Sala Diaz, San Antonio, TX, still going strong. This December will be 31 years.

35th Anniversary Exhibition Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX www.gallerysonjaroesch.com

Every National Day of Protest 2025 in Socorro, New Mexico was well attended. 300 plus at one, about 100 the usual. This last one was the second bitter cold one since April. A movement nation wide, undeterred. www.dchieftain.com/multimedia/p...

"That’s the beauty of the writing process. It’s almost like something arises out of me that’s a little smarter, a little more fair, a little more curious, and hovers over the desk for a while. Then the theory is the book urges that spirit out of the reader as well, and the two things merge. "

"Samuel Johnson’s pre-1776 comment that 'patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel' has long lingered in my mind as a question. It has always seemed there was more wisdom in his comment than can be contained in the simple explanation that it was an indictment of false patriotism, mere display."

that fool on the hill didn’t live there before he’s living there still a stain marks his door his castle beset all blind will and threat a hollow tribune don’t follow his tune go go go go to the well I said well well well go to the well

Apparatus for Trapping Lions in The Scottish Highlands, 2025 blue pencil on paper, yellow transparent plexiglas, 32 x 44

Tina Deschenie and Michael Thompson poetry reading at kind of a small array, Magdalena, NM

Spoiler Alert: Ari Aster and Eddington letterboxd.com/hillssnyder/...

Once Upon A Time in Magdalena Stephonik, a New York-based Production Designer, rolled into Magdalena with a crew of 20, and set to work on a new Ross Brothers film. Stephonik’s work includes Prince of Broadway, The Florida Project, Red Rocket, and Bleeding Love. glasstire.com/author/hills...

Somewhere A Village Is Missing Its Idiot Film Festival List compiled 2003, view them in this order: A Face in The Crowd (Elia Kazan) Don’t Look Back (D.A. Pennebaker) Bob Roberts (Tim Robbins) The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese) Being There (Hal Ashby) letterboxd.com/hillssnyder/...

The Ross Brothers have been shooting a film in Magdalena. One scene featured four local riders that were inspiring to watch during several retakes. This piece brought them to mind. Stay tuned for a Glasstire interview with Production Designer, Stephonik. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

As much as I love Tarantino films, I had never made it to see Jackie Brown. Poking around found this brilliant piece by Joseph Giovannini: "an exercise in stark realism, a pared-down film that intentionally avoids looking art-directed." www.nytimes.com/1997/12/28/s...

Please enjoy reading recent writing about these artists: Kim Arthun, Michael Bisbee, Nina Elder, Jeffrey Gibson, Patrick Kikut, Nima Nabavi, Judy Richardson, Dario Robleto, Rachel Rose, Masha Sha, James Surls, Bryan Wheeler, Jeff Wheeler, Cedra Wood. southwestcontemporary.com/authors/hill...

“So little thought has been given to what will happen if we give human beings an entertainment device they can fit in their pocket, one that connects them instantly to every truth and every lie ever conceived?, we have, as a society, been caught unprepared.” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Last Saturday millions turned out to protest Trump. A few thousand showed up for his "parade." 230 protested his mendacity and corruption in Socorro, New Mexico (including several from Magdalena). Protest has been growing, this last one covering all four corners of the main intersection in Socorro.

Twice as nice because I'm reading it twice.

Just as the songs tell tales with an art-fullness that may belie the truth, adventure, mis-adventure, and sorrow of things that actually happened, Wood’s art sings of happenings lost in time, made relevant by the re-telling. southwestcontemporary.com/ongoing-exhi...

Screenplay revisions by Joseph Stefano, the day I turned 9. The first Hitchcock film I saw at the theatre was The Birds, 1963. Even without Return of Verge Likens, Hitchcock and the Beatles for me are forever linked. It was the anticipation of what's coming next... the.hitchcock.zone/wiki/Scripts...

Somewhat in the general tradition of film maker Guy Maddin, or more specifically, finding inspiration in Walton Ford’s painting The Orientalist, which depicts a monkey using a device to trace a skull, Teutsch repurposes antiquated methods, replicating processes modern technology has automated.

Pretty chilly 40 degrees outside, but about a hundred people showed up on California Street in Socorro, New Mexico yesterday. Lots of visible and audible support from passing cars. #HandsOff #Indivisible

Casie Lomeli's fist Sala show!

Thursday April 3 @ Phil Space in Santa Fe, swapping songs with James Hart. southwestcontemporary.com/event/song-s...

For Fran @ Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio

Altered States at Phil Space has been extended to May 1. James Hart and I will be doing a song swap there on April 3. The next events at kind of a small array are a house concert by Bill and Jeanne, a duo from Socorro, March 29, and an opening for a show by Jeremiah Teutsch, April 12.

Gene Fowler on Glasstire. Always a good read.

New article! On depression and resilience in an autocratic America: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-black-...

Next up at kind of a small array: Bill and Jeanne!

After 2025, kind of a small array will be moving south a few blocks to a converted barn. If have not yet experienced the original Main Street, Magdalena location and want to, please visit sometime this year. Would love to see you! 2025 full schedule: kindofasmallarray.com

Q and A published December 7, 2024. Altered States is still on view at Phil Space, Santa Fe. www.artreporttoday.com/2024b/questi...

For Fran (Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX) vimeo.com/manage/video...

February 15 @ kind of a small array, Magdalena, NM, Tammy & Jennifer House Concert southwestcontemporary.com/event/tamara...

For Fran An exhibition of artists who came into the orbit of Frances Colpitt. February 6 - March 29, 2025 Reception: Thursday, February 6th, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Ruiz-Healy Art 201-A East Olmos Drive San Antonio, TX / Wed - Sat 11am to 4pm artguide.artforum.com/artguide/rui...