Kathryne Lim

Aug 9, 2024 | southwestcontemporary.com | Jordan Eddy |Kathryne Lim

The large-scale prison art show Between the Lines grew from an interactive display focused on trust building with impacted communities. SANTA FE, NM—Demonstrating his methodical process, Carlos Cervantes folds cigarette packaging into rectangular strips and assembles them into a frame that will hug the photograph of a loved one.

Mar 1, 2024 | southwestcontemporary.com | Steve Jansen |Kathryne Lim

Salt Lake City–based writer Paisley Rekdal discusses poetry as an archive and cultural connecter in the history of the transcontinental railroad. Paisley Rekdal, who served as Utah’s Poet Laureate from 2017 to 2021, is the author of seven books of poetry, two essay collections, and a hybrid memoir.

Sep 25, 2023 | southwestcontemporary.com | Camille LeFevre |Kathryne Lim |Devin King |Lynn Trimble

I still feel like a New Mexico writer in part, an important part, and my plans are to secure a little place there to live at least part of the time...New Mexico inspires me as no other place. I consider it the birthplace of my poetry, though of course, my poetry was set in place for generations, through all the speakers, singers, and artists in my ancestral lines. By Jenn Shapland

Apr 18, 2023 | southwestcontemporary.com | Steve Jansen |Kathryne Lim

Tommy Archuleta’s debut poetry book Susto delves into the science and folklore of curanderismo to take readers on a magical and frightening journey through grief. SANTA FE—For Tommy Archuleta, writing is ritualistic. He rises two hours early, ahead of his 8 am workday as a mental health and substance abuse counselor at the New Mexico Corrections Department, to mediate, practice gratitude, and write poetry.