Inpost Artspace Reception: Lightspace: Works by Zuyva Sevilla and The Albuquerque Astronomical Society
Reception: Friday, November 17th, 5-7pm
November 7 – March 23
This exhibition combines works by Zuyva Sevilla with images of the cosmos taken by members of The Albuquerque Astronomical Society Christopher Mauche and Joey Troy. Lightspace celebrates a sense of wonder and mystery present in Sevilla’s illuminated, digitally layered images of projected light and Mauche and Troy’s photographs of space. Though each image-maker uses very different methods, the images convey a similar mood and appearance. Lightspace is an experiment in honoring light in its purest form, and an invitation to consider the awesomeness and grandeur the universe has to offer.
RECORD/CD/BOOK FAIR A BIG SUCCESS! THANK YOU!
Thanks to EVERYONE who came out to the Outpost Record/CD/Book Fair Blowout Sale! From ALL of you who purchased lots of goodies to ALL of you who donated items and collections, to our amazing curators, Tom Dodson and Tony Cebuhar who worked tirelessly to put this all together, to Outpost’s own Volunteer/Membership/Box Office Coordinator extraordinaire, Jalila Arthur Brewer, who also worked super hard to put it all together and who made the check out process smooth as silk and to all the awesome volunteers who helped as well! Everyone seemed very happy with all the fantastic deals they were going home with, and that made us happy! We were able to reduce our inventory greatly, which helps make room for the next Fair (stay tuned!) and we raised some significant funds! So THANK YOU ALL! We hope you are enjoying your new musical treasures and we look forward to future Record Fairs!
Outpost Fall Season 2023 Just Ahead!
It’s officially Fall and, as always, we welcome the season of changing leaves and crisper days with a new season of music and much more at the Outpost! The 17th Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival continues this week with a show every night at the Outpost, then we fall (literally!) right into the Fall 2023 season with our opening concert featuring the Emmet Cohen Trio with legendary drummer Tootie Heath on October 5, followed by Sourena Sefati’s Nava Persian Trio, the Ben Wendel Group, Kirk Knuffke and much more! Plus Jazz & Latin Music Classes for Youth & Adults begin October 9! Check it all out on our Schedule Page!
Meanwhile, we are still looking for sponsors for the fall season! Even though the newsletter already went out, this year, the fall season sponsorships got away from us as it was the first time we printed a newsletter for both the NM Jazz Festival and the Fall season! If you are interested in becoming a sponsor this fall, please contact Alicia Ultan at alicia@outpostspace.org, or give us a call at 505-268-0044 to discuss the options! We need your support! We look forward to seeing you soon and often this fall at the Space and beyond!
Inpost Artspace Reception: IN FLIGHT- Taken at the Outpost: Photos by Mark Weber & Roch Doran. Music by the Cal Haines Quartet
Inpost Artspace Reception: Sunday, September 10, 3-5pm
Exhibition dates: July 10 – November 2, 2023
This Inpost Artspace photo exhibit features two dedicated jazz fans/photographers who have frequented Outpost shows ever since each of them moved to Albuquerque. They are an intrinsic part of Albuquerque’s celebrated jazz scene. We decided to let them use their own words to define the show and their artistic approaches. Mark Weber: “Photographs inhabit the 4th dimension, they are shadows & light of what has passed, five days ago or 25 years bygone. I take them for memory. Sentimental. First time I watched the ghost of an image appear in a developing tray it blew my mind. I was like the wildman Enkidu seeing Babylon for the first time. As to my aesthetic, it’s a bit sideways of prevailing practices . . . For the most part I’m a documentarian in the anthropological sense: A jazz scene includes artists, instrument repair techs, promoters, deejays, record stores & record collectors, journalists, priests, recording studios, historians, photographers, hagiographers, club owners, university jazz departments, agents/managers, and the audience. Is there a narrative to this show? Yup. It’s the community of listeners and musicians that have grown up around the Outpost. My favorite jazz photographer (besides, Roch) is William Gottlieb, who knew that jazz is a culture and photo’d it in its natural habitat: the jazz club of the 40s & 50s. Like any art form, one must be decisive, and with photographing music concerts there’s an etiquette, unspoken, but if you don’t pick up on it, you won’t last – it involves common decency, patience, tact, and mostly the fact this is the audience’s concert, not yours.” Roch Doran: “My goal is to document what I see without ever changing the experience of those that may be sharing that space in time with me. The challenge is to see beyond the obvious and to capture what is unique in that solitary moment. After years of being in a band that had dissolved more into talking about music than playing music, I was in heaven when I got my first camera. The camera gave me the freedom to share something about my world without hours of conversation. Since 1977, when I began this journey, my two loves have been constant, nature and documenting people creating music. Over the years the technology has changed and I have gone from film to transparencies, back to film, to digital and now digital with a mirrorless camera. While the tools have changed, the objects of my interest have not.”
Led by renowned Albuquerque-based drummer Cal Haines, a long-time friend and associate of Mark Weber, The Cal Haines Quartet, which took home three awards at this year’s New Mexico Music Awards, also features David Parlato, electric bass; Alex Murzyn, tenor sax & flute; and Adolfo Acosta, trumpet & flugelhorn. The group plays original compositions and beloved standards, but with an open, chordal-free format (i.e. no guitar or piano). FREE!
Saying Goodbye to Longtime Outpost Friends
From Outpost Founder/Director, Tom Guralnick: Outpost is a family. And as with any family, comes a whole lot of joy, but also sadness, as we lose beloved members of the Outpost family. It’s the cycle of life. Over the last 6 months we have lost some very special people who have made Outpost the place that it is for so many years. There was musician, teacher and Outpost Volunteer, Bob Gusch (who was honored at our final Summer Thursday Jazz Night concert featuring the New Orleans band Flambeaux); photographer, Jim Gale, who is honored in our recently established “Jim Gale Back Hall Gallery” at the Space, where the photos he generously donated to us from his last 25 years of work at Outpost will be shown in a constantly revolving exhibit; Outpost supporter and beer & baseball afficianado, Bob Klein (https://www.tempemortuary.com/obituary/robert-klein); and most recently the lovely Kathryn Kaminsky, a former Outpost Board Member and generous contributor along with her deceased husband Tom “Tomás” Singleton (https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/abqjournal/name/kathryn-kaminsky-obituary?id=52961957). All 4 of these dear people were Outpost regulars and supporters for more than 30 years. We will hold them close in our hearts and memories and miss them deeply. They will remain a part of Outpost forever, and our condolences go out to their friends and families. Generous to Outpost until the end both Bob Klein & Kathryn Kaminsky suggested donations to Outpost in their names.
Helping to Keep Outpost Strong!
It’s that time again! Outpost’s Annual Summer Fundraising Appeal! We need your help to Keep Outpost Strong and Keep It All Happening! There’s so much to look forward to with the 17th Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival just ahead in September, another terrific Fall Season 2023, and of course all the great Summer Thursday Jazz Nights yet to come in August! We love sharing it all with you and we always love seeing you at the Space and beyond! Your support keeps it all happening and that’s why we are once again coming to you to ask for your HELP! We hope you’ll consider making a donation to our Summer Fundraising Appeal so we can continue to bring you the best in jazz, folk and roots music, international and experimental music, art, classes and more! WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! Be a part of what keeps Outpost healthy and strong and MAKE A DONATION ONLINE TODAY! OR, you send a check to: Outpost Productions, Inc. at PO Box 4543, ABQ, NM, 87196. Either way, we can’t do what we do without you and we truly appreciate YOU!
Outpost Director, Tom Guralnick, Recipient of 2023 Creative Bravos Legacy Award!
Outpost is proud to announce that Founder/Director Tom Guralnick/Outpost Performance Space was named the 2023 Creative Bravos Legacy Award recipient by the City of Albuquerque, which “recognizes his sustained leadership, mentorship and professional excellence in Albuquerque’s creative economy.” Given annually to individuals, youths, teams, events, programs, organizations and businesses that celebrate the breadth of creative work that exists in the city, the awards are dedicated to recognizing and honoring work that makes a significant impact on the lives of residents, neighborhoods, and/or communities. Check out the other eight award recipients here! An award ceremony will take place on June 28th, 6:00pm, at the Kimo Theater.
We are also proud to announce that Outpost also recently received a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support the New Mexico Jazz Festival and ancillary events! We have been very fortunate to receive support from the NEA for the NM Jazz Festival since our first festival in 2006 (including the NEA Jazz Masters on Tour support) and we continue to present NEA Jazz Masters each year! This year’s NEA grant supports the entire NM Jazz Festival and NEA Jazz Master, violinist Regina Carter will perform on Sept. 14 at The Lensic in Santa Fe. Retired NEA Chairman, A.B. Spellman, will also host a Meet the NEA Jazz Master event! Check out this year’s 17th Annual NM Jazz Festival Schedule Here!
Looking Ahead: 27th Annual Summer Thursday Jazz Nights June 29-Aug 24! NMJF Stage at Route 66 Summerfest! + 17th Annual NM Jazz Festival Schedule Now Up!
We’ve still got some great shows coming up in June, including the Edward Simon Group featuring award winning vocalist Magos Herrera, June 10; Django Festival Allstars, June 15; José James Sings Badu, June 16; and Eliza Gilkyson, June 24 (in partnership with AMP Concerts)! Wow! ! Get Your Tickets Early! These shows as they are sure to sell out! Then we look forward to our 27th Annual Summer Thursday Jazz Nights kicking off on June 29 with the James Emery NEO Trio plus the Route 66 Summerfest New Mexico Jazz Festival Stage on July 22 featuring a fantastic line-up! Tickets on sale soon! AND the 17th Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival Schedule is now up! Some tickets are already on sale and more will be on sale very soon! We look forward to sharing all the great music and more with you all summer long!
Abstraction in Albuquerque: Seven Artists. A group exhibition featuring Lucy Maki, Min Che, Kim Arthun, Bryce Hample, Abdiel Beltrán, Robbie Sugg, and Daniel Hojnacki.
Inpost Artspace Reception: Saturday, March 4, 5-8pm
Exhibition dates: March 4 – May 31, 2023
This exhibition explores some of the different ways artists in Albuquerque are using ideas of abstraction in their work. A variety of artistic methods including painting, collage, and photographic processes will be on display and in dialogue with one another. In 1991, the KiMo Theater hosted an exhibition called Abstraction in Albuquerque: Five Artists. This exhibition is an update, continuation, and connection back to that time and place. How have things changed and how have they stayed the same? Where is there continuity and where is there new invention? Some of these artists are long time Albuquerque residents, contributing to the art scene here for decades. Others are fairly new to this beautiful and thriving artistic community. Abstraction in Albuquerque: Seven Artists explores the multifaceted and ever evolving concepts of abstraction in art and celebrates the abstract art community in Albuquerque.