OVF® 2017 – It’s a Wrap!

“Ruben’s Tube” installation (Kyle Sherling & Bryce Warren). Play the keyboard, and control the play of gas jets. A particularly appropriate installation when temperatures hover around freezing.

Despite bone-chilling temperatures, a couple of inches of snow already on the ground (April 28 — that’s right!), and the threat of more snow coming, Outdoor Vision Fest® 2017 launched and filled 2+ hours of the evening with interactive media installations, a beautiful piece of new choreography combined with projections, augmented reality, and more. This year’s event had a particularly scrappy feel (as student artists relocated to more protected locations and tried avoiding the occasional raindrops), but showcased some of the most interactive media work we’ve done yet.

OVF® Coverage in SFUAD’s Jackalope

Santa Fe University of Art and Design‘s student-run Jackalope magazine shines the spotlight on this year’s Outdoor Vision Fest. You’ll find me quoted and hanging out for a casual photograph during one of our rehearsal evenings.

“Art Fusion” & OVF® this Thursday, 12noon MDT — on KVSF-FM

I’m joined by my colleague, Studio Arts Professor Tom Miller, as we talk all things Outdoor Vision Fest (coming up April 28) on the weekly radio broadcast “Art Fusion,” airing on KVSF 101.5FM this Thursday, April 27, 12noon MDT. The show is hosted by Artisan Santa Fe co-owner Ron Whitmore, and covers both the art and music scenes in Santa Fe. You can live-stream the broadcast here.

Sitting In With Honey Harris Wed. 10am MDT

Continuing to beat the OVF® drum: I’ll be sitting in with on-air personality Honey Harris on Radio Free Santa Fe‘s “The Big Show” (broadcasting over-the-air at KBAC, 98.1FM in northern New Mexico) this Wednesday, April 26, at 10am MDT. You can live-stream the broadcast here and get the latest developments on Outdoor Vision Fest, just a couple days prior to April 28’s show night.

Podcasts of Recent OVF® Radio Segments

If you can’t get your fill of OVF 2017 news, check out archived podcasts of my appearances on

• KSFR-FM’s “Cinema Scope” with substitute host Linda McDill, first airing on Friday night, April 21; and
• KVSF-FM‘s “The Richard Eeds Show” with the eponymous host, first airing Monday morning, April 24.

More broadcasts later in the week, as we head to show night on April 28!

OVF Media Tour Continues Monday Morning

If you’re driving into work in Northern New Mexico Monday morning (April 24), tune in to KVSF‘s “The Richard Eeds Show” (101.5 FM) at 8am MDT, as I’ll be joining Richard to discuss the latest developments for our upcoming Outdoor Vision Fest®, happening the night of April 28 on the campus of Santa Fe University of Art and Design. You can live-stream the broadcast here, and yes, there will be a podcast posted later on Monday, in case you sleep in a little late.

OVF® Rehearsal on Facebook Live

My first Facebook Live interview, with ArtBeat Santa Fe host Kathryn Davis, as we undertake an Outdoor Vision Fest® rehearsal prior to the big night on April 28. Check out all of ArtBeat’s Facebook Live webcasts on their Facebook page.

Promoting OVF® on KSFR’s “Cinema Scope” — Friday, April 21, 6pm

As part of the continuing Outdoor Vision Fest media tour, I’m joining substitute host Linda McDill on KSFR‘s cherished weekly broadcast “Cinema Scope” to discuss all things OVF 2017: this Friday night, April 21, at 6:30pm MDT. You can live-stream the radio broadcast here, or listen to it the old-fashioned way on 101.5 FM. Don’t forget to come out for OVF itself on Friday night, April 28, on the campus of Santa Fe University of Art and Design — if you’re anywhere in the northern New Mexico area!

Podcast of April 7 Richard Eeds Show

If you missed the live broadcast of “The Richard Eeds Show” on KVSF-FM Friday morning, you can still catch the archived podcast of the segment, where OVF student artist Katrina Vollbracht and I both talk about Outdoor Vision Fest 2017, coming up on April 28. Augmented reality, virtual reality, interactive Byzantine ikons and much more — all coming to OVF in 3 weeks!

Outdoor Vision Fest® 2017 Media Tour Commences

I’ll be guesting on “The Richard Eeds Show” (KVSF, 101.5FM, “the Voice of Santa Fe”) this Friday, April 7, at 9am MDT — to kick off 2017’s Outdoor Vision Fest (OVF) media tour. This is the 7th year of OVF, and I’m thrilled to again be executive-producing the event (which I’ve done since co-founding it in 2011), working with Santa Fe University of Art and Design faculty colleagues Brad Wolfley, Tom Miller, Jason Goodyear and others.

In 2016 we attracted some 3800 attendees to the campus for an exciting night of cutting-edge media installations, 100% created by undergraduate students. This year we’re hoping to do even better — and we’re bringing in Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality (via the Blippar app, available on iOS and Android — download today!) and other new media toys to further enhance the OVF experience.