Arts & Culture Archives - High Country News https://www.hcn.org/topic/arts-culture/ A nonprofit independent magazine of unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West. Thu, 08 Aug 2024 19:53:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Arts & Culture Archives - High Country News https://www.hcn.org/topic/arts-culture/ 32 32 229054741 ‘There are no rules when it comes to art’ https://www.hcn.org/issues/there-are-no-rules-when-it-comes-to-art/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 07:15:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=326838

#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.

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]]> 326838 Morning Mist https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-8/morning-mist/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 07:10:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=326767

A poem by Arthur Sze.

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]]> 326767 When the end of the road brings a new beginning  https://www.hcn.org/articles/when-the-end-of-the-road-brings-a-new-beginning/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=326664

Two accomplished new novels by Joe Wilkins and Willy Vlautin feature weathered protagonists called back from the brink.

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]]> 326664 The father of Chicano art photography https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-7/the-father-of-chicano-art-photography/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 07:57:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=326204 Cholos, Logan Heights, San Diego, 1980.

Louis Carlos Bernal saw his role
as creating art of and for the people.

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]]> 326204 La retrospectiva de Louis Carlos Bernal https://www.hcn.org/issues/la-retrospectiva-de-louis-carlos-bernal/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 07:57:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=326501 Dos Cholas, Tucson, Arizona, 1982.

El primer gran estudio de la vida y el trabajo del “padre de la fotografía artística chicana”

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]]> 326501 A new documentary confronts water scarcity in the West https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-7/a-new-documentary-confronts-water-scarcity-in-the-west/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 07:35:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=326166 The Bessemer ditch near Pueblo, Colorado.

In Mirasol: Looking at the Sun, Colorado farmers fight to save their communities.

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]]> 326166 The California artists illuminating kelp https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-7/the-california-artists-illuminating-kelp/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 07:25:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=326176

How art and science can build hope for a threatened underwater species.

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]]> 326176 Mole Negro https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-6/mole-negro/ Sat, 01 Jun 2024 07:35:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=325475

A poem by Alison Hawthorne Deming.

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]]> 325475 New York’s Whitney Biennial turns its attention to the West https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-6/new-yorks-whitney-biennial-turns-its-attention-to-the-west/ Sat, 01 Jun 2024 07:30:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=325517 Maja Ruznic, The Past Awaiting the Future/Arrival of Drummers, 2023. Oil on linen, 99 1/2 × 151 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (252.7 × 384.8 × 6.4 cm). Collection of the artist. © Maja Ruznic. Courtesy Karma.

Contemporary artists and Western aesthetics get their due with ‘Western art’ for the 21st century.

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]]> 325517 The end of a frontier dream amid the Unabomber’s reign of terror https://www.hcn.org/articles/the-end-of-a-frontier-dream-amid-the-unabombers-reign-of-terror/ Mon, 27 May 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=325720

An excerpt from ‘Old King,’ Maxim Loskutoff’s latest novel.

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