John Phillip Abbott opens a solo show
John Phillip Abbott opens a solo show
John Abbott is an Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing with UNM Department of Art. Abbott’s current exhibition, Wishing Like a Mountain, runs February 4—March 20, 2021, at Baronian Xippas in Brussels, as well as a piece in the 30th-anniversary exhibition, Back to the Future of Xippas in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
Abbott through his paintings explores the relationship between text and image, blurring the boundaries between both. Words or short sentences organize his compositions with a grid-like structure and function as images rather than mere concepts. Combining the use of acrylic brush and spray paint, stencils and masking tapes, prepared and raw canvases. Abbott constantly reinvents conventional ways of paintings and introduces unexpected shifts between his graphic intentions and process-related accidents.
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John Sommers Gallery
- UNM Art Building, Room 202, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

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Inviting COMPLETED DRAFTS of exceptional student choreography on film. This call is open only to projects that follow CDC guidelines for COVID safe practices, including social distancing from non-household members
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Inviting COMPLETED DRAFTS of exceptional student choreography on film. This call is open only to projects that follow CDC guidelines for COVID safe practices, including social distancing from non-household members and the use of masks as appropriate.
Initial Film Submissions Due: APRIL 2ND
Final Revisions Due: APRIL 23RD
Online Premiere: MAY 7TH
For details, please contact: Brianna Figueroa (figueroab@unm.edu) or Amy Schofield (aschofield@unm.edu)
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mar 1 (monday) 8:00am - apr 2 (friday) 11:59pm

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Selected works of autobiographical paintings exploring the identity, trauma, the body, and disability. John Sommers Gallery Hours: Monday - Thursday, 9 am - 3 pm.
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Selected works of autobiographical paintings exploring the identity, trauma, the body, and disability.
John Sommers Gallery Hours:
Monday – Thursday, 9 am – 3 pm.
Time
mar 1 (monday) 9:00am - mar 10 (wednesday) 3:00pm
Location
John Sommers Gallery
UNM Art Building, Room 202, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

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The third event in the series: “Ethnography and Creative Process in the Arts” is with Melanie Curran, Independent Musician & Ethnographer, “Finding Songs on The Air: Lessons from
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The third event in the series: “Ethnography and Creative Process in the Arts” is with Melanie Curran, Independent Musician & Ethnographer, “Finding Songs on The Air: Lessons from Brittany, France”
The format will be largely workshop-based and hands-on, with breakout rooms planned for the sharing of what attendees work-on during their workshop experience. The series is open to all members of the UNM community and community members, faculty, and students across the country; pre-registration for each talk is required, and all webinars will take place on Zoom.
“Finding Songs on The Air: Lessons From Brittany, France”
In this talk, I share how learning a Breton song opened me to the ways traditional music can transmit during the digital age. Participants will examine the songs they carry. We’ll be thinking about how regional culture transforms through digital interfaces.
Melanie Beth Curran is a musician and writer living in New York. She was a recent Fulbright fellow to France where she wrote an ethnography about the oral transmission of traditional Breton music during the digital age. She is working on a book about the passage of music, entitled Between People. Melanie’s songwriting blends American old-time, honky-tonk, and rock n’ roll, and is rooted in her experiences growing up on the Salish Sea in Washington State. Her second album, San Benedito Beach, will be released in 2021. Melanie holds an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School.
This talk is open to students, faculty, and staff, and is available for concert music credit. Any questions should be directed to Sasha Arteaga at slarteaga@unm.edu. Cohosted by the UNM Musicology Program and Anthropology Department
Time
mar 4 (thursday) 2:00pm - mar 4 (thursday) 3:30pm
Location
Zoom
Tickets
Free – Open to the public

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The University of New Mexico Department of Theatre and Dance is pleased to announce FALL, a new play by Erik Ehn, available for online streaming through UNM Fine Arts on
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The University of New Mexico Department of Theatre and Dance is pleased to announce FALL, a new play by Erik Ehn, available for online streaming through UNM Fine Arts on Saturday, March 6, 2021, at 7:30 pm.
FALL references historical styles while bringing events to a contemporary context: children at risk in the era of global capital. A child sells herself into slavery to relieve her mother’s poverty—the story of her days in the mines run by the local militia. The work is an adaptation of material from the Noh canon, performed by Bridey Caramagno, Isabella Figueroa, Laura Hu, Jenna Lee Ramsay, and Spencer P. Wilden, directed by Ehn.
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Following the performance, join Erik and the cast of Fall for a conversation and Q A on Saturday, March 6, 2021 | 8:45 pm
Sign-up at the form below to be added to our guest list, and you will receive an access link to the post-performance event via email on the afternoon of March 6th.
https://forms.gle/Ea24BqyeofuZtF889
Time
mar 6 (saturday) 7:30pm - mar 6 (saturday) 8:30pm
Location
YouTube
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FREE

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Just over thirty years ago, a film unit was established at UNM. Headed by Dr. Ira Jaffe, who began teaching movie classes at the university in 1972, it was known
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Just over thirty years ago, a film unit was established at UNM. Headed by Dr. Ira Jaffe, who began teaching movie classes at the university in 1972, it was known as the Media Arts program. Since then, film instruction at UNM has gone from strength to strength, and now, under the banner of Film and Digital Arts, we are nurturing the newest generation of New Mexico film talent.
To celebrate our thirty (plus!) years at UNM, we’ve invited a distinguished group of alumni and film luminaries to talk to our students and the community about how they found success doing what they love. If you want to work in the digital media fields, this series will be a fabulous source of advice and useable strategies. All events will be free and open to the public.
Brad Wolfley (MFA, Rutgers University; Mason Gross School of the Arts; MA, Rutgers University, Newark; BUS, University of New Mexico) is an award-winning editor who has worked on acclaimed films as well as numerous commercial projects for clients including MTV, HBO, ESPN, and Nickelodeon. He has also worked as a freelance producer, writer, and director and has won numerous awards for his work on local and national television campaigns. As an independent filmmaker and animator, Brad’s work extends from short narratives to documentaries and experimental films, many of which have garnered awards. Most recently, Brad has been immersed in the landscape of personal cinema using animation and emerging technologies to create short films and art installations. Brad worked for over 15 years as a college professor and currently works for Meow Wolf as Post-Production and Animation Director.
Time
mar 8 (monday) 5:00pm - mar 8 (monday) 6:00pm
Location
Zoom
Tickets
Free

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Join us for the World Premiere of Two's a Crowd! An original comedy by the UNM Sitcom Boot Camp. Live online. One Performance Only! Created and Written by Kyle Alarid, Rafael Calvo Carrillo,
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Join us for the World Premiere of Two’s a Crowd!
An original comedy by the UNM Sitcom Boot Camp.
Live online. One Performance Only!
Created and Written by Kyle Alarid, Rafael Calvo Carrillo, Sebastian Chavez, India Glennon, Alice Marshall, Miranda Miller, Yvette Ortiz, Anton Perez, Chantell Victorino, Wynn Wink Moran, Amy Yourd Faculty Assistant Written Under the Supervision of UNM Alumnus Brian Levant. Scheduled to appear original SNL cast member Laraine Newman.
Time
mar 10 (wednesday) 7:00pm - mar 10 (wednesday) 8:00pm
Location
Zoom
Tickets
Free – Open to the public
25mar4:00 PM5:00 PMFeaturedTamarind TalksNoel Anderson and Ashon Crawley in Conversation

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Join us for a conversation with Tamarind Institute artist-in-residence Noel Anderson and Associate Professor of Religious Studies and African American Studies at the University of Virginia Ashon Crawley. Artist Noel
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Join us for a conversation with Tamarind Institute artist-in-residence Noel Anderson and Associate Professor of Religious Studies and African American Studies at the University of Virginia Ashon Crawley.
Artist Noel W. Anderson and artist, writer, and educator Ashon T. Crawley discuss art-making, modes of representation, and “otherwise possibilities,” drawing special attention to Anderson’s newly released Tamarind prints Ebony Files, the Albuquerque Suite.
Noel W. Anderson received an MFA from Indiana University in Printmaking and an MFA from Yale University in Sculpture, and he is Area Head of Printmaking in NYU’s Steinhardt Department of Art and Art Professions. Anderson utilizes print-media and arts-based-research to explore philosophical inquiry methodologies. He primarily focuses on the mediation of socially constructed images on identity formation as it relates to black masculinity and celebrity. In 2018, Noel was awarded the NYFA artist fellowship grant and the prestigious Jerome Prize. His solo exhibition Blak Origin Moment debuted at the Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati) in February 2017 and traveled to the Hunter Museum of American Art in October 2019. His first monograph, Blak Origin Moment, was also recently published.
Ashon T. Crawley is an artist, writer and teacher based in Charlottesville, Virginia. His artwork is at the intersection of performance, painting, and sound making. He is associate professor of Religious Studies and African-American and African Studies at the University of Virginia, and the author of The Lonely Letters and Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility. He is currently at work on a book about the Hammond B3 organ, the Black church, and sexuality.
Time
mar 25 (thursday) 4:00pm - mar 25 (thursday) 5:00pm
Location
Zoom
Tickets
Free, RSVP via Eventbrite appreciated.

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In this talk, Ray Hernández-Durán, Ph.D., Professor of Art History and Museum Studies, Department of Art: Studio History Education, will focus on a transitional period in Mexican art history, 1750-1850,
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In this talk, Ray Hernández-Durán, Ph.D., Professor of Art History and Museum Studies, Department of Art: Studio History Education, will focus on a transitional period in Mexican art history, 1750-1850, and explore the role of the Academy of San Carlos in shaping Mexican art production. By looking at the academy in Mexico City during this period, we can trace how the image of the Indian was transformed and the Black subject gradually erased as the colonial period came to an end and independent Mexico emerged.
This lecture is free and open to the public Individuals of all abilities are encouraged to attend LAIi-sponsored events If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in one of our events, please visit aii.unm.edu/events/accessibility html You can find more information on available accommodations on the UNM Accessibility Resource Center website. For more information, visit laii.unm.edu or contact laiioutreach@unm.edu
Time
apr 7 (wednesday) 2:00pm - apr 7 (wednesday) 3:00pm
Location
Zoom
Tickets
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Image Credit
Rafael Ximeno y Planes,
06may4:00 PM6:00 PMFeaturedTAMARIND CLASS OF 2021 PANEL DISCUSSION

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Tamarind’s three Printer Training Program students will discuss recent collaborations; led by Tamarind Master Printer Brandon Gunn. Contact Tamarind@unm.edu with any questions.
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Tamarind’s three Printer Training Program students will discuss recent collaborations; led by Tamarind Master Printer Brandon Gunn.
Contact Tamarind@unm.edu with any questions.
Time
may 6 (thursday) 4:00pm - may 6 (thursday) 6:00pm
Location
Webinar
Tickets
Free event. Join via UNM Zoom webinar link. https://unm.zoom.us/j/92947605714
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