Museum to host exhibit of Latina’s civil rights photography

In this Feb. 3, 2017 photo, Mexican-American photographer Maria Varela talks about her civil rights photography during an interview in her home in Albuquerque, N.M. The National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago is featuring the Albuquerque resident’s rarely seen photography of the movement at an exhibition called “Time to Get Ready: FotographA a Social.” From marches in the rain to black share croppers toiling on former slave plantations, the photos will highlight Varela’s snapshots of life during Jim Crow’s final days.

Fort Collins Designer Talks “Project Runway Jr.” and NYFW

Fort Collins designer Molly O’Brien is a high school senior who starred on the second season of the hit reality television show, Project Runway Jr. O’Brien went pretty far in the competition before getting out on the “Race to the Finale” episode where the designers were asked to create an editorial look inspired by street art murals. The episode was the last one to determine which designers were going to create and show a final collection to the judges.

Artlist: Feb. 2-Feb. 9

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Artlist: Jan. 12-19

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Coffee fest, Mozart, Bill Engvall and more this weekend

“Tiro Tiro Tinitas voy de Puntitas” by Humberto Saenz is one of the works in this two-person show. Buster Graybill uses sculpture, installation, video and photography to explore the rural landscape, while Saenz uses pre-Colombian imagery to address contemporary social and cultural issues.