The Necessarian

06/05/2026

🌞 Meet my new 6am friend. We both like to have our morning beverages on the porch. 💜

06/02/2026

05/29/2026

🎨 Kathleen Shields has been a huge influence on Legacy Lab New Mexico, as a colleague, mentor, supporter, and friend! During the event she will speak about how she stewarded Frederick Hammersley's legacy as executive director of his artist endowed foundation, and about the impact that his life, artwork, and legacy continue to have on the local community and beyond.

If you happen to be in Norman, Oklahoma, be sure to check out "On the Edge: The Abstract World of Frederick Hammersley," the current exhibition of Hammersley's work at the Fred Jones Jr Museum of Art. The works on view are from the incredible Hugon Collection, based in Oklahoma. Two of my favorite Hammersley works are pictured, "Redscape" (1959) and "Out of the Blue" (1994). 😍

📣JUST THREE TICKETS LEFT! Join the other 126 people at Legacy Lab this June 🤓 Registration link in bio.

Kathleen Shields is from Syracuse, New York, and attended Mount Holyoke College (1973-1977) and the University of New Mexico, where she received her M.A. (1980) and M.F.A. (1982) in Studio Art. She has been an arts writer, editor, and curator since 1979; was Associate Editor for Artspace Magazine (1982-1986); founding director of Graham Gallery and Kathleen Shields Contemporary Art Projects (1986-1992); Assistant to Ray A. Graham and Administrative Director of the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation (1986-2009); Administrator of Walter De Maria’s The Lightning Field for Dia Art Foundation (1987-2016); and Executive Director and President of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation (2009-2022). She is currently an advisor to the Frederick Hammersley Fund for the Arts at the Albuquerque Community Foundation and occasionally writes about art and other topics from her home in Corrales where she has lived since 1995.

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Legacy Lab New Mexico supports legacy building and planning for the local arts community through practical education, accessible resources, and inspirational models.

05/26/2026

🤩 So excited to welcome the incredible Amanda Ross-Ho to Albuquerque for Legacy Lab New Mexico! She joins the panel titled "Placing Your Work in Exhibitions, Collections, and Archives" and will talk about legacy work as an art form.

▶️ Btw, there are exactly 12 tickets left. Registration link in bio!

Amanda Ross-Ho is an interdisciplinary artist and a Professor of Sculpture at the University of California, Irvine. Her work reshapes the complex collateral of time into experimental archives, monuments, and discursive tableaus. Selected solo exhibitions include ILY2, Portland, OR, Abroms-Engel Institute for Visual Art, Birmingham, AL, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY, Bonner Kunstverein, Vleeshal Center for Contemporary Art, The Approach, London, and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Selected group exhibitions include Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Bel Ami, Los Angeles, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland, Kunsthall, Stavanger, Norway, the 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, Slovenia, EXILE, Vienna, Austria, the Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, CA, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Public art commissions include Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Public Art Fund, New York, and Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Currently, she ispresenting a newly commissioned work at the Hammer Museum 2025 Made in L.A. Biennial. Ross-Ho is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Trellis Art Fund Milestone Grant (2025), the Marciano Art Foundation Artadia Award (2025); Anonymous Was a Woman Award (2023); A California Community Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship (2017); and a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors grant (2013). She earned a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1998) and MFA from University of Southern California Roski School of Art, Los Angeles (2006).

Photo:  Jennelle Fong for ILY2. 

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Legacy Lab New Mexico supports legacy building and planning for the local arts community through practical education, accessible resources, and inspirational models.

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05/20/2026

🤩 Cannot wait to hear from Jonna C. Paden during the Legacy Lab New Mexico panel titled "Placing Your Work in Exhibitions, Collections, and Archives." Honored that she is willing to share her knowledge and experience!

Jonna C. Paden (Acoma Pueblo) is an archivist and educator dedicated to the preservation, accessibility, and stewardship of Indigenous knowledge and cultural heritage. She serves as Archivist at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center and as an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of American Indian Arts, where she teaches collaborative research in cultural administration.

Jonna is the Immediate Past-President of the American Indian Library Association and an active member of the Society of Southwest Archivists. She has contributed to oral history and preservation initiatives, as well as the School for Advanced Research Guidelines for Collaboration. She has presented nationally on Indigenous archives, community-centered stewardship, and inclusive archival practices.

A Circle of Learning scholar, Jonna holds an MLIS in Archival Studies and Records Management from San José State University and a Bachelor of University Studies in English, Linguistics, and Native American Studies from the University of New Mexico. She is committed to building relationships across communities and fostering spaces where Indigenous stories, voices, and histories are honored, protected, and sustained.

There are only a handful of spots left and REGISTRATION CLOSES JUNE 4! WORKSHOP APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY MAY 22!

Links in bio 🔗

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Legacy Lab New Mexico supports legacy building and planning for the local arts community through practical education, accessible resources, and inspirational models.

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05/19/2026

⚒️ I now know waaaaaay more about building a gravel base than any normal person should. Redoing it a few times too.

What's that? Doesn't look level? Trust me, it is, but nothing else at this site is. Welcome to my world.

Also, renting a plate compactor is stupid expensive.

05/15/2026

This bumper sticker made me feel slightly less annoyed with bad drivers.

05/12/2026

Looking forward to hearing from William T. Gassaway during the panel "Placing Your Work in Exhibitions, Collections, and Archives." He will share info about the artwork acquisition process. The panel also includes Amanda Ross-Ho, Jonna C. Paden, and Josh T. Franco.

William T. Gassaway is Assistant Curator for Art at the Albuquerque Museum, where he contributes to the research and public display of the Museum’s approximately 12,000 works of art. Since joining the Museum three years ago, he has helped bring to fruition several notable exhibitions, including Vivarium (2024); Light, Space, and the Shape of Time (2025); and Abstracting Nature (2025). In addition, Gassaway manages the Frederick Hammersley Visiting Artist Program at the Museum and oversees the acquisitions of new works for the permanent art collection. With a PhD in art history from Columbia University, he previously served as Associate Educator in Academic and Professional Programs at The Met, where he designed and hosted the museum’s longstanding fellowship and international staff exchange programs for emerging and established curators, conservators, educators, and artists.

Message me for the registration link or find it in my bio. Only a handful of spots left!

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Legacy Lab New Mexico supports legacy building and planning for the local arts community through practical education, accessible resources, and inspirational models.