2025 Ridgeline Review Now Available
ENMU-Ruidoso Language & Fine Arts Department Releases Issue 5 of Ridgeline Review
ENMU-Ruidoso’s literary and fine arts magazine, Ridgeline Review Issue 5 Spring 2025 recently released. This year’s issue features more than 40 local and regional artists and creative writers. Contributors include ENMU-Ruidoso students and staff, along with community members, including both experienced and first-time writers and artists. The issue was produced and edited by three Student Editors Jonathan Wheeless, Reese Pretlow and Gloria Jeremias, and Faculty Advisor and Language and Fine Arts Department Chair Jeff Frawley. Staff Member Jocelyn Rose also contributed to the design of the issue and served as the assistant designer. Free copies are available at ENMU-Ruidoso Campus at 709 Mechem Drive. The cover features a Big Bend Starscape photo by ENMU-Ruidoso Professor Emeritus Jack McCaw.
Left to right: Student Editors Gloria Jeremias, Jonathan Wheeless and Reese Pretlow and, and Faculty Advisor and Language and Fine Arts Department Chair Jeff Frawley.
Student Editor Gloria Jeremias says, “Our goal with this issue was to designate the arts as the drive of a people through trials and tribulations by showcasing the works of local artists and writers that help keep this spirit going. Art and writing are in both the youth and the elderly, and they tie us together as the strong community that we are!”
The Ridgeline Review defines “community” to mean anyone who lives in or near the Ruidoso area, or who has been impacted by this area at some point in their lives. In recent years, this has been expanded to dedicate a portion of the pages to artists and writers who’ve connected with the publication online or via social media. The Ridgeline Review team recognizes the power of the creative arts, and value their ability to connect our college campus with the surrounding community and the larger world. Ridgeline Review is powered by student interns with guidance from college staff. This publication serves as a creative space for this community, and the views and opinions expressed within don’t necessarily reflect those of ENMU-Ruidoso.
Written and artwork submissions are accepted year-round. The guidelines for submissions include fiction and non-fiction up to 10 pages, poetry up to five poems, art and photography 300 dpi, saved as jpeg. Written work must be submitted as a Word document. Include a 50-100 word biography along with submissions. Submissions or questions can be sent to Ruidoso.ridgelinereview@enmu.edu. Check out the Ridgeline Review website at staging2.ruidoso.enmu.edu/ridgeline-review and on Instagram and Facebook @ridgelinereview.
Creatures 2 by Stefanie McNutt. She works in many different medias. She live and creates art in Ruidoso. You can find her work @Staylost studios.
Frog Illustration by ENMU-Ruidoso’s Science Faculty Member Dr. Patrick Brown. Dr. Brown has been working with digital artwork for 15 years. Most of his pieces begin as either ink or watercolor paintings and are then altered digitally, often creating digital collages with other paintings, photographs and textures creating complex images from simple paintings. As a profession, Brown is a scientist and teacher, creating art in his free time. Initially diversity of life that can be seen in a drop of pond water.
Monsoon Blend Illustration by Thomas Bryan. Bryan is a Ruidoso-born artist currently studying at ENMU in Portales. He works at Noisy Water Winery and spends his free time drawing, playing guitar and hiking. His colored pencils drawings are highly blended and favor mood over balance. Monsoon Blend, set in White Sands National Park, depicts a summer love in abstraction.
