Arts
Zia Award Honors Three Outstanding Children’s Book Authors
NMPW News:
Four outstanding New Mexico women writers will be honored for their children’s books on Saturday, April 26, at noon at the Hotel Encanto in Las Cruces as part of the New Mexico Press Women’s annual conference.
The 2014 Zia Book Award finalists for the Picture Book category are (in alphabetical order) Kitten Caboodle, written by Paige Grant and illustrated by Lisa Williams, and Tia’s Tamales, written by Ana Baca and illustrated by Noël Chilton. The finalists in the Youth category are (in alphabetical order) Children of Time: Evolution and the Human Story by Anne Weaver and Freaking Read More
Introducing Los Alamos Author E. E. Giorgi and Her First Novel, ‘Chimeras: A Track Presius Mystery’
Author E. E. Giorgi. Courtesy photo
Introducing E. E. Giorgi and her first novel, “Chimeras: A Track Presius Mystery,” with a twist of epigenetics
By ELENA YANG
Regular contributor to Monday’s “Business Column” published in the Los Alamos Daily Post
Full disclosure: I’ve known E. E. Giorgi for less than two years, but have become close friends with her since our first encounter.
I am forever amazed by her active mind, thirst for learning, and extraordinary creativity. EEG is a scientist, a photographer, a writer of both science and fiction … in addition to being a parent of two young teens. Read More
Learn the Craft of Ukrainian Egg Dying
Pysanka eggs. Photo courtesy https:////www.pinterest.com
FLAC News:
As Easter approaches, the Fuller Lodge Art Center invites the community to come and learn the ancient tradition of Ukrainian egg dying 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 12 at the Art Center.
Linda Zwick, a local artist, will be teaching the techniques and symbolism of this art form known as pysanka, a term that comes from pysaty, meaning “to write.”
The term is appropriate because the intricate designs are formed by literally writing with melted beeswax using kistkas. The kistka is basically a funnel with a handle Read More
Painting the Divine: Images of Mary in the New World
Our Lady of the Lote Tree Melchor Pérez Holguín (active 1694-1724), Potosí, Bolivia, 1716. Oil on canvas. New Mexico History Museum Collection, DCA 2005.27.32. Gift of the International Institute of Iberian Colonial Art This image of Our Lady of the Lote Tree represents the patron saint of the town of Castellón de la Plana in the Valencian region of Spain. The original tiny (2.4 inches) sculpture has been installed within the body of a larger sculpture representing the Virgin Mary that has been lavishly dressed. Photo by Blair Clark
Our Lady of Copacabana with Saint Joseph and Saint Peter. Unidentified Read More
Jean Cocteau Gallery Presents Works of Silversmith and Photographer Wings
Silver and stone bracelet by Wings. Courtesy/Jean Cocteau Gallery
JEAN COCTEAU CINEMA News:
The Jean Cocteau Gallery inside the Jean Cocteau Cinema (418 Montezuma, Santa Fe) presents the work of the Taos Pueblo silversmith and photographer Wings, April 14-May 11.
Wings, a self-taught silversmith and professional photographer, is an enrolled member of Taos Pueblo, the People of the Red Willow. His heritage is exclusively Tiwa, which is his people’s name for their ancestry, their spiritual beliefs, and their native language, which he speaks fluently.
The third of seven children, Wings Read More
Young Actor Sheds Light on Highway Shrines with His Film ‘Descanso’
Aspen Elementary School fifth grader Christopher Garcia wrote the short film ‘Descanso’ along with his father. He also acts in the film. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comBy BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
Eleven-year-old actor Christopher Garcia spends a lot of time on the highway. He travels between his home in Velarde where he lives with his mom, Sha-marie Reid; his school, Aspen Elementary in Los Alamos; and Albuquerque where he visits his dad, takes acting lessons and acts in commercials and films.
During those drives, Garcia kept noticing the shrines alongside Read More
Los Alamos Author Hits Number 9 on Amazon Bestseller List With Interstellar Adventure Novel
Cover of ‘Anarchate Vigilante.’ Coutesy/T. Jackson King
T. Jackson King
Staff Report
Los Alamos author T. Jackson King has hit No. 9 on the Amazon Hot New Releases in Space Opera sci-fi with his novel Anarchate Vigilante, an interstellar adventure about a human vigilante-for-hire who brings justice and hope to planets oppressed by the Anarchate galactic culture.
Amazon’s Kindle ebook ranking lists only bestselling novels released in the last 30 days and is updated hourly. King’s novel was released March 27, so it has climbed to this rank very quickly.
His novel also has hit Amazon Read More
Council Tables Withdrawal of Historic Sculptures Master Plan … Will Revisit In June Time Frame
The Los Alamos County Council voted 7-0 during today’s noon-time meeting to table the motion that Council withdraw the Historic Sculptures Master Plan as an official document that guides the work of County boards, commission and staff. Concern was expressed with how the County could fund the plan and other types of public art while ensuring the collection includes a wide variety spread throughout the community. Council likely will revisit the issue at a meeting in June. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
President Ron Wilkins of the Los Alamos Historical Society Board of Directors Read More
Spanish photographer Janire Najera Discovers Another Side of New Mexico’s Nuclear History
Janire Najera
This week’s local and national art series ¡COLORES! features Spanish photographer Janire Najera and her discoveries of another side of New Mexico’s nuclear history.
Najera is a Spanish photojournalist and curator based between Cardiff (Wales), Bilbao (Basque Country) and Santa Fe. She studied journalism in Madrid and documentary photography at the University of Wales, Newport.
Since graduating, she has undertaken artistic residencies and exhibited internationally. The Spanish and the Welsh Arts Councils have supported the production of her most recent Read More