On the evening of March 26, Radical Abacus showcased the talents of electronic soundscape artists Geological Creep, Gossimer, and SFUAD’s own Angelo Harmsworth.

On the morning of March 11 2004 three bombs exploded at Atocha, the Central Train Station in Madrid. In Spain the day is known as 11M.  The explosions killed 191 people and wounded 1,800. Spanish students of Santa Fe University Art and Design, including several from Jackalope Magazine, remember on the 10-year anniversary of tragedy.

The weekly Awkward Shelby comic illustrates the importance of gender-neutral bathrooms

On Feb. 20, mayoral candidates Patti Bushee and Javier Gonzales discussed their views on a variety of issues in a forum held on campus.

Ready to practice balance and focus? Slacklining may be for you. A slackline by King Hall is available for everyone to try.

On Feb. 14, students and faculty took part in the  One Billion Rising demonstration in the capital, as part of the V-Day activist movement that seeks to raise the public conscience to ending violence against women and girls. Corine Frankland has taught multiple classes at SFUAD leading up to One Billion Rising. This past November, it was decided how the school would support the initiative and what that might look like for SFUAD. For V-Day, students designed t-shirts and pins for the event at the roundhouse, arriving hours ahead of time for set up. “SFUAD students really took the initiative in terms of being the volunteers,” Frankland says. With a group of about 22 students helping with everything from tying arm bands to setting up the stage, everyone in attendance was ready for the public testimonials that began at 10:30 a.m. inside the rotunda. Student Sherylyn Jeffries was the first to speak. “I was surprised by that standing ovation… I wound up looking at all of these women who were total strangers. And they got it. And then when I got through, the whole rotunda stood up,” Jeffries recalls. Jeffries gives credit to both Frankland’s class and Dana Levin’s poetry class for the creation of what she shared. With both teacher’s support and guidance, and Jeffries’ bravery, the opening of the testimonials was a powerful moment, with everyone from fellow students to the police officers present left crying and touched. “That’s what V Day is about, is making sure that these stories are heard,” student Amy West says of her favorite portion of the day. As the morning went on, women and men continued to tell their stories to the audience that had gathered. The rest of the day consisted of a rally outside...

Aural historian Jack Loeffler discusses the influences that drew him to recording and storytelling.

Located in a basement, right beneath West San Francisco Street in the heart of downtown Santa Fe, lies The Matador bar & lounge, (The Matador, 116 W San Francisco St, 984-5050). It’s easy to miss the cement stairs that lead you below unless there’s a bartender on shift, and then you’ll be sure to hear music blaring up through the stairwell. The staff at the Matador is a group of uniquely diverse individuals and each one provides something for just about everyone. Some of them are experts in culinary arts and could teach you how to properly butcher your own pig, while others can offer mechanical advice on how to build a motorcycle. An added bonus is the varying musical preferences from the bar that range from outlaw country to funk and soul, which brings in a wide range of customers. The Matador is great place to grab a drink and take a break from Santa Fe, all while being taken back to that bar that reminds you of home. It’s a little divey, but isn’t that what makes it feel like our...

It’s the time of year to submit! To Glyph Magazine, that is—the literary magazine at Santa Fe University of Art and Design.

The Screen Presents: Nov. 15-21   God’s Neighbors, A One Night Only Screening of Meni Yaesh’s Israeli Drama Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival presents God’s Neighbors, a thought provoking story about violence in the name of God and the essence of faith as reflected through one man’s personal journey. With Tarantino overtones, the film follows three young men who take it upon themselves to enforce religious observance within a traditionally observant but mixed community. Described as “an impressive multi-layered … film”, God’s Neighbors has a superb ensemble cast, excellent direction and script, and a punchiness to its pace due in part to its musical score. First time director Meni Yaesh knows well the community portrayed in the film. It is where he grew up and still lives. Saturday Nov. 16 at 7pm. Featuring a Q/A with Director Meni Yaesh. Tickets on sale now. All Is Lost, Robert Redford’s Capstone Performance is Still Playing!   Visit thescreensf.com for movie times 505.473.6494 1600 St. Michael’s Drive Santa Fe, NM 87505 thescreensf.com...

The month-long [Walk] Santa Fe project is designed to improve Santa Fe’s walkability and its creative placemaking.

The Interdisciplinary Arts Collective (IAC) at Santa Fe University of Art and Design puts on the Gift Music and Art Festival Nov. 8-9.

The ninth annual Alternative Photography International Symposium is the premiere event for those into alternative processing methods. Here is where one can discover how to make images with historic processes like salt prints and Woodbury types, or learn how to make photographs with cottage cheese.

  On Oct. 25-26, SFUAD welcomed homeless veterans and other homeless to Alumni Hall, as an opportunity to receive the help they need. For Phillip Chavez, 2013 Veteran Stand Down organizer, the event has always close to home during the three years he’s been running the event. “When I retired from the military I sort of lost my identity,” said Chavez. “I just wanted to do something to help the veterans.” With three local churches, Santa Fe Community College, SFUAD and various veterans groups coming together, there was plenty of help to go around. A buffet line of food greeted the hungry upon entering the room. Booths were stationed around the building, offering a wide range of services including: haircuts, foot washing, flu shots, racks of clothing, massages, blood pressure checks, prayer rooms, free hugs, as well as a variety of information booths on alcoholism, drug abuse, and nutrition. “People are receiving all the services really well,” said Angie Howes, Santa Fe Seventh Day Adventist Church volunteer, who was offering blood pressure checks. “They seem to love the opportunity to get help that they need.” Chavez estimated that almost 200 homeless, half of whom were veterans, cycled through on Friday alone. The number of homeless veterans in New Mexico is estimated to be fewer than 1,000, according to Long March Home, a website that chronicles the plight of homeless veterans. Daniel Reiher, an American Legion rider and veteran, agreed with the estimates for attendees, and said he reveled at the chance to help the less fortunate. “It’s amazing the number of people who came here and got clothing,” said Reiher. “It’s been powerful, very moving.” Reiher at one point spotted a familiar face in a police uniform. He called him over and chatted about...

“How do you photograph the disappeared?”    Erika Diettes posed this question to herself when planning out her photographic project, Sudarios. The disappeared in her case were the victims of violent attacks on Columbian citizens by the guerrilla warfare that has plagued their country over the past 60 years.  Her final execution of this rather intense and emotionally exhausting subject matter seemed so intentional and precise that one hardly questions the story behind it. Displayed at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel, due to the sacred and pristine nature of Catholic churches, Diettes aligned 16 silk-screen photographic prints of women’s faces, all in black and white. The prints were hung from the ceiling and arranged symmetrically, allowing the pictures to blend together from certain angles and come together as a whole when viewed from the center. Diettes interviewed and photographed the victims’ family members—all of whom were women in the project’s final draft—at each individual’s exact moment of horror. During interviews that spanned up to three hours in duration, Diettes had a therapist sit down with victims and guide them through the atrocities they had witnessed firsthand. Although Diettes hadn’t originally planned to only use female subjects, as she gathered interviews and looked at the photographs, she realized that the emotion drawn from the viewer looking at a woman’s face who has experienced a traumatic event, is similar to that of a mother’s loss of her son. This loss of love, she said, is how she wants the viewer to feel while walking past the photographs. According to Diettes, the pictures she has displayed were at the moment in the interview that the subject couldn’t open their eyes. She felt that this moment where loss has been established, but not yet accepted, is the key to giving the disappeared...

SFUAD and Santa Fe offer plenty of choices for Halloween. Here are a few picks. For extensive Halloween calendar listings, check out this round-up from SantaFe.com and these choices from The Santa Fe Reporter. October 31 “Break the Piñata”  Celebrate Halloween with the Photography Department by breaking a big scary piñata on the Marion Courtyard. Feel free to come in costume. 5 pm Trick or Treat If you want to feel like a kid again, trick or treating is always a good option. SFUAD offers a campus-wide Trick or Treat at various departments from noon to 1 pm. If you prefer to do it off campus, consider Canyon Road, where, from 4 to 6 pm, some galleries like Canyon Road Contemporary Art or Gallery 822 will have their doors open. Needless to say, being in a costume is essential.  Movie Night! What is a Halloween night without a touch of horror movies? For those who don’t want to leave the campus, The Screen will play the original Nightmare on Elm Street at 10.30 pm. The Lensic Performing Arts Center will screen the classic The Man Who Fell to Earth at 7 pm. And The Jean Cocteau Cinema offers the Vincent Price thriller House of Wax at 6:30 pm as a special benefit for The Santa Fe Film Festival, with a costume contest and Mistress of Ceremonies Victoria Price. The Jean Cocteau also will screen The Rocky Horror Picture Show for the late show at 11 pm, and throughout the weekend (costumes also welcome for Rocky Horror!) November 1-2 Once Halloween ends, the Mexican tradition marking “Dia de Muertos” (Day of the Dead) begins. Gerard’s House will offer a celebration and memorializing event from 4-6:30 pm featuring performances by Wise Fool and The Santa Fe Symphony, with...

The riot at the Penitentiary of New Mexico on Feb. 2, 1980 upended the world of corrections. Demands for better food, conditions and programming were forgotten as fury erupted from the residents. The reforms that came out of the event changed prison protocols forever. Now, the administration is embarking on a five-year plan to re-purpose the “Old Main,” which they discuss regularly with visitors on the prison tour. Certainly, the events of the riot—captured vividly in numerous newspaper articles, state reports and books, continue to draw crowds. The guided “Old Main” tour slots have more than doubled due to demand and all ticket proceeds return to increase the quality of the tour and provide future programming for inmates. “Respecting our past to create a better future” is the motto the corrections officer acting as guide offers, before relaying the details of the riot.   In the early morning hours of Saturday, Feb. 2, 1980, inmates drinking a crude hooch overpowered the officer that discovered them. Soon, other officers within the dormitory were taken hostage and a set of captured keys liberated other inmates to ensure the riot would continue its course. These newly-freed inmates joined in beating Officer Juan Bustos, stripped and noosed with a belt, during the 12-minute march toward master control. Nearly 100 inmates crowded in front of the newly installed bulletproof plexiglass window of master control. It shattered in three strikes from a fire extinguisher. The armory beneath master control was left undiscovered, limiting the extent of the carnage. Once the master control room was breached, approximately 2:02 a.m., greater access to the prison was attained. Due to construction in cell block five, high risk inmates were mingled with the low risk population. The construction area housed numerous tools left by...

The Screen Presents: Oct. 18-24 Birth of the Living Dead, Vietnam and Zombies! Ever wonder where the billion dollar zombie industry came from? In 1968, college dropout George A. Romero shocked a society, already infected by the Vietnam war, by creating a film in which the dead arose to eat the living. In his low budget film, Night of the Living Dead, Romero horrified his audience with gruesome action and detailed makeup. This documentary explores how one brave move of cinema redefined counterculture and commented on the realities of war. Rebecca Alvin of the Provincetown Magazine calls it a “brilliant deconstruction of [a] classic groundbreaking movie.” Opens Friday. Opening Weekend Screening Includes Double-feature with Night of the Living Dead Shepard and Dark, the Untold Story of Sam Shepard’s Closest Friendship In the early 1960s, Sam Shepard, Pulitzer Prize winner and Academy Award-nominated actor (The Right Stuff), meets Johnny Dark, a homebody who becomes Shepard’s friend and pen pal. Despite dramatic differences in their lives, Shepard and Dark remain friends, even living together when Dark marries an older woman whose daughter would become Shepard’s first wife. In 2010, Director Treva Wurmfeld begins filming the friends after they agree to publish their many years worth of correspondence. Treva’s documentary captures the bond of two unlikely men sifting through history, acknowledging all the good and bad memories. David Fear of Time Out New York calls the film, “an ode to a long-lost era of bohemia, an insightful look into male psychology and pathology, a valentine to the art of letter writing and an illustration of how the past is never dead, because it’s not even past.” Opens Friday. Featuring Introduction and Q/A with Director Treva Wurmfeld Fri. Oct. 18, 7 p.m. Tickets on sale now. Live: Spartacus...