Art All Over the Place: Chronicling Local Life with Lucy Lippard

In this episode, Matthew Fluharty visits writer, curator, & activist Lucy Lippard in Galisteo, New Mexico. Lucy discusses the publication of her local newsletter El Puente de Galisteo, which she began editing & distributing in January 1997, in collaboration with local residents & community organizations.She reflects on her involvement in the Galisteo community & how the village has changed over the past few decades, which she has also chronicled in Pueblo Chico: Land and Lives in Galisteo since 1814 (Museum of New Mexico Press, 2020). Lucy also discusses the inspirations behind her book The Lure of the Local (The New Press, 1997) and its relationship to the trajectory of non-urban art practice.Additional ResourcesEpisode webpageEl Puente de Galisteo (1997-present)The Lure of the Local (The New Press, 1997)Pueblo Chico: Land and Lives in Galisteo since 1814 (Museum of New Mexico Press, 2020)We are grateful to folks across the country who have made tax-deductible contributions to Art of the Rural to make this conversation possible, and to the Ford Foundation and Good Chaos Foundation for their support of Art of the Rural’s media programs.