Santa Fe Lowers Living Wage
Posted on January 30th, 2009 by admin
(Santa Fe Homes Blog) Santa Fe has lowered the living wage as reported in this KOB News report…
(Santa Fe Homes Blog) Santa Fe has lowered the living wage as reported in this KOB News report…
(Santa Fe Homes Blog) Here’s a video that shows some pictures and information related to Buying Land in New Mexico, presented as a moving “museum exhibit”. Press play and you’ll see what I mean…
(Santa Fe Homes Blog) Here is a video that contains pictures of a few Santa Fe Luxury Homes. Homes like these are sold by Santa Fe Realty Partners in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(Santa Fe Homes Blog) Santa Fe Community College’s School of Arts and Design will be hosting a special exhibit on January 29 titled, “Through the Lens: A Contemporary View of Santa Fe.” The exhibit will be held in the Visual Arts Gallery on the campus, which is located at 6401 Richards Ave. “Through the Lens: A Contemporary View of Santa Fe” will run through March 9. Attendees will be able to enjoy 40 images by contemporary photographers living and working in Santa Fe. It is a companion exhibition to “Through the Lens: Creating Santa Fe,” which is on display at the Palace of the Governors Museum through October.
The exhibition presents a diverse and contemporary view of Santa Fe through images that document the cultural changes that have occurred in Santa Fe across the past forty years. Polly Brown, Blair Clark, Jack Parsons, and Meridel Rubenstein are among the included photographers whose work examines the history and contemporary realities of Northern New
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An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 29, and features a talk by Andrew Lovato, assistant professor of speech communication at SFCC, at 6 p.m. Lovato, who holds a doctorate in intercultural communication from University of New Mexico, has lectured widely and has written and co-written five books on Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico.
(Santa Fe Homes Blog) The Santa Fe Art Insitute will be presenting a screening of the movie Camp Girls on February 9 at 6pm in Timpton Hall. The cost is $5 for a ticket.
In 2006, acclaimed visual artist Gay Block re-photographed and interviewed women who were girls in her 1981 series from Pinecliffe, a summer camp in Maine. Camp Girls (which was produced in 2008 and runs 48 minutes) is a subtle documentary, which reveals volumes about gender, class and Jewish identity in the United States.
Block will inaugurate the Santa Fe Art Institute’s 2009 visiting artist and lecture season Memory: Shadow & Light – Art as individual/collective memory. Without memory humans have no past and therefore no way of contextualizing the present or the future — our memories inform all aspects of life and without it, the world makes no sense. Our perception of the past, conversely, is always influenced by the present, which means that memory is fluid and changeable. Because memory is not just an individual, private experience but is also part of the collective domain, cultural memory has become a topic in every part of study and practice. Some artists see cultural memory as becoming more democratic, due to the rise of new media. Others see cultural memory as remaining concentrated in the hands of corporations and states.
As a portrait photographer, Gay Block began in 1973 with portraits of her own affluent Jewish community in Houston and later expanded this study to include South Miami Beach and girls at summer camp. Her landmark work with writer Malka Drucker, RESCUERS: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust, both a book and traveling exhibit, has been seen in over fifty venues in the US and abroad, including the Museum of Modern Art, NY, in 1992. In 2003 Block’s 30-year portrait of her mother in photographs, video, and words, Bertha Alyce: Mother exPosed, was published by UNM Press and began as a traveling exhibit.
(Santa Fe Homes) The city of Santa Fe held an honorable and sincere tribute to the memory and impact of Martin Luther King. The annual tribute to Martin Luther King was held at the New Mexico State Capitol. KRQE was there with this video report…
(Santa Fe Homes Blog) Santa Fe Community College will host a groundbreaking ceremony on January 15 for its new Health and Sciences Building that will be located on the north side of the Santa Fe Community College campus.
“It’s exciting to see our plans to educate nurses, respiratory therapists, medical and dental assistants and other healthcare workers come to fruition,” said SFCC President Sheila Ortego. “This is the largest building project on campus in a decade, and is our first LEED-certified green building. We are very proud and thankful to the voters in Santa Fe, who approved bond funding to make this project a reality.”
The nearly 50,000 square foot facility will become the centerpiece of the college’s School of Health and Sciences, which offers programs in nursing, respiratory therapy, dental health and assisting emergency medical training and biology.
The Health and Sciences Building will consist of laboratories, classrooms and offices dedicated to training students for careers in health and sciences professions. The building will also house a dental clinic operated by Santa Fe’s La Familia Medical Center, a 20-chair clinic which provides dental health services to families and individuals in need, while also serving as a clinical training site for SFCC dental students.
Construction of a new SFCC Health and Sciences Building received the green light from Santa Fe residents in September 2007, when voters - responding to a state- and nationwide shortage of nurses and other medical professionals - approved a $25 million general obligation bond, which earmarked funds $17.7 million for the project.
The building will be constructed under high efficiency standards and will aim to achieve the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold standard, according to designing firm Studio Southwest Architects of Albuquerque.
Along with a number of sustainable design features, the building will become the first LEED Gold building in the Southwest to employ a “living wall,” a 20 feet high and 17 feet wide plant wall biofilter that improves indoor air quality and improves energy efficiency. “The living wall is a model for blending art and science to deal with the real problems of indoor air quality in an attractive and sustainable way,” said Studio Southwest principal architect Shary Adams. The wall also reduces levels of contaminants, maintains temperature and humidity and saves the college energy by reducing the amount of air that needs to be cooled in the summer by more traditional means. “The project will set the standard for sustainable air handling in Santa Fe and the Southwest for years to come,” she said.
The building will expand laboratory space for SFCC’s health and sciences programs by offering three new nursing labs, two biology labs, one dental lab and a static lab for Emergency Medical Service Institute training. The building will also feature simulations labs, complete with human patient simulators and a central control viewing room.
The college’s signature main campus courtyard design will translate to the Health and Sciences Building, which will feature its own courtyard where students can study, eat lunch or take a break between classes.
“We are thrilled with the design of the new building and we are especially excited to expand our simulation laboratory, which provides a practical way for health care providers to practice and upgrade their skills,” said Ron Liss, Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs. “The new teaching environment will be state-of-the-art, and our students will reap the benefits: The realistic labs allow students to practice situations that are not routinely seen in traditional handson settings. Not only does this help prepare nurses, emergency personnel, and special care providers with training not available in other formats, it is also a cost-effective way to provide training for groups rather than individual clinical assignments. The long-term benefit of this new facility is in addressing the critical need for more health care workers.”
Last year, SFCC expanded its nursing program to include a fast-track, 10-month option for individuals holding a bachelor’s degree in a science field. The fast-track program currently accommodates eight students. The college’s nursing program enrolls about 100 students, who, between fall 2007 and spring 2008, boasted an 87 percent passage rate on national exams.
The Health and Sciences Building is slated for completion May 2010.
(Santa Fe Homes Blog) Santa Fe Community College’s School of Arts and Design will host a public open house on Saturday, Jan. 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in SFCC’s Fine Arts Center and Fine Woodworking studio, located on the college campus, 6401 Richards Ave.
The event will showcase SFCC spring semester classes in music, dance, theater, painting and drawing, photography, printmaking, book arts, jewelry, sculpture, fine woodworking, ceramics, art history, fashion design, interior design, gallery management, and architectural design. Information about the University of New Mexico’s Bachelor of Fine Arts program, which is hosted on the SFCC campus, and advising about enrollment and registration will be available.
During the open house, prospective students can talk with instructors, view student artwork and observe live demonstrations in areas such as sculpture, fine woodworking, jewelry, printmaking and book arts, ceramics and art history.
“I’ve heard people call us Santa Fe’s best kept secret,” said Douglas Barkey, the school’s dean. “Newcomers are amazed when they first witness the world-class facilities and the top-notch instructors we have here at the community college.”
For more information, call (505) 428-1436.
KOAT is reporting on a new service helping the homeless Santa Fe youth. From the article:
“Homelessness in New Mexico is a problem that only gets worst during winter months. But as the temperatures continue to drop, there’s some good news for homeless youth in Santa Fe.”
The shelter helps fulfill basic needs to Santa Fe homeless youth.
(Santa Fe Homes Blog) A blanket of snow hit Santa Fe, New Mexico just in time for Christmas. The following news story provides some nice visuals:
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