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
RYM 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.
Southwest 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.
At 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:
- Warehouse 508
- Sol Usos
- Hakim Bellamy
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
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.
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