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Matthew Irwin

Matthew Irwin is a freelance arts writer and PhD student (American Studies) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A finalist for the 2015 Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant, he has written for art ltd., The Austin Chronicle, Edible, Frieze, Glasstire, High Country News, and the Texas Observer.

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Project Indigene and Speaking the Hard Truths of Colonialism

by Matthew Irwin August 9, 2018August 10, 2018

A new initiative launches in an effort to market and promote Native Art.

Posted inOpinion

The Symbolism and Bigotry of a Supposedly Satirical Cartoon About ‘Dreamers’

by Matthew Irwin February 16, 2018

A troubling cartoon in the Albuquerque Journal takes the perspective of the surveillance state, when it ought to examine the state itself.

Posted inArt

A Santa Fe Community Battles to End a Colonialist Reenactment

by Matthew Irwin October 16, 2017October 13, 2017

#AbolishTheEntrada is a demand to end the Entrada, an annual costumed reenactment of the colonial reconquest of Santa Fe by General Don Diego de Vargas in 1692.

Posted inArt

Native American Students Fight to Remove Colonial Imagery from University of New Mexico

by Matthew Irwin September 12, 2016September 13, 2016

ALBUQUERQUE — Students and activists at the University of New Mexico have renewed an almost 50-year-old effort to abolish colonial imagery on campus, beginning with the school’s official seal.

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Two Detroit Artists Face Up to Four Years in Prison for Political Graffiti

by Matthew Irwin August 12, 2016August 14, 2016

As a founding member of the Raiz Up Collective in Southwest Detroit, Antonio Cosme, 28, has been an outspoken critic of the city’s redevelopment regime: speaking at public meetings, interrupting the mayor’s state of the city address, and using his own body to prevent officials from shutting off a pregnant woman’s water supply in the middle of Ramadan.

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Artist Mel Chin Proposes a Solar Currency for the Sahara

by Matthew Irwin October 26, 2015October 31, 2015

ALBUQUERQUE — Mel Chin’s “The Potential Project,” represented by an installation at 516 Arts, embodies the teetering ambiguities of “first world” philanthropy.

Posted inArt

The Many Challenges of Dining with Animals

by Matthew Irwin October 8, 2015October 14, 2015

ALBUQUERQUE — Last June, Catherine Harris and her family were at the tail end of a rocky 23-day working vacation in northern Denmark when a bee stung the older of her two children, a daughter who fell to her knees and began shaking her head in pain.

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A Podcast Broadcasts the Voices of Indigenous Artists and Activists

by Matthew Irwin September 17, 2015September 17, 2015

ALBUQUERQUE — Archives have a particular meaning to Indigenous people.

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An Experimental Performance Captures Prison, Neglects Inmates

by Matthew Irwin February 27, 2015February 27, 2015

ALBUQUERQUE — Carlos Contreras glares down from the stage at Tricklock Performance Laboratory, animated and preaching into the mic like the National Poetry Slam champion that he is.

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‘Game of Thrones’ Author Funds Interactive Art Center

by Matthew Irwin February 10, 2015February 11, 2015

ALBUQUERQUE — Last week, George R.R. Martin, writer of the Game of Thrones books, made his second multimillion-dollar property investment in Santa Fe’s entertainment and tourism industry.

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What Happens When You Steal an Artist’s Identity

by Matthew Irwin January 29, 2015February 3, 2015

ALBUQUERQUE — If you live on the West Coast, you’ve probably already read plenty about Jessamyn Lovell’s “revenge” piece Dear Erin Hart,.

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Opening a Gallery in a Contemporary Art Desert

by Matthew Irwin October 24, 2014October 27, 2014

ALBUQUERQUE — Writer, curator, and (now) gallery owner Nancy Zastudil summarized her experience opening a commercial art gallery in Albuquerque with one Facebook post.

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