City planning staff present future plans for St. Michael's Drive
Today and tomorrow: New creative and cultural corridor
in the center of Santa Fe
Imagine a vibrant and innovative community stretching along St. Michael's Drive in the center of Santa Fe. You can help decide. Today and tomorrow the City requests your opinion about their latest ideas to develop the neighborhood of the future in the corridor from Cerrillos Road east to St. Francis Drive. Read article.
St. Michael's Drive Overlay District Open House at Cinema Café, 1616 St. Michael's Drive in St. Michael's West Village Shopping Center, Friday, August 12 from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm and Saturday, August 13 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.
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Sandy Zane, owner of Zane Bennett Contemporary Art
Sandy Zane + SFCC = Red Dot Gallery
Santa Fe gallery owner and businesswoman Sandy Zane is the spark plug that ignited the engine of creativity known as Red Dot Gallery.
Last January Zane had vacant gallery space available on Canyon Road and contacted Santa Fe Community College with an idea.
She proposed partnering in the space to develop a comprehensive training program to teach students the entire gallery business. The result? Red Dot Gallery featuring the work of emerging artists from Santa Fe Community College opened at 826 Canyon Road. Read article.
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Art Crimes Symposium
August 15, 7:00 to 10:00 pm
St. John's United Methodist Church
1200 Old Pecos Trail (at Cordova Road)
Free Admission
Featuring the Head of the FBI Art Crime Department, Bonnie Magness-Gardner
Presented by New Mexico Lawyers for the Arts
Have you heard of the Four Corners raids? What about tribal art dealers donating work to museums and then coming under criminal investigation?
The tension arises due to tribal art dealers feeling as though their livelihoods have been severely restricted due to the FBI's newer initiatives to target tribal art dealers on a wide-scale basis. Read more.
