Arts

Daily Postcard: Waning Moon Under Omega Bridge

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Daily Postcard: The stylized view of the waning moon on Feb. 5, under the Omega Bridge. This photo combines two shots within 48 hours (due to the over-exposed moon on the first shooting session). The first shot was of the moon and the second was of the bridge and surroundings (there was still snow on the road). Processed in Affinity Photo. Photo by Steve Bublitz Read More

Farmington’s Historic Downtown Earns State Arts & Cultural District Authorization

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Art in the Heart Little Cowboy sculpture by Larry Starck. Courtesy/ Brad Ryan

Art in the Alley mural by Tommy A. Singer located behind the Totah Theater. Courtesy photo

EDD News:

SANTA FE — Historic Downtown Farmington has been granted state authorization as an Arts & Cultural District following the successful completion of the Arts & Cultural District start up benchmarks, becoming the 11th NM community to earn state authorization. 

New Mexico’s Arts & Cultural Districts make a positive impact by working with artists, entrepreneurs, arts organizations/institutions and cultural/historic Read More

Post’s Kirsten Laskey & Nate Limback Win State Awards

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Nate Limback and Kirsten Laskey hold their state photography and review writing awards, recently in the newsroom at the Los Alamos Daily Post. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Daily Post’s Kirsten Laskey and Nate Limback were honored with state writing and photography awards by the New Mexico Press Association. The announcement was made during the New Mexico Press Association’s annual convention in November in Albuquerque.

Laskey was honored for her review of the Los Alamos Little Theatre’s production Read More

Samizdat Bookstore Teahouse Offers Monthly Memberships

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Samizdat Bookstore and Teahouse, 174 Central Park Square, is offering monthly memberships. Courtesy photo

Business News:

Samizdat Bookstore and Teahouse is launching a new membership program. Members will get one book every month. For $20 per month, members of the Sonnet Society get a book of their choice from all in-store books (up to a $30 list price).

They can also join the Sonnet Society by choosing to give one free book to the community every month, thanks to the help of a local social service organization. For $50 per month, members of the Codex Consortium get a monthly book as well as 10 percent Read More

SFCC Announces Opening Reception For ‘Visions From The Constructed Mind’ Feb. 26

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Stairway to Heaven – acrylic gouache on canvas 60”x 30”. Courtesy photo

The Hours – acrylic gouache and micaceous iron oxide on 36” diameter canvas. Courtesy photo

SFCC News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College announces an opening reception for Visions from the Constructed Mind from 4 to 6 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 26 in the Dean’s Gallery in the Fine Arts Center, 6401 Richards Ave. 87508. The exhibition features the abstract art of Atma Bernardi, an alum of SFCC’s Fine Arts program. The reception is free. Refreshments will be served. The exhibition continues through Friday, March 27.

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Katherine Porter: Works On Paper, LewAllen Galleries, Feb. 27 – March 7

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Morocco Noon, 2000, oil on paper, 29.25 x 25 in. Courtesy photo

Untitled, 1979, mixed media on paper, 30 x 22.5 in. Courtesy photo

ART News:

SANTA FE — LewAllen Galleries is pleased to present Katherine Porter: Works on Paper, an exhibition of mixed media and oils on paper by the acclaimed artist Katherine Porter (1941–2024). Opening Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, the exhibition highlights Porter’s extraordinary ability to channel the complexities, discords, and dissonances of her times into powerful aesthetic statements.

As noted art scholar Irving Sandler once wrote that Jackson Pollock invented Read More