Santa Fe isn’t Cold Enough (…but it Has Mad Arts!)

17 Monday Dec 2012

Posted by danielwalldammit in Bad Photography, Street Art

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Art, Murals, New Mexico, Photography, Photos, Santa Fe, Snow, Street Art, Travel

Railroad Station

Santa Fe isn’t cold enough.

I was sitting down for lunch at a conference in Santa Fe as a snow storm settled on the town when someone asked me how the cold here compared to the cold back home. I told her it wasn’t cold enough here.

After the laughter, I explained that I had stepped in a puddle of melted snow that morning, the result being that my foot was cold and wet. This was not the sort of thing I had to worry about in Barrow, at least not for much of the year.

Santa Fe just isn’t cold enough.

Oh but it’s a beautiful city for a walk, even with the wet snow that melts around your feet and makes them wet.

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Quite a few of these murals are from a sort of youth center, called Warehouse 21.

In other news, I added a couple pics to the photo-gallery for the Institute of American Indian Arts, in Santa Fe.

(If you click on it, it will grow!)

: Railroad Station

: Epic battle Under the Sun

: Santuario de Guadalupe (Old Mission Church)

: Back Wall

: Health Theme

: Dumpster Wall

: Icicles

: Walking Dead

: Hm…

: Mural Near the Train Station

: Locomotive, Train Station Mural III

: Train Station Mural IV

: Cathedral II

: Saint Francis of Assisi Dancing on the Water

: Pink Wall

: Wiener Dog

: I think it represents the totality of man in his quest to find the inner objectification of all that is not what it really is, …on a Thursday.

: Native American Motif

: Giraffes in the snow! (W21)

: Bird Mural (W21)

: Moar Confusilating Images! (W21)

: Aerosol Art in and on the wall (W21)

: I had a feeling someone was watching me. (W21)

: Hulk! (W21)

: I dunno, looks powerful. (W21)

: Spidy (W21)

: Eye From Below. (W21)

: King (W21)

: Feather Head Woman (W21)

: If I have to tell you who this is… (W21)

: Parking Lot I

: Parking Lot II

: Parking Lot III

: Parking Lot IV

: Parking Lot I

: …and Jimi closes the show, as well he would (W21)

Gallery – Institute of America Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico

28 Thursday Jun 2012

Posted by danielwalldammit in Bad Photography, Education, Native American Issues, Street Art

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American Indian, Art, Education, Institute of American Indian Arts, Native American, Photography, Photos, Santa Fe, Southwest

So, I just got back to Vegas after spending a few days in Santa Fe. I was there to visit the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) along with some folks from my own institution and about 5 other tribal colleges. IAIA is a 4-year tribal college, and they have an awful lot going for them. The trip also included a visit to Taos Pueblo, several excursions into downtown, and a trip out to some interesting rock formations. For the present, I thought I would just put up a gallery of the lovely IAIA campus.

Students were gone for the summer, and a number of displays had been pulled down, but the campus still has an amazing variety of art projects. They also have a digital dome, the worlds only fully articulating dome. It hangs from four chains which can be raised or lowered to change the angle of the display. …and yes, students get to use it.

Seriously, there are few institutions in this world about which I can’t think of anything critical to say. In fact, right now I think the list may have one entry.

: The Institute for American Indian Arts

: Dance Circle, They hold various outdoor functions here (including a Powwow in May)

: The IAIA Dance Circle from above.

: IAIA Sculpture 1, Bison

: IAIA Sculpture 2.

: IAIA Windchimes

: IAIA, Sculpture 4

: IAIA, Sculpture 5

: IAIA, Sculpture 6

: I don’t know the story behind this one. Something tells me it’s a good one.

: IAIA, Exterior Mural 1

: IAIA, Exterior Mural 2

: IAIA. The couches in the student Learning center beckon students to places where the can get help. …it’s a devious kindness that lies in wait here.