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1 week ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | Brian Sandford
Painter Keevan Donahue was so inspired by Taos artists David Leffel and Sherrie McGraw, the latter of whom had been mentoring him from afar, that he moved all the way from Roswell to learn more and experience the landscape that inspires them. Taos Valley might be a culture shock to someone relocating from New Mexico’s Roswell, but Donahue had been living in Roswell, Georgia, about 25 miles north of Atlanta and 1,400 miles east of Taos.
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1 week ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | Brian Sandford
Cathy Notarnicola, curator of Southwest history at the New Mexico History Museum, has never participated in the famed Northern New Mexico pilgrimage to El Santuario de Chimayó. That doesn’t mean she’s unfamiliar with physical burdens borne by some of the Catholic pilgrims who walk to the church each year, trudging from as far as the Albuquerque metro area 90 miles to the southwest.
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1 week ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | Brian Sandford
Alluvium #1, a 24-by-24-inch print created by Karrie Hovey, is part of Morphology, featuring her works. The show runs concurrently with Pascination, featuring works created by fellow print artist Eddie Lee. Through May 18, Aurelia Gallery, 414 Canyon Road; 505-501-2915, aureliagallery.com — Brian Sandford
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1 week ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | Brian Sandford
Aaron Leventman’s play-reading program People Have the Power pays tribute to two entities the Santa Fe playwright is passionate about: the fight for human rights and his late mother, a social activist who shaped his equality-driven value system. “My mom was involved in the civil rights movement in Berkeley in the early ’60s, and she continued to be a political activist her whole life, working for the underprivileged,” he says. “She was an advocate for reproductive justice.
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2 weeks ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | Brian Sandford
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2 weeks ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | Brian Sandford
The Mane Event, a 24-by-24-inch dye on silk created by Nancy Dunlop Cawdrey, is part of Parallel Visions: Midwest Sculptor & Western Silk Artist, featuring works by Cawdrey and Mark Dziewior. Both are set to attend a reception from 5-7 p.m. Friday, April 4. Through April, Sorrel Sky Gallery, 125 W. Palace Avenue, 505-501-6555; sorrelsky.com
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2 weeks ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | Brian Sandford
In my teens, my grandfather noticed I was showing signs of major depression and advised me never to lose hope, that the battle would get easier. He was correct, partly for reasons he couldn’t have predicted. He didn’t know I would discover that the process of writing felt like shining a flashlight into an abyss. I remain aware of and saddened by the endless darkness, but just knowing I can turn that light on whenever needed is of tremendous comfort.
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2 weeks ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | Brian Sandford
When Marsden Hartley (1877-1943) lived in Taos and briefly Santa Fe near the end of World War I, he was still years away from the height of his fame as the “Painter of Maine” and a prolific essayist. As was the case with many other artists of the era, Northern New Mexico’s pastoral beauty informed some of Hartley’s best-known works, such as Landscape, New Mexico, and Cemetery, New Mexico.
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3 weeks ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | Brian Sandford
The Profound, an 86-by-66-inch oil and diamond dust on canvas created in 2025 by Tom Kirby, is part of an exhibition of Kirby’s works. A reception is 5-7 p.m. Friday, March 28. Through April 10, Winterowd Fine Art, 701 Canyon Road, 505-992-8878; fineartsantafe.com — Brian Sandford
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3 weeks ago | 
santafenewmexican.com | Brian Sandford
Editor’s note: This story contains mentions of suicide. Santa Fe Playhouse director of advancement Colin Hovde views the theater as similar to church: It’s a place where congregants can celebrate togetherness and hear vital reminders that the pain, the isolation, the fear they might be enduring is not insurmountable. “It is people coming together to hear stories, learn from those stories, learn about resilience and how other people survived challenging times,” he says.
