Winter break is quickly approaching, but not everyone will be heading home to be with family. While many students juggle planning out their travels with final exams, others will be remaining in Santa Fe due to work obligations or travel costs. Luckily, the city provides an assortment of attractions for students to keep themselves occupied during the holiday season, especially those who are new to Santa Fe and eager to explore.

Hayley Rheagan is a former SFUAD student who specializes in fine art photography. In her work, Rheagan utilizes naturally found geometric shapes and patterns in order to create vibrant and colorful abstractions. While her photographs typically depict urban architecture, her keen eye to symmetry, form and color allows her to transform seemingly mundane scenes into beautiful works of art. Her work is often wondrous, occasionally humorous, and always beautiful. Because of this, Rheagan has gained respectable notoriety in both the local and the national art community. Her work has been featured in many periodicals and publications, as well as several solo and group exhibitions. Most recently, Rheagan was in a show sponsored by SCA Contemporary Art in Albuquerque, NM. This exhibition, curated by former SFUAD faculty member Andy Mattern, showcased the work of five photographers who create imagery that is atypical of classical photography. Hayley Rheagan’s work can be followed on her Instagram...

For most students, December means finals exams and winter break; for Contemporary Music Program seniors like Spencer Vandevier, it means graduation and his senior show. The Arizona native had family and friends in attendance on Sunday Nov. 22, excited to see four years of hard work. “I’ve got some really exciting post-grad options,” says Vandevier. “There’s a promoter in Austin that I might be working with, a studio interview in Los Angeles or teaching lessons in my hometown.” The multiple job offers weren’t surprising after hearing what Vandevier can do on the bass. He started the show off with some jazz tunes on the upright bass accompanied by Mark Clark on the drums, Darrel Luther on the piano, and Samuel Armstrong-Zickefoose on the guitar. After a few covers, Vandevier switched to the bass guitar and they moved onto some songs Vandevier had written but never performed. “I’ve fallen in love with songwriting,” says Vandevier. “It’s the best way for me to get my emotions out.” While he wrapped up the night with “Penny Rose,” a tribute to his late grandma who passed away when Vandevier was young, there wasn’t a dry eye among his family. As he finished and dedicated the performance to his father, you could see pride in faces of his loved ones. Vandevier’s passion for music is powerful and inspiring. There’s no doubt he will go on to do great things in his...

Submissions to Glyph are due by noon, Dec. 14, 2015. Students of all majors are welcome to submit up to 20 pages of work in any or all of the following genres: poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, plays and screenwriting.

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.