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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 10, 2026

Disc-O-Zozo Classic Comes to Carrizozo September 19
[Carrizozo, New Mexico, September 10, 2026] A PDGA C-Tier sanctioned disc golf tournament will take place Sept. 19, 2026 in Carrizozo, New Mexico. The one-day tournament is open to all players. As an entry-level event, beginners are eligible to play alongside experienced players. Both are able to earn official player ratings and points and player packs will be distributed. William Garrison is the event coordinator. Mr. Garrison recently graduated from the PDGA TD Academy, an in-depth management training program for members interested in running a PDGA C-Tier event.
Disc-O-Zozo was designed by Everett Brophy and takes advantage of the high plains terrain. Located just east of Carrizozo on US 380, the 18-hole course is relatively flat. It has a water feature but the most challenging aspect is usually the wind. September’s average wind speed is 11.5 mph, according to https://wanderlog.com.
“Carrizozo Works, Inc., a local not-for-profit, worked with the town administration to bring disc golf to Carrizozo three years ago” Lisa Maue, director of CWI said. “Since then we have hosted several tournaments. We are excited about this event and that William is the coordinator. A lot of people have worked hard to make Ruidoso an epicenter for disc golf, and we believe that Disc-O-Zozo complements the courses up the mountain in terrain, difficulty and accessibility. September is traditionally a perfect time as far as weather is concerned, and there are so many places to explore in and around Carrizozo. We hope players and their families will come and make a weekend of it.”
Registration is open to both current PDGA members and non-members. Players can register online at Disc Golf Scene. Spots are limited and early registration is recommended.
For more information, please contact William Garrison at (505) 426-6020.

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Media Contact: Lisa Maue
(575) 973-3239
lisabethmaue@gmail.com

EARLY CLOSURE AT 3PM ON MARCH 20TH DUE TO PRIVATE EVENT
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC), this exhibition highlights the Center’s history through Pueblo imagery and perspectives of the past, present, and future. A combination of fifty objects from the IPCC’s Collections and Archives, with an emphasis on Pueblo pottery, illustrates the significance of the Center as a gathering place where Pueblo arts and culture are celebrated by visitors from around the world and, at once, nurtured by Pueblo communities across the generations. Gallery videos, updated throughout the year, will feature interviews with Pueblo artists, scholars, and culture bearers that present insider views of the IPCC. Join us to celebrate the exhibition on March 21 from 5-8pm during our free, public reception. Visit indianpueblo.org for 50th anniversary program schedule updates including an exhibit closing event on February 15, 2027.

EARLY CLOSURE AT 3PM ON MARCH 20TH DUE TO PRIVATE EVENT.
Organized by the School for Advanced Research (SAR) and the Vilcek Foundation, Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery, a unique traveling exhibition featuring over 100 historic and contemporary works in clay, offers a visionary understanding of Pueblo pots as vessels that carry community-based knowledge and personal experience. The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC), established by the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico in 1976, welcomes the pottery vessels back to the Southwest as the “returning home” host venue of the exhibition’s four-year national tour. Curated by the Pueblo Pottery Collective, Grounded in Clay opens at the IPCC as the leading program of the Center’s 50th anniversary celebration year. The exhibition and its associated events are generously supported by the First Nations Development Institute and Noon Whistle Fund.

On the 100th anniversary of Route 66 in 2026, experience “The Old Road”—a mural that at once remembers the first major highway traversing the United States and gives emphasis to its impact on Pueblo communities and New Mexico. Through the eyes of artists Warren Montoya (Pueblos of Santa Ana/Santa Clara), Margarita Paz-Pedro (Pueblo of Laguna/Mexican American), Akilah Martinez (Diné), and Keith Scott (Pueblo of Laguna), this multi-dimensional installation travels through time showing Pueblo people and places along the “Mother Road,” otherwise known as Route 66. Explore the eccentric narrative created by these artists as they look at multiple roads simultaneously, from ancestral times to recent history, to glimpses of the present and future. Already a historic exchange route within Indigenous communities, Route 66 still echoes in the personality and culture of New Mexico byways. Journey through this mural located in the Art Through Struggle Gallery at the end of the IPCC’s permanent exhibition.
Image: Keith Scott, Laguna Pueblo Water Tower, 2023, digital photograph.

Celebrate the harvest season with us this September at our hands-on Chile Ristra Workshop! Held in the IPCC courtyard, this drop-in activity is available all day for flexible participation. Learn about the cultural and agricultural significance of chile in Pueblo communities while creating your own traditional chile ristra to take home. This interactive experience is free with museum admission.

Movement is a powerful language for connection. This class is designed to support your child’s emotional security, body awareness, and self-confidence through the shared joy of dance—free from rigid structure or pressure.

Together, we will explore the wonderful world of dance using imaginative play, storytelling, vibrant music, and fun props like instruments and scarves. Through rhythm and play, your little one will build physical coordination while strengthening their emotional bond with you. Perfect for parents, grandparents, or any adult caregiver looking to bond, play, and move with their little ones.

Join us for a special Pueblo Book Club gathering with Norma Naranjo, author of The Four Sisters: Keeping Family Traditions Alive, Recipes from the Pueblo.
Norma will share the heartfelt stories behind her family recipes and the traditions that continue to bring them to life. Guests will also take part in a hands-on kitchen experience, learning directly from Norma how to make delicious fruit empanadas.
Copies of Norma’s book will be available for purchase at the Indian Pueblo Store.
Space is limited - call the IPCC front desk at (505) 843-7270 to register.

Still Friends After All These Years
September 11 – October 10, 2026

Opening Reception for the Artists
Friday, September 11 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Gallery Talk: A Conversation with Charles Arnoldi, Ron Cooper, Laddie John Dill and Rani Singh
Saturday, September 12, 2026, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Somewhere between the halls of Chouinard Art Institute and the industrial warehouses and artist lofts of Los Angeles in the 1960's, three young artists met. Each skilled, hungry, and with a restless energy that helped to propel them headlong onto the world stage as rare artistic talents. Later, in 1987, when Charlotte Jackson curated an exhibition of work by these three artists: Charles Arnoldi, Ron Cooper, and Laddie John Dill - they had already known each other twenty years. Still Friends After All These Years once again brings together works, old and new, from all three luminaries, whose art, long associated with the California Light & Space movement, engages and challenges the perceptual experience of viewers.

Unearthing Futures / Desenterrando Futuros explores contemporary earthen artworks, establishing a profound dialogue between regional roots and global perspectives. As visitors engage with the exhibition, they embark on a journey through time, examining the intricate relationship between humanity and the elemental material of unfired earth.

Visit Harwood Museum of Art website for an in-depth view of this exhibition.

Image Credit: Ronald Rael, LIMINAL, 2026, 3D printed adobe. Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Brad Trone.

Exhibition Dates: August 26–October 17
Reception: October 2, 6–8pm

ALBUQUERQUE, NM—Richard Levy Gallery is pleased to present Particle and the Wave: Oracles and Symbols for Living and Dying, a solo show by Alex Ponca Stock.

Particle and the Wave features eight abstract artworks that explore the conjunction of modern technological and scientific knowledge with the ancient knowledge handed down from our ancestors. Using the traditional beaded broadcloth found in Osage regalia, Alex Ponca Stock considers a broad array of modern and historical references, including color field painting, early Christian heresies, ancient mound-builders, and quantum physics. The result of her experimentation with larger-scale work, this exhibition is a mature showcase of Ponca Stock’s ability to visually dissect the currents of 21st century life.

Ponca Stock’s practice combines intensive research with the slow, meditative labor of beading to create objects with a strong sense of internal order. The composition of her soft textile works are often reminiscent of the aesthetic of technology—motherboards, logic gates, 3D renderings—without ever betraying the beauty and integrity of the medium. In her choice of color, Ponca Stock is highly attuned not only to the symbolic and emotional power of color, but its physiological effect.

Alex Ponca Stock (b. 1986) is a painter and beadworker from the Gray Horse District of the Osage Nation and the third generation in her family to graduate from the Kansas City Art Institute. Her work has been exhibited by the Denver Art Museum, the First Americans Museum, and the Osage Nation Museum, among others. The artist currently lives and works in Santa Fe, NM.