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Digital Arts’ Emerging Talent
  • Visual Arts
Sep29

Digital Arts’ Emerging Talent

posted by Franco Romero

SFUAD’s Digital Arts students plan to show and share their diverse talents this year.

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What is 920?
  • Santa Fe
Sep27

What is 920?

posted by Chris Grigsby

The room wasn’t full of drug crazed maniacs but infact a very attentive crowd showed up

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Q/A w/ Anne Valente
  • Creative Writing
Sep25

Q/A w/ Anne Valente

posted by Andrew Koss

Creative Writing and Literature Department’s newest faculty member Anne Valente discusses her fiction writing process, the power of place and her relocation to Santa Fe.

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PAD Strikes Again
  • Performing Arts
Sep25

PAD Strikes Again

posted by Holly Pons

SFUAD’s Performing Arts Department presents a show by new students.

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Beautiful SFUAD Day
  • Campus
Sep24

Beautiful SFUAD Day

posted by Christy Marshall

SFUAD students of all majors are out and about Sept. 24 enjoying the nice weather as they take a break from their usual daily routines.

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SF honors LGBTQ+ theater
  • LGBTQ+
Sep24

SF honors LGBTQ+ theater...

posted by Charli Renken

The cast and crew of a local LGBTQ+ themed play were recently honored when Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzales officially proclaimed Sept. 18 to be “Almost Adults Theatre Day.” “Almost Adults” is a collection of five short plays written and co-produced by Aaron Leventman. Each play revolves around “love, sex, and immaturity,” and deals with the intricacies of being gay in the modern age. Assistant Director and SFUAD Theater major Triston Pullen said the proclamation meant the world to him. “I was saved by theater and found a family there that was like no other. We were all weird and unique in our own way. To have a mayor have a proclamation for LGTBQ Theater is groundbreaking in my opinion,” he said. Pullen not only served as assistant director, but also directed the second play in the production, “Maturity,” about a pair of twins and their struggle with the separation that comes with growing up. “What’s really incredible about being the mayor of Santa Fe are the people [who live] in it; the talented people who come together continuously to make sure that opportunities are given to the underserved or underrepresented people,” Mayor Gonzales said during the proclamation event. “Tonight it will be opportunities given to many of our youth to take part in plays that Aaron [Leventman] has developed.” He went on to say that he thinks “the best of our community are always shown on nights like this.” Gonzales is a large supporter of the arts as well as activism in the LGBTQ+ community. Just this summer, the mayor put into action an ordinance that requires businesses with single stall restrooms to make those facilities gender neutral, something of great use to the transgender community. The production’s involvement with the mayor started...

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Creative Reflections
  • Campus
Sep24

Creative Reflections

posted by Jason Stilgebouer

Cassandra Miller, freshman graphic design major, creates an art installation using bits and pieces of broken glass from her bedroom mirror. Photo by Jason...

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AHA Festival of Progressive Arts
  • Santa Fe
Sep24

AHA Festival of Progressive Arts

posted by Kyleigh Carter

The AHA Festival is an multidisciplinary arts festival that took place Sept. 18-20. On the last day there was an arts fair on the Railyard Plaza where local artists showed their work with the...

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Experience the DFC
  • Campus
Sep22

Experience the DFC

posted by Holly Pons

SFUAD’s Driscoll Fitness Center—the DFC—provides free classes, equipment rental and more.

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ARROYO RECORDS
  • Music
Sep22

ARROYO RECORDS

posted by Chris Grigsby

The appropriately named label, ARROYO RECORDS is one of the latest hits coming out of the Contemporary Music Program.

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Graphic/Design Adjusts
  • Graphic Design
Sep22

Graphic/Design Adjusts

posted by Franco Romero

This semester has brought big changes to both the Graphic Design and Digital Art departments at SFUAD. The departmental changes include new leadership and full-time faculty members, but perhaps the biggest change of all is the movement of the Graphic Design and Digital Art programs from Alexis Hall to upstairs in Fogelson library.

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Dancing in the Gym
  • Dance
Sep19

Dancing in the Gym

posted by Lauren Eubanks

Jackalope photographers are out and about, capturing life on and around the SFUAD campus.

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Dog Sitting
  • Campus
Sep19

Dog Sitting

posted by Christy Marshall

Weekly photos from on and around the SFUAD community.

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SWA Writes, Talks, Eats Words
  • Creative Writing
Sep18

SWA Writes, Talks, Eats Words

posted by Andrew Koss

The Student Writers Association (SWA) held its first meeting of the school year last week, and with it began another year of quirky innovations in the art of writing. The coming semesters promise another mixed bag of surprises from the group, which delights in denying conventions. As a member of SWA myself, I decided to step out of the objective view of a reporter and bring some of the spirit of the group to our interviews. I ask each of my colleagues to bring their favorite book with them. Our assignment?  To flip through the pages and find a word or phrase that describes each member of SWA. What follows is an act of literary communion, wielding dangerous Sharpies and filled with ink-splotched abandon. Melinda Freudenberger “That crazy bastard may be the only sane one left.” —Catch-22 When I meet up with Melinda Freudenberger on the Quad, she is smoking a cigarette under a tree. I ask her what’s on the horizon for SWA this year. “We’re planning a lot of cool open mics,” she says, and recalls watching a video of a band performing in a cave. While there are no caves in the Santa Fe area, she says we can expect some unusual locations for open mics. “We’re planning on streamlining Coffee Spoons,” Freudenberger says of SWA’s literary magazine. Coffee Spoons began last year as a monthly, online publication, culminating in the release of a limited, physical copy at the end of the spring semester. After struggling to receive submissions to the magazine, SWA has decided to work with students who attend their meetings to produce pieces for publication. Issues of Coffee Spoons will then be released at the end of each semester. Freudenberger believes that the group’s past difficulty in receiving submissions can be linked to students’ insecurities. “I equate this with open mic anxiety,” she says. “I share the feeling of not having something to read at an open mic or not feeling comfortable having my work published. Publication is put on a pedestal and it doesn’t need to be like that.” Coffee Spoons serves as an entry-level publication for students, but that doesn’t mean that all work is accepted. Freudenberger credits her acceptance into SFUAD’s annual literary journal, Glyph, as giving her the confidence to submit to outside publications. “You can be rejected from Coffee Spoons,” Freudenberger says, “but it exists as proof that you can be published.” SWA has not always been so innovative and fun. In fact, Freudenberger says, “It was pretty shitty. The first meeting I went to, the seniors just talked at us. They told us to bring work in and they’d workshop it, but nobody ever did.” Freudenberger recalls a lack of warmth. “There wasn’t as much encouragement to new students to read as there is now. It felt closed off.” This lack of community served as the impetus for change. Creative Writing faculty member Dana Levin was instrumental in finding new recruits. She pulled Freudenberger aside one day, along with Amaya Hoke, Marina Woollven and Nik Thomas. Levin took them by surprise when she addressed them as SWA. “That’s when things started to change,” Freudenberger says. “We had to stop and consider whether or not we actually cared about it, and if we did, how could we make it better?” The group was strengthened last year by then-seniors Brandon Brown and Bailey Schaumburg. They provided the warmth that was missing. Schaumburg took charge of organizing the open mics. Brown made a conscious effort to mentor the underclassmen, grooming them to take over after he graduated. “We were really excited about it,” Freudenberger says, “but also a little nervous.” This is Freudenberger’s second year as a board member of SWA. The work is not without its stress. So much time gets put into organizing events that board members don’t always get to see the benefits of their work. But every once in a while, there is proof that the...

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Thursday Jammin’
  • Campus
Sep17

Thursday Jammin’

posted by Jason Stilgebouer

Freshman music major Cesar Penaranda and Freshman  Film major Nick Johnston hang out in front of King Hall, enjoying their free time jamming out playing guitar.

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Cyanotype Process
  • Photography
Sep17

Cyanotype Process

posted by Forrest Soper

Students taking the Beginning Alternative Processes class taught by Chris Nail work diligently on their Cyanotype prints. Discovered in 1842, by Sir John Herschel, the Cyanotype process allowed photographers to create vibrant blue images when exposed to light. Throughout the semester, students in this class will be learning how early photographers created and printed 19th and 20th images using raw chemicals and hand coated papers....

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BSU Ready to Go
  • Black Student Union
Sep17

BSU Ready to Go

posted by Charli Renken

SFUAD’s Black Student Union hit the ground running last year—and it’s ready to expand!

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Free Graffiti Walls
  • Campus
Sep17

Free Graffiti Walls

posted by Kyleigh Carter

Outside of the King dormitory are the free graffiti walls where students can spray paint freely without running into trouble. These walls are a great creative outlet for students to showcase their talents with spray...

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Capturing Cuba
  • Photography
Sep16

Capturing Cuba

posted by Holly Pons

Reid Callanan has taken 12 trips to Cuba since 2010, working as a photographer to capture the true essence of the land. For more than 50 years, Cubans have been under the strict thumb of its government while earning, at very best, $20 a month. But the Cubans Callanan has encountered have immense pride and passion about their country. Reid is one of five members of the American Society of Media Photographers that came to Tipton Hall on Sept. 9 to share their experiences of traveling and photographing in Cuba. Along with Callanan, Tony Bonanno, Jennifer Spelman, Sally Thomson and Karen Novotny have become exceptionally familiar with photographing areas and natives of Havana, Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo and Trinidad. Though each of these photographers had different experiences, they had nothing but wonderful things to say about the people and their culture. All said they were welcomed into home after home with open arms and plenty of stories to go around the table. They had never seen such solace coming from people who live in incredibly substandard living conditions. Karen Novotny was invited into the home of a local priest to photograph his living conditions. “This is a relatively nice home although it is crumbling in places,” she said. “They just don’t have the materials to repaint the walls, to replaster the walls, to repair the ceiling, to replace the light bulbs you see over the bed.” The photographers also noted Cubans’ passion for music, family, art and baseball. “This photo was taken when the team from Havana won the state championship,” Tony Bonanno said. “You could barely move through the streets, there were so many people in the streets celebrating, it’s a tremendous passion in Cuba.” Yet when most are finished celebrating and practicing, they return to a home with no running water. Cuban...

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Alexis Collective Continues
  • Graphic Design
Sep15

Alexis Collective Continues

posted by Franco Romero

Beginning this semester, Alexis Hall is no longer the designated workplace for the Graphic Design and Digital Art departments at SFUAD. However, that hasn’t stopped the on-campus organization, the ‘Alexis Collective’ from keeping the name by which it’s always gone.

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