In Plain Sight: Perspectives on the Past

This week, get a glimpse into gallupARTS' Gallup New Deal Art digital project, which is currently in development. Hear Laguna artist, educator and historian Teri Fraizer's perspective on New Deal artist J.R. Willis' interpretation of southwestern history in the series of murals he painted for the Gallup schools in 1936. Willis' murals currently hang in the Gallup High School library. The Gallup New Deal Art project is supported by funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. 

3 Questions for a Local Artist (Special Coronavirus Edition): Christian Bigwater

This week, we're catching up with Diné artist Christian Bigwater about how he is using art to help combat the coronavirus crisis. 

3 Questions for a Local Artist (Special Coronavirus Edition): Greg Ballenger

This week, we check in with Gallup-based artist Greg Ballenger on how the coronavirus pandemic has affected his career and practice.

Special Coronavirus Edition: The Utility of Art in a National Crisis

This week, we dig in to gallupARTS' Gallup New Deal Art project for lessons from the 1930s/40s about the economic and social utility of the arts that we can apply to our current situation. 
Please consider donating to gallupARTS' Local Artist Support Fund to fill the gap in emergency relief funding for Gallup area artists economically devastated by the coronavirus pandemic.