The PASEO: Taos Delights in Free Art From 70 Artists

iPhone pictures of artists participating in The Paseo 2015, a Taos outdoor art festival.

By Janet Webb, September 27, 2015

Thank you to all the artists who helped create a truly magical experience for thousands of locals and visitors on Friday and Saturday, September 25 and 26 during the second-ever The PASEO outdoor art festival, part of the 41st annual Taos Fall Arts Festival.

I tried (but failed) to see every one of the 30 art installations. Here are some iPhone pictures of the artists I was able to meet, with a few from other people. Please forward your images of the PASEO artists I missed (see the list way below) and I will post alongside of mine. — JW

The PASEO 2015 Artists

(In alpha order)

Axle Contemporary — Jerry and Matthew of Axle Contemporary, Santa Fe. Axle Contemporary presented Steina & Woody Vasulka’s Jarmark

Kyle Evans of Austin TX with components of his piece, de/Rastra

Christopher Todd Lynch and Nikki Gardner of Mill River MA with their installation, Taos Weirs

Amber Imrie-Situnayake of Oakland CA with her installation titled Hum

Michelle Montjoy from Oceanside CA with her installation, So Many Hours in the Day

Ruben Olguin from Albuquerque NM with his piece, Sonic Decay

Christian Ristow of Taos with his giant kinetic sculpture, Fledgling — Christian Ristow of Taos with his giant kinetic sculpture, Fledgling. Photo by David Mapes.

The group known as SJ Ç+: Joshua “Kanizzle” Cunningham, Jennifer “Jexime” Longo, and Sasha Raphael vom Dorp, (not pictured, Gak Stonn). Their installation was titled Energy Transfer. They are all from Taos.

Christina Sporrong of Taos with her sculpture, TaranTula. Photo by David Mapes.

Dianne Frost and Barbara Zaring of the Taos collective, tNt!. (Not shown, Dora Dillistone, Jan Dorris, Sally Gray, TJ Mabrey, Marcia Oliver.) Their piece is titled — Dianne Frost and Barbara Zaring of the Taos collective, tNt!. (Not shown, Dora Dillistone, Jan Dorris, Sally Gray, TJ Mabrey, Marcia Oliver.) Their piece is titled The Corridor.

Adam Wohlwend from Albuquerque with one of his constructions from the piece titled Mobile Event Event Viewing Apparatus — Adam Wohlwend from Albuquerque with one of his constructions from the piece titled Mobile Event Viewing Apparatus

Light Play, a shadow, light, kids, and puppets installation at Twirl Toyspace.

I didn’t get photos of these artists. Please post yours!

AudioPixel | The Fountain of Memory | Boulder CO
Sabrina Barrios | How to Build a Portal to a Hidden Dimension | Brazil
Digital Design and Fabrication Program (DDF) Texas Tech University, College of Architecture | Urban Stages | Lubbock TX
Flinching Eye Collective | Ideophonetic | Denver CO and beyond
Nettrice R. Gaskins | AR Virtual Sounding Space | Boston MA
Abbey Hepner | Nuclear Illuminations | Albuquerque NM
CHiKA Iijima | SEI: Stella Octangula | Japan and New York NY
Jan Thomas Nelson | Moonlighting | Albuquerque NM
Andrea Polli and The Social Media Workgroup | Solar Powered Village | Albuquerque
Vanessa Ramos-Velasquez and Derek Holzer | A•LIVE | Berlin Germany
Sara D. Rivera | Nerveless | Boston MA
Paul Santoleri | Draco | Philadelphia PA
Thomas Soule | A Surreal Tasting | Taos NM
Jill Sutherland & Anne Staveley | Wheel of Fortune | Los Angeles / Santa Fe
Edie Tsong & Michael Lorenzo Lopez | Love Letter to the World | Santa Fe NM
Marion Claire Wasserman | Dream Tent X2 | Santa Fe NM

Learn more about all these artists at paseotaos.org

The drone center outside the Paseo headquarters, Tiz Tisdale's brain child. — The drone center outside the Paseo headquarters, Tiz Tisdale’s brain child. Drones in Art was a STEMartsLab@ThePASEO workshop in the Taos schools.