

COMMING UP IN APRIL
DARK SKY LAND’s 600-MILE ASTRO-WILDLIFE NETWORK
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MAGDALENA // Magdalena Ridge Observatory (MRO) | John W. Briggs Astronomical Lyceum + FOAH Observatory | The Magdalena Astronomical Society | Eric Toops Optics Lab | Catherine De Maria, Warehouse 1-10 Art Space | The San Agustin Plains | The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) | San Agustin Plains Water Coalition.
DATIL // The Cibola National Forest Service | Antoine Ribaut, Eye on the Universe Observatory.
PIETOWN . TOTW // Continental Divide Trail Coalition | The Cibola National Forest | John Evelan, SkyPi Observatory | Anrika Rupp, StarLight Observatory | Michael P. Robinson, Star Rancher Observatory | James Totoritis Observatory | Skyland Lab | Greg Funderburk, Howling Coyote Observatories | Bob Birket, Sawtooth Observatory | Darrel & Loraine Moon, Killer Rocks Observatory | The Toaster House - Continental Divide Trail Lodging | Kathy Knapp - Pie-o-neer Cafe | The Post Office | Community Center | Pie Town RV Park | The Gathering Place Cafe | TOTW RV Campgrounds + General Store | TOTW Horse Motel | Partnership with XERCES Society for Invertebrate Conservation + Southwest Audubon Society.
OMEGA // Tim & Katie Havens Observatory
QUEMADO // The Lighting Fields. DIA Foundation, New York / La Casa Azul (AirBnB)
<SOUTH WEST>>
GILA NATIONAL FOREST // Cosmic Campground DarkSky International Sanctuary | New Mexico Dark Sky International Chapter | Gila National Forest | New Mexico Wild | Stanley King - Silver Creek Inn, Mogollon, NM | Continental Divide Trail Coalition.
ANIMAS // Michael & Diana Hensley, DarkSky New Mexico Remote Observatory
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ASTRONOMICAL WILDERNESS
High altitude, 8K above sea level, a remote but not isolated refuge to see the Milky-way (our Galaxy) with the naked eye. 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 pristine, ancestral, magical forests where once home to ancestral Native Culture, a resilient biodiversity of nocturnal creatures, plants, soil, rock, are key to the beauty of its starry nights. The celestial darkness measurements are Bortle Class 1 - 2, the darkest in the Bottle scale. Dark Sky Land is home to world class Private and National Observatories as much as to Wilderness based organizations, Reserves and National Forests.
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INTERDISCIPLINARY BACKGROUND
Dark Sky Land's background connection to the international group Magnetic Laboratorium is based on over twenty years of an interdisciplinary approach to concepts and collaboration in the context of site-specific multidisciplinary, creations and productions. www.magneticlaboratorium.com
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TRANSDISCIPLINARY VISION
Immersive | Innovative | Creative | Site-Specific | Art-Science | Residencies | Collaboration | Conversation | Community | Commitment | Experimentation | Exploration | Reliability | Consistency | Loyalty | Determination | Generosity | Communication | Regeneration
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CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL COALLITION
Right in the middle of Dark Sky Land's astro-wilderness corridor is the Continental Divide of the Americas (also known as the Great Divide - CDT). A hydrological divide of the Americas extends from the Bering Strait to the Strait of Magellan, and separates the watersheds that drain into the Pacific Ocean from those river systems that drain into the Atlantic and Arctic oceans, including those that drain into the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and Hudson Bay. From the Rocky Mountains to the Andes. Continental Divide Trail Coalition | https://cdtcoalition.org
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DARK SKY LAND MEDIA PLATFORMS
Website | www.darkskyland.us
AI Powered Podcast Series | Live on Podbeam
You-Tube Channel | Dark Sky Land
Instagram | @darkskylandnewmexico
The Archives | Collected Media
Magnetic Laboratorium | www.magnetic laboratorium.com
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INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS
An inclusive residency program where artists - space scientists, innovators of all ages may meet, rest, discover, study and create under the darkest skies in the Northern Hemisphere. Developing an interdisciplinary vision, that provides opportunities for immersive experiences, in space-science, the arts, skills development, education. Initiatives for a rural economic model that would include; future tech employment for the youth in areas of STEAM, astronomy, conservation, sustainability. Including award of scholarships, astronomy, art and wilderness certification.
SPACE TRAVELERS . NIGHT ECOLOGY PRESERVATION . INTERDISCIPLINARY . ART . SPACE SCIENCE . PERFORMANCE . EXPERIMENTAL . SOUND .
SPACE TRAVELERS . NIGHT ECOLOGY PRESERVATION . INTERDISCIPLINARY . ART . SPACE SCIENCE . PERFORMANCE . EXPERIMENTAL . SOUND .
DARK SKY LAND TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERIES.
An Interdisciplinary investigation, conversation, related to COSMOS . TIME . SPACE . In The context of Night Ecology and Wilderness Preservation.
A contemporary Intermedia Art & Space Science Traveling Site-Specific Exhibition Series, featuring collaborations with a selected group of artists from around the country, as well as regional astrophotographers and exhibition spaces from the 33 New Mexico counties. Intended to create, challenge and develop an experimental context where interdisciplinary practice, nature and the unknown converge.
SERIES No 1. MAGDALENA, NM (2023)
SERIES No 2. ROSWELL, NM (2024)
SERIES No 3. PIE TOWN - KO’ SITE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE ART INSTALLATION (APRIL 2025)
SERIES No 4. SILVER CITY (IN PROGRESS)

DARK SKY LAND TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERIES, TIMELINE (2023 - 2024 -2025)
EXHIBITIONS + SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION + ASTRO-EVENTS
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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 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 WAS CANCELED DUE TO THE ROSWELL FLOODING.
APRIL 25-26-27, 2025 (NEW MOON) DARK SKY LAND + CONTINENTAL DIVIDE COALITION STAR-GATHERING IN PIEW TOWN, NM
SPRING 2025 | DARK SKY LAND EXHIBITION SERIES NO 3. PIE TOWN - SITE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE ART INSTALLATION
DARK SKY LAND EXHIBITION SERIES | COSMOS - TIME - SPACE // INSTALLATION GALLERY
MAGDALENA No 1. WAREHOUSE 1-10 ART SPACE
ROSWELL No 2. BONE SPRINGS ART SPACE
SILVER CITY No 3. (location in progress)



































































MAGNETIC LABORATORIUM
SKYLAND LAB
STARLIGHT OBSERVATORY
TRANSDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS-EXPERIMENTAL EVENTS

DARK SKY LAND
Protecting a 600-mile, Astronomical-Wildlife corridor from light pollution.
Preserving the Night Sky of an Ancestral Native American Region for future generations of humans, biodiversity and wildlife.
We are thinking one hundred years from now !