A new initiative launches in an effort to market and promote Native Art.
Author Archives: 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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The Symbolism and Bigotry of a Supposedly Satirical Cartoon About ‘Dreamers’
A troubling cartoon in the Albuquerque Journal takes the perspective of the surveillance state, when it ought to examine the state itself.
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A Santa Fe Community Battles to End a Colonialist Reenactment
#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.
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Native American Students Fight to Remove Colonial Imagery from University of New Mexico
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
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
ALBUQUERQUE — Mel Chin’s “The Potential Project,” represented by an installation at 516 Arts, embodies the teetering ambiguities of “first world” philanthropy.
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The Many Challenges of Dining with Animals
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
ALBUQUERQUE — Archives have a particular meaning to Indigenous people.
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An Experimental Performance Captures Prison, Neglects Inmates
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
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
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
ALBUQUERQUE — Writer, curator, and (now) gallery owner Nancy Zastudil summarized her experience opening a commercial art gallery in Albuquerque with one Facebook post.