Daily Postcard: Bee Enjoys Wild Iris Along Camp May Road
Daily Postcard: A bee enjoys wild iris on Tuesday afternoon along Camp May Road. Photo by Marc Bailey‘A Lifetime Of Color: Batiks By Gloria Sharp’ Step Up Gallery
Step Up Gallery News:
“A Lifetime of Color: Batiks by Gloria Sharp” will be on display May 14 through June 10 in Step Up Gallery at Mesa Public Library. More than 40 pieces of this vibrantly-color artwork, made from cloth, wax and dye, will be on view.
There will be an opening reception to meet the artist, 2-3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 16. The public is welcome to attend.
For as long as she can remember, Sharp said she has been in love with color.
“By the time I was six years old, I already loved my box of crayons and my drawing tablet,” she said. “I filled the tablet’s pages with so much energetic color that I quickly Read More
Call For Artists: Festival Of The Cranes Poster Contest
FBDA News:
SAN ANTONIO — Are you inspired by sandhill cranes and the beauty of the natural world? Friends of Bosque del Apache invites you to submit artwork for the 2026 Festival of the Cranes Art Contest.
The winning design will be featured on this year’s official festival poster, festival booklet, and merchandise, serving as the face of the Festival of the Cranes. The selected artist will receive a $500 cash prize, along with a booth or table at the event, where they’ll be honored as the Featured Artist of the Year and can sell their work—from postcards to original pieces.
Submissions are due by Read More
AstroTour [AR] At Museum Of Indian Arts & Culture May 17
STEMarts Lab News:
The community is invited to attend an interactive Star Party where art, astronomy, and cultural storytelling come together through augmented reality, 6-10 p.m. on Sunday, May 17, at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture.
The STEMarts Lab AstroTour [AR] project is an innovative collaboration with the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture developed with students from the Santa Fe Indian School to transform the night sky into a living canvas.
Using generative code, astronomy, and cultural narratives, participants will explore constellations in new ways—bridging scientific Read More
Los Alamos Ceramics Club Holds Ribbon Cutting And Open House For New Location Today At 4:30 P.M.
LACC News:
After more than a decade at Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos Community Ceramics (LACC) has transitioned into a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit and moved to a new, dedicated studio located at 2101 Trinity Drive.
To celebrate this expansion, Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce will perform a ribbon cutting ceremony at 4:30 p.m., May 13, 2026. The organization is hosting an Open House, immediately following the ribbon cutting until 6:30 p.m.
The public is invited to tour the fully equipped facility and learn about its diverse offerings, which include wheel throwing, hand building, and specialized Read More
Free Palestine Film Series Presents ‘The Occupation Of The American Mind’ Screening At SALA May 19
By EMMA ABATA
Los Alamos
If you are working multiple jobs to keep up with endless bills, anxiously watching your stocks or 401(k), wondering how Social Security is going to hold up, or just feeling like this country is being run for someone else’s benefit no matter who is in charge, this Tuesday’s film at SALA is for you.
At 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 19 the Free Palestine Film Series in Los Alamos will screen The Occupation of the American Mind, a documentary that explains how a foreign government and its lobby have spent decades shaping American media coverage and American foreign policy. The film is almost Read More
Jody Folwell And Contemporary Artists Celebrate Transformative Legacy At NMMOA May 15
Jody Folwell. Wild West Show, 1996–2003. Clay, paint 21 7/16 x 14 1/16 in. Courtesy of the School of Advanced Research, cat. no. SAR.2004-16-1. Photo by Addison Doty. © Jody Folwell.
NMDCA News:
The New Mexico Museum of Art presents “Boundary Breakers: The Legacy of Jody Folwell”, a special conversation honoring the extraordinary career and influence of acclaimed Santa Clara Pueblo potter Jody Folwell.
Jody Folwell joins artists Kaa Folwell, Diego Romero, and Jared Tso from 5:30–6:30 p.m., Friday, May 15 for a conversation on Folwell’s life, art, and lasting impact on contemporary Pueblo Read More
Daily Postcard: Elk Plays Peekaboo In Bandelier
Daily Postcard: An elk plays peekaboo on Monday in Bandelier National Monument. Photo by Lauren Hughes
An elk nibbles on spring aspen leaves on Monday in Bandelier. Photo by Lauren Hughes Read More
Concordia Santa Fe’s Wind Orchestra To Present Concert At St. Francis Auditorium June 14
Mid Century Joyride Sunday, June 14 at St. Francis Auditorium. Courtesy/CSF
CONCERT News:
Concordia Santa Fe’s Wind Orchestra will present its second concert of 2026 at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 14, at the New Mexico Museum of Art in the St. Francis Auditorium.
Under the direction of guest conductor Professor David Bertman, Director of Bands at the University of Houston, the 40-member ensemble will perform works by Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Michael Markowski, Gian Carlo Menotti, Vincent Persichetti, and David White.
Admission is free, with donations gratefully accepted at the door. Read More
Visit Beso Jewels At Village Arts This Saturday
Courtesy photo
BUSINESS News:
Visit Beso Jewels at Village Arts from 10:30 a.m.–4 p.m., Saturday, May 16. Check out “The Other Room” and a fine selection of jewelry, coins, and this month’s birthstone, Emerald.
Services:
- Repairs of all types
- Custom design
- Gold and Silver jewelry
- Silver Coins
- Appraisals
- Gemstones, Pearls and Diamonds
- Layaway
- I BUY Gold, Silver, & Jewelry in any condition as well as coins, gemstones and diamonds.
Ten New Mexico Companies Share $245,000 In Grant Money To Fuel State’s Creative Business Economy
NMEDD News:
SANTA FE — Ten creative businesses in New Mexico will share nearly $245,000 in state grant money aimed at helping them improve operations, expand their reach and build long-term stability. Creative businesses use creative means such as design, production, culture or crafts to turn original ideas, artistic talent and innovation into products or services that create economic value.
These Business Development & Expansion Grants, awarded by Economic Development New Mexico Creative Industries Division, are the second batch of awards during fiscal year 2026. Grant applicants Read More
LACF: Local Music Organizations Need Your Support
Dean Decker. Courtesy photo
LACF News:
Music plays a significant role in Los Alamos, providing entertainment, community, and culture to our little town on the mesa. Concerts and performances, however, require funding to pay for music, performance space, and special guest musicians. Resident Dean Decker, who has been involved in the Los Alamos music scene since 2004, has established two new endowments to help fund established music organizations: one for Los Alamos Community Winds and one for Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra.
“I want to provide for the long-term financial stability of these Read More
‘Sons Of Gunshooter’ Author Talk, Book Signing At Bosque Redondo Memorial May 30
NMDCA News:
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site is hosting an author presentation and book signing for a new book about one of the West’s most famous Indian traders who was shot to death in a remote corner of the Navajo Nation.
Authors Dorothy Denetclaw, Diné (Navajo), and Matt Fitzsimons introduce their exciting new book, The Sons of Gunshooter, at 1 p.m., Saturday, May 30, in the Resource Room at Bosque Redondo Memorial. Part history, part true crime, the book reexamines the killing and subsequent murder trial, while simultaneously embedding the story in a much larger saga Read More
Daily Postcard: Hooded Warblers Return To Los Alamos
Daily Postcard: Hooded Warblers have returned to the Santa Fe National Forest, Los Alamos County, for the third year in a row. This species is a rare migrant in the western United States, but in 2024 they nested along the reservoir road, the first confirmed nesting in New Mexico, and fledged one young. In 2025, they moved south to Upper Water Canyon, and successfully fledged two young. This year a male was first seen April 11, and by May 10 a male and female had settled back into Upper Water Canyon again, in the same exact spot as last year. If you hike this trail, listen for the distinctive song ‘cheree Read More
LALT Variety Show Fundraiser May 16 At Performing Arts Center
From left, Matthew DeSmith, Kelsey Denisson and Heather Beemer have performed many times with LALT and with the Atomic Follies. All three will sing and/or dance at the Saturday Variety Show Fundraiser. Photo by Thomas Graves
John Gustafson, member of LALT and Atomicomedy, will perform standup comedy at Saturday’s fundraiser. Photo by Thomas Graves
LALT News:
Los Alamos Little Theatre (LALT) is back in the Performing Arts Center (PAC). To celebrate the longtime local troupe’s return to the PAC, LALT will host a no-holds-barred, 18 and older variety show featuring not only LALT performers, Read More
C’YA Calls On Artists To Submit For CommUNITY Calendar
C’YA is known to be good for the heart, metal work done by Richard Roquillo. Courtesy/Bernadette Lauritzen
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
Champions of Youth Ambitions
Champions of Youth Ambitions (C’YA) is calling on artists of all ages, abilities and in all mediums as they inaugurate a plan for a 2027 community calendar called CommUNITY Year-round Art (C’YA). The goal is to reflect on an answer to the question, What does good health look like to you?
The result will be in an 18-month community health/wellness education project. Local contributors have until September 1st to submit Read More
HSFF Presents ‘Carving The Southwest: The Artistry Of Dorthy Stewart’ Opening May 29 At Edwin Brooks House
Courtesy/HSFF
Dorothy Newkirk Stewart. Courtesy/HSFF
HSFF News:
SANTA FE — Opening May 29, 2026, Historic Santa Fe Foundation is proud to celebrate the centennial of the Stewart sisters’ arrival on Canyon Road. In honor of this anniversary, we invite you to a retrospective of the work of Dorothy Stewart (1891–1955), a pioneer of the Santa Fe art community and the founder of Pictograph Press.
This exhibition features over twenty original woodblock prints on translucent paper, rare hand-printed editions of her Shakespearean volumes, Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and select Read More
NMSA Hires Creative Writing & Literature Chair Sasha Grafit
NMSA News:
SANTA FE — New Mexico School for the Arts (NMSA) announces the selection of Sasha Grafit to lead its Creative Writing & Literature Department. Grafit is a published author, translator, educator, and editor who has taught creative writing at Columbia University and at Harlem High School in New York City. Sasha is passionate about inspiring young people to write. “My teaching philosophy,” he explains, “is focused on preparing students to carefully observe the world with an artistic eye and to express their own ideas in a compelling manner. When students competently wield the Read More
Local Comic Creators To Release ‘Cuentos Infernales’
Paul Ziomek and Octavio Ramos will launch Cuentos Infernales a new comic book later this month. Plans will include local opportunities for signed copies, including ChamberFest on June 6. Courtesy/Evelyn Ziomek
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos
Octavio Ramos is a proud first generation American with a passion for folklore which has always played a role in his life. Now that he has retired from LANL, he is telling stories full time. He and his partner in storytelling, Paul Ziomek, have a new project combining their creativity in new comic book, Cuentos Infernales (“Infernal Tales”), Frightening Read More
Daily Postcard: Rare Long-Eared Owl Spotted Near Urban
Daily Postcard: A rare Long-eared Owl was spotted roosting in the backyard of a residence Saturday near Urban Park. Long-eared Owls are lanky and often seem to wear a surprised expression thanks to long ear tufts that typically point straight up like exclamation marks. These nocturnal hunters roost in dense foliage, where their camouflage makes them hard to find, and forage over grasslands for small mammals. Long-eared Owls are nimble flyers, with hearing so acute they can snatch prey in complete darkness. In spring and summer, listen for their low, breathy hoots and strange barking calls Read More