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Assistant Arts Editor Kathaleen Roberts’ cover story introduces Tim Prythero, an Albuquerque artist who re-creates memories in the form of miniature dioramas.

His tiny reproductions of old gas stations, abandoned trucks and ancient storefronts are on display at Weems Galleries & Framing.

Roberts also previews the inaugural New Mexico Fiber Crawl, which stretches from Albuquerque to Taos over Mother’s Day weekend. Retail shops, museums, sheep and alpaca farms and artist studios will be on the tour.

Also, Wesley Pulkka reviews “Prints by Southwest,” a large group exhibition at the South Broadway Cultural Center.

Features writer Ollie Reed Jr. visits a revived tradition at the Historic Old San Ysidro Church in Corrales: the community coming together to refurbish and maintain the site. The Corrales Historical Society’s mudding day is as much roots and identity as dirt and adobe.

We also have stories about a train enthusiast in Santa Fe and a collaborative effort by three Albuquerque poets laureate — past and present — to create a poem about working together.

In Travel, we go to Artesia, a community long associated with oil and gas production that is touting its cultural history, including a significant collection of majestic bronzes.

David Steinberg reviews Jack Loeffler’s “Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest,” which accompanies an exhibit at the New Mexico History Museum.

Until next week,