#TaosUnite Exhibition & ‘Taos Unites Today!’ Day
Through the leadership of #TaosUnite founder and Albuquerque artist, Gerald Lovato, and project director and UNM-Taos lecturer, Trisha Martinez, UNM-Taos Chicana/o Studies students will present a community art exhibition entitled #TaosUnite from May 20-28, 2023 at Millicent Rogers Museum.
The Paseo Project is proud to support this project through our Community Arts Grant Program.
Sunday, May 21 “Taos Unites Today!” Event Schedule:
12 p.m. – Welcome
12:15 p.m. – Panel Presentation
1:30 p.m. – Mic time for NM People of Substance and other organizations
2 p.m. – Poetry by Olivia Romo
2:30 p.m. – Recognition of Fiesta Court
2:45 p.m. – Kumbiaz by Dr. Gregorio Gonzalez
3 p.m. – Music by UZ band-song about the Taoseños
4 p.m. – Los Comanches de la Serna
The #TaosUnite project is created collaboratively in partnership with Millicent Rogers Museum with support from The Paseo Project, the LOR Foundation, and UNM-Taos. Both the exhibition and programs are family-friendly.
Taos Unites Today!,” an associated day of programs (free to the public with free admission to the museum that day), will take place at the museum from 12-5 p.m., May 21, 2023.
#TaosUnite confronts issues of violence, drug abuse, mental health, and experiences of incarceration through starting new cycles of artistic expression. The project enacts a creative gathering of the northern New Mexico community through artistic and cultural forms of healing to respond in a positive and intentional way to the fragile lived realities that many families endure.
This event is an extension of #BurqueUnite organized by UNM alumnus, artist, and mentor, Gerald Lovato. #TaosUnite will bring together the Taos community with resources that provide critical support for healing and health.
#TaosUnite will offer two public presentations to the community–a pop-up arts exhibition, #TaosUnite (Sundays free to Taos County residents, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily, May 20-28, 2023) and a community arts day, “Taos Unites Today!” (free programs & free admission to the museum, 12-5 p.m., May 21, 2023).
The programs will facilitate an open and safe space of dialogue and healing through creative expressions of performance, dance, music, poetry, make-and-take art tables, and a collaborative altar made by the UNM-Taos Chicana/o Studies students. Several local nonprofits will also be on hand to create new community conversations in this healing space, and food and refreshments will also be provided.
For the pop-up exhibition (May 20-28, 2023), UNM-Taos Chicana/o Studies students and community artists will showcase New Mexico’s customary expressive and contemporary arts, such as retablos, poetry, and paintings, to share aspects of their identity and creative responses to community concerns.
The students have submitted their #TaosUnite written works and creative expressions to UNM-Taos’ annual art and literary journal, Howl: The Voice of UNM-Taos. To archive this project, #TaosUnite will publish a catalogue in both digital and print formats with the assistance of Gerald Lovato.
Learn More: https://ladailypost.com/unm-taos-chicana-o-studies-students-present-taosunite-exhibition-taos-unites-today-day-of-programs-at-millicent-rogers-museum/