Southwest Contemporary

1 week ago | southwestcontemporary.com | Natalie Hegert

Artist Jack Craft operates a cattle ranch in the Texas Panhandle while producing minimalist sculptures and experimental prints. The first time I met Jack Craft, we were in a meticulously raked “zen garden” art installation and he handed me a shot of tequila in a tiny iron pinch-pot. The second time I met Craft, he was holding a microphone outside of the gallery I co-founded, calling like a seasoned rodeo announcer.

1 week ago | southwestcontemporary.com | Natalie Hegert

Drift///Hold is the ambitious inaugural exhibition of Central Standard in Tulsa with major new works by five compelling early-career artists. Drift///HoldFebruary 22–April 18, 2025Central Standard, TulsaThe words “drift” and “hold” evoke opposites: forward-looking movement and backward-facing pause. But as political rhetoric, nationally and in red states like Oklahoma, becomes increasingly polarized, can we stretch away from binaries toward the complicated?

2 weeks ago | southwestcontemporary.com | Lauren Tresp

Environmental artist Stacy Levy brings Santa Fe’s lost acequias back to life with Missing Waters, a temporary chalk water map installation at the Santa Fe Railyard April 25-29, 2025. Stacy Levy: Missing WatersApril 25–29, 2025Santa Fe RailyardIt’s hard to believe in the midst of persistent drought, but Santa Fe wasn’t always this dry. In the early 20th century more than forty acequias snaked through the city, providing sustenance for gardens and crops and riparian habitat for wildlife.

2 weeks ago | southwestcontemporary.com | Natalie Hegert

While the Roswell Museum’s doors remain closed following the disastrous flood last year, support comes from the local community and statewide arts organizations. ROSWELL—At the Roswell Public Library on a recent Saturday morning, parents mingled while kids moved between three stations of tables, dutifully scrubbing tarnished pennies with salt and vinegar, “restoring” photocopies of paintings with colored pencil, and gluing broken toys back together.

3 weeks ago | southwestcontemporary.com | Jordan Eddy |Lynn Trimble

Local artists and gallerists weigh in on Scottsdale Ferrari Art Week’s debut—and its efforts to bust regional stereotypes and elevate the Southwest on a global stage. SCOTTSDALE—There’s a new art fair in the Southwest, where key players hope to expand the visibility of the region’s vibrant contemporary art offerings. “People assume all the art here is cowboys and Indians standing around cactus,” quips art dealer Trey Brennen, who co-founded the event.