March 2012 Ancient Southwest Lectures and Conferences

Note: showing listings for NM and adjacent states (AZ & CO) only. NM listings and links are in boldface. For complete updates and more Southwest archaeology news, subscribe to ASNM-L@list.unm.edu. This blog series is part the Virtual Salt Missions Trail project.

 

March 5, 6:00 PM, Southwest Seminars Lecture: "Chaco Canyon: The Enigmas of Fajada Butte and the Symbolism of the Center." Dr. J. McKim Malville, Hotel Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico

NM Archaeological Society, April 20–22 in Moriarty

Local historians, archaeology buffs, Salt Missions Trail Scenic Byways and Cultural Corridor management committee, supporters and fans.... don't miss this one. Mark your calendars. (Yes, this is early, but we'll be reminding you again... and again) Check out the Call for Papers too. It is to be hoped that MRCOG's management plan coordinator and committee members will present, at the very least, a spiffy poster about the Corridor.

 

Estancia Valley salt lakes

Saturday's program opens reviewing the Estancia Basin and the peopling of the Salinas Province from early man through the historic period. The historic perspective will focus on use and trade of salt from the lake on the La Salina Grant.  

2012 Annual Meeting April 20 to 22 in Moriarty includes Friday Evening Events and Saturday Mini-Symposium

Flamenco Performance, #Mountainair, 3pm Sat Mar3

#MMAC invites the public to a special performance of Flamenco at the Dr. Saul Community Center in Mountainair NM.  Performers from Tucson and Albuquerque will join Fabian, Katrina and Keteri Sisneros of Abó for this free public event on Saturday March 2nd at 3 p.m.  The Sisneros family's 2009 flamenco performance at Abó ruins, a Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument Centennial event, energized the crowd. 

 

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Their March 3rd performance promises to be a very lively event, visit MMCA Events page for more details.

A few flamenco links:

• Flamenco (NM Tourism)
• Flamenco del Pueblo Viejo (Tuscon)
• about Flamenco (Wikipedia)
• National Institute of Flamenco (Albuquerque)
• Festival Flamenco International

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Post expanded from a Manzano Mountain Art Council Event announcement.This event is made possible by the Manzano Mountain Art Council.

Art elsewhere/when: Renoir's La Promenade [video]

ForaTv video: La Promenade: Looking Under the Surface of a Renoir Masterpiece Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/02/08/Renoirs_Wall_Power_Colin_B_Bailey Dr. Colin B. Bailey, Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator of The Frick Collection, discusses the surprising facts that were discovered when Renoir's "La Promenade" was examined using infrared reflectography. He explains that while impressionists were praised as "partisans of unadorned reality," looking under the surface of the painting unearthed some revealing alterations.

#CreativeTourism classes on using social networks

from Santa Fe Creative Tourism, classes starting Tuesday February 14th: "Have no fear: Using social networks for your business." The price, FREE, is right, and the focus, using social networks, certainly one that local businesses and organizations (arts council and CoC come to mind) would benefit from learning more about. Time to learn to fish. 

 

The City of Santa Fe Arts Commission and Santa Fe Creative Tourism will be offering a series of evening classes and one-on-one consultations by appointment in the Santa Fe Community Gallery at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy St. The classes will take place through March 27, 2012.

Classes will include overviews on free or inexpensive online marketing tools and will touch on topics including: monitoring your online presence, social networks for business, search engine optimization and more. Special presentations will be made by Alice Loy of the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship. The classes will include a combination of lectures and demonstrations.

 Class Schedule:

• Tuesday February 14th – Have no fear: Using social networks for your business [or organization]
  
• Tuesday February 21st – The Northern New Mexico Cultural Corridor [obviously local interest would focus on local arts council, Mountainair art center and Mr C's emerging management plan for a resuscitated Salt Missions Trail Scenic Byway & Cultural Corridor, but surely you can extrapolate]
  
• Presenter: Alice Loy, Director of Programs for Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship
  
• Tuesday February 28th –Developing content for your website and blog
  
• Tuesday March 6th – Monitoring your online presence and search engine optimization
  
• Tuesday March 13th – What is Creative Tourism and how can I participate?
  
• Tuesday March 20th –Setting up Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn (for beginners)
  
• Tuesday March 27th – Vertical Response, Constant Contact, and Mail Chimp: Creating an e-newsletter
  

All classes are free and held from 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Santa Fe Community Gallery, 201 West Marcy Street (at the intersection of Marcy and Sheridan) Santa Fe, NM 87501

Please RSVP at santafecreativetourism@gmail.com

The City of Santa Fe Arts Commission (SFAC), an agency within the municipal government of the City of Santa Fe, provides leadership by and for City government in supporting arts and cultural affairs. The SFAC also recommends programs and policies that develop, sustain and promote artistic excellence in the community. For more information contact SFAC at (505) 955-6707, email artscommission@santafenm.gov or fax (505) 955-6671.

Contact: Brent Hanifl, santafecreativetourism@gmail.com or 608-792-5746

El Palacio, Winter 2011

Art, History, Religion and Humanity by Les Daly from El Palacio Winter 2011

The following articles are also available in PDF on the El Palacio website

• Letters from the Editor by Cynthia Baughman
• The Rule of Three: Margarete Bagshaw by Kate Nelson, from El Palacio Winter 2011
• Pablita Velarde: Painter of Pueblo Life by Dorothy Dunn. from El Palacio volume 59, number 11, November 1952, pp. 335-341.
• Pablita Velarde: From New Deal Painter to Legendary Artist by Shelby J. Tisdale
• from El Palacio volume 112, number 3, Fall 2007, pp. 64-69.

El Palacio Magazine: Art, History, and Culture of the Southwest | New Mexico Museums

El Palacio, the oldest museum magazine in the country, is the source for knowledge about the art, history and culture of the Southwest. Published since 1913, El Palacio—now as then—reflects the work of New Mexico’s four state museums in Santa Fe; its six State Monuments; and its singular Office of Archaeological Studies.

Reminder: #Mountainair Town Council & #SaltMissionsTrail

Call 847-2321, email TownClerk@MountainairNM.gov or go by in person (probably most reliable) for agenda & more information.

 

Town of Mountainair  

Why is this notice here and not in Announcements? Two reasons. First, I'm celebrating. It's not often we have meeting agenda information for Town Council meetings. Don't expect to be a regular feature. The only reason I have information is because MRCOG's Salt Missions Trail Scenic Byway and Cultural Corridor Management Plan is on the agenda and I have a feed reader to bring me information that the less than transparent often "forget" to make more than a perfunctory effort to make public. The second reason is because Announcements is an editorializing free zone, and I have opinions to share.

 

Salt Missions Trail Scenic Byway Management Plan ~ don't blame me for the verbiage and how long it takes the plan to make a point. MRCOG got a grant to spend a lot of money on this verbiage. Our own local Chamber of Commerce, just one among others along the trail, and Manzano Mountain Arts Council contributed information based on limited community input, sharing only among themselves despite Mr C's misplaced impression that CoC and Town would inform and involve the community.

So what about the plan? It's not perfect, too vague and underfunded, one reason why MRCOG is promoting community projects that will be community funded. Other than meetings, signage along the Trail and a Facebook page, it's not yet clear what MrC will be doing. Still, the Trail (aka SMB to save typing) has potential. Mr C. and the CoC's (sounds like a band) favor "scenic byway" emphasis tourism traffic and $$. 

The combination of tourism, local development, colonialism and sustainability issues are not without problems. Another time. 

For now, consider the Cultural Corridor part of the plan. If (as seems all too likely) you feel left out of the plan management loop, just occupy it (Trail, Corridor, plan). Demand transparency too. Learning more about other Trail area communities and cooperating with them on educational and other projects of mutual benefit are pluses. Neither require Mr C's or CoC approval. You can also learn more about Cultural Corridors and Scenic Byways on your own. 

Mountainair Online is starting its own project with a Salt Missions Trail image collection on Pinterest. So can you. Let me know about your project so we can link them. 

I asked and ascertained that there has been no update since the final public draft touted about communities along the trail last fall. Torrance County Commission voted to accept the plan. Short version for today's Town Council meeting:

MRCOG is asking the Mountainair Town Council to act on the following motion:

"Accepts the Salt Missions Trail Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan Update as a basis for requesting funds [from whom?] for the implementation of Scenic Byway projects [such as?] along the Salt Missions Trail Scenic Byway, and agrees to appoint a representative [WHO?] to participate in the Salt Missions Trail Scenic Byway Organization Committee."

Ed Note: Questions added in brackets, boldface for emphasis. Please add your own questions in comments to forward to Mr C's Salt Trail rep

#Mountainair Music: iCreate violin & guitar lessons & more

  

iCreate violin & guitar lessons return to the Shaffer Hotel (image from City of Dust, via Mountainair 87036) Tuesdays and Thursdays  4-5 pm. Unfamiliar with the music outreach program? Simple: music for everyone. Lessons are free (donations welcomed), loan instruments available. Earn a certificate and instrument or music paraphernalia by completing a course, learning pieces, creating one of your own and performing at an iCreate recital.

 

iCreate guitar lesson with Kay Stillion

So what else is going on with local music and music makers? Thelocal musical landscape shifts, groups form, perform, drop from sight, reform new groups or revive old ones. Diamonds in the Field, Bozon Band, Cognitive Dissidents, Manzano Bluegrass Players, iCreate Jammers, Folk City among others. Players, duos, groups come and go, rarely (if ever) speaking of Michaelangelo. The music remains... 

More local music notes (with plans for individual features on below & more) 

• Kathleen Ryan (Clute) ~ don't miss her latest CD, Drivin'
  
• Pegeen (WeDoMusic2), 2nd Tuesdays at Pack's Cafe (Shaffer) 5-6 pm followed by
  
• iCreate Tuesday Jams, 6 pm
• Mountairair Muse, Christian Raphael, also on Facebook and Twitter
  
• Michael Godey & Kathy Liden at Alpine Alley, Shaffer Hotel, hosting open mics at Dog & Pony Gallery, Tajique and (when the weather is right for it) Music Until Dusk
  
• Lenora Romero, with friends and family, at local events (farmers market opening, Sunflower), Packs Cafe, iCreate Jam and others
  
• Mountainair Community Choir, under the direction of Patty Mahoney (Christmas Cantata, Jubilee, Christmas Land, etc)
• Mountainair High School band, Virginia Hinds

Local venues and events featuring live music: Shaffer Hotel, Alpine Alley, Mountain Arts on Broadway, Sunflower Festival, Jubilee, September de Profundis Concert at Quarai, MMAC Concert Series, MMAC sponsored Music in the Schools program, Mountainair Baptist Church (hosting Community Choir/Chorus performances. Others as they occur to me.... got a local musician, group, program, series or event? Send me the information to feature on Making Music in Mountainair (MMM)

 

local blues duo playing at Alpine Alley

In closing, a quick update on recent additions to Mountainair's digital footprint: new Facebook pages for Salt Missions Trail Scenic Byway, Mountainair Community Garden and iCreate; twitter streamed at MountainairNM; scooped at Mountainair 87036 and pinned at Pinterest with boards for Sunflowers, Mountainair, Christmas in Mountainair and just now starting, a board for the Salt Missions Trail Scenic Byway and Cultural Corridor (because preserving history and local culture are for the whole community and too important to leave up to "Mountainair Beautiful" committee, local CoCs and MRCOG).