New Mexico Spotlights the Photographic Arts
PhotoSummer, now in its second year, is a collaborative initiative that represents and actively promotes historical and contemporary photography in New Mexico. Taking the rich legacy of photography in New Mexico as a point of departure, the exhibitions and public programs around PhotoSummer represent the continued energy and support of the photographic arts in the region.
PhotoSummer aims to entice and inspire photographers and art lovers by offering a robust schedule of exhibitions, workshops, talks, events, and public programs. Spanning from June through September, this year’s schedule is sure to provide both residents and visitors with plenty of opportunities to engage with the photographic medium and enjoy what New Mexico has to offer.
• ARTIST TALK: Washed Up: Transforming a Trashed Landscape with Alejandro Durán
Thursday, June 30 @ 6pm // 516 ARTS // 516 Central Ave SW, Albuquerque, NM // FREE
Washed Up is an environmental installation and photography project that transforms the international debris washing up on Mexico’s Caribbean coast into aesthetic yet disquieting works.
Durán (image) uses international debris to create color-based, site-specific installations, which conflate the hand of man and nature and mirror the reality of our current environmental predicament. The alchemy of Washed Up lies not only in converting a trashed landscape but in the project’s potential to raise awareness and change our relationship to consumption and waste.
• ACCIDENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY: Axle Contemporary
RECEPTION Friday, July 1 @ 5-8pm // Farmer's Market Shade Structure, Santa Fe Railyard // 1607 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM // FREE
Can a happy accident become a work of art? This genre of photography, accidental photography, has gained prevalence with the profusion of digital photographic technologies. We come across the accidental photo often with a sense of amusement or wonder and we judge it differently from other images. It may meet a criteria we had not expected, invoke a new aesthetic standard or a narrative quality; or it may act as a conceptual springboard. The exhibition presents a selection of accidental photographs by New Mexico-based photographers who responded to our request to send us their compelling mistakes and random acts of photography.
• BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE: AN EXPERIMENT IN LIBERAL ARTS
Scheinbaum & Russek, Ltd
RECEPTION Friday, July 1 @ 4-6pm // Call for directions 505-988-5116 // FREE
Founded in 1933, and for the next 24 years, Black Mountain College, in North Carolina, embraced the teachings of the American philosopher John Dewey who professed “learning by doing”. In 1946 Josef Albers invited Beaumont and Nancy Newhall to teach at the Summer Institute of the College.
The Newhalls cherished their time at Black Mountain. They found the school a remarkable example of cooperative and conscious living while the curriculum presented not just an integrated way to learn, but an integrated approach to life, specifically life as an artist. This exhibition focuses on both the artists and the students at Black Mountain College.
For additional information, please click here.
PhotoSummer aims to entice and inspire photographers and art lovers by offering a robust schedule of exhibitions, workshops, talks, events, and public programs. Spanning from June through September, this year’s schedule is sure to provide both residents and visitors with plenty of opportunities to engage with the photographic medium and enjoy what New Mexico has to offer.
• ARTIST TALK: Washed Up: Transforming a Trashed Landscape with Alejandro Durán
Thursday, June 30 @ 6pm // 516 ARTS // 516 Central Ave SW, Albuquerque, NM // FREE
Washed Up is an environmental installation and photography project that transforms the international debris washing up on Mexico’s Caribbean coast into aesthetic yet disquieting works.
Durán (image) uses international debris to create color-based, site-specific installations, which conflate the hand of man and nature and mirror the reality of our current environmental predicament. The alchemy of Washed Up lies not only in converting a trashed landscape but in the project’s potential to raise awareness and change our relationship to consumption and waste.
• ACCIDENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY: Axle Contemporary
RECEPTION Friday, July 1 @ 5-8pm // Farmer's Market Shade Structure, Santa Fe Railyard // 1607 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM // FREE
Can a happy accident become a work of art? This genre of photography, accidental photography, has gained prevalence with the profusion of digital photographic technologies. We come across the accidental photo often with a sense of amusement or wonder and we judge it differently from other images. It may meet a criteria we had not expected, invoke a new aesthetic standard or a narrative quality; or it may act as a conceptual springboard. The exhibition presents a selection of accidental photographs by New Mexico-based photographers who responded to our request to send us their compelling mistakes and random acts of photography.
• BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE: AN EXPERIMENT IN LIBERAL ARTS
Scheinbaum & Russek, Ltd
RECEPTION Friday, July 1 @ 4-6pm // Call for directions 505-988-5116 // FREE
Founded in 1933, and for the next 24 years, Black Mountain College, in North Carolina, embraced the teachings of the American philosopher John Dewey who professed “learning by doing”. In 1946 Josef Albers invited Beaumont and Nancy Newhall to teach at the Summer Institute of the College.
The Newhalls cherished their time at Black Mountain. They found the school a remarkable example of cooperative and conscious living while the curriculum presented not just an integrated way to learn, but an integrated approach to life, specifically life as an artist. This exhibition focuses on both the artists and the students at Black Mountain College.
For additional information, please click here.
Be Part of the Experience!
We would like to take this opportunity to introduce a new neighbor. The Albuquerque Film & Music Experience has just leased some space across the hall from The Artistic Image. Please take a moment to read about them and to also find out about their upcoming festival, April 18-24, 2016.
We would like to take this opportunity to introduce a new neighbor. The Albuquerque Film & Music Experience has just leased some space across the hall from The Artistic Image. Please take a moment to read about them and to also find out about their upcoming festival, April 18-24, 2016.
Presented by the AFME Foundation, a non-profit 501 (c) (3), the Albuquerque Film & Music Experience (AFME) brings filmmakers, musicians, artists and visionaries together to celebrate the art of storytelling and collaborate into the future. We also create documentaries, feature films and productions that generate awareness of important worldwide issues. Our purpose is to provide opportunities for future generations while increasing exposure and economic impact for the City of Albuquerque, the State of New Mexico and you, our partner.
Our programming is almost complete and we would like to invite you to take a moment over the next few weeks to head to our website and learn about this year's programming. We have excellent films, events and educational opportunities. In fact, just a few nights ago, one of our AFME accepted short films, The Gift, won an Emmy. We would like to encourage all our sponsors to find something in the programming that really draws you in and invite your patrons to enjoy it with you on social media.
There really is something for everyone and let's not forget to support our local indie filmmakers and their excellent NM made movies. To name just a few we have Merry Maids of Madness ( a comedy inspired by the women of Shakespeare) , She Sings to the Stars (Without water, a Native American grandmother continues to inhabit the desert. Her half-Mexican grandson rushes to 'make it big'. A faded magician finds himself lost at her doorstep) The Quest for Suki (A gullible sweepstakes entrant determines something is awry when his big win lands him a meeting with the mayor's evil twin.) The Caveman of Atomic City (The story of a man with scientific theories who lived for years in a cave on the land of the Los Alamos National Lab). As we are all very grateful for the money that big budget Hollywood productions bring to New Mexico we have to remember and give a special nod to the creatives within our community who are producing excellent and competitive feature films on extremely low budgets.
Our programming is almost complete and we would like to invite you to take a moment over the next few weeks to head to our website and learn about this year's programming. We have excellent films, events and educational opportunities. In fact, just a few nights ago, one of our AFME accepted short films, The Gift, won an Emmy. We would like to encourage all our sponsors to find something in the programming that really draws you in and invite your patrons to enjoy it with you on social media.
There really is something for everyone and let's not forget to support our local indie filmmakers and their excellent NM made movies. To name just a few we have Merry Maids of Madness ( a comedy inspired by the women of Shakespeare) , She Sings to the Stars (Without water, a Native American grandmother continues to inhabit the desert. Her half-Mexican grandson rushes to 'make it big'. A faded magician finds himself lost at her doorstep) The Quest for Suki (A gullible sweepstakes entrant determines something is awry when his big win lands him a meeting with the mayor's evil twin.) The Caveman of Atomic City (The story of a man with scientific theories who lived for years in a cave on the land of the Los Alamos National Lab). As we are all very grateful for the money that big budget Hollywood productions bring to New Mexico we have to remember and give a special nod to the creatives within our community who are producing excellent and competitive feature films on extremely low budgets.