DARK SKY LAND ASTRO-WILDERNESS

ONE OF THE DARKEST REGIONS IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE (Bottle Class 1 - 2 )

CORRIDOR + COMMUNITY NETWORK

MAGDALENA

DATIL

PIETOWN . TOTW

OMEGA

Tim & Katie Havens Observatory

QUEMADO

The Lighting Fields. DIA Foundation, New York / La Casa Azul (AirBnB) | Lee Maisel Observatory | Alan Midriff Observatory | Larry’s Garage | The Gas Stations

RED HILLS

J. B . W

GILA NATIONAL FOREST

RESERVE

Cosmic Camp Ground Sanctuary | Dark Sky New Mexico Chapter.

SILVER CITY

Continental Divide Trail Coalition | The Murray Hotel

ANIMAS

Michael & Diana Hensley, DarkSky New Mexico Remote Observatory

The Dark Sky Land HWY 60 Astro-Wilderness Corridor is home to world class federal and privately owned astronomical observatories, as well as to important Wilderness Conservation Organizations, Natural Reserves and pristine Forests. High altitude ranges from 10.5 tO 6.7 K above sea level. New Mexico’s HWY 60 is a window to the universe, offering a rare Naked Eye view of the Milky-way (our Galaxy).

Dry Climate and temperatures dropping as low as 15 in winter time + no light pollution, makes it one of the best star gazing regions in the world. These high desert landscape is made of over 500 year old Juniper and Pinion forests, once home to Native Cultures, it features a resilient biodiversity of nocturnal creatures, plants, soil, rock, magnificently present under the beauty of the starry nights.

The astro-wilderness corridors’ light pollution readings of natural darkness measurements vary from Bortle Class 1 to 2, the darkest in the Bottle scale.

A MULTIDISCIPLINARY LABORATORY

Arts & Space Science | Self-directed Residency Retreats + Nocturnal Wilderness Programs

Night ecology conservation . Site-specific Events-Projects . Traveling Exhibition Series . Public Space Installations . Lecture Series . Partnerships . Community Engagement + Outreach . Re-Set.

STAY TRUE . KEEP WILD . BE BOLD

Experience Night . Minimalist Lodging . High Desert Forest . Night Creatures . Astronomy on site . Create . Research . Rest . Re-wild . Re-connect.

‘ Imagination is the golden pathway to everywhere….’ — Terence McKenna

TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERIES.

Contemporary Art as an Ecological Conservation based Practice.

An Investigation on - COSMO . TIME . SPACE .

In The context of Night Ecology and Wilderness . Intended to create, challenge and develop an experimental context where interdisciplinary practice, nature and the unknown converge.

A Multidisciplinary Art & Space Science Traveling Exhibition Series, featuring collaborations with artists and space scientists, from around the country, regional astrophotographers and site-specific exhibition spaces in New Mexico.

SERIES No 1. MAGDALENA, NM (FEBRUARY 2023)

SERIES No 2. ROSWELL, NM (SEPTEMBER 2024)

SERIES No 3. PIE TOWN - KO’ SITE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE ART INSTALLATION (APRIL 2025)

SERIES No 4. SILVER CITY (IN PROGRESS)

SAVING THE NIGHT FROM EXTINCTION | DARK SKY INTERNATIONAL NEW MEXICO CHAPTER . COUNCIL | ACTIVATING THE NEW MEXICO DARK SKY PROTECTION ACT 1999.
DARK SKY LAND | ASTRO WILDERNESS CORRIDOR | BORTLE CLASS 1 . 2 SKIES . AN ASTROPHOTOGRAPHER'S HEAVEN | HELP US KEEP IT DARK
TRAVELLING EXHIBITION SERIES (2023-2025)
MULTIDISCIPLINARY | ARTS & SCIENCE EXHIBITIONS + SITE-SPECIFIC EVENTS + INSTALLATIONS + SELF DIRECTED RESIDENCY PROGRAM
ASTRONOMY . ART . INNOVATION
REMOTE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES
NATIVE CULTURE | NEW MEXICO ASTRO-ARCHEOLOGICAL WORLD | PARTNERSHIPS
CONNECTING PEOPLE TO LAND, NATURE AND THE COSMOS
TRAVELLING EXHIBITION SERIES | CONTEMPORARY ART AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE
EXHIBITION SPACE & PRINT STUDIO AT WAREHOUSE 1-10 CONTEMPORARY ART SPACE
WORKING WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES | WAREHOUSE 1-10 ART SPACE MAGDALENA, NM
DARK SKY LAND EXHIBITION SERIES | COLLABORATIONS WITH LOCAL EXHIBITION SPACES - SPACE SCIENTISTS - ARTISTS- LOCAL BUSINESSES
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL COALITION (CDT)
PODCAST CHANNEL | BY MOLECULE DESIGN
THE ANNUAL ENCHANTED SKIES STAR PARTY BY THE MAGDALENA ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY | REGISTER ONLINE
MULTIDISCIPLINARY PRODUCTION - SITE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE ART INSTALLATION IN PUBLIC SPACE (2025)
THE JOHN W. BRIGGS ASTRONOMICAL LYCEUM - A FUTURE TELESCOPE MUSEUM
JOHN W. BRIGGS ASTRONOMICAL LYCEUM AND FOAH OBSERVATORY . MAGDALENA ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ERIC TOOPS - MAGDALENA TELECOURT
EYE ON THE UNIVERSE OBSERVATORY | ANTOINE RIBAUT
THE BOB FUGATE OBSERVATORY | OPTICAL PHYSICIST
SKY PI REMOTE OBSERVATORY | JOHN & JANET EVELAN
JAMES TOTORITIS OBSERVATORY
STAR RANCHER OBSERVATORY | MICHAEL ROBINSON
STARLIGHT OBSERVATORY + ART STUDIO - ANRIKA RUPP
KILLER ROCKS OBSERVATORY | DARREL + LORAINE MOON
SKYLAND | MAGNETIC LABORATORIUM HEADQUARTERS | BIRD REFUGE | NAKED EYE OBSERVATION
HOWLING COYOTE OBSERVATORY | GREG FUNDERBURK
MICHAEL & DIANA HENSLEY DARK SKY NEW MEXICO REMOTE OBSERVATORY
LION NEBULA
MAGDALENA RIDGE OBSERVATORY (MRO)
NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY (NRO) (VLA)
REMOTE OBSERVATORIES
SOUTHWEST AUDUBON SOCIETY | HOW LIGHT POLLUTION AFFECTS NOCTURNAL CREATURES - BIRD MIGRATION & POLLINATORS
MAGNETIC LABORATORIUM | MULTIDISCIPLINARY PRODUCTIONS
WILDERNESS CONSERVATION | NIGHT CREATURES | THE MK RAY REPORT
STAR GAZING EVENTS | COMMUNITY GATHERINGS
SPACE SCIENCE RESEARCH + IMAGING + ASTROPHOTOGRAHY
DARK SKY LAND MEDIA OUTREACH INITIATIVES | INSTAGRAM | YOU TUBE CHANNEL | WEB SITE | PODBEAM
XERCES SOCIETY FOR INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION BIODIVERSITY | POLLINATORS | WILDLIFE
ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY

PROJECTS + INITIATIVES

TIMELINE (2023 . 2024 .2025)

EVENTS + EXHIBITIONS + TALKS + INSTALLATIONS

2025

SEPTEMBER 13, 2025 | DARK SKY LAND, INC (BOOTH 15) . THE PIE FESTIVAL, PIE TOWN NEW MEXICO. FEATURING THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL COALITION + XERCES SOCIETY FOR INVERTEBRATES + DARK SKY INTERNATIONAL NEW MEXICO CHAPTER . A LOCAL WRITER .

OCTOBER 12.13.14.15 2025 | ENCHANTED SKIES STAR PARTY | MAGDALENA ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY | By Reservation only.

APRIL 25-26-27 2025 | STAR GATHERING EVENT | DARK SKY LAND + CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL COALITION - A partnership with the CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL COALITION | NATIONAL RELIGIOUS PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, and local businesses.

SPRING 2025 | DARK SKY LAND EXHIBITION SERIES NO 3. PIE TOWN - SITE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE ART INSTALLATION. THE EVENT INCLUDES STAR + SUN GAZING WITH LOCAL ASTRONOMERS - COMMUNITY DINNER SATURDAY 26 AT 5:30 (REGISTER ONLINE ) CDT TRAIL COALITION WEB SITE. A TALK BY JOHN W. BRIGG ON HIS ANTARCTICA ASTRO-EXPEDITION. KO’, STUDY No 1. A SITE-SPECIFIC LIVE PERFORMANCE PRODUCED BY MAGNETIC LABORATORIUM STARTS IN THE OUTDOORS AT 8:30 PM - IN COLLABORATION WITH: DAVID DUNN - JOHN SUMERLIN - MOVEWEST - ANRIKA RUPP - ELKE RINDFLEISCH - DONA GRANATA CATRON COUNTY.

MAY 2023 - DECEMBER 2024

MAY 9 THROUGH OCTOBER 7 2023 | DARK SKY LAND EXHIBITION SERIES No 1. MAGDALENA, NM. WAREHOUSE 1-10 ART SPACE

JUNE 8 | GILA NATIONAL FOREST 100 YEAR CELEBRATION | COSMIC CAMPGROUND SANCTUARY CONTINENTAL DIVIDE COALITION | DSL SPONSOR

JUNE 15.16.22.23 | DARK SKY LAND SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION AT THE SANTA FE RAILYARDS | 8 TO 11PM

SEPTEMBER 27 to DECEMBER 21 | DARK SKY LAND EXHIBITION SERIES No 2. ROSWELL, NM. BONE SPRINGS ART SPACE

SEPTEMBER 27 | NEW MEXICO MUSEUM VLADEM CONTEMPORARY | VIDEO INSTALLATION BY MAGNETIC LABORATORIUM

OCTOBER 4-5-6 | THE ENCHANTED SKIES STAR PARTY MAGDALENA ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. BY ONLINE REGISTRATION ONLY

OCTOBER 12 | 10 TO 4 PM | ROSWELL SCIENCE & ART FESTIVAL | ROSWELL CONVENTION CENTER | DSL BOOTH WITH NM DARKSKY CHAPTER

DECEMBER 7 | JOHN W. BRIGGS LECTURE ON HIS ANTARCTICA ASTRONOMICAL EXPEDITION AT THE ROSWELL MUSEUM PLANETARIUM | THIS TALK HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO THE ROSWELL FLOODING.

THE GALLERY

Exhibitions | Installations | Site-Specific