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Please join us for a reading panel and Q&A with two contributors to the summer issue and one featured curator. Featured readings include:• Samantha Dunn’s essay, “So Far from Paris or Santa Fe,” which recounts a fraught prom experience in 1980s Las Vegas, New Mexico.
• Jason Asenap (Comanche/Muscogee) will read from his profile of Dylan McLaughlin (Diné), whose video and performance pieces engage deeply with environmental concerns.
• Christian Waguespack, head of curatorial affairs and curator of 20th century art at the New Mexico Museum of Art, will offer insights into the exhibition "Out West: Gay and Lesbian Artists in the Southwest, 1900-1969," which is featured in the summer issue by writer Robin Babb.
Following the readings, editor of El Palacio, Emily Withnall, will facilitate a Q & A. Light refreshments will be served.
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
• Samantha Dunn is the author of the novel Failing Paris and the memoirs "Not By Accident: Reconstructing a Careless Life" and "Faith in Carlos Gomez." A longtime journalist, she is a senior editor for the Southern California News Group and now lives in Orange, CA. Find her at samanthadunnwriter.com.
• Jason Asenap (Comanche/Muscogee) is a writer and filmmaker based in Albuquerque. He holds an MFA in screenwriting from IAIA. He holds recent awards from the Native American Journalist Association (2020 and 2022) and from the Los Angeles Press Club (2024). Find his writing in Esquire, Variety, Vox, Alta Journal, Grist, High Country News, Salon, and New Mexico Magazine.
• Christian Waguespack is Head of Curatorial Affairs at New Mexico Museum of Art. He holds a BFA and MA in Museum Studies and Art History from UNM and has organized more than a dozen exhibitions featuring known and underrepresented artists from across the American Southwest. He brings a fresh and timely new look to his exhibitions and continues to be an important voice
in the cultural community.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia St Ste B,Santa Fe,NM,United States