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College of Fine Arts News
An Engaging Talk with Frederick Hammersley Visiting Artist Larry Madrigal: Upcoming Workshops and More!
On February 20, 2025, painter Larry Madrigal gave an inspiring artist talk at the Albuquerque Museum as part of the Frederick Hammersley Visiting Artist program. After the presentation, Madrigal held a Q&A session with the audience, offering insights into his creative process and artistic journey.
Professor Ray Hernández-Durán Joins National Think Tank to Redefine American Art and Identity
Professor Ray Hernandez-Duran with MFA Boston Curators Lucía Abramovich Sánchez and Layla Bermeo at the Lunder Institute for American Art in Maine on October 11, 2024. Professor Ray Hernández-Durán, Associate Department Chair of Art and Professor of Art History. Over...
Amanda Curreri, ‘In Bocca al Lupo,’ Solo Exhibition at Romer Young Gallery San Francisco, CA
Professor Amanda Curreri Romer Young Gallery is pleased to present its seventh solo exhibition with artist Amanda Curreri. “In Bocca al Lupo” features a new series of textile-based artworks with a focus on the talismanic. The exhibition continues Curreri’s ongoing...
Exhibition at the California Museum of Photography: “Shadow Archive”
Opening this week in Riverside, California: Meggan Gould, Shadow Archive Professor Meggan Gould, who teaches photography within the Department of Art at UNM and serves as the Associate Dean of Research, is a contemporary photographer whose work often explores the...
Remembering Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Honoring Her Artistic Legacy
The UNM Art Department is mourning the loss of one of our inspirational alumna, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith.
UNM Assistant Professor of Photography claims the PhMuseum 2024 Women Photographers Grant 1st Prize with the project Floating Ocean
Sara Abbaspour. "Untitled (splashing water)." 2024. 26.25 x35 inches. Archival pigment print.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....
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.
Art Student to Take Route 66 Research to National Conference
Madison Garay is a third-year master’s student at The University of New Mexico. Her research interests are in Art History-Art of the Americas, 20th-century design, Native contemporary art, Chicano art, and built environments of the Southwest. Her research at UNM...
National Gallery of Art Acquires Significant Work by Juan Correa with the help and advisement of Art History Professor, Ray Hernández-Durán
In 2022, Ray Hernández-Durán, Ph.D., Professor of Art History in the Department of Art was invited to serve as a consultant to the National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington D.C. as the gallery prepared to make their first Spanish Colonial Art acquisition....
A new era for Fine Arts education: UNM set to break ground on landmark Center for Collaborative Arts & Technology
By Lydia Thomas, September 25, 2024The University of New Mexico is set to embark on an innovative journey with the groundbreaking of the Center for Collaborative Arts & Technology (CCAT) on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R), this new...
Angel Estrada, UNM Art Education Undergrad, Collaborates with Local Elementary Schools on Art Project
Originally from New York, he moved to New Mexico in 2021 at the urging of his mentor, Santa Fe potter Romig Streeter. Along with art teacher Tanya Silva, Estrada is involved in an Albuquerque Public Schools project with the City of Albuquerque. Art teachers and...
Art and Ecology Professor Subhankar Banerjee Receives 45th Ashley Fellow and Globally-Engaged Research Award
Subhankar Banerjee is the Professor of Art & Ecology, as well as a writer, curator, and environmental humanities scholar. His creative, curatorial and scholarly efforts focus on biodiversity and climate crises, and on multispecies kinship, caretaking and justice....
Summer Residencies with Painting and Drawing Instructor Raychael Stine
Visual artist Raychael Stine is a painter living and working along with her two dogs here in Albuquerque, NM, as well as the Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of New Mexico, where she has taught since 2013.
TAMARIND ANNOUNCES EXTENDED GALLERY HOURS
New Gallery Hours at Tamarind Gallery starting with the Fall semester, Friday, August 23. Join us upstairs on the 2nd floor for open hours, tour the gallery and public spaces. Private appointments for print viewing can also be scheduled during these hours: TAMARIND...
PhD Candidates in Art History Awarded Prestigious LAII Fellowship
Beth Norwood, Bre Reiss, and Ellie Kane, three PhD candidates in art history, have all been awarded a Latin American and Iberian Institute Fellowship. In addition to insurance and a stipend, the fellowship is renewable for a second year. For this scholarship, our...
In Memoriam: Thomas Barrow (1938-2024)
It is with great sadness that the University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts, Art Museum and Department of Art acknowledge the death of photographer, educator and museum professional Thomas Barrow at the age of 85. A celebration of Thomas Barrow’s life and career...
Scott Anderson Selected as 2024 Joan Mitchell Fellow
The Department of Art congratulates Scott Anderson, Professor of Painting and Drawing, as the new Interim Chair of the Department of Art. Anderson has also been selected as one of the 2024 Joan Mitchell Fellows. His remarkable work, which explores the tension between...
URAD’s Undergraduate Research Scholarship awarded to Savannah Phelps
Savannah Phelps, one of our talented undergrads in Art History, has been awarded the 2024 URAD’s Undergraduate Research Scholarship! Savannah is also pursuing Honors and will be working with Art History Professor, Ray Hernández-Durán, as her mentor. "In my research...
“A View from the Easel” – Explore Jessamyn and Sean’s Artistic Practice
We’re excited to share some wonderful news about two remarkable artists, Art Instructor Jessamyn Lovell, and Department of Art alumnus Sean Hudson, who are currently featured in the Hyperallergic article "A View from the Easel: 244". The article provides a fascinating...
Dr. Kirsten Pai Buick on African American History in Anchorage
In June, Dr. Kirsten Pai Buick, Chair of UNM's Africana Studies Department and Professor of Art History, sanctioned by the Department of the Interior and federal law to integrate African American history into American history, visited Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church...
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