On March 3, 2023, The University of New Mexico Art Museum (UNMAM) opened Hindsight Insight 2.0: Portraits, Landscapes, and Abstraction from the UNM Art Museum. The hybrid exhibition and project space is devoted to complicating existing narratives about...
Art for the Future: Artists Call and Central American Solidarities, the most in-depth exhibition to date exploring the formative 1980s activist campaign Artists Call Against US Intervention in Central America, will open Tuesday, Sept. 6, at The...
Sound artist, producer, and singer-songwriter Seylon Stills will be featured in the first of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology’s Courtyard Concert Series at The University of New Mexico on Friday, July 15, at 6:30 p.m. This is a free event and open to...
The University of New Mexico Art Museum will host a conversation with artist Anila Quayyum Agha and UNMAM curator of prints and photographs Mary Statzer Thursday in person and virtually. Agha, whose exhibition Mysterious Inner Worlds is on display now in...
Opening Feb. 18, the University of New Mexico Art Museum hosts Mysterious Inner Worlds, the first solo exhibition in New Mexico featuring Anila Quayyum Agha. Highlights include the large-scale light installation titled Intersections (2014) and the debut...
The University of New Mexico Art Museum (UNMAM) is unveiling its newest virtual exhibition, “Hindsight/Insight: Reflecting on the Collection,” which is now available on the UNM Art Museum website. “The virtual exhibition provides viewers with...
With local healthcare workers facing a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, UNM Art Museum, and Museum of Southwest Biology recently donated their supply of gloves and N-95 masks to UNM Hospital.
The Jonathan Abrams, M.D. Gallery hosts an opening reception featuring work by Holly Roberts and Robert Wilson on Friday, Feb. 28 from 5 to 7 p.m. The gallery is located on the fifth floor of the Ambulatory Care Center (5ACC) at the UNM Health Sciences...
The campus community is invited to the opening reception of Sheltered, featuring the work of Rachel Popowcer on Friday, June 7 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Jonathan Abrams MD Art Gallery, located on the fifth floor of the Ambulatory Care Center...
Researchers at The University of New Mexico examined the effects of consuming cannabis on nausea symptoms from five minutes to one-hour post-cannabis consumption and showed that using Cannabis results in an average symptom improvement of nearly 4 points...
Many people understand the environment as a force of nature that cannot favor or disfavor different populations. However, similar to all things on Earth, the environment is subject to human influences. Unfortunately, these influences often tend to lower...
Meg Honnold just wrapped up her first year at The University of New Mexico, but unlike most students on campus, it was also her first year in a classroom. Homeschooled from kindergarten through high school on a fundamentalist family commune in the Ozark...
Language matters—spiritually, culturally, emotionally. Written and spoken words are an art form, a way for values and traditions to be passed down for generations. When a language is lost, part of that culture is lost. By the same measure, when language...
The Spanish arrived from Europe in what would eventually become the United States nearly 500 years ago and began to mix with indigenous people they met and conquered. Native Americans, Mexicans, Central Americans, South Americans, Caribbean islands, and...
It’s an opportunity of a lifetime. For the first time in more than 50 years, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will be sending astronauts to the moon - and an interdisciplinary group of experts at UNM has been selected as one of...
Registration for classes at The University of New Mexico 2023 Summer/Fall semesters begins on April 10 The Schedule of Classes is available for online viewing. UNM is rolling out its registration April 10-14. Registration begins for the summer...
Although my mother wasn’t a curandera — or traditional healer — she should have been one. Growing up on a rural farm away from populated areas made healthcare harder to come by. “Don’t you dare get sick,” she would say to me and my siblings. “And if you...
Samantha Wauls, a University of New Mexico School of Law alumna (‘22), was selected for the Motion Picture Association and Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program's Entertainment Law and Policy Fellowship. Wauls, a...
This Lobo statue, located southeast of Johnson Center, was created by sculptor John Tatschl as a dedication to the 158 students and alumni of The University of New Mexico who made the supreme sacrifice for our country in World War II. The structure was placed by the fraternities and sororities of UNM.
A new gateway to The University of New Mexico was recently unveiled on the northwest corner of Central Ave. and Girard Blvd. ASUNM was awarded funds from the NM State Legislature for the project in 2020. Students, visitors and alumni are invited to take photos with the 3D UNM monogram to show their Lobo pride.
The University of New Mexico will be closed for Winter Break from Friday, Dec. 23 through Monday, Jan. 2. UNM wishes one and all a safe and happy holiday season!
Pathways and sidewalks were illuminated with luminarias as part of The University of New Mexico’s annual Hanging of the Greens event recently. More than 14,000 luminarias dotted the campus landscape as part of UNM’s oldest tradition hosted by the UNM Mortar Board. Photo by Sarah Carsrud, UCAM.
"Stone, Paper, Scissors," located outside of Zimmerman Library on UNM's main campus, was created by Kevin Box in 2013. It's part of the UNM Art in Public Places exhibition commissioned by the State of New Mexico's Department of Cultural Affairs.
Heaven’s Tears, located in the UNM Student Union Building, was created from porcelain, wood and string in 1992. It's part of the UNM Art in Public Places exhibition commissioned by the State of New Mexico.
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