Art

Culture

Class explores how art can transform the world

Nichole Harwood | April 23

UNM students have joined the global participatory art project titled INSIDE OUT, created by the French contemporary artist who goes by the pseudonym “JR.” UNM Associate Professor Megan Jacobs, who joined the Honors College last year, introduced her students to the project in her class “Social Transformation Through Art.” “The course is really looking at not only historic, but contemporary artists who challenge the status quo and challenge traditional notions in their respective cultures,” Jacobs said. INSIDE OUT began after the TED prize — which is awarded annually to an individual with a creative, bold idea to spark global change — was given to JR in early 2011.

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News

ART funding uncertain under Trump budget

Nichole Harwood | April 2

Federal funding for the Albuquerque Rapid Transit project, otherwise known as ART, is in limbo after the proposed budget plan under the Trump Administration. The project's budget was originally formulated using federal funds for $69 million, more than half the total budget. The funds were to come through Obama's New Starts grant program, but the ART project has not officially secured the grant yet. President Trump's proposed budget is for the 2018 fiscal year, and cuts all funding for the project. ART funding is in Obama's 2017 budget, however, which Congress will deliberate on soon. 

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News

ART project causing delays for students

Brendon Gray | February 1

As Central construction chugs along, many student shuttle riders are still having to set their alarms a few minutes ahead. The Albuquerque Rapid Transit project began in the fall of 2016, and aims to decrease commute times by increasing foot traffic and modernizing Albuquerque’s public transit system. In the meantime, students who ride the shuttle are heading out the door earlier to make it to class. Alyssa Aragon, a freshman business major, takes the shuttle every day to and from Lobo Village. “I might not see a regular shuttle service until my junior year. It’s just kind of frustrating,” she said. During the peak of construction last semester, she noted the shuttle had to change its route which caused “at least” a five minute delay in the commute.

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Opinion

Column: We let Trump, and ART, slip through the cracks

Matthew Reisen | October 26

As I navigate the city streets, bogged down with Albuquerque Rapid Transit construction, I can’t help but think: How can I stop this? ART has been a long time coming, and now that we’re here and it’s real, many of us are asking what more we could’ve done to possibly prevent it, and are looking for a time machine. Sound familiar? If it does it’s because the presidential “anti-candidate” that is Donald Trump, has come upon us in similar fashion. Trump grabbed America by the you-know-what, in such a way that America didn’t even realize what had happened until he was already bragging about it across the room. Just like ART, Trump is messy, inconvenient, bold in all the wrong ways, costly and most importantly: he is here and it is now. While ART has already broken ground and set off the road rage of a thousand suns, we still have three weeks until we find out if Trump will be another inescapable reality that somehow slipped through the cracks, and if his party — and the country he helped divide — will be able to recover.

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News

ABQ, UNM making plans to ensure traffic runs smoothly during ART project

Nichole Harwood | August 25

Construction for Albuquerque Rapid Transit is expected to begin in early September, and the city and UNM are making plans to ensure traffic runs smoothly during the project. Detailed plans are in place designed to keep one lane of traffic open in each direction during construction said, said ART Spokeswoman Joanie Griffin.