Four students chosen to participate in the fall 2019 cohort for the New Mexico Fund for Public Interest Journalism’s intern training program began meeting last month.
The students will be focusing on art curation in Santa Fe, visiting four different galleries and museums in order to write about the people behind the exhibitions. The six-week program runs each fall and spring and includes classroom training, field work and writing. Successful participants receive a certificate of completion, a $500 stipend and the opportunity for their work to appear in the Santa Fe Reporter. Last spring, student reported on sustainability programs at Santa Fe Community College. In fall 2018, students wrote about the artists and work in SITE Santa Fe’s biennial.
Meet the 2019 Fall Interns:
Maya Aronson is a junior in The Master Program at Santa Fe Community College. She has always had a deep passion for art, both learning about it and creating it. She is currently taking a History of Women Artists class, enjoyed working with experimental artists at Currents New Media exhibition this summer and intends to explore different mediums in her own creative practice. She is excited to get to work with art professionals and learn more about her local art community. She is also a strong believer in art as activism and hopes to one day combine her two passions, art and social justice, to help people all around the world.
Franco Romero graduated with a BFA in Creative Writing from the Santa Fe University of Art and Design in 2016. He aspires to write about issues such as class and ecology. He is a published author of short fiction and poetry as well.
Tintawi Kaigziabiher is a writer, potter, doula and crochet designer. She migrated to New Mexico from the NYC Metro area seven years ago. Tintawi is married to a scientist, and together they live in the high desert with their five children, five chickens, two doves, a kitten and a leopard gecko named Milo. As a woman of African descent she writes to give a voice to the African presence and experience in the Diaspora. She is currently a Creative Writing Major/Ceramics Minor at Santa Fe Community College.
Tristan Van Cleave is a bit of a would-be this, a would-be that, and a think-he-can writer. When he's not 'writing,' 'playing the piano,' studying creative writing at Santa Fe Community College, or playing the role of insufferable pseudo-philosopher, he can be found in his World Market armchair boring his loved ones in a number of other ways. Legend has it, he's still derailing conversations with unwanted advice to this day.