by donaldsmith | Jul 14, 2026 | Art, Student Spotlight
This grant is awarded to a UNM graduate student to attend SOMA Summer 2026, a 4-week program in Mexico City. The $4,000 USD grant, plus an award by SOMA ($800 USD) is applied to the cost of attending the SOMA Summer program. Congratulations to Armando! As a Fronterizo...
by donaldsmith | Apr 30, 2026 | Alumni, Faculty Spotlight
Jessamyn Lovell is co-hosting “Better Critiques, Less Burnout,” covering critique, reflection, and restoration through Foundations in Art Theory and Education (FATE). End-of-Semester critiques don’t have to feel like a grind. By joining colleagues from FATE for an...
by donaldsmith | Apr 22, 2026 | Art, Student Spotlight
Congratulations to MFA student Saúl Ramírez, whose work was recently reviewed in the Albuquerque Journal. Their thesis exhibit, “Seeds of Compromise: In Search of Digestive Architectures,” is currently on view at the AC2 Gallery. Journal staff writer Logan Roycen...
by donaldsmith | Mar 30, 2026 | Art, Student Spotlight
Congratulations to Analisa Peña, who was selected as the 1st place winner in the 2026 Hulsman Undergraduate Library Research Award’s Emerging Researcher category regarding her work, The Many Faces of Christ: Understanding ‘Trifacial Trinity’ by Gregorio Vasquez Arce y...
by donaldsmith | Feb 26, 2026 | Alumni, Art
With the recent Super Bowl LX Halftime Show starring Bad Bunny, let’s revisit the artwork he wore in collaboration with UNM Alum Eric-Paul Riege. During Riege’s first solo museum project, 𝘏ó𝘭ǫ́—𝘪𝘵 𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘻, at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, Bad Bunny...
