A delicate watercolor illustration shows two flowing, blue-dressed figures holding hands mid-spin on a soft, muted background of warm earth tones.

Memory, Place, and the Joy of Discovery

Albuquerque-based dancer and artist Dagmar Shaw reflects an inner dialogue between memory, place, and the joy of discovery in her art.

June 29, 2026 | Read Article

An abstract composition with the upper left showing a purple hand silhouette on a warm-toned background and the other sections displaying swirling, layered hues of green and purple.

Queer and Liberation Centric Compositions

Visual artist Al Sabrie tends to queer and liberation centric compositions of sound, movement, prose, and mixed media design.

December 22, 2025 | Read Article

An illustration of six orange flowers and an orange dancer holding onto a flower stem and leaning back.

Communion with the Wild Natural Divine

Albuquerque-based dancer, artist, and magick maker Romy Keegan shares her dance-inspired bursts of artwork, like bright flowers popping up in springtime.

June 30, 2025 | Read Article

Four dancers in a dark studio hover in a circle and reach their hands to the floor in a small pool of light from a flashlight held by one of the dancers.

What Remains, What Becomes

Pioneer Winter of Miami, FL, explores the difference between holding versus keeping through commemorating the generation lost to HIV/AIDS and to his mother who died when he was young.

April 28, 2025 | Read Article

An illustration of a dancer wearing a pink dress showing her back with raised arms. The background is black.

Capturing Raw Moments

Albuquerque-based visual and dance artist Erica Wilson renders raw and surrealist moments in dance in her quest to capture gesture and flow.

December 23, 2024 | Read Article

Articles from the ‘Creative Responses’ collection

Memory, Place, and the Joy of Discovery

Queer and Liberation Centric Compositions

Communion with the Wild Natural Divine

What Remains, What Becomes

Capturing Raw Moments