DON’T MISS IT
Art, activism film series
LEMEBEL. Directed by Joanna Reposi Garibaldi. Runtime: 1hr. 36-min. documentary, art / Chile, Columbia / 2019 / NR
Chilean performance artist, writer, anti-fascist, cross-dresser, and queer activist Pedro Lemebel (1952-2015) was a larger-than-life icon of his country’s gay liberation movement. In both his work and his life, he blended humor with spectacle, working for a new and expansive view of sexuality rooted in solidarity with all marginalized groups. LEMEBEL is an artistic biography of a brilliant and provocative man, and an intimate portrait of an artist at the end of his days. Director Joanna Reposi Garibaldi, a friend of Lemebel’s, gathers archival footage, images, and slides from Lemebel’s personal collection. At his own urging, she continues to film him during his last weeks, before his death from throat cancer.
SOMOS reading, annual meeting
Society of the Muse of the Southwest presents an online reading by M. Kaat Toy (Katherine Toy Miller) of Taos on Sunday (Feb. 28) from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Toy Miller has published a number of works, including: a prose poem chapbook, “In a Cosmic Egg” (Finishing Line Press 2012); a flash fiction book, “Disturbed Sleep” (FutureCycle Press 2013); and a short story collection “Many Worlds: Some American Odysseys” with illustrations (Shanti Arts Publishing 2021). Livingston Press at The University of West Alabama will publish her novel “Madness with Grief” with illustrations (2021). She is completing a book of prose poems with illustrations titled, “Silences.” Her work has been published in Mademoiselle, The Best of the Missouri Review, Fiction, Gargoyle, and elsewhere. Go to zoom.us/j/5757580081 ?pwd=SnZncXlvUUZPY3F3OEhyOXM 3TnVxQT09.Meeting ID: 575 758 0081; Passcode: SOMOS.
SOMOS’s annual meeting is Wednesday (March 30) from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Zoom. All are invited to hear about Taos’ literary arts and writing nonprofit’s 2020 programming and finances, as well as plans for 2021 at this virtual meeting. SOMOS office is located at 108 Civic Plaza Drive. Contact Jan Smith at somos@somostaos.org or call 575-758-0081. Go to zoom.us/j/5757580 081?pwd=SnZncXlvUUZPY3F3OEhyOX M3TnVxQT09. Passcode: SOMOS.
CALENDAR Thursday, Feb. 25
10:30 a.m. | Kids’ Mask Gathering with Taos Children’s Library. Join Twirl’s artistic exploration and fun mask-making event for kids! Get a stash of creative supplies to work with beforehand. Call 575-737-2588 or email rmartinez@taosgov. com. Join Zoom, ID: 101453590.
Friday, Feb. 26
All Day | Lemebel. The Paseo Project and TCA Art and Activism Film Series; 7-day rental. Go to tcataos.org/calendar. Cost $10.
Saturday, Feb. 27
10 a.m.-4p.m. | Taos Miniatures Exhibit & Sale. Last day of this popular annual exhibit, showcasing jewelry, paintings, sculptures and more. See in person or online at Millicent Rogers Museum. Go to millicentrogers.org or call 575-758-2462.
Sunday, Feb. 28
10 a.m. | Katrina Blair Music by Jenny Bird. Unity of Taos Zoom service. Go to us02web.zoom.us/j/82969056513.
11 a.m.-noon | Sharing Circle: Becoming Native to This (Your) Place. A possibly more expressionistic, format. A song, phrase or quote to respond to via email any way, from an authentic place inside you. The fourth Sunday of the month Zoom meeting live goes a little deeper. See uutaos.org/contact/ or call 877-214-8754. Free.
7 p.m. | Dating, Love, Sex – God’s Way. A biblical perspective in a free 8-part virtual series thru March 14; Living Word Ministries, facebook://Lwmsite.org.
Monday, March 1
9 a.m. | TCA Radio Hour – Claudio Saunt, author “Unworthy Republic, The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory,” and more. KNCE 93.5 FM or stream live at truetaosradio.com.
Tuesday, March 2
11 a.m. | Family Music with Ivy. Sing and play together at home. Live on Facebook. See too twilrtaos.org/covid-19-resources extensive list of sites for all ages’ at-home learning and creativity. Email anais@twirl. org with suggestions.
Wednesday, March 3
All Day | Lemebel. The Paseo Project and TCA Art and Activism Film Series; 7-day rental. Go to tcataos.org/calendar. Cost $10.
Art and history
“Artist Lab: Art Meets History in New Mexico” (deadline Sunday, Feb. 28) brings historic content into artists’ contemporary practices, working with and learning from stellar U.S. faculty. A collaboration between 516 ARTS, Kolaj Institute, and Albuquerque Museum Photo Archives, the Artist Lab looks at how our divergent histories of
race, conflict, and colonialism inform how we imagine our futures. 516ARTS Scholarships available to artists from New Mexico, Mexico (US/Mexico border focus), and Native American, Alaskan Native or First Nations artists.
Participating artists asked to work from their own people’s history, to confront that history and to imagine a future that offers justice, fairness and support for
all people. Four-week online program consists of 12-15 sessions scheduled around participants’ schedules. A goal of the lab is a proposal for a body of artwork to be considered for a group exhibition at 516 ARTS in 2022. See 516ARTS.org or contact Suzanne Sbarge, 516 ARTS executive director, suzanne@516arts.org, or call work: 505-242-1445, cell: 505-2357580.
TCA youth call
Taos 6th through 12th-graders are called to submit art for “Movement: Ripple, Wave, Vibration,” a community art exhibition presented by the TCA, town of Taos, and Taos Ski Valley. The press release explains thematically, “Movement in the environment, in nature, in daily life. This show seeks to explore movement and elevate visual art made by students who recognize movement continues and is continuous in our wide world.”
WHO: Taos students (grades 6-12)
COURTESY PHOTO
WHEN: March 26-April 30
WHERE: Encore Gallery, Taos Community Auditorium, 145 Paseo del Pueblo Norte; also virtually at tcataos.org
WHAT: artwork no smaller than 8x10 inches; no wider, taller or deeper than 30 inches; including 3D work and mixed media (sculpture, drawings, paintings, collage, photographs, etc.
ART DROP-OFF: Monday, March 22, between 2-5 p.m. at Encore Gallery,
ART PICK-UP is Monday, May 3, between 2 and 5 p.m. at the Encore Gallery.
AWARDS: Jurors from TCA, Taos Ski Valley and town of Taos Community Events will select ribbons in 1st, 2nd, 3rd place for grades 6-8 and 9-12.
Limited art supplies at TCA for youth wanting to submit work. For availability, email info@tcataos.org. Get full submission guidelines at tcataos.org/callsfor-submission.
See also the call for submissions of digital media art projects to showcase in a drive-in “Open Screen” in TCA’s backlot. Details for this call can also be found at tcataos.org/calls-for-submission.
CALL FOR ARTISTS
• $5,000 Taos Onstage Award presents a free Playwriting Contest, open to any Taos-region resident of Colfax, Mora, Río Arriba and Taos counties. Deadline April 30, 2021, midnight MDT. Made possible by contributions from the Taos Onstage supporters. See taosonstage.com/contest.
• TCA call for submissions, requesting digital arts projects of all genres, 1-15 minutes in length. See Submission guidelines, at tcataos.org/calls-forsubmission/.
• TFAF Spring 2021 Virtual Exhibition, Taos Fall Arts Festival invites all Taos artists and artists who show in a Taos art gallery to submit work for its “walk-through” virtual exhibition. The exhibit has no theme and is unjuried. Exhibition dates are April 1 – April
30. Submission deadline is Feb. 28. Details and guidelines available at taosfallarts.com/ participate/taos-fall-arts-festival-spring2021-virtual-exhibit-2/.
• Ammann Gallery, a well-established gallery in business for 17 years in the John Dunn Shops, has an opening for a new member artist/craftsman. Membership involves one-day-a-week commitment to work the gallery and we are certified in COVID-safe practices. Applications along with samples or photos of your work can be accepted on any Friday, at 120 Bent Street. Call 575-758-7450.
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
• TFAF volunteers sought, Taos Fall Arts Festival, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, in its 47th year, dedicated to the celebration of all arts’ expression. TFAF seeks volunteers for its committees, Board of Directors and annual, 10-day fall event. To contribute time, energy and skills to Taos’ largest art show please contact president Paul Figueroa, 575-7798579 or paulcfigueroa@gmail.com.
ONGOING
• COVID restrictions in place: capacity, masks and distancing required.
• Millicent Rogers Museum – Vista Grande High School art teacher Dawning Pollen Shorty’s museum studies class in MRM galleries; students receive materials and guest speakers series, including MRM Board of Trustees member David Anderson. The 19th Annual Miniatures Show, through Feb. 28. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Purchased items must be left on display til March 1. Museum admission free for members, $10 for non-member adults; $1 (one dollar) for SNAP cardholders; children under 10 are free. For more, see
millicentrogers.org or call 575-758-2462.
• Taos Historic Museums (The Blumenschein Home and Museum and Hacienda de los Martínez) are reopened. Museum hours Friday-Monday, 10 a.m.3 p.m. To make donations, become a member or make a purchase, call 575-7580505 or see taoshistoricmuseums.org.
• ‘Creating Reality’ — Multidisciplinary artist Sarah Parker’s work is on display in Paseo Project’s “Annex Windows” at 107 Civic Plaza Drive, through March 15. Visit paseoproject.org/annex-installations/.
• Ray Wolf ‘action paintings’ are on view at magpie gallery in Taos through March 20. Wolf also shows at Rottenstone Pottery in Arroyo Seco. The magpie gallery is at 218 Paseo del Pueblo Norte in town. Visit magpietaos.com or call 781-2480166.