In Collaboration with
The Santa Fe University of Art and Design
Marion Center for
Photographic Arts
Curated By Mary Anne
Redding
The City of Santa Fe Arts Commission’s Community Gallery announces “In/Visible
Borders: New Mexico Photographers” an exhibition in collaboration with the Santa
Fe University of Art and Design’s Marion Center for Photographic Arts. This
exhibit examines the contemporary New Mexico landscape in terms of the cultural,
political and economic realities of the 21st century along the
borderlands between the United States and Mexico. The exhibit is curated by Mary
Anne Redding, Chair of the Photography Department at the University. A public
opening will be held on Friday, November 22, 2013 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the
Community Gallery, located at 201 West Marcy Street. The opening is free and
open to the public. For more information, contact the Community Gallery at
505-955-6705.
“This exhibit
is an opportunity for the City of Santa Fe Arts Commission to work with an
outstanding local curator, Mary Anne Redding, to produce an exhibit that is
poignant and visceral,” said, Rod Lambert, Community Gallery Manager. “The
issues being addressed by the exhibit bring thoughtful, if sometimes
uncomfortable, topics to the public through the beautiful and haunting imagery
of a group of leading New Mexico photographers.”
Nineteen
photographers have been invited to exhibit images relating to this topic.
Participating artists include: Tony Bonanno, Michael Borowski, David Bram, Kirk
Gittings, Lauren Greenwald, Mindy Jean-Paul, David Michael Kennedy, Karen Kuehn,
Greg MacGregor, Norman Mauskopf, Delilah Montoya, Patrick Nagatani, Teresa
Neptune, David Robin, Sharon Stewart, Jamey Stillings, Martin Stupich, Carlan
Tapp and Tamara Zibners.
“In/Visible Borders
investigates the organic and often hidden borderlands that define the state of
New Mexico and the southwest,” states Mary Anne Redding, Curator. “The exhibit
addresses issues such as the physical border between two countries or states,
but also political, economic, race, ethnic and national
boundaries.”
In
conjunction with the exhibit, there will be a series of free lectures and
workshops intended to further explore the topics raised by the exhibit. In
partnership with the School of Architecture and Planning of the University of
New Mexico, Moises Gonzales will lead a series of weekend workshops in which
participants explore their communities.
Lecture:
“Environmental & Community Issues,” by Carlan Tapp
Wednesday,
December 4, 2013, 6-8 p.m. in the Community Gallery
Carlan Tapp
is a photographer, lecturer and activist of Anglo and Native American descent
who will be speaking about his work with various Native American groups and the
preservation of their landscape and traditional ways of
life.
Workshop
I: “Identifying Your Community,” by Moises Gonzales
Saturday,
December 7, 2013, 12-4 p.m. in the Community Gallery
Moises
Gonzales is an Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico’s School of
Architecture and Planning. This hands-on workshop will engage participants in
fun activities that will help them to better understand their environments. Upon
leaving the workshop, participants will be encouraged to use their digital
cameras and/or cellular phones to record their communities and return for a
follow-up review and discussion in Workshop II.
Workshop
II: “Reviewing Results,” lead by Moises Gonzales
Saturday,
January 11, 2014, 12-4 p.m. in the Community Gallery
Participants
from Workshop I will return and share their experiences and images with the
group. A selection of images will be chosen for inclusion in a pop-up exhibit to
be held in the Lobby Gallery of UNM’s School of Architecture and
Planning.
The Community
Gallery is located inside the Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 West
Marcy Street, at the intersection of Sheridan Street. Public parking is
available in the Center garage, located off Federal Avenue. The Community
Gallery is open Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from
9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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