LOBO PRIDE: Martín Wannam amplifies queer, brown justice through artwork By Rebecca Hobart With a commitment and passion for creating art that spurs conversations, University of New Mexico graphic design professor Martín Wannam educates “through a brown, queer lens” and broaches an ongoing dialogue on how queer individuals experience social and political systems in Guatemala....
UNM students immerse in Meow Wolf internships By Mary Beth King Meow Wolf bills itself as an arts and entertainment company that “creates immersive and interactive experiences that transport audiences of all ages into fantastic realms of story and exploration.” But mere words fall far short of the actual reality of the kaleidoscopic, mind-bending, down-the-rabbit-hole...
Students engage in community in A Garden By Mary Beth King Tucked into a corner of the Albuquerque Museum sculpture garden just off the historic Old Town Plaza is A Garden: The Living Room. The public art + agroecology project was created by Land Arts of the American West and Art & Ecology students from...
Chamisa: A Journal of Literary, Performance, and Visual Arts of the Greater Southwest, Southwest Hispanic Research Institute, and The University of New Mexico Volume Two: Women in the Southwest Call for Submissions When we consider the diverse communities located in what is, collectively, understood as the U.S. Southwest, the prominence of women is unmistakable throughout...
Artforum International Congratulations to our class of 2021! These artists, educators, and scholars have completed their degrees under the most challenging circumstances and the Department of Art is proud of each and everyone’s achievement. This substantial and significant accomplishment will provide a strong foundation for anything they choose to do going forward. Their skills, expertise,...
By Liberty Stalnaker, Daily Lobo Mark McKnight is an artist and assistant professor of photography at the University of New Mexico. Working primarily in black-and-white analog photography, the works showcased on McKnight’s portfolio website depict jagged desert landscapes, nude figures, sex acts and cloud-spotted skies. “Landscape, body, transcendence, or even the spiritual, the erotic, my identity — I’m...
