A Latin American exhibit set in New York makes it way to New Mexico this coming weekend. "New Territories: Laboratories for Art, Craft and Design in Latin America" will be showcased at the Albuquerque Museum with the opening reception celebrated on Saturday, Jan. 9.

According to a report from KRQE, the opening celebration will include an introductory talk by Lowery Stokes Sims, who is the curator of the Museum of Art and Design (MAD) in New York, where the exhibit came from. Those who attend the talk will find out the background of the art pieces on display in the new showcase.

Andrew Connors, Curator of Art at the Albuquerque Museum, explained that "New Territories" highlighted just how similar and "connected" the cultures and aesthetics of New Mexico and the different Latino countries.

"One of the great things about New Mexico is that we are so connected to Latin America," Connors, said. "And yet we also tend to separate ourselves as somehow different from Latin America. An exhibition like this allows us to cross those bridges and understand that designers in Mexico, designers in Chile, designers in El Salvador are creating in the same sort of interesting dynamic way as we are here in the American side of the Southwest."

Visitors will be able to see a wide range of items and mediums in the new Albuquerque exhibit. All of the pieces were reportedly created after the year 2000.

In a post about the book and exhibit at the Ernesto Oroza website, it was explained that "New Territories" was put together to explore "the collaborations between small manufacturing operations and craftspersons, artists, and designers, and demonstrates how the resulting work addresses not only the issues of commodification and production, but also of urbanization, displacement, and sustainability."

Some of the themes that may be picked up from the showcase are the fusion between contemporary and legacy in Latin American art, the utilization of repurposed materials, the combination of digital and traditional mediums, and the "reclamation of public and personal space".

The official website of the Albuquerque Museum revealed that the exhibit will feature over 75 designers, artists, craftspersons and collectives. It's slated to run from Jan. 9 to April 17. Apart from the museum's admission price, there are no additional fees required to see the "New Territories" exhibit.

Other exhibits that are ongoing at the Albuquerque Museum are "The Artistic Odyssey of Higinio V. Gonzales: A Tinsmith and Poet in Territorial New Mexico" until April 4, and "Chasing the Cure to Albuquerque" until May 30.