On view in the Main, Van Deren Coke and Clinton Adams Galleries
August 25 – December 2, 2017

Exhibition Opening & Welcome Back Party Friday August 25th, 4:00pm

Curated by Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, Mexican photographer and photo historian

The University of New Mexico Art Museum presents the international traveling exhibition Frida Kahlo – Her Photos, featuring a rare and extensive selection of Kahlo’s personal photographs. This exhibition was curated from a collection of 6500 images that lay hidden in the Blue House Archive for 50 years, and offers a uniquely intimate glimpse into the life and work of a beloved cultural icon. Frida Kahlo – Her Photos contains over two hundred previously unseen images, including work by Kahlo, as well as photographs by such creative luminaries as Man Ray, Martin Munkácsi, Tina Modotti, Edward Weston, Nickolas Muray, and Manuel and Lola Álvarez Bravo, among many others. The exhibition promises to reveal new insights into Kahlo’s rich and deeply personal world, and tells a fascinating story of an artist, a place, and an era.

This collection of photographs was first revealed to the public in 2007; Mexican photographer and photo historian Pablo Ortiz Monasterio curated the images selected for the exhibition, which encompass six central themes: Origins, ‘Blue House,’ Politic, Revolutions and Diego, Broken Body, Frida’s Loves, and Photography. Each section testifies to the important role photography played in Frida Kahlo’s life. Kahlo carefully and meticulously accumulated a vast collection of photographs, and while the collection contains images that undoubtedly belonged to her family and to Diego Rivera, it was Frida’s own diligent efforts that ensured these photographs were preserved for posterity.

* This exhibition is organized by Frida Kahlo Museum – Casa Azul/Diego Rivera Museum; Banco de Mexico Fiduciario en el Fideicomiso Museos Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo.

September 22, 23, 28, 29, and 30 at 7:30 pm
September 24 and October 1 at 2:00 pm

Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 faculty and seniors, and $8 staff and students
via unmtickets.com

SCRAP Productions, the University of New Mexico’s student production company, produces A Bench at the Edge, by Luigi Jannuzzi with the UNM Department of Theatre and Dance and in partnership with AGORA Crisis Center, the nation’s first student-run college crisis center. The show, directed by student director Samuel Shoemaker-Trejo, grapples with themes of suicide and death, and attempts to both open a candid discourse on those topics and to simultaneously produce a great piece of theatre for the enjoyment of the viewing public.

The show consists of a meeting between two individuals on a literal representation of the metaphoric edge between life and death, and showcases the hopeful nature of life. The production will occur in UNM’s Rodey Theatre in the UNM Center for Performing Arts. The show dates and times are as follows: September 22, 23, 28, 29, and 30 at 7:30 pm; and September 24 and October 1 at 2:00 pm. Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 faculty and seniors, and $8 staff and students.
A Bench at the Edge promises evening of laughter, tears, and genuine contemplation of the human condition and the one thing that ties it all together: life.

September 29th, 30th, and October 5th, 6th, & 7th at 7:00pm
September 24th & October 1st at 2:00pm
Tickets: https://www.unmtickets.com/fine-arts/

Last year’s off-Broadway sensation, THE WOLVES by Sarah De Lappe, opens the University of New Mexico’s Department of Theatre and Dance 2017-2018 main stage production season.

THE WOLVES chronicles the nine-members of a girls’ high school soccer team as they go through their pre-game warm-ups, discussing the world and womanhood, while navigating the pitfalls of adolescence. This fierce pack of young women explore life’s big questions as they come to terms with a complicated world.

Gregory S. Moss directs THE WOLVES, which runs September 29 through October 8, 2017 in the Experimental Theatre on UNM’s Main Campus.

University of New Mexico Art Museum is hosting curator, photo historian, photographer and educator, Pablo Ortiz Monasterio for a special talk on his curatorial vision for the exhibition Frida Kahlo: Her Photos.

This exhibition was curated from a collection of 6500 images that lay hidden in the Blue House Archive for 50 years, and offers a uniquely intimate glimpse into the life and work of a beloved cultural icon. Frida Kahlo – Her Photos contains over two hundred previously unseen images, including work by Kahlo, as well as photographs by such creative luminaries as Man Ray, Martin Munkácsi, Tina Modotti, Edward Weston, Nickolas Muray, and Manuel and Lola Álvarez Bravo, among many others. The exhibition promises to reveal new insights into Kahlo’s rich and deeply personal world, and tells a fascinating story of an artist, a place, and an era.

This collection of photographs was first revealed to the public in 2007.  The the images selected for the exhibition, which encompass six central themes: Origins, ‘Blue House,’ Politic, Revolutions and Diego, Broken Body, Frida’s Loves, and Photography. Each section testifies to the important role photography played in Frida Kahlo’s life.  Kahlo carefully and meticulously accumulated a vast collection of photographs, and while the collection contains images that undoubtedly belonged to her family and to Diego Rivera, it was Frida’s own diligent efforts that ensured these photographs were preserved for posterity.

Pablo Ortiz Monasterio is considered one of the most influential and active figures in contemporary photography in Mexico. In 1994, he founded the Centro de la Imagen in Mexico City, an important venue for the education, discussion and promotion of photography in Mexico. This includes extensive educational programs in photography in Mexico City and throughout the country as well as exhibition projects, including the Bienal de Fotografia and Fotoseptiembre.

at UNM ARTS Lab
1601 Central Ave. NE, Albuquerque
TICKETS: $15 ($10 for Friends of 516 ARTS)
Available from 516 ARTS

516 ARTS, SHIFT I DANCE and UNM ARTS Lab are teaming up for a multi-media performance in celebration of Cross Pollination. As an expression of the cross pollination among art forms, SHIFT features live dance inspired by and integrated with projections of the Botanical Mural Project by artist Pastel from Argentina, commissioned by 516 ARTS this past spring. EKO-kinesis is the culmination of a fluid choreographic and collaborative process reflecting in the inter-connection of plants and pollinators, how they have evolved together, and their role in the future of life on planet Earth.

SHIFT I DANCE is a contemporary dance collective based in Albuquerque, co-directed by three local, female dancers and choreographers, Jacqueline García, Lisa Nevada, and Kelsey Paschich. A portion of the proceeds from EKO-kinesis benefits the SHIFT I DANCE FESTIVAL 2017 (October 17-21).

This event is being held in conjunction with Cross Pollination, an exhibit at 516 ARTS, curated by Valerie Roybal, on view August 19 – November 11, 2017.