Every photograph tells a story. Some are personal, others resound with universal themes. All are documentations of our pilgrimage through life. Throughout the month of March, New Mexico native David Salcido will celebrate his return to the land of his birth with an exhibition of 16 photographs documenting his journey back, entitled Pilgrim’s Progress. Exploring roads both familiar and exotic, the exhibition is a retrospective study of form, function and a fascination for relics of the past, both manmade and organic. The exhibition will open with an artist reception on Friday, March 6, 2009, from 5 – 7pm, as part of the Downtown Art Ramble, in the El Paso Electric Gallery at the historic Rio Grande Theatre, in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Born in Ruidoso, raised in Tularosa and a graduate of NMSU in Las Cruces, David Salcido has spent the last 25 years exploring other states and states of mind. Making his living primarily as a writer, he has published over 1000 articles, poems and short stories in national and regional magazines, newspapers, journals and anthologies. Art and photography, however, have always been driving interests. His very first art exhibit was at the now-defunct Las Cruces Community Center for the Arts at 207 Avenida de Mesilla (now Mesilla Pointe) and he has since taken part in group and solo shows in such diverse cities as El Paso, San Francisco and Phoenix.

Among his many other accomplishments are a stint in the movie industry with Paramount Pictures; the creation and publication of a series of children’s books, exploring ecology; founder and publisher of a critically-acclaimed literary arts journal; founder of two alternative theater companies; founder and co-owner of a Los Angeles-based public relations company catering to the independent film industry; founder and proprietor of a popular gallery and performance space in Phoenix, Arizona and writer of three produced plays. He currently finds himself back in Las Cruces. Where he goes from here is anybody’s guess.

Pilgrim’s Progress is open to the public throughout the month of March 2009. The El Paso Electric Gallery is located in the lobby of the newly refurbished Rio Grande Theatre, 211 North Main, on the Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. Gallery hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10am to 2pm and on Saturday from 9am to Noon. For more information on this exhibit, call the artist at 602-384-7756 or send an e-mail to MythCreant@gmail.com. For information on the Rio Grande Theatre, call 575-523-6403.

For a complete listing of events in Las Cruces, visit www.lascrucescvb.org.

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