$10 general admission/ $5 members, students/ Free for members at the $125 level and above

SITElines.2018 artist Curtis Talwst Santiago (b. 1979 Toronto, Canada; lives in Lisbon) Over the last several years, Santiago has been creating dioramas inside of ring boxes. Inside of these small spaces, Santiago constructs environments that are intimate and performative; the artist has carried them around to show visitors one on one, opening up a scene in the space of his hand. These mobile enclosures are a way of transporting carefully constructed scenes that include specific people, places, and histories. For Casa tomada, one gallery contains a glass house in which a selection of 51 dioramas appear together in a singular installation.

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Special Student Exhibition with Curtis Talwst Santiago
small worlds

28 New Mexico School for the Arts students
made in diorama workshops with
Curtis Talwst SantiagoAXLE CONTEMPORARY MOBILE GALLERY

Opening in front of SITE Santa Fe
1606 Paseo de Peralta SF 87501
Saturday, December 15, 3:30 – 5:00 pm

exhibition continues through December 19
visit www.axleart.com for schedule and locations

Curtis Tawlst Santiago will come to Santa Fe to spend the week in afternoon diorama workshops with NMSA’s 11th and 12th grade students to conceive of and create small worlds, an exhibition of miniature, condensed dioramas that reflect a self-proposed narrative by each student. small worlds will be on view in the Axle Contemporary gallery from December 15 through December 19. The educational partnership between SITE Santa Fe and New Mexico School for the Arts offers New Mexico youth learning experiences and exposure to professional artists and creative problem solving that impacts students lives for years to come.