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Third Thursday: Performance - Raven Chacon & Laura Ortman

Free event in connection with Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue

When

Sep 19, 2024
05:00 PM - 08:30 PM

Where

Albuquerque Museum
2000 Mountain Road NW
Albuquerque, NM 87104
505-243-7255

Description

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A site-specific experimental music performance at 6 pm by award-winning artists and long-term collaborators Raven Chacon and Laura Ortman, both featured in the Broken Boxes exhibition. Sound artist Autumn Chacon will air an unsanctioned broadcast of the performance locally from the museum.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Laura Ortman, a member of the White Mountain Apache tribe, is a musician and composer whose work spans albums, performances, and multimedia. As a soloist, Ortman performs on amplified violin, vocals, piano, electric guitar, and keyboard. She has performed at prominent venues like MoMA and the Whitney Museum and received the United States Artists Fellowship in 2022.

Raven Chacon, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer from Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation, is known for his solo and collaborative works in contemporary art and music. His compositions range from highly experimental sound art to chamber music. His works have been featured at major museums and venues including the Whitney Biennial and documenta 14.

 

Program Brochure for Broken Boxes exhibition programming from opening weekend September 7, 2023 through closing weekend March 2, 2025. Brochure includes a leading image of Acosia Red Elk and Marie Watt performing on the occasion of the Marie Watt: Sky Dances Light installation at the Kavi Gupta Gallery, 2023 (photo by Kyle Flubacker and courtesy of Kavi Gupta and Marie Watt Studio) next to a list of the twenty three artists featured in the exhibition, twelve who are participating in the twelve related programs. The back cover acknowledges project funders: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, The City of Albuquerque, the Albuquerque Museum Foundation, Frederick Hammersley Fund for the Arts and WESTAF. Community partners include: Broken Boxes podcast University of New Mexico Press, KUNM radio, Site Santa Fe, Los Poblanos, and Ted Turner Reserves.

Download the Broken Boxes Program Guide.

 

Logos of the funders who have made this exhibition possible: Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, WESTAF, Frederick Hammersley Fund for the Arts, the City of Albuquerque, and the Albuquerque Museum Foundation.

Price

Free
Third Thursday: Performance - Raven Chacon & Laura Ortman

Laura Ortman, official album artwork for Smoke Rings Shimmers Endless Blur, 2023. Photo by Frank Schramm • Raven Chacon performance at Albuquerque Museum, 2021. Photo by Reece Martinez

Contact

Elizabeth Becker
505-243-7255