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Alamogordo arts and creative community is alive and well on Alamogordo’s Main Street New York Avenue. Alamogordo MainStreet announced a congratulations to 4 of the 5 artisan teams selected to participate in the SideStreet Art Project Phase 2, a collaborative effort with the Tularosa Basin Museum of History, and funded by 100 Women Who Care Alamogordo.
The organization is still looking for one more artist to be chosen for the Buffalo Soldiers prompt that will be a part of the Walking History Tour path planned for the near future
If you are striving artist apply if interested. The Alamogordo MainStreet is excited to have such a wonderful group of individuals and teams working on this project next month and has confirmed the artist lineup.
The themes and artist selections include:
Celebrating Chihuahuita: Samantha Odom of Cloudcroft, NM
Ranching Stories: Amelia (Mia) Calsi of Santa Fe, NM
Pioneer Women of Alamogordo: John K.D. Graham and Lava Khonsuwon of La Luz, NM
Holloman Before Holloman: Drew Gaines of Cloudcroft, NM
Keep a lookout for the detailed features we will have on these artists!





Sunny, with a high of 77 and low of 48 degrees. Sunny for the morning, clear in the afternoon and evening,
Everything in Alamogordo feels fake to me, as if it is some kind of staging ground or network, not an organic community. Since the Manhattan Project, the military has used the town that way, but then there was a hard separation between the base and the town, and maybe that’s where things went sideways.
It looks like my comment was edited.The part about low income housing being crime infested was removed.
this is a situation which is replicated in countless small communities across our nation; where a single business/mine/factory/industry, or in this case, military base, is the economic engine that powers the entire community. this creates a nervous sort of dependency, and subservient approach within the local gover
The corruption which causes reputational damage is too widespread already and is going to overflow into the public eye soon enough. There is nothing anyone, or any group can do to stop it all from coming out. It is not limited to Chamber of Commerce or MainGate, IMO. Its tentacles are choking this city.
this is not an unusual situation involving chambers of commerce - merging government with business interests is nearly as problematic as merging government with churches. either situation places minority stakeholders in positions to manipulate the public's interests.