Awesome sunsets, giant cultural heritage, 300+ days of sunshine and miles of art earn Santa Fe a perennial spot on lists of Best Places to Live and Retire. In 2015, National Geographic gave us top props for having a Sense of Place. Then in 2016, Conde Nast Traveler knighted Santa Fe as one of the […]
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Design + Nature + Community: Santa Fe’s Chavez Center
Leave it to Santa Fe to build a recreational center that is an icon to Santa Fe values. The Genoveva Chavez Community Center is at once an art piece of exquisite design, a testament to environmental sensitivity, and a supporter and champion of community…
Collaborative Art Santa Fe: Pt. III
I have been a fan of Meow Wolf’s hearts-out approach to creation since I spent a bent-necked hour sucking in the delights of Geodecadent I, a swirling dome of 20th-century household flotsam. Meeting the team only cemented my fandom…
Collaborative Art Santa Fe: Part II
Here’s the second in a series of posts showcasing remarkable acts of collaboration in the Santa Fe Art Community. If you caught Currents 2011, you’ll likely remember the video installation “Interference.” The title describes a rubble-strewn urban wasteland that shifts to lush forest when interfered with by a human presence. Interactive videos were a big […]
Collaborative Art Santa Fe, Pt. I
Collaborative Art: What springs to mind? The Dadaists of Cabaret Voltaire? Andy Warhol’s Factory? Jeff Koon’s Studio? (or any number of less famous examples.) I’m used to the idea of collaboration in the workplace, or in improvisational theater, where good work can become great work when spontaneous sharing reigns and egos take a back seat. […]
