TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK
This weekend is all about Mabel Dodge Luhan up in Taos with a symposium on her influence on American Moderns in the West, tied in with an art exhibit at the Harwood Musem, 238 Ledoux St.
You can hear a panel of speakers 1-4:30 p.m. Saturday at the Taos Center for the Arts ($18, 575-758-4677), see Leslie Harrell Dillen’s onewoman play portraying Mabel 7-9 p.m. today in Arthur Bell Auditorium ($12), and hear a community dialogue about Anglo patronage and cultural influences on Hispano society in Taos from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, also in the auditorium (free with museum admission).
You can get the full rundown at www.mabeldodgeluhan.org.
FANTASE:
In case you haven’t been getting enough light shows, art installations, performances and such at the Currents International New Media Festival in the Railyard, head on down to Fantase Fest 6 p.m. to midnight Saturday in DeVargas Park along the Santa Fe River. Local bands will play on two stages and food trucks will keep your tummy full through the night. A skate jam will keep the younger folks rolling, while a wall will stand ready for graffiti art. Don’t forget to check out the latest exhibit in Axle Contemporary’s rolling gallery, which will be parked nearby. And the only thing you have to pay for is the food or other vendor offerings.
SOUTHERN LOWRIDERS:
With lowrider culture filling exhibits at two downtown museums, author Denise Chávez will add to the mix with her talk about what’s going low and slow closer to the Mexico border. Born and raised in Las Cruces, Chávez will give a view of the lowrider scene there at 2 p.m. Sunday in the auditorium at the New Mexico History Museum, 113 Lincoln Ave. The event is free with museum admission, which is free to New Mexico residents on Sundays.
APACHE HEART:
Basketry, micaceous pottery and beadwork all are on display in a new exhibition at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, located on Museum Hill. Stop by and take a look at “Jicarilla: Home Near the Heart of the World,” which will be on display through April 16, 2017. It was put together in cooperation with the Jicarilla Apache Nation, its Arts and Crafts and Archives departments, and the Center of Southwest Studies at Ft. Lewis College in Durango, Colo. More than 80 objects trace the tribe’s history from the mid-19th century to the present.