Ph.D. Art History student, Ellie Kane, the new Curator of the Health Sciences Art Collection
Congratulations to Ellie Kane, doctoral candidate in Spanish Colonial Art History, who is the new Curator of the Health Sciences Art Collection at UNM. In this capacity, she will also join the Committee for Public Art and the Foundation Committee where she will work with donors and donations.
The University of New Mexico Hospitals exhibits works of art in their public spaces. These works are drawn from the Health Sciences collection, which contains works by canonical, well-known artists, as well as works by regional and local artists. This is a wonderful opportunity to shape that collection and share it with the community!
Kaitlin Bryson Selected for 2026 Cohort for Monument Lab Re:Generation!
Congratulations to Kaitlin Bryson for being selected to take part in the 2026 cohort for Monument Lab Re:Generation! She received a $100,000 grant for her ongoing project, Bellow Forth. Bellow Forth is a community project focused on restoring soil health and environmental resiliency through storytelling and collaboration, community and ecosystem science, and social art practice in wildfire-impacted lands and communities in northern New Mexico.
Alum Highlight: Eric-Paul Riege Receives 2025 Trellis Art Fund Grant
Eric-Paul Riege, a Gallup-based Diné artist and recent UNM graduate, has been recognized as a 2025 Stepping Stone Grantee by the Trellis Art Fund. His multidisciplinary practice uses weaving as both process and philosophy, blending ancestral knowledge, spirituality, and contemporary art to create works that are living, mobile, and deeply connected to cultural memory.
Neon Forge: Expanding Immersive Art Through NASA-Funded VR Innovation
Congratulations to MFA graduate student Ella Pigg and undergraduate student Finn Ellis on the success of their project, Neon Forge.