Flight of Fancy

During April and May, NeoKite artists and volunteers worked with classes from the Questa Alta Vista Elementary and Rio Costilla Elementary Schools, introducing them to the history and art of tethered aircraft. Kite and windsock-making workshops were followed by field trips to the Wild Rivers Recreation Area. The students had a great time flying their new wind-art creations and hiking. 

The project will culminate in September with a kite exhibition at Ocho, a new art space in Questa, and at NeoRio with the premiere of the NeoKite project video. NeoKite is organized by LEAP, Wild Earth Studio, and local artist volunteers in collaboration with the BLM Taos Field Office and the Questa School District.  Click to read more about NeoKite and NeoRio 2012

Put Your Back Into It

When is the last time you felt really proud of yourself?  When you did something, not because someone was watching, or you had to, but just because it was the right thing to do?  Those of you who helped raise $17,000 dollars for camp last summer surely know the feeling. 

Why are these campers pulling an outhouse up an mountain? Because they can!

I’m always amazed when I find a donation check in the mail.  I picture you taking the time to sit down and write in a dollar amount, when you could so easily put it off, forget about it, and keep it for yourself.  That’s what Bud’s camp has always been about- rolling up the sleeves and just quietly doing what needs to be done. 

We have to raise $20,000 right now for the 70 campers this summer.  I hope you will help.  Not because writing a check is glamorous, but because those kids need the ranch, and only together can we give it to them.  

Please visit the donate page.

Community Agriculture

Lama Ladies put the Community in "Community Supported Agriculture"

Most critters on Earth spend the majority of their waking hours finding food.  If we don’t eat enough calories, we don’t stay alive.  And one timeless rule of nature: you have to put out calories to get calories.  Never in history have people gotten more food for less actual work than in America today.

The average farmer in Iowa feeds 155 other individual people.  Feeding the whole world by yourself on a tight budget is hard work.  No wonder those guys cut some corners- dumping toxic chemicals on our food, rearranging its DNA, washing thousands of years of topsoil into the gulf of Mexico, etc.

Our food comes from a natural system.  Ultimately, the only way the system will be healthy is if we participate in it- every person, every day.

This year, the working members of the Lama Community Farm have taken control of their calories.  For several months, the neighbor farmers have been meeting weekly to plan and plant a true community food project.  There’s a lot of work ahead, it’s a big learning curve for all of us, and you never know how a growing season will go.  But one thing is for sure- there’s no more noble way to spend the day than feeding yourself and your friends.

Good Seed Bad Seed

The latest radio series from Paradigm Projects producer / founder Sarah Parker and the RWCS kids:

QTown Records

QTown Records is a production company helping local musicians produce, record, print and distribute music.  Based out of Bear Rock Studio in El Rito NM, QTown’s furthers the work of artist by guiding them through the recording process.

Founded this year by Tim Long, Michael Rael and Wyman Edwards, the company has already produced a music video of a song by David Dawson called What About We.  QTown also produced, recorded and is distributing a cd of songs by Rita Tafoya.

QTown is planning to be an educational resource for students to learn the art of audio/video recording and production.