The Paseo Project, 630 Paseo del Pueblo Sur, #100, Taos, NM (2026)

09/30/2026

Make a weekend of October Disturbance Days!

From an immersive forest created by young artists to vintage Smokey Bear posters, ceramic art, and a landscape field trip, explore how fire shapes our forests—and how art helps us understand change.

Thursday, October 1

Start with the Burnt Earth ceramic exhibition opening at UNM–Taos Klauer Campus, 4–7 p.m.

Friday, October 2

Enjoy two openings at the Taos Center for the Arts, 5–7:30 p.m.:

A Forest in Motion — student artwork transforms the Stables Gallery into a walk-through forest. On view October 2–4.

Deconstructing Smokey — vintage posters and artifacts offer new perspectives on a familiar bear. On view October 2–6.

Saturday, October 3

10 a.m.–3 p.m. — Bedrock to Bark field trip, exploring geology, forests, and landscape change. Begins and ends at the Juan I. Gonzales Agricultural Center. RSVP required.

11 a.m.–1 p.m. — Medicine of Disturbance pop-up exhibition at Twirl with the Garcia, Gonzales, and Santistevan families.

4 p.m. — Artist conversation with Erika Osborne and Margaret Garcia at The Gallery @ Hotel Willa.

Throughout the weekend, visit Disturbance: The Art & Ecology of Change at The Gallery @ Hotel Willa, Friday–Sunday, 1–6 p.m.

All events are free! Save this itinerary, invite a friend, and join us across Taos.

Details and field trip RSVP: paseoproject.org/disturbance2026

Thank you to all our amazing sponsors!
Town of Taos
Taos County Taos County
Twirl Twirl Taos
LMNOC Radio
Del Fuego
Forest Stewards Guild
Hotel Willa
The Lens
The Lor Foundation
National Forest Foundation
Southwest Fire Science Consortium
Revolt Gallery Revolt Gallery

And SOOO Many more.

09/30/2026

Step into a forest imagined and built by young artists!

A Forest in Motion: A Youth Art + Ecology Event brings student artwork from across Northern New Mexico together in an immersive, walk-through forest exploring fire, growth, and renewal.

Join us Friday for the opening reception, celebrate the students’ creativity, and discover what they’ve been learning about our changing forests. Come back throughout the weekend for hands-on activities and presentations!

Stables Gallery | Taos Center for the Arts
Opening: Friday, October 2 | 5–7:30 p.m.
Pop-up exhibition: Saturday & Sunday, October 3–4 | 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Free and open to all ages

Created through The Paseo Project’s Disturbance youth education program in collaboration with Twirl.

Bring your family, invite a friend, and explore the forest with us!

Learn more at paseoproject.org/disturbance2026

Special thanks to all our sponsors including Twirl, town of Taos, Taos County, Taos Ski Valley, Nusenda, The J3 Fund, and Taos Community Foundation and our friends at the TCA!

Twirl Taos
Taos Ski Valley
Taos Center for the Arts
Del Fuego

Taos Community Foundation
Taos County
Nusenda Credit Union

09/20/2026

🔥 BURNT EARTH 🔥
An exhibition of ceramic art set within the Amole Canyon burn scar

Saturday, September 26 | 2–7 PM
Amole Canyon Group Shelter Area
FREE and open to the public

Earth. Minerals. Fire. Transformation.

Guest curated by Taos ceramic artist and educator Lee Akins, Burnt Earth brings ceramic art directly into a landscape transformed by wildfire. Featuring wood-fired, pit-fired, micaceous, hand-built, and wheel-thrown works, the exhibition explores the elemental relationship among clay, fire, the environment, and human creativity.

For one day only, encounter these works among the trees of Amole Canyon—and consider how artists both shape the earth and are shaped by it.

Participating artists:

Lee Akins
Ekin Balcioğlu
Megan Bartley-Matthews
Rebecca Browning-Yager
JoAnne DeKeuster
Kevin DeKeuster
Gretchen Ewert
Avi Farber
Anna Fuenning
Turiya Gross
Max Massey
Sarah Newberry
Johnny Ortiz Co**ha
Scott Rutherford
Abby Salsbury
Dawning Pollen Shorty
Betsy Williams
Angie Yazzie

Following its outdoor presentation, Burnt Earth moves to the UNM-Taos Klauer Campus, where it will be on view September 28–October 6, daily from 9 AM–5 PM.

Burnt Earth is part of Disturbance: The Art & Ecology of Change, presented by The Paseo Project, Del Fuego, and Forest Stewards Guild. Del Fuego, Forest Stewards Guild

🔥 Make a day of it on the High Road and join us for this unforgettable meeting of art, earth, and fire.

Full details at the link in bio or paseoproject.org/disturbance2026

Special thanks to all our sponsors.
This exhibition wouldn't be possible without the support of
UNM Taos Art Department
UNM-Taos Department of Fine Arts, Film and Digital Media
Harwood Museum of Art
Harwood Museum
Couse-Sharp Historic Site
The Couse-Sharp Historic Site

09/20/2026

🔥 DON’T MISS THE DISTURBANCE ON THE HIGH ROAD! 🔥

This weekend, make a day of it—and experience art, ecology, local knowledge, and community across Las Trampas, Chamisal, Peñasco, and Amole Canyon.

All events are FREE and open to the public!

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

🔥 9–11 AM
Tierra Común: Land, Community and Change in Northern New Mexico
San José de Garcia Church, Las Trampas, and the surrounding forest

🔥 10 AM–2 PM
The Medicine of Disturbance
Chamisal Ancianos Center

🔥 10 AM–5 PM
Youth Disturbance Art: The High Road Art Tour
Peñasco Theatre

🔥 2–7 PM
Burnt Earth
Amole Canyon Group Shelter Area

Don’t miss this one-day exhibition of ceramic art installed directly within the Amole Canyon burn scar. Guest curated by Lee Akins, Burnt Earth brings together regional artists working with clay, minerals, and fire in a landscape transformed by fire.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

🔥 10 AM–5 PM
Youth Disturbance Art: The High Road Art Tour
Peñasco Theatre

Then, Burnt Earth moves to the UNM-Taos Klauer Campus, where it will be on view September 28–October 6, daily from 9 AM–5 PM.

Pack some snacks, bring a friend, travel the High Road, and spend the day exploring how art, science, culture, and community come together through Disturbance: The Art & Ecology of Change.

Presented by The Paseo Project, Del Fuego, Forest Stewards Guild, and our participating artists, scientists, educators, land stewards, and community partners.

Full details at the link in bio or paseoproject.org/disturbance2026

Thank you to our Disturbance Sponsors!
Town of Taos
Taos County
National Forest Foundation
LOR Foundation
Southwest Fire Science Consortium
New Mexico Association of Counties
Taos Community Foundation
Revolt Gallery
NM Arts
Taos Ski Valley
Hotel Willa
And so many more

09/16/2026

Join us Friday at WildFlower Playhouse

Paseo Project presents Extended Play – Live Performance with visiting artist in residence Chris Knowlton

Friday, September 18, 2026
7:30 PM

Wildflower Playhouse
1339 Paseo Del Pueblo SurTaos, NM

Extended Play – Live Performance
An evening-length performance integrating live motion tracking and augmented reality, allowing the performer to dance across a virtual vinyl record stage.

SHOWTIME
Fri, Sept 18, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Free

Christopher Knowlton
Wildflower Playhouse

09/16/2026

Artist talk!
Thursday, September 17
5:30
Hotel Willa

Join us for a free artist talk by visiting artist in residence Chris Knowlton. Christopher Knowlton

Working at the intersection of dance, technology, and experimental media, Knowlton creates immersive performance experiences that explore how emerging technologies can expand human connection, perception, and embodied awareness.

Get an inside perspective... And then join us at Wildflower Playhouse Friday at 7:30 for a free performance!

09/11/2026

THIS SATURDAY: Experience dance on vinyl—through augmented reality! At Heads Up Music!

Join The Paseo Project and September Artist-in-Residence Chris Knowlton Christopher Knowlton for a pop-up presentation of Extended Play, an innovative dance project that brings together vinyl records, movement, motion capture, and augmented reality.

Inspired in part by the Voyager Golden Record, Extended Play asks: What if dance could be held, replayed, and experienced like an album? Drop in for a listening-party-style event featuring tabletop demonstrations of the project’s smartphone-based AR vinyl experience.

Extended Play Pop-Up: AR Vinyl Experience
Saturday, September 12 · 12–5 PM
Heads Up Music Heads Up Music
226 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte, Taos
Free and open to the public

Chris Knowlton is a transdisciplinary artist, engineer, and choreographer whose work explores how emerging technologies can expand human connection, perception, and embodied awareness.

Can’t make it Saturday? Join us for more free events with Chris throughout the month:

Artist Talk: Chris Knowlton
Thursday, September 17 · 5:30 PM
The Gallery @ Hotel Willa Hotel Willa
233 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur, Taos

Extended Play: Live Performance
Friday, September 18 · 7:30 PM
WildFlower Playhouse Wildflower Playhouse
1339 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur, Taos
An evening-length performance integrating live motion tracking and augmented reality as the performer dances across a virtual vinyl-record stage.

STEAM Saturday @ Twirl
Saturday, September 19 · 11 AM–1 PM
Twirl Twirl Taos
225 Camino de la Placita, Taos
A hands-on family event inviting young people to build, create, and explore through play with Chris.

All events are free and open to the public.

09/06/2026

SEPTEMBER ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: CHRIS KNOWLTON

Dance meets augmented reality, motion capture—and vinyl—this September in Taos.

The Paseo Project + Hotel Willa welcome Chicago-based transdisciplinary movement artist, scientist, dancemaker, and engineer Chris Knowlton as our September Artist in Residence. Hotel Willa

During his time in Taos, Chris will bring Extended Play to our community—an innovative augmented reality dance project that combines live performance, motion capture, digital technology, and vinyl records to explore memory, nostalgia, q***r futurism, and what a “record” of dance can be.

And there are lots of ways to experience it throughout September:

SEPT 5 | 11:30 AM–12:30 PM
Interactive Artist Talk + Demo with STEMarts Lab STEMarts Lab
UNM-Taos HIVE

SEPT 8 | 5–6:30 PM
Dance & Digital Partnering Workshop with Movement Lab Movement Lab | Nadine Lollino
Taos Center for the Arts | By donation

SEPT 12 | 12–5 PM
Extended Play AR Vinyl Pop-Up
Heads Up Music | Free Heads Up Music

SEPT 17 | 5:30 PM
Artist Talk: Chris Knowlton
Gallery @ Hotel Willa | FREE

SEPT 18 | 7:30 PM
Extended Play** — Live Performance**
WildFlower Playhouse | FREE
Experience an evening-length performance combining dance, live motion tracking, and augmented reality—including a virtual stage unfolding across a vinyl record. Wildflower Playhouse

SEPT 19 | 11 AM–1 PM
STEAM Saturday @ Twirl
A hands-on family workshop exploring art, movement + technology | Free Twirl Taos

Come meet Chris, experiment, move, listen, play—and experience some unexpected ways art and technology can come together.

The Paseo Project’s Artist-in-Residence Program brings visiting artists to Taos to develop new work while creating opportunities for exchange, experimentation, and connection with our community.

This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. National Endowment f/t Arts

Special thanks to our residency partners Hotel Willa, WildFlower Playhouse, STEMarts Lab, MovementLab, Taos Center for the Arts, Heads Up Music + Twirl.

Learn more at paseoproject.org link in bio

09/05/2026

NOW ON VIEW

DISTURBANCE: The Art & Ecology of Change
August 28, 2026–January 31, 2027
The Gallery Hotel Willa
Friday–Sunday, 1–6 p.m.
FREE

*With Partnering Satellite Galleries The Lens Photography Gallery 121 Kit Carson Rd Taos NM and Revolt Gallery

Wildfire is rapidly reshaping ecosystems and communities across the Southwest. Disturbance brings artists and scientists together to examine fire not only as a force of loss and disruption, but also as an essential ecological process of adaptation, renewal, and resilience.

FEATURED ARTISTS
Rachel Briggs · Cori Ch*****ne · Avi Farber · Yhoshua Gutierrez · Alexis Hagestad · Juanita Lavadie · Mandy Lee · Pola Lopez · Erika Osborne · Cedar Rose Silverado · Jonathan Warm Day Coming

PARTICIPATING SCIENTISTS
Ellis Q. Margolis · Jose M. Iniguez · Matthew Hurteau · Camille Stevens-Rumann · Andrea E. Thode · Serra Hoagland

AND Disturbance is much more than an exhibition. Each month, Disturbance Days will bring art, science, storytelling, field trips, youth programs, exhibitions, conversations, hands-on activities, and community gatherings to locations throughout Taos County.

Join us in September for programs along the High Road, in Las Trampas, Chamisal, and Amole Canyon; in October for youth art and ecology events across Taos; in November for a full Disturbance Day in Questa; in December for gatherings throughout Taos; and in January for the exhibition’s closing celebration.

There are many more programs—and a few surprises—still to come. Follow along, bring your curiosity, and join us as artists, scientists, students, and community members explore our changing landscapes together.

Find the complete schedule through the link in our bio.

Developed by The Paseo Project, Del Fuego Del Fuego and the Forest Stewards Guild Forest Stewards Guild, with the support and participation of partners throughout Northern New Mexico, including Twirl, Taos Center for the Arts, Joint Fire Science Program, Taos Soil & Water Conservation District, Village of Questa, New Mexico State Forestry Division, LEAP, UNM–Taos, Friends of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, Wild and Scenic Rivers/BLM, U.S. Forest Service, Peñasco Theatre, and more!

09/05/2026

What an incredible opening weekend for Disturbance: The Art & Ecology of Change.

Thank you to everyone who came out and filled the Gallery and Courtyard at Hotel Willa. The weekend brought together artists, scientists, partners, and community members to celebrate the opening of the exhibition—and marked the beginning of five months of art, science, conversation, and fun throughout Taos County.

We premiered the Disturbance mini-documentary, welcomed participating artists to Taos, and shared some seriously tasty tacos prepared by Juliette at Hotel Willa and served from the taco truck generously provided by .

A special thank-you to KNCE for broadcasting live from the courtyard and interviewing the artists and scientists behind the project—and to ROC for facilitating such a lively and thoughtful conversation on the air.

We are deeply grateful to all of the artists, scientists, partners, volunteers, and community members who made the weekend possible—and to Hotel Willa for holding space for both this celebration and the exhibition.

Disturbance has only just begun. Look out for five months of programs bringing together art, community, scientists, learning, and plenty of unexpected fun.

The exhibition remains on view through January 2027 at the Gallery at Hotel Willa. Visit Friday–Sunday, 1–6 p.m., or by appointment. All free!

Watch the mini-doc, listen to the KNCE live remote recording, and explore the upcoming schedule through the link in our bio.

Partners: Paseo Project, t, Forest Stewards Guild.

Thank you sponsors:

Anonymous, Tom Rogers, Janet Webb, Happy Price, Andrea Szekeres, Bob & Linda Warning, Romy Colonius, Elizabeth Crittenden Palacios, Kristin Swim, Viviette Hunt, Santiago Vaca, Erika Zetty, J3 Fund, Ria Burnett, Linda & Bob Warning, Liz Gilbert

Town of Taos
Taos County
National Forest Foundation
LOR Foundation
Southwest Fire Science Consortium
New Mexico Association of Counties
Taos Community Foundation
Revolt Gallery
NM Arts
Taos Ski Valley
Hotel Willa
The Nusenda Foundation
Chevron
Paradise Power Company
KNCE True Taos Radio
Taos Net / Brownrice
Twirl, Taos Center For the Arts, and more!

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