Who’s that man at the Plaza with the funny hat? If you ask him his real name, he won’t tell you. You can just call him “Doc.”

Storming the Beaches With Logos in Hand preformed at Ghost on November 7. The band, composed of SFUAD alumni, played to a full house at the intimate Santa Fe venue. The night began with an opening performance by May the Peace of the Sea Be With You, a touring band from Arkansas. After a brief intermission Storming the Beaches with Logos in Hand began by playing new unreleased material before playing songs from their album, Southwick...

As eerie organ music flooded the First Presbyterian Church, a somber and haunting presence filled the room. Organist David Solem finished his piece with his back to the audience while SFUAD and St. John’s chorus members prepared to take the stage.“Rejoice in the Lamb” by Benjamin Britten was the first combined song performed by SFUAD and St. John’s on Nov. 19. Programs that were handed out before the concert contained lyrics so the crowd could follow along. This was helpful because it was near impossible to make out what they choirs were actually singing besides “rejoice in God.” As the first chorus came to a conclusion, Elise Stoffer took the church by storm with a powerful treble solo. The opera sounds coming from this woman were surprising and impressive. With program in hand, it was easy to follow along because otherwise it was, once again, difficult to articulate what it was she was saying. After Stoffer’s powerhouse performance came a few more soloists, including Anna Evanitz, Sara Cunningham, and last but certainly not least, Emiliano Jaime. When Jaime opened his mouth to sing, the whole church was taken by surprise. Jaime’s extremely low octaves and dynamic projection were a near perfect combination to tie up the solos. As the chorus wrapped up its last verse the crowd went wild with applause. Director Seven Paxton took a bow and said, “you’re dismissed.” The crowd chuckled and began filing out of the...

SFUAD Creative Writing students recently visited SITE Santa Fe to tour the exhibits and in preparation for writing a gallery guide for the museum.

Shoot the Stars ® season four has begun at SFUAD. Two screenplays were selected from student submissions, and are now in the process of being turned into films that will feature professional acting talent.

The theme of the Nov. 6 show was Tokyo Street Fashion—a genre known for its bright neon colors and unique accessories—and featured some of SFUAD’s best fashion talents.

After a field trip to the New Mexico Museum of Art, students from the Gallery and Museum Practices class took a trip over to the Monroe Gallery to see its latest show, Remnants by Stephen Wilkes. The exhibition shows a number of large-scale color photographs that depict man-made objects left behind in the environment. Along with the current show, Monroe also has a rotating exhibit of black and white prints, most of which have a strong emphasis on photojournalism. The exhibit Remnants will be up until Nov....

The introduction of the Bachelor of Business Administration in Art, Entertainment and Media Management program has brought math classes to SFUAD, taught by department Chair Brad Bergsbaken.

Junior studio arts major Mike Sutton spends free time in the ceramics studio working on personal projects, such as his pottery. In the photos above, Sutton is shaping a bowl on the pottery wheel. He is new to sculpting but has been a painter for 20 years. “I really enjoy pottery,” Sutton says. “Whenever I work on a project it really makes me slow down and pay attention to what I am...

While most students early Halloween morning were sleeping in or scrounging together a last minute costume, those in  Corine Frankland and Shanna Marsh-Martinez’s  “Singing Over the Bones” class were about to embark on a much different activity. While munching down on breakfast burritos provided by Frankland, the group of 20 piled into two white vans and drove three hours to the Wild Wolf Spirit Sanctuary in Ramah, NM. The experience to follow was an incredible journey for students, guests and faculty members alike. Shortly after arriving, there was a tour of the facility during which students got to see all of the different types of wild canines the sanctuary was home to. There seemed to be every species imaginable. From foxes to wolf-dogs to even Australian Dingoes, students stood in awe of each animal inside its enclosure. With each stop on the tour, the guide described the story of how each animal had arrived at the facility, even getting into the enclosure with a red fox named Romeo. While the students enjoyed seeing the animals, many felt conflicted about the sanctuary. While the enclosures were well maintained and adapted for each wolf’s natural environment, they were still behind bars. “One of the wolves at the sanctuary had only been there about six months, and he was so anxious at the sight of our tour group that he couldn’t stop running in circles,” says Creative Writing major Marisa Dee. “The sad part is he’s going to have to get used to this environment, with humans looking at him, because he’s got nowhere else to go.” This is exactly what Frankland wanted her students to experience. “Singing Over the Bones” is a special topics class that delves into how myth and anatomy coincide. The course description emphasizes “…understanding ourselves in relation to the Wild Woman archetype and how this ancient archetype influences our connection with our bodies, our dreams, our Earth, and our art form.” The textbook for the course is Women Who Run with the Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes and interprets how myths of “La Loba” and “Bluebeard” can be used to “access the wisdom inherent in the feminine psyche.” “I wanted the students to see what happens when we’re captured even by the best meaning people,” Frankland says of the trip. While the Wild Wolf Spirit Sanctuary is a place that takes excellent care of their rescued animals, Frankland believes the animals are still “instinctively injured.” The sanctuary “is doing amazing things, but these animals are still captured.”  Frankland wanted the class to understand what that was like and how the captured wolf can relate to their own social captivity. As the class is composed of entirely female identified individuals, Frankland wanted to focus on how the metaphor of a captured wolf parallels to her students own feelings of being captured as women by societal norms and gender roles. “Wolves have been a reoccurring theme in the class. La Loba, another name for She Who Knows, or the wild woman archetype, connects us with the freedom and power of wolves… Wolves carry weight for women. Wolves help us remember the wild nature,” says Jen Hanson, another Creative Writing major in the class who attended the trip. After the tour, the group was excited for its “Ambassador Meeting” with Zeorro, a Gray (Timber) Wolf Dog. Rory Zoerb, Zeorro’s handler, strode out in front of the sanctuary, both hands gripping onto Zeorro’s leash as he led the group down to a clearing. While Zeorro pulled him along easily, Zoerb was still able to keep him under control as he explained the wolf’s story. After buying Zeorro as a companion for his white German Shepherd, Vuka, Zoerb spent 18 months with the two dogs in the wilderness, training Zeorro to be more hospitable to humans. After a while, it became clear that while Zeorro had bonded with , he was...