A UNM Film and Digital Arts graduate, Shaandiin Tome, featured in New Mexico Magazine
A UNM Film and Digital Arts graduate, Shaandiin Tome, featured in
New Mexico Magazine.
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING of Shaandiin Tome’s short film Mud (Hashtl’ishnii), you notice the graininess. It’s shot on 16-millimeter film, a bold aesthetic choice that is not easy to pull off. You’re not merely filling a card with digital info. Each shot and performance must be planned to avoid burning through film and your budget. Tome takes capable command of her set, capturing stark imagery and memorable performances. Shot in Gallup and on the Navajo Nation, the film screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018 and placed Tome among a growing number of Indigenous moviemakers laying claim to their stories.
UNM Assistant Professor of Photography claims the PhMuseum 2024 Women Photographers Grant 1st Prize with the project Floating Ocean
Untitled (splashing water)Judge Gem Fletcher explained, “Abbaspour’s work charts a transitional moment in Iran’s socio-political landscape through the relationship between spaces and their inhabitants. Making poetry out of collisions— temporal and eternal, interior...
From Merce Cunningham to Creative Computation: Media Artist Sarah Bennett-Davidson Shares Her Journey
Sarah Bennet-Davidson is a media-based artist in New Mexico. She is currently a graduate student here at The University of New Mexico, enrolled in the MFA program in Electronic Art & Technology, and has been taking vvvv classes with The NODE Institute since 2022.
New Devised Theatre Work Explores Voting and Democracy Amidst Post-Election Fallout
The University of New Mexico Department of Theatre and Dance invites audiences to Voice Vote, a brand-new devised theatre piece that investigates the themes of voting and democracy through the perspectives of university students. Created collaboratively with the cast,...