The Greater Chaco
Benefit Auction 2018
Saturday, May 12, 2018 • 6-10 pm
Where: The Santa Fe Art Institute
1600 St Michaels Drive, Santa Fe, NM, 87505
Above Artwork (details), clockwise from top left: Clouds 3, Alex Kinney, 2018; Earth Mysteries, Danila Rumold, 2010; Initiation, Harriette Tsosie, 2011; La Rosa Blanca, Valerie Rangel, 2018; Thyme with Dragonflies, Danielle Rae Miller, 2018; Elk, Carl Anthony ‘Cat’ Tsosie, 2018; Bisti Wilderness, Susan Crocker, date unknown; Great Horned Owl, Emily Gonzalez, 2012; Untitled, Shannon Weber, 2017; Traveling Souls, Cristy R Mendez, 2018; Iron Type, Cannupa Hanska Luger, 2017.
New Mexico Story Power and the Greater Chaco Coalition Present: a silent auction of artworks by local and national artists – as well as gift packages by local businesses – to raise awareness and resources critical to the protection of the Greater Chaco communities and landscapes.
The Greater Chaco Coalition Project Fund will underwrite several critical efforts including:
- Citizen science monitoring
- Community health impact assessments &
- Indigenous-led media projects
Please join us for an amazing evening of incredible artworks, performances, local refreshments, and inspiring community!
Performances By:
6:30- Eileen & the In-Betweens
8:00- MC Rhetorik
9:00- DJ Miss Ginger
and Special Guests!Preview of the works: 6:00-7:00pm
Silent Auction: 7:00 – 9:00pmArtwork and gifts can be taken home by winning bidders immediately following the auction, and volunteers will be present to process payments and to wrap artworks for transportation.
Much gratitude to the many incredible artists contributing work, to our fiscal sponsor, Diné CARE, and to our event partners:
Frack Free New Mexico, Frack Off Chaco, The Max & Anna Levinson Foundation, Broken Boxes Podcast, Pueblo Action Alliance, WildEarth Guardians, The Santa Fe Art Institute, Sierra Club Rio Grande, Sierra Club, Northern New Mexico, 350 New Mexico, We Are One River, Land Arts of the American West at The University of New Mexico, Indigenous Rising Media/Indigenous Environmental Network, Frack Free Four Corners, and San Juan Citizens Alliance
For additional inquiries, contact: newmexicostorypower@gmail.com
COALITION ACTIONS
Many of the organizations in our coalition have petitions, campaigns or events. Please consider taking the following actions:
Defend Greater Chaco, Ensure Justice
President Trump and his Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke, are pressing ahead to auction off 4,500 acres of the Greater Chaco region for fracking. We need your help, send a letter today. We’re building resistance, but we need your voice to mount an effective defense.
Comment On 2018 Sale: Tell the BLM: No Plan? Don't Drill.
BLM just announced their 2018 sale of more parcels in Greater Chaco. They still haven't put proper protections in place. Some of the designated parcels are only 10 miles from the border of Chaco National Historical Park. Other parcels are right in the middle of indigenous communities already overrun with drilling.
Sign Now: We Need 100% Renewable Energy by 2035!
The Off Fossil Fuels for a Better Future Act would transition us to 100% renewable energy by 2035. This visionary, ambitious legislation also places a moratorium on new fossil fuel projects and recognizes that the next 10 years are critical. It's time to make it clear to Congress that we want it passed into law.
100% Renewable Campaign
The Urgency of NOW - A Path to Justice - 27 cities in the United States have committed to transition entirely to clean and renewable energy. Let's get Santa Fe to be the 28th!
Stop Trump And Pruitt's Full-Blown Anti-Environment Assault
Tell Trump and Pruitt they'll face massive opposition from you and thousands of others if they attempt to put polluters before the American people and dismantle critical safeguards that protect our climate, clean air and water and our health.
Off Fossil Fuels: Here’s How We’ll Do It
Food & Water Action Fund has launched a bold new effort to get America Off Fossil Fuels by building political power, beginning at the local level. Together, we’ll cultivate climate champions in government, ban fracking, keep fossil fuels in the ground, stop dangerous pipelines and infrastructure projects, and transition to 100% clean, renewable energy by 2035.
TWU’s Environmental Justice Program
Environmental Justice has been defined by our community as, “Our Commitment to honor and protect the rights of ourselves, our habitat, and the fair treatment of all living things.” To engage in local and International dialogue and activism on nuclear non-proliferation, human rights, and the rights of our Mother Earth, while integrating body, mind, and spiritual awareness into environmental justice advocacy, policy change, and community education. Learn More
