Recent MFA Graduate, Fen Root, Selected for SOMA Summer 2026 in Mexico City

Alumni Spotlight, Art

The UNM CFA Dean’s Office and Department of Art are pleased to announce that fen root has been awarded the UNM SOMA Summer Travel Grant. This grant is awarded to a UNM graduate student to attend SOMA Summer 2026, a 4-week program in Mexico City. The $4,000 USD grant,...

Alum Highlight: Eric-Paul Riege Receives 2025 Trellis Art Fund Grant

Alumni Spotlight, Art

Recently, Eric-Paul Riege, who graduated with his BFA in Studio Art and Ecology with a minor in Navajo Language and Linguistics, was acknowledged as a 2025 Stepping Stone Grantee with the Trellis Art Fund. The Trellis Art Fund’s mission is to “support the creative...

Art MFA Alum Kerry Cottle Builds a Career Blending Material and Meaning

Alumni Spotlight, Art

Kerry Cottle, a 2022 graduate of the University of New Mexico’s Art MFA program, is emerging as a compelling voice in contemporary painting, with exhibitions across California and a studio practice grounded in material experimentation, abstraction, and sustainability....

Exploring Art: Marisa Demarco, Szu-Han Ho, and Raven Chacon’s “Tiguex”

Alumni Spotlight, Art, Faculty Spotlight

Marisa Demarco is an installation and performance artist, musician, and composer based in Albuquerque, N.M. Demarco received her MFA in Experimental Art & Technology from the University of New Mexico in 2022. She is also a journalist and works as a national editor...

UNM Artists Take the Spotlight in Southwest Contemporary Vol. 12: Obsession

Alumni Spotlight, Art, Faculty Spotlight, Student Spotlight

Southwest Contemporary Vol. 12: Obsession features some incredible work from several of the amazing people who comprise the Art Department. Current second-year MFA students Luka Berkley and Justine Kablack, recent MFA graduate Taylor Engel, and instructor Jessamyn...

Emmi Whitehorse at 12th Site SANTA FE International

Alumni, Alumni Spotlight, Art

Art Alum, Emmi Whitehorse’s work is featured in the 12th Site SANTA FE International with a piece titled “Cloud Gate” (2025). Whitehorse was born in Crownpoint, New Mexico, and is a member of the Navajo Nation. She earned her BFA in painting here at UNM, and she also...