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Honoring the History of the Rail Yards

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on October 18, 2014 1

By Alex Paramo

“In the Fall of 1868 construction began in Topeka, Kansas on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe line under the leadership of Cyrus K. Holliday. The Santa Fe was operating 28 miles of track in 1869. The line from Topeka to Atchison was completed in early 1872 and entered Colorado by the end of December. The line opened to Albuquerque in March 1880.” From the Wheels Museum Website.

This Sunday we honor the Albuquerque Rail Yards grounds, workers, and neighborhood folks. The Rail Yards were a major hub of activity up until the 1940’s. Come down with your photos and stories about the  Rail Yards space and structures. The Rail Yards Market along with the WHEELS Museum are revitalizing this space, come be a part of it on Sunday, October 19 from 9am to 3pm.

Planned Programming

unnamedRYM Traditional Zone welcomes local Papel Picado Artist Chris Baca for Celebrating Barelas and Rail Yards History Day this Sunday. Chris has reached a level of mastery with the beautiful Cut Paper Traditional Arts and will be teaching his process all market day. Come join us for some festive surprises and take a hand made memory home with you.

SUVASouthwest University of Visual Arts (SUVA) educates students to excel in the fields of Fine Arts, Design, Advertising and Visual Communications within a student focused environment committed to the highest standards of academic achievement, scholarly inquiry, creativity and citizenship in a diverse world community.

Please join us this week in the Pop Up Gallery on the Rail Yards for SUVA’s Halloween Student exhibition. Information will be on hand about their “Dance Macabre” Halloween Event.

October 19At the Children’s Zone we are happy to have Lita Sandoval the Administrator for Escuela del Sol Montessori, Communications and Special Projects with the Harwood Art Center. This fall, Harwood Art Center is hosting a series of free Creative Roots Community Art Making Days in partnership with Bernalillo County. Participants of all ages will be invited to create an artwork on a cut-out cottonwood leaf from recycled paper bags. The leaves will be for a collaborative comity exhibition “reCreating the Cottonwoods” that will be hosted at Bernalillo County’s Bachechi Open Space Center on January 23, 2015 from 4-6pm. The leaves will highlight the beauty of the cottonwood tree, the importance of it in our community and the need for its preservation.

Rail Yards Market Entertainment

On our Main and Community Stages we will be featuring the best in Local Entertainers and talented folks including but not limited to:

Hakim Bellamy is Albuquerque’s Inaugural Poet Laureate. We are honored to have him reciting his poetry at 10 am on the Main Stage. For full program please click here. 

Wherever you are from, come down to the Rail Yards Market this Sunday, get a closer look at the grounds and gain a further appreciation of the folks that moved the world at that time.
See You Sunday!

Alex Paramo Community Publishing

Alex Paramo

Alex Paramo is an Author and Co-Founder of Community Publishing. Community Publishing brings local artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as multimedia eBooks while promoting literacy in our communities.

We are proud to be a community partner and digital marketer at the Rail Yards Market.#JoinOurCommunity at http://communitypublishing.org

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Happy Landings at the Rail Yards Market

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on October 4, 2014 Respond

By Alex Paramo

Each year the Albuquerque International T-ShirtBalloon Fiesta attracts hundreds of thousands of folks from all over the world! Balloon enthusiasts fill the streets of this beautiful city, while hot-air balloons add more colors to the already magnificent color palette of it’s mesmerizing sky! Year after year the Balloon Fiesta seems more breathtaking than the previous and a visit to Albuquerque is not complete without a visit to the International Balloon Fiesta Museum/Park. Every year Albuquerque seems more vibrant, with an increasing number of attractions and must-experience venues!

The Heart of the City

Dan GardunoLocated in beautiful Barelas, the Rail Yards Market is part of that ever-expanding list of must-experience venues but it is not easily classifiable. It is much more than a market but rather a meeting place, where a vortex of sights, sounds, aromas and tastes congregate, every Sunday from 9am to 3pm! Artists of all mediums converge with educators and a dedicated community of volunteers to create a truly one-of-a-kind experience! It is truly a world-class event where patrons can shop from local growers, listen to amazing music, partake in mindful stretching, learn from dedicated educators, and be exposed to cutting-edge art while being exposed to ideas regarding sustainability and a reintroduction to traditional ways of living.

Education through the Arts

Pop Up ArtAt the Pop Up Arts Zone we have an Interactive installation by  Rosalie M. López “¿No estoy yo aquí, Am I not here? Ms. López is a Chicana conceptual artist whose work revolves around reforming religious and cultural iconography to express ambivalences in contemporary culture. Her work often discusses the duality of dysfunctional social cycles juxtaposed with positive expressions of cultural identity and communal strength. She primarily uses printmaking, installation, and the altar/ofrenda to relay experiences of survival, loss, and hope. She is currently working with students of Working Classroom to create contemporary installation altars dedicated to this lost to preventable deaths. The work will be displayed in an exhibition November 2 at 100 Gold Ave. SW (corner of 1st and Gold).

Africana StudiesThe Children’s Zone features Africana Leadership Opportunity Team (ALOT), LLC which provides innovative educational solutions for the community, in higher education, and for New Mexico’s children through Africana Cultural Arts. Children will have the opportunity to create art while exploring Africana history and culture, and using interesting new tools. ALOT will also provide art made by Third World Outliers, an artist collective within ALOT, to support the no cost educational programming. ALOT creates well-developed and content rich project-based curriculum that meets the New Mexico State Standards, as well as exceeds the benchmarks set by the New Common Core Initiative and recommendations by the Arts Education Partnership and the National Collation for Core Arts Standards. Through innovative programming, ALOT has served over 200 youth and over 150 UNM Students just this year through the ALOT Summer School for Educational Transformation (ASSET), the ALOT Cultural Arts Program at APS, and art seminars across the city. ALOT is comprised of certified teachers, UNM Faculty, students, and community members who believe that art, learning, and teaching are the most radical of acts.

Labor DayThe Sustainability Zone will be promoting the concept of sustainability through the SUVA school hunger program. Donnine Canamar will be talking about student hunger and why as a system, we need to correct this imbalance. She will be handing out literature about the program as well as info about where people can donate.

On our Stages

We have many entertainers schedule for this Sunday including (complete schedule):

  • Morning Movement with Melanie on the Community Stage
  • Poetry
  • The Whiskey Priest

Specials for Balloon Fiesta Patrons

We welcome you at the Rail Yards Market after your balloon experience with great specials courtesy of our amazing vendors, and growers! We are open from 9am to 3pm every Sunday through November 2. Visit the Rail Yards Market and you will be able to tell your friends that you had a unique Albuquerque experience! See You Sunday!

Alex Paramo Community Publishing

Alex Paramo

Alex Paramo is an Author and Co-Founder of Community Publishing. Community Publishing brings local artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as multimedia eBooks while promoting literacy in our communities.

We are proud to be a community partner and digital marketer at the Rail Yards Market.#JoinOurCommunity at http://communitypublishing.org

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Celebrating Local Growers at the Rail Yards Market

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on August 23, 2014 Respond

Local GrowersFood and Water, we need both to survive, but do we actually ever stop and think who provides both? In the case of water, the respective “Water Authority” of each town/municipality is responsible for providing it. When it comes to food, our “choices” are varied. The big corporate box stores typically import their food from out-of-state or from other countries. Small local shops offer locally grown food options. The several “farmers” markets around town provide the chance to buy locally grown produce directly from the growers themselves.

Rail Yards Market

At the Rail Yards Market (RYM) we are much more than a “farmers” market but we also provide the opportunity to buy locally grown produce from local growers and in a few cases, they will make a meal for you right there on the spot (farm to table). When you shop for your produce from a local grower, you help stimulate the local economy, strengthen your community, while providing healthier food options for your family.

Growing Community

Local GrowersRYM welcomes traditionally trained and Federally Registered Native American Minister Courtni “StarHeart” Hale to Educate this Sunday all day in the Traditional Zone. Courtni is the Executive Director of the Center for Natural and Tradtional Knowledge, a 501(c) non-profit that teaches about Sustainability and Natural Arts right here in New Mexico. “StarHeart” is also an Artist who melds the beauty of her Shamanic Practice into the Creation of Power Paintings for clients, designers and exhibitions.

SUVAThe Pop Up Gallery will feature the Southwest University of Visual Arts (SUVA) senior Tori Lester. Ms. Lester is pursuing her BFA in Fine Arts and will be featured as well as accompanied by fellow students for an exciting Sulpture Exhibit.

RYM Live Art Zone welcomes Guest Artist and Educator Rene Palomares courtesy of Warehouse 508. Rene will be joined by his students from Bosque School for an awesome set of Live Painting! This Sunday in the Children’s Zone, super artists/musician/educator Stephanie Galloway will be making papier-mache piñatas with the children.

Entertainment

Belly Dancers

We will have our usual assortment of entertainers on our Main and Community Stages including; Poetry, Morning Movement for all ages, Carlos the Tall, Desert Darlings Belly Dancers and much more. For complete lineup please click here.

Friends and Neighbors

When we buy our produce from local growers we are shopping from our friends and neighbors. The Rio Grande River provides the water that allows our local growers to give life to our community. Take a minute to come on down to the RYM and let them know how much we appreciate their efforts. See You Sunday!

Alex Paramo is an Author and Co-Founder of Community Publishing. Community Publishing brings local artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as multimedia eBooks while promoting literacy in our communities.

We are proud to be a community partner and digital marketer at the Rail Yards Market.#JoinOurCommunity at http://communitypublishing.org

 

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Boosting the Local Economy at the Rail Yards Market

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on August 9, 2014 Respond

 By Alex Paramo

Alex Paramo Community Publishing

Alex Paramo

The benefits of shopping local are well documented and publicized. For example according to the organization Keep It Querque, Promoting Local Businesses“Your dollar recirculates 254% more when you spend it with a Local Retailer. When you dine at a Locally Owned Restaurant your dollar recirculates   287% further.”  Therefore a 10% shift would add an additional $179 million to the local economy each year.

Local Motion

Shopping Local

The Rail Yards Market (RYM) is committed to promoting local businesses and boosting the local economy by  giving small, locally owned businesses increased exposure both at the RYM and outside of it. Vendors are rotated regularly with the emphasis on keeping the RYM fresh and vibrant and exposing visitors to the amazing locally grown produce, food products, arts and crafts. Local produced items, many using local materials, are often created on the spot while you wait. Click the image on the right for more info.

Education Zones

SUVALive Arts Zone celebrates Shop Local Day on Sunday, August 10th, with two SUVA studentArtists! The Southwest University of Visual Arts will be represented by Samantha Griego, a Sophomore pursuing a BA in Studio Arts; and Carlos Vargas, a Junior pursuing his BA in Graphic design . Samantha will be printing her own T-shirts and bandanas using silk screen printing techniques. Her creations will be offered for purchase to support her mural project here on the SUVA campus. Carlos is an accomplished Graffiti artist and he will be demonstrating those skills live as an inspiration to other young artists who may not realize that Graffiti can be approached and created as an art in its own right. Samantha and Carlos will also be working together in collaboration to create unique Rail Yards Market inspired art-on-the-spot.

At the Sustainable Zone, OffCenter will lead a variety of activities revolving around recycled art projects, and some print-outs about how to do them. OffCenter’s mission is to “promote positive self identity and resilience through art making by providing a safe environment for creative social interaction with an emphasis on enhancing the lives of those most marginalized in our community.”

At the Children’s Zone, über Artist/Musician/Educator Stephanie Galloway is joined by the community group Powerful Parents! “Powerful Parents is a community organization that provides parent education in areas such as child development, communication, behavioral strategies, parent involvement, and collaborating with the community. We strive to find and focus our parent leaders with hopes of building a strong Jo Ann Harper Local Artistcommunity.”

The Pop-Up Art Gallery is proud to feature the work of Jo Ann Harper. Jo Ann was born in Temple, Texas but raised in Tucson, Arizona. She presently resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Jo Ann is a found wood sculptor and an artist of mix-media art; which includes fabric wall-hangings and assemblages of recycled materials. Art has been a very intuitive process for Jo Ann, focusing on nature’s powers of creativity and her innate ability to work with the forces of the materials being used.

On the Community and Main stages we have our usual assortment of Albuquerque’s best poets, dancers, musicians and entertainers and activities including:

  • Morning/Creative Movement with Reba: Yoga and stretches for adults and kids alike o
  • Latin Dancers that will be featured at the Latin Dance Festival will be performing
  • Local band Asliani will be performing their unique style of music

Community Benefits

Shopping LocalThere are many misconceptions when it comes to shopping local such as having to pay more for goods. These are mostly false. Additionally, your patronage allows for local-shops to keep their prices down. Click image to the left for more info. The benefits of shopping local go far beyond the economic benefits to the consumer and shop-keeper. Benefits such as building personal relationships with your neighbors, building a sustainable environment, building a more intimate community, building a vibrant community of friends and family knowing that your patronage improves the quality of their lives and yours as well. Remember before you decide where you shop, ask yourselves, what’s your Local Motive. See you Sunday!
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Thank you to Keep It Querque for data and graphics! Additional Contributors: April Parrish

Alex Paramo Community Publishing

Alex Paramo

Alex Paramo is an Author and Co-Founder of Community Publishing. Community Publishing brings local artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as multimedia eBooks while promoting literacy in our communities.

We are proud to be a community partner and digital marketer at the Rail Yards Market.
#JoinOurCommunity at http://communitypublishing.org

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Honoring our Heritage at the Rail Yards Market

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on July 12, 2014 2

Honoring our Heritage at the Rail Yards Market by Alex Paramo

Alex Paramo Community Publishing

Alex Paramo

Stop for a moment and think about the things you do and encounter in everyday life? Where did our habits, customs and collective knowledge come from? Whether we’re conscious of it or not, our heritage guides us. The choices of our ancestors, their lives and their beliefs, are worthy of understanding because they continue to inform our lives and our world even today. As we’re collectively re-discovering the value of all of the ancient wisdom that was written off as antiquated, out-dated, etc., we now see how vital this wisdom is and the prominent role it needs to play in our society today.

The Henna Fairy

HeritagePooja Lopriore aka the Henna Fairy is a great example of how wisdom from the past can lead and instruct us today. Pooja is of Indian descent and learned the Art of Henna from her family. According to Pooja, “Henna is very vast subject that has been used in Science, Art, Spirituality and traditions around the links throughout the world. Its recorded use has been 5000 years and most of it has been medicinal. It is new to the west and thus most popularly known as body adornment and temporary tattoos.”

Southwest University of Visual Arts

The Visual Arts have always been used as a means to SUVAcommunicate and pass down from one generation to the next elements of heritage and communal knowledge. To that overall end the Southwest University of Visual Arts (SUVA) is one of the Rail Yards Market‘s (RYM) sponsors and will be programming many of the Educational Zones! From SUVA’s mission statement, “Southwest University of Visual Arts strives to become an exemplary force in higher education recognized as a leading University of Art and Design.”

At the Children’s Zone, Chris Andrews and Lisa Ealy will be representing SUVA. Chris SUVA HeritageAndrews is part of the core faculty at SUVA. He studied Photography at NMSU in Las Cruces where he received his BA. Lisa Ealy is finishing out her freshman year as a student at SUVA, she is seeking a BA in illustration. Chris and Lisa are planning a variety of activities to fill the day. They will be reading some traditional fairy tales and scary stories, and I know they also plan to have some more hands-on activities as well such as mask making.”

The Pop-up Art Gallery will be featuring several examples of sculpture from of our current students and graduates.

***Programming below not affiliated with SUVA***

3D Art Heritage DayRYM Live Arts Zone presents two of our very own hard working grassroots local artists! Sarah Rose and Desiree Danielle Clugston will be working side by side all Market Day respectively sharing their gifts in the Ancient Arts of Mask Creation and Crafting along with the unique modern day innovations of  3Dimensional Canvas Paintings. In Celebration of Heritage Day come see the past become the present and the present reach out into our future!

On the Main and Community Stages the RYM will have many acts that contribute to our collective heritage including but not limited to Wamba Dance, Ramla Taal Belly Dancers, Poets Teresa Gallion and Georgia Santa Maria, Musicians Rev Tsolwar and Wilde Wood. Please click here for performance schedule.

Heritage is bi-directional, therefore what we do today individually and collectively becomes the heritage for future generations. As you enjoy the market today, take time to talk with your family and others you meet about what your/our heritage means to you. Reflect on how each of our respective heritages contain important tools that we can use as we co-create the world we want to live in. In our beautiful state of New Mexico, we honor our individual as well as our collective heritages. See You Sunday!

Alex Paramo is an Author and Co-Founder of Community Publishing. Community Publishing brings local artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as multimedia eBooks while promoting literacy in our communities.

We are proud to be a community partner and digital marketer at the Rail Yards Market.
#JoinOurCommunity at http://communitypublishing.org

Thank you to contributing writers: Anthony Fleg of the Native Health Initiative, independent Healing Artist April Parrish and Chad Gruber. 

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Celebrating Inter-Dependence Day

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on July 5, 2014 1

Each time this year, as parades and fireworks fill our 4th of July celebrations, we celebrate
America’s birth as a nation. However, the Rail Yards Market (RYM) would like our community to consider celebrating this holiday by considering our Inter-dependence on each other and appreciate the holistic nature of our community, society and world.

Interdependence

One Market, One Community, One World, One Love

Lets think of how we treat other, how we treat the earth and natural resources, how nations interact with one another with the the realization that we are all connected. Think of how we can celebrate our freedom as a nation through working to improve our communities, our state, and other parts of the world, knowing that if they suffer, we suffer as well. Let’s celebrate knowing that we can all prosper together as a global community, a society and an interconnected community here in Albuquerque at the Rail Yards Market.

Inter-Dependence Day at the RYM

SUVARail Yards Market Live Art Zone sends a warm welcome out to the Southwest University of Visual Arts (SUVA)’s Junior student Torri Lester joining us on Sunday, July 6th, for our Market Day of Learning, Inspiration and the Live Demo Beauty of Oil Paints meeting the Canvas. RYM is proud to kick off our Suva Sponsorship presence with the artistic talents of Ms. Lester. Let yourself flow with us at RYM and the Spark of Creation that reflects our Interdependent ways of living. See you there!!!
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The programming below is not affiliated with SUVA

Giving with Joel DavisAt the Pop-Up Art Zone we will be featuring the art of Joel Davis. “A re-­‐occurring theme in my work is the duality that occurs within nature and Society. I feel that everything we perceive and interact with contains opposing Truths. Using predominantly recycled materials such as Tile, Stone, Steel, Trash, And reclaimed wood, I attempt to create work that shows alternative perspectives To Social, Political, and Environmental issues. The other side of my creative process is just simply making an effort to create Art out of materials others have discarded. Often the found object Suggests the finished piece.”

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The Children’s Zone is bringing in Keith Sanchez, internationally recognized singer-songwriter, who will be giving free lessons to the kiddos! Bring your own guitar and meet Keith at the Community Stage at 10!! Keith is the founder and lead instructor at the New Mexico Academy of Rock & Blues. Spots still available for their summer camp, please visit their website (http://www.nmarb.com) for more info. Keith is also an educator, has worked on movie and theatrical scores and is a creative collaborator at Community Publishing. 

NM OrganicsThe Sustainability Zone brings the everyday chemical-free products of NM Organics! “We are a local small company focused on our lead product No Mo B.O pit cream! This is a natural deodorant made from organic products that contains no aluminum. Most deodorant has aluminum as the main ingredient as anti-perspirant. We also make a natural cleaner, laundry soap,lip balm and some other hand made products. We love to keep our family safe and want to do the same for you.” We welcome NM Organics into our RYM community!

PETriotic Animal Adoption

PETriotic Event

Attention Rail Yards Market community and animal lovers everywhere, on Sunday, July 6, we are hosting Animal Humane New Mexico for a PET-riotic Adoption Event! In partnership with Albuquerque Animal Welfare and ASPCA, they are bringing lots of adoptable dogs & kittens that are looking for homes! Kiss 97.3 will be broadcasting live. Come on down this Sunday and find your new best friend! Please share to help spread the word and find these animals a loving new home.

Fundraising at the RYM

Raven & the Sweet Potato Band will be hosting a fundraiser for us at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center on Thursday July 10 (6 pm-10 pm). Additionally, they will be performing this Sunday at the market! Tickets for the fundraiser will be available at the Information Booth at the market & by emailing railyardsmarket@gmail.com Local musicians supporting our local market: Whats your #LocalMotive

More Entertainment

As usual we will have our usual slew of entertainers, poets, and talented folks including but not limited to: Andean Flutes, Angelo Maresco, Dakari, and Georgio O’Neil,  For the complete schedule please click here

Inter-Dependence Day

As a global society moving toward an uncertain future, we can gain comfort in knowing that together we can overcome any obstacles and climb any mountains. Let us take this holiday to celebrate Inter-dependence, and then to act according to the timeless dictum: Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno – One for all and all for one!
See You Sunday!!

Alex Paramo is an Author and Co-Founder of Community Publishing. Community Publishing brings local artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as multimedia eBooks while promoting literacy in our communities.

We are proud to be a community partner and digital marketer at the Rail Yards Market.
#JoinOurCommunity at http://communitypublishing.org

Thank you to contributing writers: Anthony Fleg of the Native Health Initiative and independent Healing Artist April Parrish

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