When he was five years old, Enrique's mother left him for the United States. Ten years later, he set off alone to find her -- a 1,500-mile journey north from Honduras, stowing away atop freight trains across Mexico. Enrique's Journey was documented by Los Angeles Times photojournalist Don Bartletti . The photographs won Bartletti a Pulitzer Prize in 2003, and they're on display through December at the New Mexico Humanities Council in Albuquerque.

He grew up fascinated by the radio towers and power lines that dot the landscape of Northern New Mexico. In high school, he was drawn to welding. And today, as an artist, he continues to work in metal, creating sculptures that are intricate and delicate, but also imposing and mysterious. Hernan Gomez Chavez is showing his new work this month at the Santa Fe gallery, OTA Contemporary , on Canyon Road.

On average, the number of people shot each year in America is over 116,000 -- that's by murders, assaults, suicide and suicide attempts, unintentional shootings and police interventions. The statistic comes from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, and it's one of many points being made in Gun Violence: A Brief Cultural History , an exhibit on display through November 10 at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology on the UNM campus in Albuquerque.

Over fifty artists are being given free rein this month in Albuquerque to create highly visible outdoor art. Throughout downtown and nearby neighborhoods, barren walls are being turned into public canvases by local, national and international artists. Mural Fest 2018 , September 22 - October 13, is the follow-up to a successful first-time event last year. "Murals are the peoples' voice. Art has always been a catalyst for moving cultures forward," says artist JP Eaglin, the curator of Mural Fest

It started ten years ago as what it describes as "a dumpster-diving, Do-It-Yourself warehouse space." Today, Santa Fe's Meow Wolf is an arts and entertainment powerhouse -- part concert venue, part immersive fantasy world and part learning center for kids. In 2017, it decided to share its success and established the Meow Wolf DIY Fund to support other alternative arts spaces around the country. "Our DIY Fund is set up to help spaces that not only support artists but also musicians, performers

Its renovation is complete and the unveiling ceremony for the new Smith Plaza on the University of New Mexico's Albuquerque campus will take place Wednesday, August 29 at 10 a.m. on the Plaza. The Project Manager for the transformation, Aaron Zahm of Albuquerque's MRWM Landscape Architects , joined KUNM to discuss his design for what he hopes will become "the true heart of the campus." "We put four different concepts in front of all the stakeholder groups, and we asked people, What do you like?

Suspended from the ceiling is a herd of blue buffalo, seventy-five of them, flying on wings. The buffalo tell the story of thousands of Native American children who, from the 17th Century through the 19th, were abducted from their families and enslaved on ranches and in homes across the Southwest. The Flying Blue Buffalo installation is the creation of veteran Santa Fe artist Armond Lara , and it's on view starting August 17 at the Santa Fe gallery, form & concept .

Five years ago, while she was a graduate student in anthropology at New Mexico Highlands University, Nanibaa Beck had an idea. As a girl, she had trained with her father, a noted Diné metalsmith, and now she conceived of simple silver necklaces inscribed with words from Native languages. She's had her own line of jewelry every since. This month in Santa Fe, Nanibaa Beck is an artist fellow at the Indian Arts Research Center , part of the School for Advanced Research , and she'll be featured in

Robbin Bates , an MFA candidate in UNM's Painting and Drawing Program, is working this summer in a skylighted basement space in the University of New Mexico's Anderson School of Management. Robbin's design was chosen from a field of student submissions for a new mural in Parish Memorial Library . The 20"x11" mural will be revealed in a ceremony this September. The call from UNM Libraries asked for a mural that not only represented New Mexico but would also brighten up a dimly lit area of the

Dave Grusin has been an award-winning composer, producer, arranger and, of course, jazz pianist and recording artist for over 50 years. He's the subject of a new feature-length documentary that was produced by two fellow musicians (and fellow Santa Fe residents), vocalist Barbara Bentree and pianist John Rangel. Dave Grusin: Not Enough Time screens on July 22 at the Lensic Center in Santa Fe, as part of the New Mexico Jazz Festival.