Big ideas often arrive in small packages. In fact, this is the idea behind the ART.i.factory art space, located inside the Art.i.fact consignment boutique. To mark the ART.i.factory’s second anniversary, “Big Ideas,” a small works show, opens on Saturday, Nov. 19. The artists' reception is from 4 to 7 p.m. The show includes a broad array of artwork - from traditional to conceptual, mixed media to sculptures, paintings to drawings, and works on wood to works on paper. We’ve invited more than 25 artists to exhibit their best small works. Some...
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By Patti Levey It is a fragile moment in history. We are experiencing the most charged presidential election in recent times. Police are killing – and being killed. Socio-economic and racial inequality continue to create a culture of haves and have-nots. War refugees are at the center of a humanitarian crisis. In the face of all this, the time to celebrate peace, justice, and creativity couldn’t be more pressing. Please join us on Saturday, Nov. 5, from 4 – 7 p.m. for a very special closing event for our current...
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The fun-loving merchants in the Baca Street Arts District are at it again – this time, they are cooking up an awesome Halloween block party! Join us on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 4 – 8 p.m. for tricks, treats, art, and humor from the funny guys from Wayward Comedy. The party starts at the intersection of Baca and Cerrillos; from there, it’s an easy quarter mile walk west to the participating establishments. At Art.i.fact, we’re excited to host local artist Ysidro Barela, whose work can be seen at Meow Wolf....
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Long before ISIS was the acronym of a brutal terrorist organization, the word identified a powerful and compassionate Egyptian goddess who w as attributed with spreading wisdom, technology, and the arts – in addition to values and traditions that are present with us today. Santa Fe artists Patti Levey and Andrea Vargas have created an installation that celebrates Isis the goddess and all that she has stood for over time. The opening reception will be held Saturday, Sept. 24, from 4 – 7 p.m. at Art.i.fact’s art space, the ART.i.factory....
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Dark humor meets whimsical charm in Outside the Lines, the new exhibition at the ART.i.factory gallery opening on Saturday, May 14. The artists’ reception will be from 4 – 7 p.m. M. Gold and Drew McGee express a fascination with the shadowy side of our collective reality. Their drawings and collages point to a world just beyond what we all like to imagine as “normal.” For example, Gold has a piece featuring a characters that look like they were pulled from the pages of old Dick and Jane reading books...
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Hauntingly beautiful nude photographs are contrasted by intricately hand-knit copper and brass body parts in the ART.i.factory’s new exhibition, “Body of Work,” which celebrates its opening reception on Saturday, March 12, from 4-7 p.m. Photographer Patti Levey and multimedia artist Laura Stanziola come together for the first time, giving viewers a unique opportunity to experience the interplay of anatomy through these two Santa Fe artists’ work. Levey’s photographs are a bridge between worlds connecting the physical and the spiritual. “For me, making self-portraits is both a political statement and a...
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