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Current Show National Hispanic Cultural Center
Nuclear Past, Present, and Future: Art in Action
Nuclear Past, Present, and Future: Art in Action is a collaboration between the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium and the National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum. The project examines the impact of nuclear technologies, its devastating human and environmental toll, and the artistic expression and activism of community members advocating for justice.
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Current Publication
Chamisa: A Journal of Literary, Performance and Visual Art of the Greater Southwest
Vásquez, Irene. "Chamisa Vol IIII." Chamisa: A Journal of Literary, Performance, and Visual Arts of New Mexico and the Greater Southwest 4, 1 (2025). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/chamisa/vol4/iss1/3
Previous Events
Mal Aire
"El Dia de San Ysidro" 48" x 48" oil on canvas
"In our devotions to San Ysidro, we express our hope for good harvests, plentiful gentle rains, salvation from grasshoppers and hailstorms, as well as prayer for amicable relations between neighbors" - NM Acequia Assn.
"Bigfoot" 16" x 20" oil on panel
When my son was a young boy, he loved "BIgfoot" trucks . Sadly, that's not what this painting is about. The fight to extend Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) benefits to all downwinders is still alive. "It ain't over till we win"
Opening: Wednesday September 12, 2024 5-7pm
South Broadway Cultural Center gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Mal Aire is on view through October 19. Both the reception and exhibition are free to attend.
For more information
https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/news/mal-aire-exhibition-opens-at-south-broadway-cultural-center
