art of Printmaking
Hopi Dancers (State I) , 1974, by Fritz Scholder. Courtesy of Tamarind Institute. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, printmaker June Wayne devised a bold plan to rescue the dying medium of lithography. It…
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Indigenous Glass Artists Shine
AT A TEMPERATURE OF 1,000 DEGREES—the heat of lava—the glass at the end of the blowpipe resembles a fiery sun at dusk as it leaves the furnace for the workbench, cooling enough on the way to reveal…
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Artist Keri Ataumbi Shines
Jewelry artist Keri Ataumbi works in her Cerrillos Hills studio. IF YOU CAN GET “work” and “play” to be synonymous, then you’re golden. Using that advice from her parents, Kiowa jewelry artist and…
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