A cold front in Santa Fe left its mark on campus.

Santa Fe’s first big snow hopefully heralds the winter ahead.

Comic Con is a convention for pop culture enthusiasts. Santa Fe has had one for two years now, most recently on Oct. 24-26 at Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino. People came to share in their love of pop culture through dressing up and interacting with guest celebrities and local artists....

In a market where the old and established have both feet rooted into the gallery scene, the Strangers don’t want to wait in line.

On Oct. 9, Santa Fe’s Center for Contemporary Arts opened The Land Mark Show, an exhibit centered on the current ecology of the Midwest through video sculpting, painting, visuals, instillations and photography. Almost all of the work omitted artist statements, which allowed viewers to shape the concepts of the works and focus more on the environmental implications themselves. More than 200 artists submitted to the exhibition and approximately 30 were selected. Ash Haywood—currently taking a semester off from SFUAD—was one of the local talents selected as part of The Land Mark Show; her work fell under the documentation umbrella of the exhibition. Haywood’s work has always had a hand in activism and been inspired by where she lives. She had been intrigued by environmental justice for some time, and moving to Santa Fe only heightened her awareness. She started attending public events regarding New Mexico’s energy industry, and diving into media advocacy with the local non-profit group New Energy Economy. During her work with New Energy Economy, Haywood learned about the lawsuit against Public Service Company of New Mexico over coal versus alternative energy. This issue, and Haywood’s desire to share information, became the main influences in her pieces for the gallery. Haywood had two pieces in The Land Mark Show. “The Flare” is the starting point for a proposed oil pipeline in Farmington, NM. In the image, vast green New Mexico hillsides are shown surrounding a gas flare. The other piece, “Stacks,” was also taken in Farmington on the land of a man named, R.G. “Squeak” Hunt, a sheepherder and butcher. His property is near the acequia that flows from PNM’s San Juan Generating Station. Hunt maintains that runoff from the acequia became contaminated and killed approximately 1,400 of his herd. The photo depicts the beautiful hills of the southwest juxtaposed with the cold harsh image of industry looming...

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

Jackalope Magazine interviews actor and author Felicia Day in advance of her Sept. 13 booksigning in Santa Fe, NM.

The week after my spring break road trip to New Orleans, LA,  my truck was beamed up in the lot I had it parked in during class. No one was injured physically. Financially, sure, but either way it meant I needed to get ahold of a body shop. A mutual friend from Bowling Green, KY knew a one Tom Uhl who worked as a general contractor for a 40 year chunk of his life in Santa Fe. Tom put me on to a body shop and we started chatting. He told me about a documentary he’d been working on for the past seven years about Zydeco culture in Louisiana. Finding intrigue in his “Dude” persona and sudden career change, I planned to meet him at Java Joe’s and talk art. “I’m gonna grab a coffee,” said a collected Uhl. He handed me a folder full of stills from his film, which has completed shooting and is currently undergoing a rigorous post-production process. For many not from Lousiana—including Uhl, Zydeco is and has been a mystery; though throughout the 20th century and up until today, performers like Clifton Chenier, Rockin Dopsie Sr.(and Jr.), Chubby Carrier and Donna Angelle—all of whom play integral parts in Uhl’s story—have not only furthered the genre, but paid homage to the ancestors of the culture while blending aspects of more contemporary sounds. At the beginning of his documentary, Uhl is asked why he found interest in Zydeco. A tall 60-something anglo originally from New York and currently residing in New Mexico, Uhl doesn’t fit the Cajun King stereotype. Without much hesitation, he responds simply: “The joy of it.” A “Zydeco Breakfast” is a brunch/breakfast usually held in some sort of music venue/restaurant where a live Zydeco band is playing. After being introduced to...

As “Manhattan” films Season 2 on campus, its executive team answers questions from Santa Fe University of Art and Design students.

With the music turned up so loud the bass reverberates and in the lights flashing in spectrums of orange and blue, the O’Shaughnessy Performance Space looked like a hot music scene for the newest and brightest bands. On March 26, SFUAD student band Get Safe promoted the recording of its new song “Murphy’s Law,” and opened for a touring band, The Boxers. Get Safe formed in 2013 and has been working on playing gigs and recording songs. When asked about its name, Trevor Snow, the guitar player, simply states, “It’s good advice.” When describing its genre, Colton Liberatore, a drum player who recently joined Get Safe, admits that he doesn’t know how to define the band’s sound. The members of Get Safe pitch in genres to describe the genre. “We play instrumental Rock, Indie Rock, and alternative rock,” said Kevin Johnson, the Get Safe bass player. “Groovy alternative,” added Snow. “We aim to spread good vibes and positivity,” Liberatore said. Their main inspirations come from people they’ve previously played with such as Mothercoat—a Japanese band, and Chipper Jones. Snow added that the latter inspired the band’s newest song “Murphy’s Law,” which fans could download for free using a code given out at the concert. The Boxers, on the other hand, are a four-piece rock band from Chicago, which plays Basement Rock—its self described genre. Get Safe band members explained that though they and The Boxers hadn’t previously heard each other’s music and only met at the event, they were introduced through a mutual friend who suggested they perform together. Johnson added that getting a first impression from a live performance was definitely preferable. “It’s more raw and organic this way,” he said. Snow commented after the show that jamming with The Boxers was fun. He said...

The Higher Education Center provides an education hub in the center of Santa Fe on SFUAD’s campus.

On Feb. 20, SFUAD musicians unite with other Santa Fe bands for an anti-competition event at Warehouse 21.

On Feb. 14, hundreds of people, including dozens of Santa Fe University of Art & Design students and faculty, gathered to take part in the One Billion Rising demonstration at the Santa Fe Place Mall as part of the V-Day activist movement that seeks to raise the public conscience to ending violence against women and girls....