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.
Artist Spotlight: Hayley Rheagan
posted by Forrest Soper
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...
Why Cosplay? “Just Cos!”
posted by Charli Renken
With both Santa Fe Comic Con and Halloween quickly approaching, students are scrambling to get their costumes together and for cosplayers (those who dress up as fictional characters outside of Halloween for fan conventions), the holiday is an even bigger deal.
ABQ Zine Fest
posted by Charli Renken
Excitement buzzed in the room as “zinesters” explored the many publications available and chatted with each other about their own works.
Go Fair!
posted by Charlotte Martinez
In a month filled with fiesta, few venues in New Mexico can compare in popularity and size to Albuquerque’s State Fair, running this year from Sept. 10-21. Part of EXPO New Mexico, a self-sustaining agency, the 61-year-old fair was created to “reflect and showcase” the state’s “agriculture, industries, arts, science and technology, diversity of people and traditions…and promote youth development and education.” Within the 200 annual events of EXPO New Mexico, the Albuquerque State Fair is the local favorite, providing native artists and business owners a venue to promote their work and establishments via the entertaining and food-bombarding atmosphere. This year, the fair offered its usual exhibitions and markets along the main road of Governors’ Avenue, performances and events in its Pavilion, and of course the midway carnival (complete with various-sized ferris wheels, vomit-inducing rides and marry-go-round!). Overall, the experience can be summarized in three categories: art, animals and food. Last weekend to visit Albuquerque’s State Fair, today through Sept. 20. As the EXPO New Mexico website reads, Go Fair! Art The Hispanic Arts Center, located along Avenue of the Governors, is an exhibition dedicated to Hispanic arts. This year artists submit their work in 22 visual arts categories, from traditional to contemporary, and materials included wood, straw, wax, porcelain, oil, watercolor, paper, tin, photography, wire, nails, etc. According to Cheree Bloom, art seller at this year’s Hispanic market, artists eligible for first, second, third place ribbons and honorable mentions must be at least one quarter Hispanic. Bloom says that although they go by the honor system, if any of the artists are challenged, they must present their birth certificates. This year, the submissions were judged by three residents of New Mexico, artists with degrees and an eye for what locals consider “Hispanic-themed” art. Much of the work, for example, reflected Roman Catholic values, Southwestern culture, and the Mexican-influenced...
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