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Arts & Culture

Posted inArticles

Reservation Dogs is finally up for the recognition it deserves

by Jason Asenap September 11, 2024October 25, 2024

Producer and writer, Migizi Pensoneau, ‘brings the realness’ to Emmy voters.

City, 1970 – 2022 © Michael Heizer. Courtesy of Triple Aught Foundation.
Posted inIssues

What to make of land art in the era of LandBack

by Savanna Strott and Joey Lovato September 1, 2024September 24, 2024

‘City,’ a massive outdoor sculpture in Nevada, took Michael Heizer 50 years to make. Today, it is met with a mixture of scrutiny and awe.

Posted inSeptember 2024: When Migrants Go Missing

About Suffering

by Claire Wahmanholm September 1, 2024August 30, 2024

A poem by Claire Wahmanholm.

Posted inArticles

The hunt for a great third place

by Stephanie Cher August 26, 2024August 28, 2024

The significance of discovering a place with charm, wit and different flavors of personality.

Posted inIssues

‘There are no rules when it comes to art’

by Nate Lemuel August 1, 2024July 31, 2024

#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.

Posted inAugust 2024: In the Wake of the Floods

Morning Mist

by Arthur Sze August 1, 2024July 31, 2024

A poem by Arthur Sze.

Posted inArticles

When the end of the road brings a new beginning 

by Jenny Shank July 17, 2024August 8, 2024

Two accomplished new novels by Joe Wilkins and Willy Vlautin feature weathered protagonists called back from the brink.

Cholos, Logan Heights, San Diego, 1980.
Posted inJuly 2024

The father of Chicano art photography

by Elizabeth Ferrer July 1, 2024July 1, 2024

Louis Carlos Bernal saw his role
as creating art of and for the people.

Dos Cholas, Tucson, Arizona, 1982.
Posted inIssues

La retrospectiva de Louis Carlos Bernal

by Elizabeth Ferrer July 1, 2024July 1, 2024

El primer gran estudio de la vida y el trabajo del “padre de la fotografía artística chicana”

The Bessemer ditch near Pueblo, Colorado.
Posted inJuly 2024

A new documentary confronts water scarcity in the West

by Natalia Mesa July 1, 2024July 1, 2024

In Mirasol: Looking at the Sun, Colorado farmers fight to save their communities.

Posted inJuly 2024

The California artists illuminating kelp

by Kate Fishman July 1, 2024June 28, 2024

How art and science can build hope for a threatened underwater species.

Posted inJune 2024: The Idea of Wilderness

Mole Negro

by Alison Hawthorne Deming June 1, 2024June 10, 2024

A poem by Alison Hawthorne Deming.

Maja Ruznic, The Past Awaiting the Future/Arrival of Drummers, 2023. Oil on linen, 99 1/2 × 151 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (252.7 × 384.8 × 6.4 cm). Collection of the artist. © Maja Ruznic. Courtesy Karma.
Posted inJune 2024: The Idea of Wilderness

New York’s Whitney Biennial turns its attention to the West

by Sean J Patrick Carney June 1, 2024May 31, 2024

Contemporary artists and Western aesthetics get their due with ‘Western art’ for the 21st century.

Posted inArticles

The end of a frontier dream amid the Unabomber’s reign of terror

by Maxim Loskutoff May 27, 2024August 8, 2024

An excerpt from ‘Old King,’ Maxim Loskutoff’s latest novel.

Posted inArticles

History, addiction and community in Tommy Orange’s latest novel

by Shelbi Polk May 3, 2024August 8, 2024

A Q&A with the author of ‘Wandering Stars’ and ‘There, There.’

Posted inMay 2024: A River Returns

Art without the mask of Native identity

by B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster May 1, 2024April 30, 2024

Multidisciplinary artist Nizhonniya Austin talks about authenticity, trust fund pottery hipsters, and her role as Cara in ‘The Curse.’

Posted inMay 2024: A River Returns

Une dernière pour la route

by Patron K. Henekou May 1, 2024April 30, 2024

A poem by Patron K. Henekou.

Posted inApril 2024: Epic Journeys

The untold history of Japanese American bird pins

by Susan Shain April 5, 2024April 5, 2024

They were one of the most ubiquitous crafts to come out of Japanese incarceration camps. But few knew their back story — until now.

Posted inApril 2024: Epic Journeys

Crumpled Up

by Kazim Ali April 1, 2024April 1, 2024

A poem by Kazim Ali.

Posted inArticles

Satirizing gentrification in ‘The Curse’

by Ellena Basada March 26, 2024March 25, 2024

Avant-garde entertainment’s new topic of interest: urban transformation in the American Southwest.

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