{"id":2369,"date":"2021-05-20T10:50:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T16:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nmblc.org\/?p=2369"},"modified":"2022-05-25T10:42:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T16:42:28","slug":"true-new-mexico-artwalk-photo-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmblc.org\/old-site\/true-new-mexico-artwalk-photo-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"True New Mexico Artwalk Photo Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Black and AAPI Youth dismantle the tricultural myth at the ABQ Artwalk.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The New Mexico Black Leadership Council<\/a> and New Mexico Asian Family Center<\/a> were in force at the First Friday ABQ Artwalk<\/a> on May 7th. We installed the True New Mexico<\/a> Photovoice popup in the parking lot of the B Ruppe Drugstore<\/a> gallery, along with several other artists and artisans sharing this collective space. A bright, sunny day in the wake of the state\u2019s gradual reopening proved the perfect backdrop for bringing the message of these young artists to the greater community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the form of cubism and collage, I create pieces that reflect my Tibetan-American experience and the abundant issues and joys the Asian American Pacific Islander community faces.\u201d<\/p>\u2014 True NM Artist Sowang Kundeling, She\/Her\/Hers, AAPI (Tibetan)<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The collection of self-portraits from young Black & AAPI New Mexicans dismantle the tricultural myth and answer the question \u201cWhat\u2019s YOUR TRUE NEW MEXICAN story?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI photograph my form as if to say,<\/p>

“I am.”<\/p>

“I am.”<\/p>

“I am.\u201d<\/p>\u2014True NM Artist Donald Roberts, They\/Them\/Theirs, Jamaican<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Check out our photo gallery from the True NM ABQ Artwalk Popup below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n