Mark Childs and Ellen Babcock, painter Melvin Detroit, author Armistead Maupin
MARK CHILDS AND ELLEN BABCOCK
Albuquerque’s Mark Childs and Ellen Babcock share a rare discovery… the designs for many of route 66’s iconic neon signs.
“They have that aspect of being mid-century modern America. And currently that work still has value, it’s still inspirational in a number of different ways.”
MELVIN DETROIT
Inspired by the Bauhaus, Santa Fe’s Melvin Detroit creates vivid geometric paintings.
“Abstraction means to me the possibility for inventing. You are giving birth to a piece that has never been seen before.”
ARMISTEAD MAUPIN
Author of the popular “Tales of the City,” Armistead Maupin talks about his experience.
“When I came out as a gay man, when I moved to San Francisco and suddenly took a look at my own oppression then I had to look at everyone else and see… it was a lesson in empathy.”