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What the land knows: the Radical Art ▽ Ecology Lab (RAVEL) in and around Los Alamos

Art, Faculty Spotlight, Student Spotlight

The UNM Department of Art’s RAVEL Lab was featured in a recent e-flux journal article by Brian Karl. Published on June 13, 2025, as part of e-flux Education’s mid-June focus on U.S. institutions across the South and Southwest, the feature spotlights the RAVEL Lab...

Covington-Rhode Senior Prize Winners: Viola Murphy and Josiah Garza

Alumni Spotlight, Art

The UNM Department of Art is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Covington-Rhode Senior Prize. This award is made possible through the generosity of UNM Alumna Dr. Patricia Covington and Shari Rhode, whose love of art and commitment to supporting the next...

‘Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the Americas,’ Volume XVI, Fall 2024, Now Available!

Art

“Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the Americas,” Volume XVI, Fall 2024. The digital version has been uploaded to the UNM Digital Repository and can be found through the link provided below. Congratulations to PhD Candidate in Spanish Colonial Art History, Mariel...

UNM graduate’s documentary nominated for Sports Emmy

Film & Digital Arts

Fritz Bitsoie holds many titles – father, husband, Diné/Navajo filmmaker, cultural storyteller, and now, Emmy-nominated film director. In a few weeks, the University of New Mexico alumnus will attend the 46th Sports Emmys in New York City, hoping to take home a statue...

Evany López Receives UISFL Award for Undergraduate Research

Art, Student Spotlight

APRIL 2025 | Art History student, Evany López was awarded an Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Research (UISFL) Award to support summer travel to Mexico. This funding opportunity, intended to support undergraduate travel to the field, has been...