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April 13-19

Greg Skol, “Ghost Towns #28,” oil and mixed media on prepared board.

Conductor and violinist Guillermo Figueroa takes the podium with violin in hand to lead the Santa Fe Symphony’s performance of composer Ernesto Cordero’s piece “Ínsula Tropical for Violin and Strings” on April 15 at the Lensic Performing Arts Center. The orchestra also presents Mozart’s “Symphony No. 36 ‘Linz’” and Schumann’s “Symphony No. 1 ‘Spring.’”

Jacks McNamara shares a series of ink and mixed media paintings on wood in the show “Learning About Light,” which is curated by Curate Santa Fe and opens at Iconik Coffee Roasters on April 13. McNamara is a genderqueer writer, artist, activist, educator, performer and healer who draws artistic inspiration from the natural and the mechanical worlds.

The Albuquerque-based Chatter chamber group is SITE Santa Fe’s musical guest during a 10:30 a.m. performance on April 14 that also features a reading by prize-winning poet Anne Valley-Fox. Violinists David Felberg and Megan Holland, violist Kim Fredenburgh and cellist James Holland play works by composers Raven Chacon and John Adams. 

Be sure to check out this week’s SFAJ YouTube video blog, which has more arts information and a chance to win two free tickets to Santa Fe Pro Musica’s April 28 or 29 orchestral performance conducted by David Felberg and featuring pianist Benjamin Hochman playing Mozart’s “Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major.”  The address is: https://youtu.be/51BHaqgsu9M

Santa Fe Arts Journal thanks Santa Fe artist Greg Skol for allowing use of an image of his 5” x 5,” oil and mixed media on prepared board painting Ghost Towns #28. Greg’s work can be viewed on his website gregskol.com

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Emily Van Cleve
Founder/Editor

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<span class="entry-title-primary">Transforming Difficulties</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">Lea Anderson and Rachel Rivera exhibit work reflecting personal struggles</span>

Transforming Difficulties Lea Anderson and Rachel Rivera exhibit work reflecting personal struggles

April 9, 2018

Keep Contemporary’s new show “Through the Darkness” features work generated from personal struggle and adversity by artists Lea Anderson and Rachel Rivera.

Rivera’s challenges have been obvious to all who know her. She lost her husband and the father of her daughter in 2014.

“This work is inspired by the resulting myriad of overwhelming feelings I have, including loss, anger, added responsibility and depression,” explains Rivera, who grew up in Albuquerque and studied studio art with an emphasis on printmaking at the University of New Mexico. 

In her latest 2D work, Rivera explores the idea of mourning hats as a visual representation of how she feels.  [Read More…]

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<span class="entry-title-primary">Dancing in the Streets</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">Jacob Jonas The Company brings youthful energy to the Lensic stage</span>

Dancing in the Streets Jacob Jonas The Company brings youthful energy to the Lensic stage

April 19, 2018

Twenty-five year old Jacob Jonas has transformed himself from a teenage street performer to the founder and choreographer of his own dance company.

Jacob Jonas The Company, which performs at the Lensic Performing Arts Center on May 3, brings its unique style of movement fusing breakdancing, acrobatics, modern dance and contemporary ballet to the works “In a Room,” “One Pair Off” and “Obstacles,” which are on the program.

“What’s so great about my company is that I have artists with really different backgrounds,” says Jonas, who has sought out dancers with experience in parkour and acrobatics as well as ones who are conservatory-trained in ballet and modern dance. “I tell my stories using their experiences in dance.” [Read More…]

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In the Studio With…Talia PuraMeet this multi-talented Santa Fe actor, playwright and aerial artist

April 17, 2018

Talia Pura’s theater career unofficially launched when she was five years old and invited to appear in an 8th grade class play directed by her father. She spoke one line in German.

“I was hooked on theater after that experience,” she recalls.

Pura, who moved from Winnipeg, Canada to Santa Fe two years ago with her husband William Pura, a visual artist, stars in Edward Morris’s new one-woman play “The Passion of Ethel Rosenberg,” which receives its national premiere at Studio Center of Santa Fe and opens on April 26. [Read More…]

Vixenlocks Production’s Stage DebutJessica Haring and Julian Fontaine Fox star in "H2O"

April 15, 2018

Although Jessica Haring earned a degree in cultural and linguistic anthropology at Loyola University in 2012, it’s theater that’s capturing her heart these days.

“I did my first play at the Adobe Rose Theatre when I starred as Cherie in “Bus Stop”  a year ago,” says Haring, who has lived in Santa Fe for the past four years. “While I was working on the play, I heard about “H2O” by Jane Martin. I was looking for a future creative challenge and decided to start Vixenlocks Production company and have “H2O” be the first play.”

“H2O” is presented May 3-5 at the Zephyr Community Art Center and stars Haring as Deborah Elling and Julian Fontaine Fox as Jake Abadjian.  [Read More…]

Fine Art Shows, Out in the OpenThe Santa Fe Society of Artists begins its 37th year of outdoor shows

April 15, 2018

On April 21, the Santa Fe Society of Artists (SFSA) kicks off its 37th year of offering fine art shows to the public from mid April through mid October in downtown Santa Fe. 

On display are paintings in all media, sculpture in bronze, stone and clay, prints, traditional and digital photography and mixed media works by the 75 local artists who are part of the non-profit collective.

“Thirty or more of our members are on-site at each of the season’s 22 weekend shows,” explains SFSA’s president Judy Boyd, who creates bird portraits in watercolor. “This year we’re excited to introduce more than a dozen new artists.” [Read More…]

Language as ArtImages from zines are on display at East of West

April 9, 2018

Large-scale limited edition prints made from images found in zines created by artists including Meshal al-Obaidallah, Evar Hussayni, Nasreen Shaikh Jamal al Lail and Younes Zemmouri are on exhibit in East of West’s show “Mother Tongue: The Art of Printed Language,” which opens on April 13.

“Mother Tongue explores the intersection of language and aesthetic through the intricacies of printed word as art,” explains East of West’s founder and director L.E. Brown. “The subjects of the zines focus around personal experiences and identity.”

The exhibit acts as a preview for the multiple zines that the gallery is releasing at the Santa Fe Zine Fest on April 14. Zines are noncommercial, often homemade or online publications usually devoted to specialized or unconventional subject matter. [Read More…]

Watering Hole CamaraderieTeatro Paraguas presents the 2016 play "Daphne's Dive"

April 3, 2018

Sheryl Bailey had been involved in the theater scene in Los Angeles for many years but discontinued her work as a director when she moved to Albuquerque 15 years ago and focused on raising her son.

Now that her son is grown, she is returning to the theater as the director of Teatro Paraguas’s production of “Daphne’s Dive,” a 2016 play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegria Hudes. The play opens on April 5 and runs through April 22.

“When I first read the script, I thought about the television show “Cheers,” says Bailey. “The play is about community and connections and how a Philadelphia bar fits into its community.” [Read More…]

Unusual SoundscapesThe Kronos Quartet plays new music from its Fifty for the Future project

April 3, 2018

Seven pieces from the Kronos Quartet’s Fifty for the Future project are on the ensemble’s April 21 program presented at the Lensic Performing Arts Center by Performance Santa Fe.

Fifty for the Future, a commissioning project started in 2015 that will eventually consist of 50 new works presented over a five year period of time, reflects a wide variety of string quartet music written by living composers. Many of the works utilize unusual performance techniques and explore new soundscapes.

The Santa Fe program contains works by composers from around the world including Tanya Tagaq, Islam Chipsy, Raven Chacon and Yevgeniy Sharlat. [Read More…]

The West, in WatercolorJohn Jason Phillips displays images of western legends

March 28, 2018

Watercolor painter John Jason Phillips approaches each of his paintings with an open and clear mind.

A work often begins on an easel so paint will run down the paper. First, there’s a shape. Then comes texture. Colors communicate feelings.

“I love watercolors because they’re constantly dynamic,” Phillips explains. “I’m a strong proponent of painting with watercolors.”

More than a dozen of Phillips’s latest works are on display in “Legends,” which opens at 7arts gallery on April 1. On exhibit are paintings of legends of the Old West. [Read More…]

Piazzolla and Nuevo TangoThe Austin Piazzolla Quintet performs traditional and new tango music at GIG

March 28, 2018

Violinist James Anderson fell in love with the music of Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) during studies at the University of Northern Colorado.

“His sounds are the perfect blend of everything,” says Anderson, who grew up playing classical, jazz, bluegrass and rock music.

“When I formed the Austin Piazzolla Quintet in 2009, I looked for musicians to join me who also love his music.”

GIG Performance Space hosts a performance by the Austin Piazzolla Quintet on April 21. [Read More…]

A Humorous Spotlight on ArizonaWesley Anderegg's ceramic tiles poke fun at his birth state

March 25, 2018

It’s fair to say that California-based ceramic artist Wesley Anderegg has somewhat of a love/hate relationship with the state of Arizona.

He was born in Phoenix, graduated from Arizona State University and lived in the area for more than 30 years. His show “Arizona” at form & concept, which opens on March 30, pokes fun at life in his birthplace.

“I love the desert,” he explains. “From January through March, there’s no better place to be. When I grew up there in the 1950s, we lived at the edge of town. The desert was a great place to raise hell.” [Read More…]

Inner TruthPainters Katie O'Sullivan and Mazatl Galindo look inside

March 18, 2018

Katie O’Sullivan moved to Santa Fe three years ago to focus on her career as a painter. What she didn’t expect to happen was to find female figures appearing in her work and see sadness in many of their eyes.

“When we’re out and about in the world, we always put on a happy face,” she says. “So when I saw sadness, struggle and fear in the eyes of the women I was painting, I started looking inside to learn more about myself.”

O’Sullivan displays her latest paintings in the two-artist show “Symbols of Our Inner Truths,” which opens on March 24 at TERRA Santa Fe. [Read More…]

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