A Garden: The Birds Arrive is an earthwork and experimental garden at the Albuquerque Museum located in the sculpture garden right off Mountain Rd NW. This project was conceived, designed, and created by Land Arts of the American West and 7th regen, in conjunction with SeedBroadcast’s exhibition “Seed: Climate Change Resilience” coming in 2019.

Land Arts of the American West designed concentric planting beds radiating from a central existing pine tree and seeded these with Middle Eastern and Asian heritage grains emmer, spelt, Sonoran Wheat, and Cache Valley Rye as a winter cover crop. In the summer, local indigenous amaranth will succeed the grains. As an experiment, the garden employs two varying methods for production: dryland farming waffle gardens and drip irrigation beds. It also accommodates the shadow line of the building. A light installation will cast shadows of the growing plants on the building wall at night.

The garden aims to be an area for artistic installation and future community engagement. 7th regen has created a steel portal of three half arches reminiscent of sheafs of grain and a mud stenciled phrase, “I wait for the birds to tell me when grain is ready,” spoken by Tiana Baca of the Desert Oasis Teaching Garden. The name of the garden/installation – “The Birds Arrive” – was adapted from Baca’s quote and the acronym TBA (to be announced). This project is about possibility, variability, and engagement. 
 
September 1, 2018 – September 29, 2019
 
Albuquerque Museum
2000 Mountain Rd NW
Albuquerque, NM
 
Partners and collaborators for this project include:
Land Arts of the American West
Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance
Sarah Montgomery of Garden’s Edge
Christine Mackey
Tiana Baca of Desert Oasis Teaching Garden
Albuquerque Museum
7th regen
Art & Ecology Area at UNM
SeedBroadcast
Sun, Wind, Rain
Soil Microbes, Seeds, and Birds
 
This project and the accompanying symposium are made possible through a partnership between Albuquerque Museum, SeedBroadcast, UNM Land Arts of the American West, and UNM Art & Ecology.

Exhibition Dates: Monday, January 28, 2019 – March 30, 2019
Artist Reception: Friday, March 15, 2019 / 5 – 7pm

The Inpost Artspace is pleased to announce Adjacent Possible, a selection of monotypes created while in residence at Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont by Isadora Stowe. Additionally, each monotype is layered with spray-paint, stencils, collage and abstracted topographical map drawings. Stowe is a multi-media artist and arts lecturer whose work focuses on the narrative of environment translated and coded into complex psychological landscapes. Stowe grew up in the southwest border region, living and working in New Mexico, Texas and Mexico.

This event is public (not just for artists, these conversations are for anyone doing any kind of graduate research), so please share with anyone and everyone. Seating is free but limited so please RSVP! Light refreshments will be served and there will be a break for lunch.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/alive-andwell-tickets-55782478896

This symposium is designed to start a casual dialogue that addresses the logistics of being real-world participants in our fields together, but also to address the ethical behaviors involved in being a better scholar, creator, and archivist of shared knowledge today without the ego-driven desire to get credit first, but be credible later.

Free concert, Saturday, March 30 at the CFA Downtown Studio!

Featuring:
Eugene Chadbourne / Ryan Seward, Alan Zimmerman

113 4th St NW, Albuquerque, NM
7:30pm
$10 suggested donation

Bios

On his compulsive own, Eugene Chadbourne (previously the guitarist and leader of Shockabilly) has spewed forth a ceaseless stream of records and cassettes (the latter on his own Parachute label) that easily represent the oddest version of country and folk music ever. While the notable left-winger’s guitar playing is looser than clams, it harbors wildly unique energy. He also plays the electric rake. The North Carolinian is the master of several different voices, some of them deceptively sincere. Harsh, funny, irritating and packed with ideas, Chadbourne often suggests a politically correct Frank Zappa. He has collaborated with an astounding number of artists over the years, including Camper Van Beethoven, John Zorn, Henry Kaiser, and Jimmy Carl Black.

Ryan Seward is a percussionist, improviser, and composer based in Denver, Colorado.

Alan Zimmerman is an Albuquerque-based percussionist working in the fields of contemporary classical and improvised music.