Temporary Art Review is a platform for contemporary art criticism that focuses on alternative spaces and critical exchange among disparate art communities. Temporary is a national network, highlighting both practical and theoretical discourse through exhibition reviews, interviews, essays and profiles on artist-run spaces and projects.
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10,000 Touches: An Interview with Daniel King

10,000 Touches: An Interview with Daniel King

Currently an MFA in Photography and Digital Media student at Ohio University, artist Daniel King discusses growing up in Columbus and his attempts at balancing family, work and art.
Natural Assumptions: The Living Culture Initiative at The Ohio State University

Natural Assumptions: The Living Culture Initiative at The Ohio State University

Conflicted by the distance of teaching from his studio, Michael Mercil decided to take advantage of The Ohio State University campus as his studio and in doing so asks, “What is the nature of the culture we produce here?”
Small Engine

Small Engine

Small Engine is an exhibition space and avant-garde music, sound art and performance venue in Albuquerque.
Peñasco Theatre

Peñasco Theatre

The Peñasco Theatre hosts year-round arts programs including youth summer arts workshops, circus arts classes, community events, professional performances, and artist residencies.
Parallel Studios

Parallel Studios

Parallel Studios is a venue for new media artists. Currents 2012: Santa Fe International New Media Festival, featuring single channel video, sound and interactive video installations, multimedia performances and more, will run from June 22 through July 7.
Becoming PLAND

Becoming PLAND

In the midst of personal and professional overextension, I agreed to partner on a land purchase with my friends and colleagues, sisters Erin and Nina Elder. We each put up a few hundred dollars at auction and next thing we knew, we were property owners.
The Tan

The Tan

I hope The Tan is a place that people can think differently about. I hope that people are never bored by something we put on here. I hope that the existence of this space changes what people think might be possible with their own art and in this town.
Factory on 5th Art Space

Factory on 5th Art Space

“The Factory” is a for-profit development including two buildings totaling 20,000 sq. ft on 1.5 acres of land. It houses 34 rental workspaces, three large gallery spaces, and “The Kosmos,” a coffee bar and performance space.
The Octopus and The Fox

The Octopus and The Fox

Although there are a great number of galleries that showcase amazing talent in Albuquerque, there aren’t too many venues that cater to the crafting community. The Octopus and The Fox provides silkscreening, sewing and crocheting classes in the hopes of promoting a do-it-yourself environment.