Art on Air

This week, get a sneak peek at local Native artist Arnulfo Peña's show "Life, Survival and Hope" at ART123 Gallery (on view through December 5). 

This week, we explore how the arts are driving the Route 66 revival and how that might be more important now than ever for Gallup to pay attention to given changes in travel trends due to the coronavirus pandemic. 

This week, drop in on the installation of "Finding Home" and "Native Beauty" at ART123 Gallery and hear from featured artists Dana Aldis and Shannon Gurley O'Donnell about what to expect from the show. 

This week, we get the inside scoop on Axle Contemporary's "Be Counted: Vote" campaign, which is engaging artists in encouraging voter turnout, from co-founder Matthew Chase-Daniel.  

With the Coal Avenue Commons project taking shape in downtown Gallup, we look back at how we got here and forward at where we're headed. 

"Art in Isolation" is on view at ART123 Gallery September 12 - October 3. Go behind the scenes to learn the process of putting the show, which features new work made by seven artists in response to the coronavirus pandemic, together. 

This week, we asked four different artists which artwork most caught their eye from ART123 Gallery's The April Show in August and why. 

This week, hear how 15 local artists are exploring non-traditional media, uncharted territory and new perspectives in a show of photography, painting, prints, collage, sculpture, weaving and mixed media work at ART123 Gallery (through September 5). 

This week, we literally go behind the scenes of Gallup's New Deal art to discover what secrets the paintings and prints in the collection have been keeping. 

Ahead of the opening of The April Show in August at ART123 Gallery on Saturday, August 8, 2020, we chat with featured artist Aaron Benally about what it means to be an artist in the time of COVID. 

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. 

This week on Art on Air, gallupARTS announces its new Free Family Art Kits program, serving up art education, creativity and family fun from July - December. 

This week, we go behind the scenes of the Gallup United Street Mural for our "In Plain Sight" segment on public art. 

This week, we share a report on The Art Collective, a collaborative, community-based, youth-oriented, iterative art project serving McKinley County.

This week, we tell the story behind Doin' Dylan: Gallup's Bob Dylan Tribute Concert. Find out why Gallup, New Mexico celebrates Bob Dylan each year in June! 

As we gear up to celebrate Bob Dylan's music and poetry with the 4th Annual VIRTUAL Doin' Dylan: Gallup's Bob Dylan Tribute Concert on Sunday, June 21 from 2 - 5 pm, we're taking a look this week at some of The Bard's most famous protest songs. 

This week, we look ahead to the 4th Annual VIRTUAL Doin' Dylan: Gallup's Bob Dylan Tribute Concert with singer/songwriter and Bob Dylan super-fan Dylan McManus, who will be opening the show with his group McManus & Juda. Get all the Doin' Dylan details at www.galluparts.org/doindylan  

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

This week, we check in with artist Shannon Gurley O'Donnell on what the coronavirus pandemic means for artists. 

This week's episode contains a brief history lesson with a dip into art history and a call to action to join gallupARTS' two mail art campaigns: it's "Artist Trading Card Exchange" and its "1,000 Paper Cranes for Gallup" project. Find more information about these projects at www.galluparts.org/at-home-projects

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