Book of the week
Dara Saville’s new book, “The Ecology of Herbal Medicine: A Guide to Plants and Living Landscapes of the American Southwest,” is a revelation of connections – the land, the plants that grow on it, the herbs that humans produce from the plants, and the animals that find nourishment in those plants. It’s loaded with information that can at times be overwhelming.
Dara Saville
Saville, a longtime Albuquerque herbalist, says the book is in part a manual to develop a relationship with the natural world that she’s been developing for 25 years. Saville wants “to explain tools for reconnecting with the natural world because for me that is the foundation of herbal medicine. … That relationship has brought me a lot of joy and well-being and I want to share that with other people.”
Las Cruces gallery and museum happenings
From Staff Reports
Museum of Art features Are You with Me?
LAS CRUCES - Are You with Me? by contemporary Chicana artist Sonya Fe opens May 7, and runs through July 24 at the Las Cruces Museum of Art, 491 N. Main St.
Fe’s work reflects social and cultural issues with themes centering around women and children. Her use of bold brush strokes and vibrant colors creates beautiful dynamic paintings, visual stories of women’s place in society and childhood innocence in a rough world.
“I want the viewer to stand with me while looking at the work. I want them to feel, see, and understand what I am saying to not be left behind. Are you with me?”