SAVING THE NIGHT FROM EXTINCTION

WHERE CREATORS, NATIVE CULTURE, ASTRONOMERS, INTREPID TRAVELERS, INNOVATORS, THINKERS, COLLABORATE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF WILDLIFE AND THE NIGHT SKY.

Dark Sky Land, Inc a non-profit corporation focused on preserving New Mexico’s Night Ecology.

The mission is to rapidly preserve a 600-mile astro-wildlife corridor from the hidden impact of light pollution’s existential threat to wildlife, astronomy, human health, biodiversity, bird migration, future generations.

Dark Sky Land is a transdisciplinary preservation initiative dedicated to protecting the night sky in an already exceptionally wild and dark New Mexico region.

Our strategy is to introduce a futuristic model of interdisciplinary collaborations; by inspiring knowledge, expanding consciousness and imagination through art and space science, sustainability practices, and deepening our ancestral connection to the cosmos.

AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE INTO THE SELF, THE COSMOS AND THE NATURAL WORLD

OUR MISSION

WHAT WE ARE DOING

Founded in 2023, Dark Sky Land, Inc is a non-profit corporation growing from a series of advocacy based Interdisciplinary projects with local and NM State based groups, individuals, artists, scientists and organizations that are actively taking action to protect New Mexico’s Night Skies, National Forests, Wildlife, Biodiversity, Native Wisdom, Space Science, Culture, Freedom, Imagination.

PROJECTED INITIATIVES TIMELINE (2025-2024-2023)

2025

APRIL 25-26-27 2025 | STAR GATHERING EVENT | DARK SKY LAND is co-hosting a Special Night Sky Event in Pie Town, NM. In partnership with the CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL COALITION | NATIONAL RELIGIOUS PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, and local businesses. THE EVENT INCLUDES STAR AND 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. AN INTERMEDIA WORK IN PROGRESS - 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.

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

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2024

SEPTEMBER 27 TO DEC 21, 2024 | DARK SKY LAND Traveling Exhibition Series No 2, on Astronomy | Time Space / Location - Roswell, New Mexico | MAGNETIC LABORATORIUM + BONE SPRINGS ART SPACE | DARK SKY NEW MEXICO - PHOTINO BEAM.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 | Magnetic Laboratorium Installation | NM MUSEUM OF ART | VLADEM CONTEMPORARY, Santa Fe, NM | MAGNETIC LABORATORIUM.

OCTOBER 12. Roswell Science and Art Festival, Roswell, NM | DARK SKY LAND + New Mexico Dark Sky Chapter Booth.

OCTOBER 4, 5, 6 2024 | The Enchanted Skies Star Party | Magdalena Astronomical Society | Online Registration (MAS web page)

DECEMBER 7. Roswell Museum Planetarium, Roswell, NM. | JOHN W. BRIGGS Talk on his Antarctic Expedition (Canceled due to the Flooding)

JUNE 15-16-22-23 | Dark Sky Land Site-Specific Installation at the Santa Fe Railyards / 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM, in collaboration with; New Mexico DarkSky Chapter, Dark Sky New Mexico Observatory. (Animas) XERES SOCIETY FOR INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION, regional space scientists, astrophotographers.

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2023

MAY 9 to OCT 7. DARK SKY LAND - Traveling Exhibition No 1. Warehouse 1-10, Magdalena, NM

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We are currently working hand-in-hand with the New Mexico DarkSky International Chapter, to nominate new DarkSky International Parks-Sanctuaries-Places-Communities, as well as re-introducing the New Mexico Dark Sky Protection Act of (1999) to the Legislature in 2025.

Senate Bill 34 (SB34) would modernize New Mexico’s Dark Sky Protection Act by updating the standards it establishes for man-made lighting and removing old exemptions. You can learn more about SB34 on New Mexico Dark Sky’s website.

SEARCH INITIATIVES

KNOW THE COSMOS and our place within it.

SPACE SCIENCE | NATIVE WISDOM | PARTNERSHIP | COLLABORATION

Continental Divide Coalition Astro-Events Partnership | Multimedia Productions | Regional Programs | Dark Sky Land Indigenous Land & Space Initiative 2025 | Transdisciplinary Research | Space-Science & Contemporary Art | Lecture Series | Workshops | Exhibitions | Retreats | Installations |
INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS

TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERIES | SITE SPECIFIC PRODUCTIONS | COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN ARTIST & SPACE SCIENTISTS | INNOVATION | PRESERVATION | ADVOCACY | RESEARCH | RETREATS | INTREPID TRAVELERS | KNOWLEDGE | CREATIVITY | CONSERVATION
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