Insight New Mexico - Don Hancock on WIPP Leak NewMexicoMercury 2026-09-18 | Insight New Mexico - Don Hancock on WIPP Leak
Santolina WTF? NewMexicoMercury 2015-06-16 | Hear from economist Kelly O'Donnell, Virginia Necochea, Juan Reynosa from SWOP and Santiago Maestas on the Santolina Master Plan.
Bernalillo County Commission Denies Community Appeals Against Santolina NewMexicoMercury 2015-05-29 | At the May 28th, 2015 Bernalillo County Commission meeting, commissioners shot down a number of appeals by various community groups. Community activist and scholar Virginia Necochea read an impassioned speech relaying the frustration felt by the community at the manipulation of the process whereas community input was limited or met with contempt. Community groups who's appeals were denied were: The South Valley Coalition of Neighborhood Associations, South Valley Regional Association of Acequias, the Center for Sustainable Systems, the New Mexico Environmental Law Center, the Southwest Organizing Project, New Mexico Health Equity Working Group, and Pajarito Village Neighborhood Association.
Insight New Mexico - Joan Gibson on Advanced Care Planning NewMexicoMercury 2015-04-30 | Joan Gibson talks about the importance of advanced care planning at various stages of our lives and her initiative to involve a Health Care Companion to that process.
Insight New Mexico - Ona Porter NewMexicoMercury 2015-03-19 | V.B. Price talks with Ona Porter, President and CEO of Prosperity Works, an organization fighting against poverty in New Mexico, about predatory pay day lenders and current related legislation making its way through the roundhouse.
Insight New Mexico - Maureen Sanders NewMexicoMercury 2015-03-12 | V.B. Price talks with civil rights attorney Maureen Sanders about the history of reproductive rights in New Mexico and her role in one of its biggest legal challenges.
Insight New Mexico - Dr. Lance Chilton NewMexicoMercury 2015-02-26 | V.B. Price talks with pediatrician and immunization expert Dr. Lance Chilton about the ongoing controversy over vaccines, their safety and their effectiveness.
Insight New Mexico - Virginia Necochea NewMexicoMercury 2015-02-19 | V.B. Price talks with researcher, organizer, and doctoral candidate Virginia Necochea about the controversial Santolina Master Plan, a proposed development on the west side of Albuquerque that would eventually be more populous than the city of Rio Rancho.
Insight New Mexico - Emanuele Corso NewMexicoMercury 2015-02-12 | V.B. Price talks with Emanuele Corso, author and education scholar, about education privatization, third grade retention, teacher's unions and the attack on public schools.
Insight New Mexico - Gerry Bradley with NM Voices for Children NewMexicoMercury 2015-02-05 | V.B. Price talks with Gerry Bradley, Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst for New Mexico Voices for Children, about New Mexico's regressive tax structure.
Insight New Mexico - VB Price and Tony Monfiletto NewMexicoMercury 2015-01-15 | V.B. Price talks with Tony Monfiletto, the Director of the New Mexico Center for School Leadership and the Co-Founder of the Leadership High School Network, an innovative group of hands-on, state public charter schools.
Insight New Mexico - State Sen. Cisco McSorley NewMexicoMercury 2015-01-08 | V.B. Price talks with State Sen. Cisco McSorley about the upcoming legislative session; predictions about Gov. Susana Martinez' strategies, education, right to work, water planning and more.
Insight New Mexico - Levi Romero on Juan Estevan Arellano NewMexicoMercury 2014-12-11 | Professor and poet Levi Romero remembers author, researcher, and land and water advocate Juan Estevan Arellano.
Insight New Mexico: David Correia on DOJ Consent Decree NewMexicoMercury 2014-11-21 | V.B. Price talks with UNM Professor David Correia about the strength of the Department of Justice Consent Decree regarding the Albuquerque Police Department.
Goin Crazy with Sam Peckinpah and All Our Friends NewMexicoMercury 2014-11-20 | Almost as famous for the legendary excesses of his personal life as for his films, Sam Peckinpah (1925–1984) cemented his reputation as one of the great American directors with movies such as The Wild Bunch and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. Max Evans, one of Peckinpah’s best friends, experienced the director’s mercurial character and personal demons firsthand. In this enthralling memoir we follow Evans and Peckinpah through conversations in bars, family gatherings, binges on drugs and alcohol, struggles with film producers and executives, and Peckinpah’s abusive behavior—sometimes directed at Evans himself.Evans’s stories—most previously unpublished—provide a uniquely intimate look at Peckinpah, their famous friends (including Lee Marvin, Brian Keith, Joel McCrea, and James Coburn), and the business of Hollywood in the 1960s and 1970s.About the ContributorsMax Evans, a novelist, artist, one-time cowboy, miner, and dealer in antiquities, lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Among his many lifetime achievements are the New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, the Western Writers of America’s Owen Wister Award for lifelong contributions to the field of Western literature, and, most recently, the Texas Institute of Letters Lon Tinkle Award. His novels The Rounders and The Hi-Lo Country were made into feature cult films.Robert Nott has been a reporter for the Santa Fe New Mexican for more than fifteen years. Among his previous books are The Films of Randolph Scott and He Ran All the Way: The Life of John Garfield. Now available at UNM Press. unmpress.com
Insight New Mexico - Joan Gibson NewMexicoMercury 2014-11-13 | V.B. Price talks to philosopher and ethicist Joan Gibson about her new "Pause: How to Turn Tough Choices Into Strong Decisions"
Insight New Mexico - Richard Fox Election Analysis NewMexicoMercury 2014-11-03 | Political scientist Richard Fox breaks down the 2014 midterm elections.
516 WORDS: Hearts and Minds at 516 ARTS NewMexicoMercury 2014-11-02 | Meditations on youth, mentorship and legacy in response to the artwork of Floyd D. TunsonAbout the event:516 WORDS literary arts event in the gallery, featured a phenomenal line-up of performers from both Albuquerque and Colorado with a series of meditations on youth, mentorship and legacy in the context of the exhibition Floyd D. Tunson: SON OF POP. Through storytelling, poetry, music and theatre, the program explored what we inherit and pass down, such as biases, neuroses and health issues, as well as positives like the spirit of activism and chains that we ourselves have broken.The title of this event, Heart and Minds, is taken from Tunson's expansive, multi-media installation in the entrance of 516 ARTS. A Colorado-based, African American artist, Tunson's artwork addresses cultural identity, American social history, and race and class relations, among other things. For over three decades, Tunson served as a high school art teacher, while simultaneously being a prolific artist himself. His dedication to mentorship and the messages in his work serve as a springboard for this culturally diverse writers to perform in conversation with his work across mediums.ABOUT THE PERFORMERSIdris Goodwin, the emcee of this event as well as featured performer, is a Colorado based playwright, spoken word performer and essayist. He is the author of the award winning, widely produced play How We Got On and the pushcart nominated essay collection These Are The Breaks. He has been a writer in residence at The Kennedy Center, and has performed on HBO and Sesame Street. Idris teaches performance writing and Hip Hop aesthetics at Colorado College.Hakim Bellamy, the inaugural Poet Laureate of Albuquerque(2012-2014), is a national and regional Poetry Slam Champion. He is the co-creator of the multimedia Hip Hop theater production Urban Verbs: Hip-Hop Conservancy & Theater that has been staged throughout the country. He facilitates youth writing workshops for schools and community organizations in New Mexico and beyond. He will perform new work from his forthcoming children's book.Tanaya Winder is a writer, artist and educator from the Southern Ute, Duckwater Shoshone and Pyramid Lake Paiute Nations. She has taught writing courses at Stanford University, UC-Boulder and UNM, and is editor-in-chief of As/Us: A Space for Women of the World, a literary magazine publishing works by Indigenous women and women of color. She guest lectures and teaches creative writing workshops at high schools, universities and communities internationally.Ramona King is a storyteller who collaborates with beatboxer Zack Freeman on their own unique form of spoken work and music performance. King has been performing nationally for over 15 years. She conducts workshops and gives presentations on embracing change and challenges for empowered living. She performs folklore and original stories in movement, dance and song, creating an atmosphere of playful wisdom and social justice.Zack Freeman is an accomplished beatboxer who merges Hip Hop, folk a cappella and electronica. He records his voice on an electronic device, creating drum, bass and harmony tracks. He then sings live over the sounds. He prefers performing at elementary schools to the club circuit, spreading a message of peace, community and social justice.
Insight New Mexico - Sherri Brueggemann NewMexicoMercury 2014-10-31 | V.B. Price talks with Sherri Brueggemann about planning a public art project in a city with no people. Brueggemann is the head of Albuquerque's Public Art Program and teaches a course in Arts Management at the University of New Mexico. The Center for Innovation Testing and Evaluation will be a 15 square mile unpopulated test city built to the scale of 35,000 residents. Brueggemann explores the idea of creating culture in an environment that is not populated and examines what defines "public art."
Insight New Mexico - Summer Little NewMexicoMercury 2014-10-16 | V.B. Price talks with Summer Little, Director of UNM's Women's Resource Center, about the recently formed Sexual Assault Task Force and other initiatives aimed at confronting sexual violence on campus.
Insight New Mexico - Peter Katel NewMexicoMercury 2014-10-09 | V.B. Price talks with longtime journalist Peter Katel about the roots of the anti-surveillance movement here in New Mexico as well as the wave of migrants from Central America.
Floyd D. Tunson Talk, Part 2 - Talk and Discussion NewMexicoMercury 2014-10-09 | 516 ARTS presents a talk and discussion by Floyd D. Tunson and visiting curator Blake Milteer of the exhibition Floyd D. Tunson: Son of Pop to Albuquerque for a special talk and discussion with both the artist and curator.Floyd D. Tunson: Son of Pop is a solo exhibition of Colorado-based, African American artist Floyd D. Tunson, who for over four decades has been among the most highly regarded and influential artists in the Rocky Mountain region. He has achieved a rich and diverse body of work that includes painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking and mixed media. Over his career, Tunson has earned a reputation as one of the region’s leading art teachers while simultaneously creating his own work and exhibiting nationally. Tunson’s art is included in the collections of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, the Denver Art Museum, the Kaiser-Permanente Corporation, the Walter O. Evans Collection of African-American Art, and many private collections nationwide.The exhibition at 516 ARTS is organized by the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center and curated by Blake Milteer.
Floyd D. Tunson Talk, Part 1 - Intro NewMexicoMercury 2014-10-09 | 516 ARTS presents a talk and discussion by Floyd D. Tunson and visiting curator Blake Milteer of the exhibition Floyd D. Tunson: Son of Pop to Albuquerque for a special talk and discussion with both the artist and curator.Floyd D. Tunson: Son of Pop is a solo exhibition of Colorado-based, African American artist Floyd D. Tunson, who for over four decades has been among the most highly regarded and influential artists in the Rocky Mountain region. He has achieved a rich and diverse body of work that includes painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking and mixed media. Over his career, Tunson has earned a reputation as one of the region’s leading art teachers while simultaneously creating his own work and exhibiting nationally. Tunson’s art is included in the collections of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, the Denver Art Museum, the Kaiser-Permanente Corporation, the Walter O. Evans Collection of African-American Art, and many private collections nationwide.The exhibition at 516 ARTS is organized by the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center and curated by Blake Milteer.
Insight New Mexico - Eleanor Bravo NewMexicoMercury 2014-09-25 | V.B. Price talks with Eleanor Bravo, Senior Southwest Organizer for Food and Water Watch, about the impact and scale of fracking in New Mexico.
Insight New Mexico - Sen. Bill ONeill NewMexicoMercury 2014-09-18 | V.B. Price talks with State Sen. Bill O'Neill about opening party primaries to independent/unaffiliated voters and other recent legislative issues including the legalization/decriminalization of marijuana.
Insight New Mexico - Richard Fox NewMexicoMercury 2014-09-04 | Political scientist Richard Fox breaks down the 2014 midterm elections with particular insight into ten crucial house seats.
Insight New Mexico - Ray Powell NewMexicoMercury 2014-08-28 | V.B. Price talks with State Land Commissioner Ray Powell who's running for re-election this November. He gives a run down of what the office does, and the issues in the current race.
Insight New Mexico - Joan Brown NewMexicoMercury 2014-08-21 | V.B. Price talks with Joan Brown, Executive Director for New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light, an organization that engages faith communities in addressing climate change.
Insight New Mexico - Gary King on Governors Race NewMexicoMercury 2014-08-14 | V.B. Price talks with New Mexico Attorney General and Democratic candidate for governor Gary King about the governor's race, reversing damaging education policies, job creation and more.
Insight New Mexico - State Senator Jacob Candelaria NewMexicoMercury 2014-08-07 | V.B. Price talks with State Sen. Jacob Candelaria about how Susana Martinez' education reforms are impacting the state, the minimum wage, food stamp work requirements, the recent homeless murders and more.
516 ARTS Digital Latin America Block Party NewMexicoMercury 2014-07-29 | The event featured an array of visual and performing arts, as well as food and entertainment celebrating the arts and cultures of Latin America and New Mexico. It offered fun for all ages in Albuquerque’s urban center, with performances, projections, illuminated projects, kinetic sculptures and interactive demos. http://bit.ly/1ol3SIrVideo production by New Mexico Mercury/New Lens Media, LLC.
Insight New Mexico - Debra Haaland NewMexicoMercury 2014-07-24 | V.B. Price talks with Debra Haaland, Democratic candidate for Lt. Governor.
Insight New Mexico - Mimi Stewart NewMexicoMercury 2014-07-17 | V.B. Price talks with Rep. Mimi Stewart, a former teacher with 30 years of experience and who currently chairs the Education Committee in the Senate, about the education reforms enacted by the Susana Martinez administration.
Insight New Mexico - Arturo Sandoval NewMexicoMercury 2014-07-10 | V.B. Price talks with Arturo Sandoval, President and founder of the Center for Southwest Culture, about the sustainability of the organization and its many community projects.Insight New Mexico is a weekly segment on NewMexicoMercury.com.
Insight New Mexico - Cisco McSorley NewMexicoMercury 2014-07-03 | V.B. Price talks with New Mexico Senator Cisco McSorley about the ABQ Journal's biased coverage, the governor's race, rewriting New Mexico's criminal code and more.
Insight New Mexico: Alan Webber NewMexicoMercury 2014-06-26 | V.B. Price talks with Alan Webber about his recent gubernatorial campaign, economic growth potential in New Mexico, Susana Martinez' abysmal record of job losses and more.
Pablo Helguera: Three Chairs for Society NewMexicoMercury 2014-06-26 | As part of 516 ARTS "Digital Latin America" exhibition, special guest keynote speaker, Pablo Helguera (Mexico), Director of Adult and Academic programs at the Museum of Modern Art, speaks about artists bridging the self and the others through virtual and real space. He says "Henry David Thoreau famously wrote,' I have three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.' Thoreau was arguably referencing the equal importance of being with the self, enacting conversation with another and being an integral member of society." While negotiating the self with the others is not any new issue in artistic practice, today's artists face an interconnected world that can produce both immediacy and alienation. In Latin America in particular, a vast continent that is held together by language and strong cultural links, its geography poses great challenges of communication and interconnectedness. This keynote discusses the related realities and philosophical and practical dilemmas for artists working today in the context of Latin America."
Exploring Language and Communication through New Media NewMexicoMercury 2014-06-26 | As part of 516 ARTS' "Digital Latin America" exhibition, artists speak about revitalizing lost/fading languages of Central America and the Southwestern U.S., challenges of speaking a foreign language in a new country, communication through auditory and tactile means, and communication between humans and machines. All of these artists utilize digital technology in their work, through presentation and/or research methods, to creatively demonstrate ways in which technology can preserve, revive, and reconstruct how languages are experienced between platforms, generations and cultures. Featured artists are Paula Gaetano-Adi (Argentina/Texas), Matt Garcia (USA), Paola Torres Nuñez del Prado (Peru) and Gabriel Vanegas (Colombia). Moderated by Shelle Sanchez. This session is made possible in part by a grant from the New Mexico Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Alex Rivera: Globalization of Information and Communities NewMexicoMercury 2014-06-26 | This talk took place as part of 516 ARTS "Digital Latin America" exhibition and symposium. Alex Rivera is a New York-based digital media artist and filmmaker. He was born to parents from Peru and New Jersey. Growing up in a bi-cultural, channel surfing, tract home led him to rethink assumptions about race, immigration, identity and the global economy. Rivera discusses how his work addresses transnational challenges in communities and the ways in which technology has played a role in the migration of communities. His work uses many different techniques to try to describe two massive and parallel realities: the globalization of information through the internet, and the globalization of families and communities through mass migration. Rivera's work always skews towards discussing the surreal elements of political realities, and strives to be both accessible and critical. his work demonstrates that complex arguments can be made clear and simple through the audio/visual medium.
Hakim Bellamy - Hot Tub Time Machine NewMexicoMercury 2014-06-25 | For New Mexico Mercury's Weekly Poetry series.
Insight New Mexico - David Correia on Arrest NewMexicoMercury 2014-06-19 | V.B. Price talks with UNM professor David Correia about his recent arrest while demonstrating in solidarity with family members of victims of APD violence, and the importance of academic freedom while working in the community.
Jessica Angel lecture with 516 Digital Latin America Collaboration NewMexicoMercury 2014-06-18 | Jessica Angel speaking at the University of New Mexico ARTS Lab on June 2nd, 2014 as part of 516 Arts Digital Latin America Collaboration. Angel is a visual artist from Bogotá, Columbia and her current work explores visual immersion into cyberspace through immersive installations. By creating landscapes, Angel explores the infinite world that occurs on the micro-level of computers and the relationship between urban structures and integrated circuits.
Insight New Mexico: Don Hancocks update on recent WIPP leak NewMexicoMercury 2014-06-12 | V.B. Price gets an update on the WIPP leak from Don Hancock, Director of the Nuclear Waste Safety Program for the SW Research and Information Center.
Guillaume Tremblay on Rafael Lozano-Hemmers Surface Tension NewMexicoMercury 2014-06-07 | Guillame Tremblay, assistant to Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, discusses the installation of Hemmer's "Surface Tension" at 516 ARTS' Digital Latin America exhibition.
Paola Torres Nuñez del Prado on 516 ARTS Digital Latina America NewMexicoMercury 2014-06-07 | Paola Torres Nuñez del Prado talks about her involvement with 516 ARTS' Digital Latina America exhibition.
Gabriel Vanegas on 516 ARTS Digital Latin America NewMexicoMercury 2014-06-07 | Gabriel Vanegas talks about his involvement with 516 ARTS Digital Latina America exhibition.
Jessica Angel on 516 ARTS Digital Latina America NewMexicoMercury 2014-06-07 | Jessica Angel talks about her involvement with 516 ARTS Digital Latina America exhibition.
Insight New Mexico - Jessica Helen Lopez NewMexicoMercury 2014-06-05 | V.B. Price talks with Albuquerque's newest Poet Laureate, Jessica Helen Lopez, about transitioning into her new role and her vision for the position.
516 ARTS for Positive Energy Solar Grant NewMexicoMercury 2014-05-25 | Vote for 516 ARTS to win the Positive Energy Solar grant award for non-profits. 516 ARTS is an independent, nonprofit arts and education organization operating a museum style gallery in the center of Downtown Albuquerque at 516 Central Avenue between 5th and 6th Streets. 516 ARTS offers adventurous programs that address current issues in world culture, presenting innovative and interdisciplinary exhibitions, events and educational activities in a variety of art forms, including visual and literary arts, film/video and music. Openings and events at 516 ARTS draw large, diverse crowds and generate excitement, dialogue and interaction among artists and the public. Schools and community groups visit the exhibitions for educations tours and activities throughout the exhibitions. 516 ARTS is known for its leadership of collaborations that have drawn national and international audiences and media coverage. 516 ARTS collaborates with an array of arts organizations, academic and civic institutions in our region and beyond, which expands the exposure of the artists we present as well as the reach and impact of our programs.
Insight New Mexico - Maggie Toulouse Oliver NewMexicoMercury 2014-05-22 | V.B. Price talks with Maggie Toulouse Oliver, Bernalillo County Clerk since 2007 and candidate for Secretary of State, about the function of the Secretary's office, voter disenfranchisement and more.
Insight New Mexico - Mark Rudd NewMexicoMercury 2014-05-15 | V.B. Price talks with longtime political organizer, anti-war activist and community college instructor Mark Rudd about the recent media dust up on his affiliation with gubernatorial candidate Alan Webber.
