From East LA to Napa Valley: A Rebel's Journey Through the Marketing World
Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:34:25 -0800

On the Latino marketing beat, you not only get to see innovation from mainstream marketers, but also from a new class of creatives who don't put marketing on their business cards. Over the last few months, I've gotten to know the work of an innovator ...

Museum of New Mexico earns reaccreditation
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:40:48 -0800

The Museum of New Mexico announced Monday that it has been reaccredited by the American Association of Museums. The announcement was made at the Department of Cultural Affairs' annual Culture Day in the Capitol Rotunda. "It's like the Good Housekeeping ...

Artists impart American Indian perspectives
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:53:41 -0800

After high school in 1974, he attended the Institute of American Indian Arts in New Mexico , where he developed his style of printmaking. In 1988, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from University of Montana. Dragonfly's prints are modern reflections ...

Art helps homeless man cope, make extra money
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:30:24 -0800

By Nicole Perez | New Mexico Daily Lobo Christopher Edwards started coming to Art Street about three months ago. Before then he had never created art . I never thought about doing anything like this, it never crossed my brain, he said.

Testimonios: Works by largely self-taught artists color the galleries at El Museo
Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:08:06 -0800

Testimonios: 100 Years of Popular Expression will feature works and artist projects by well-known and beloved self-taught artists such as the Puerto Rican sculptor, Gregorio Marzan (1906-1997) and the Mexican draftsman, Martin Ramirez (1895-1963), ...

Ten States Get NCLB Waivers, New Mexico Has to Wait
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:19:01 -0800

By Michele Mc Neil on February 9, 2012 9:48 AM By Sean Cavanagh Ten of 11 states that applied for waivers from the No Child Left Behind Act have received that flexibility from federal officials, while one of them, New Mexico , has not yet been granted it ...

Paying Another Visit to the Stein Salon
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:04:14 -0800

In addition to the models, which are themselves works of art , the Met will show film excerpts from the original performance of the opera, in Hartford in 1934. It will be shown continuously throughout the run of the show, through June 3. Other New York ...

BYU's LES getting new scoreboards, and a sliver of 2012 football scheduling news
Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:30:19 -0800

Rumors that the scoreboards at La Vell Edwards Stadium will be upgraded soon were confirmed by BYU on Monday with a news release saying the project will including state-of-the- art LED video walls in both end zones. The project will also include LED ...

A month to love art
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:14:02 -0800

Created by a small group of artists who formed the nonprofit Art Forms Artists Association of New Mexico in 1998, the event has grown to involve thousands of arts aficionados and artists, including both individuals and arts and cultural organizations.

Gallery Preview: New Mexico santeros and santeras on devotional folk art at El ...
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:30:40 -0800

Artwork from 14 New Mexican saint-makers is also on display at the gallery and boutique in a show titled The Art of Devotion: Traditional and Contemporary. Charles Carrillo, a panelist at the talk, is a santero guru, author and archaeologist from ...

'Marbling Monoprints' workshop by Maryann Ficker in Fanwood
Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:10:38 -0800

Her lifelong connection to the natural world and interest in how it is put together, led her to study science, math and art in college. She has studied at The University at Albany, the University of New Mexico , the Brooklyn Museum and Somerset Art ...

Rivera's Art Still Resonates Many Years Later
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:14:10 -0800

Artist's frescoes on view at the Museum of Modern Art almost a century after first exhibition. By Dw. Dunphy Diego Rivera was a man of varied passions. He was a fervent Mexican Communist, a husband four-times over, one of those times with the equally ...

BYU announces 2012 schedule, new scoreboards
Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:00:53 -0800

Seven opponents return from the inaugural independent schedule - Utah, Oregon State, Utah State, Hawaii, San Jose State, and New Mexico State - for the next contest in the series. The matchup with the Fighting Irish on Oct. 20 will be the first of six ...

Music, food and fun at IMBA fundraiser
Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:46:12 -0800

This was my dream for a long time, said Yolanda Colosio, IMBA founder and owner of La Terraza Mexican Restaurant, which prepared the food. Colosio and her family largely funded and designed the new state-of-the- art facility, which is twice the size ...

Taos figures prominently in new Indian Pueblo Cultural Center exhibit
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:48:27 -0800

By Rick Romancito This year's New Mexico Centennial has offered the state's Pueblo Indians an opportunity to show their unique prospective on the last 100 years - some of it good, some of it dismal. This point of view can be seen in a new exhibition ...

A Newbery winner at last
Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:17:57 -0800

In the world of young people's literature, the big story in recent years has been fantasy the science fiction, werewolves, vampires, dark- arts kind of books,'' as Jack Gantos calls them. Gantos, by contrast, writes books about regular kids.

Bioneers and Star Axis Sculpture-Observatory Among Highlights of Exclusive ...
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:39:01 -0800

An exclusive Seven Directions Tours exploration of Northern New Mexico's unique culture, striking landscape, and extraordinary blend of creativity and sustainability. Meetings with innovators, artists, farmers and chefs dedicated to bringing about ...

Performing arts briefs
Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:04:44 -0800

All New Mexico artists are called to participate in the 14th annual Premier Show of Fine Art , "Masterworks of New Mexico 2012" in April at Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque. There will be four divisions: miniatures, pastel, water media, oil/acrylic and an ...

The Museum of Modern Art's Documentaries Festival
Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:40:24 -0800

The film selection includes features and shorts, covering a wide range of categories, broadening notions about the documentary form, examining relationships between contemporary art and nonfiction filmmaking, and reflecting on new areas of nonfiction ...

Last-minute Valentine ideas
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:05:08 -0800

Art Forms Show and Sale, 9 am to 7 pm today, 9 am to 5 pm Saturday and Sunday at Las Cruces Convention Center, will feature 50 booths representing the best of southern New Mexico's many forms of art . "Landcuts" exhibit featuring Heather Bradley and ...