August 2010
Southwest Art Scene El Paso
Las Cruces
Other Southern New Mexico
Menu of this month's listings, stories and columns
Adair Margo Fine Art — 215 Stanton, Suite 602 (Martin Building). Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Information: 533-0048 or adairmargo.com.
Adair Studio and Gallery — 5750 N. Mesa (at the Summit). Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Information: 471-2271 or 587-8646.
Classes for adults are Mondays and Tuesdays. Children’s classes are 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays for ages 7 to 14.
The Art Project I — Limelight Productions presents the collaborative art show featuring Andy Perez, Justin Brooks and Daniel Dagones 7 to 11 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4, at Border City Ale House, 1506 Lee Trevino. During the exhibit, the three artists will work on a live collaborative piece available for purchase at the end of the event. Other original art work will be for sale. Information: Brena Amador, 929-6927 or limelight.prods@gmail.com.
Ballroom Marfa — 108 E. San Antonio Street in Marfa. Information: (432) 729-3700 or ballroommarfa.org.
Showing through Aug. 15: “In Lieu of Unity,” showcasing artists born in, or living and working in Mexico including new commissioned works by Eduardo Abaroa, Margarita Cabrera, Minerva Cuevas, Paulina Lasa and Tercerunquinto.
Ballroom Marfa and Washington Spectator hosts the “Marfa Dialogues/Dialogos en Marfa” Politics and Culture of the Border conference Sept. 16-19, with films, panels with leading journalists, and conversations with writers Charles Bowden and Mark Danner. Details to be announced.
Chamizal galleries - Chamizal National Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday for Abrazos Gallery, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for Paisanos Gallery. Admission is free. Information: 532-7273 or nps.gov/cham.
Showing through Sept. 4 in the Paisanos Gallery: “The Romantic Realist Artists” group show, featuring works by eight artists who study under the instruction of Lyuba Titovets. Each work depicts the theme “El Paso: Crossroad to the Southwest and Mexico” and featured artists are Patt Robles, Suzi Surratt Brown, Gina Fields, Marina Savitsky, Birgit Cudahy, Tracy Navar, Andrea Rios and Don Beene.
Chinati Foundation — Marfa, Texas. Created by artist Donald Judd, the Chinati Foundation houses one of the world’s largest collections of permanently installed contemporary art. The collection is open for guided tours throughout the year at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Admission is $10 ($5 for students, seniors). Information: (915) 729-4362. Call ahead for group tours.
The collection includes Dan Flavin’s untitled Marfa project, a monumental work in colored fluorescent light that occupies six buildings.
Consulate General of Mexico — 910 E. San Antonio. Admission is free. Information: 533-8555 or elpasotexas.gov/mcad/mexicanrevolution10.
Showing through Aug. 27: “The Ruíz Healy Oaxacan Art Exhibit,” featuring 33 works of art by Mecan artists such as Francisco Toledo, Rodolfo Morales, Sergio Hernández, Víctor Chaca, Ruben Leyva Alejandro Santiago and more from the collection of Juan and Patricia Ruiz Healy.
Cross Art Auction submissions - St. Stephen Deacon & Martyr Catholic Church, 1700 George Dieter, seeks artists for its 3rd annual Cross Art auction scheduled for 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24. The wooden crosses may be decorated in whatever media or subject; keep in mind that the Saint Stephen community embraces Christian values. Deadline to turn in work is Oct. 8. The church committee may exclude artwork deemed offensive in nature. Information: 855-1661 or sritchey72419@elp.rr.com. Selected art may be viewed at ststephenelpaso.org.
Panels for professional artists may be picked up at the church Parish Hall; Main Street Gallery in San Elizario; Crossland Gallery, 500 W. Paisano; Sunland Art Gallery, 750 Sunland Park in the Sunland Park Mall. Professional, amateur and student Artists may register and pick-up wooden panels at the church.
The selected art will be on display in the church parish hall 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23.
Crossland Gallery — 500 W. Paisano (in the Art Junction of El Paso). Hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free. Information: 351-2811.
Showing July 31-Aug. 21: “Because I Want To,” El Paso Art Association members’ exhibit. Opening reception is 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 31.
El Paso Artisan Galley — Lynx Exhibits, 300 W. San Antonio. The gallery features works for sale by local painters, jewelers, crafters and photographers. Lynx hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Closed Monday. Gallery admission is free. Information: 533-4330 or lynxexhibits.com
The space also features a mini Mexican Mercado with blown glass collectibles, piñatas, baskets, blankets and other Mexican handicrafts.
Showing Aug. 5-Sept. 5: “Hues of Blue,” artistic interpretations of the color blue by 15 area artists. Visitors may vote for the artists’ work with the best incorporation of the color. Featured artists are painters Barbara McLain, Marji Carrasco, Rythye Droke, Candy Meyer, Elke Cumming, Adrian Farah, Itzy Ramirez and Tina Yetter Jones; photographers Heriberto Ibarra, Lewis Woodyard and Tony Skarlatos and sculptors/jewelry makers Alejandra Bremer, Maria Ortega, Ana Karina Rodríguez and Ivan Salcido.
The exhibit is held in conjunction with Lynx’ “Color Play” exhibit that runs through Sept. 5. Exhibit admission: $6-$10.
El Paso Museum of Art — One Arts Festival Plaza, downtown El Paso. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday. Closed Mondays and holidays. Admission is free, except for “Earth Water Fire Air” ($5 for ages 12 and over). Information: 532-1707 or elpasoartmuseum.org.
Showing Aug. 15-Nov. 7: “Earth Water Air Fire: The Work of Carole Feuerman.”
The exhibition derives its name from the four basic elements in ancient worldviews, which may also be considered the primary elements of Carole Feuerman’s sculptural work regarding process and theme. Feuerman works with materials such as bronze, marble and resin as they change states transitioning from solid to liquid and liquid to solid.
This exhibition includes 51 sculptural works in oil painted resin, cast marble, and bronze from the 1980s to the present.
Since the 1980s, Feuerman has created hyper-realist, figurative sculpture, predominantly of women. Feuerman uses hyper-realism to address personal, rather than social topics and in doing so, portrays women as confident, healthy and introspective. Feuerman’s honors include the Betty Parsons Award in Sculpture, the Lorenzo de Medici Prize at the 2001 Biennale di Firenze, and First Prize at the 2008 Beijing Biennale.
Gallery talk and public opening with Feuerman is 2:15 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 15, followed by a book signing 3:30 to 4:40 p.m. in the Museum Store. Those attending gallery talk admitted free to exhibition.
Showing through Sept. 19: “Native American Works On Paper,” featuring works by Native American artists such as Gilbert Atencio, Kay B., Arthur Begay, Archie Blackowl, Nat Coriz, Woody Crumbo, Robert Draper, Kananginak, Kiakshuk, R. Naha, and Paul Pletka.
Showing through Oct. 10: “The Holy Family/La Sagrada Familia,” as part of EPMA’s dedication to an ongoing rotation of the retablos in the collections.
Showing through Nov. 29: “Hari Kidd: Entrepreneurs of War.” Hari (Harry) Matthew Kidd introduced the aesthetics of Modernism to El Paso in the early 20th Century. The gouache on paper paintings in this exhibition exemplify the artist’s modernist aesthetics, as well as, his opinions on war and social inequity. Several of Kidd’s paintings depict the frightening, crowded confines of a Nazi concentration camp, and the intimidating, endless rows of robot-like soldiers before a reviewing stand.
Free Zip Tours are 12:15 p.m. Wednesdays led by museum staff members. Admission is free.
Showing through Aug. 23, 2011: “James Drake: Walk Through,” consisting of five pieces of artwork on display in the Jonathan Rogers Lobby.
The museum’s permanent collections include the Kress Collection of European works from the 14th through the 18th centuries; the American Collection of art of the 19th and 20th centuries; the Spanish Viceroyal Collection and Mexican Folk Retablos, art from the 17th through the 19th centuries; Works on Paper Collection from the 16th through the 20th centuries; Contemporary Collection, emphasizing Southwestern and Mexican artists; and the Tom Lea Gallery, featuring works by El Paso’s best-known artists and other regional artists.
Museum membership is $15 seniors, $25 individuals and $50 for families, and includes discounts at the Museum Store, free admission to all exhibitions and programs, and invitations to private member events. Information: 532-1707, ext. 66 for more information.
Encaustic International Gallery — 7100 Westwind, Suite 120. The gallery is the studio of El Paso encaustic artist Brigitte von Ahn. Hours are 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Information/appointment: 833-0454, 581-4737 or brigittevonahn.com.
Group sessions for encaustic painting are 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Escamilla Fine Art Gallery, Studio and Gift Shop — Award-winning Impressionist Alberto Escamilla’s studio is 1500 Main Street in San Elizario. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday and by appointment. Information: 474-0752 or albertoescamilla.com.
Students are being accepted at both the Main Street location and the artist’s home gallery at 1457 Amstater Circle (open by appointment).
‘First Fridays’ call for artists — Local artists, organizations and art lovers are sought for the arts-based series’ first outdoors event in Downtown El Paso 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3. The event is open to artists of any medium, as well as independent, grassroots and other organizations. Information/applications: firstfridaysep.com
Artists are responsible for bringing whatever they need to properly display their work; no electricity available. Vending fee: $20; limited number of 10’ by 10’ tents available for an additional fee.
Hal Marcus Studio and Gallery — 800 N. Mesa, second floor (at Yandell). Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Information: 533-9090 or halmarcus.com.
Showing Aug. 5-Nov. 5: “Drawing: the Essence of Art” group exhibit. The exhibit features all black and white works of various styles. Artists include Manuel Acosta, Bill Bissell, Willibald de Cabrera, Gerardo Chavez, Julie Caffee-Cruz, Robert Dozal, Terésa Fernandez, Pat Foss, Katie Gelinas, Judy Hampton, Paul Hoylen, Maritza Jauregui-Neely, Gabriela Jimenez, Louis Krupp, Joe Lopez, Hal Marcus, Lisa Matta, Candy Mayer, Katie Foss, Babbie Mitchell, Jesus Monsivais, Aaron Royal Mosley, Carmen Navar, Demetrio Paura, Jim Pritchett, Bill Rakocy, Anastacio Rivera, Mark Rojas, Santiago, Ruben Valenzuela, René B Sanders, Rami Scully, Kelly Foss, Eugene Thurston, Armando Torres, Jim Ward, Connie Weaver and others.
Opening reception is 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 5. Dress in black and white; refreshments served.
Submissions are being taken through Aug. 31 for the “El Paso Postcards” exhibit that opens Nov. 18. Artists are invited to create a “postcard” that would entice people to visit El Paso. Area artists (who have professionally exhibited) are invited to come to the gallery and receive up to 3 free, 8” x 10” masonite board “postcards” that their art must be done on to be considered. Actual postcards will be made of the selected exhibiting art, and available to the public.
The gallery exhibits works by owner Hal Marcus, a native El Pasoan who has been painting for over 40 years and is famed for such locally inspired works as “El Mercado,” “El Paso Navidad” and “Avenida Juárez.”
Other featured artists include Teresa Fernandez, Bill Sullivan, Manuel Acosta, Bill Rakocy, Candy Mayer, Vincent Peterson, Evelyn Ainsa, Mark Paulda, Francisco Romero and Mauricio Mora.
A gift shop offers art-related gifts.
International Museum of Art — 1211 Montana. The museum is operated by the International Association for the Visual Arts in the historic Turney Home. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Admission is free. Information: 543-6747 or internationalmuseumofart.net.
Showing through Aug. 29: “Something Different,” juried art show. This year’s juror was award-winning artist Linda Markuly Szilvasy.
The Heritage Gallery (lower level) features “The Mexican Revolution Exhibition: 1910-1920” featuring murals by Bill Rakocy and Mario Parra depicting various events from the Mexican Revolution, a collection of rare, matted photographs and Pancho Villa’s death mask.
Manny Guerra will hosts sketching classes with a live model 1 to 3 p.m. Saturdays. Students may use media of their choice. Cost: $10 per class.
Kermezaar entries — The annual Kermezaar is accepting artist applications for its show Sept. 25-26, at El Maida Shrine, 6331 Alabama, benefiting International Museum of Art. Eligible media includes clay, drawing, fiber, glass, jewelry, metal, mixed media, pastels, photography, sculpture, textiles and all media painting. All artwork must be original in concept and execution. No pre-fabricated items will be allowed, and all items shown must be made by the artist. Information/application packet: 543-6747 or internationalmuseumofart.net.
OtherworldLEE Goods show — An exhibit featuring the contemporary art, prints and local photography of Cecil B. Lee and the original, one of a kind jewelry of SooZen is 1:30 to 6 p.m. Sundays, La Union Station Restaurant, 3117 Hwy 28 in La Union, N.M. Food and drink specials offered during sale. Admission is free. Information: (575) 874-2828 or launionstationrestaurant.com
Much of the work includes the colors, styles and materials of the desert Southwest in their contemporary designs.
‘Painted Chile Tour’ — Hospice El Paso will display 36 chilies hand-painted by prominent local artists 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Aug. 6-16 at Cielo Vista Mall and Aug. 20-29 at Sunland Park Mall. The chilies will be auctioned off at the Hospice El Paso’s 28th Annual “Celebrity Waiters’ Dinner” at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 10, at the Centennial Club at Biggs Army Airfield. This year Hospice will introduce 52 12” hand-painted “Chilitos” to be auctioned at the dinner. Information: 504-6315.
Pena Gallery and Studio San Elizario – Renowned artist Amado M. Pena Jr.’s new gallery is 1456 N. Main in San Elizario. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily or by appointment (closed Tuesdays). The works of Pena and other artists will be featured. Information: 851-8400 or kim@sanelizariopenagallery.com.
The Percolator — 217 N. Stanton (between Texas and Mills). Information: 351-4377 or myspace.com/thepercolator915.
• Abraham Fragoso’s art music show is 6-10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13.
• An art exhibit featuring works by UTEP students is Friday, Aug. 20.
Rubin Center — UTEP’s Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts is next to Sun Bowl Stadium (off Dawson Drive). Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. Information: 747-6151, Rubincenter@utep.edu or utep.edu/artsandculture.
Showing through Aug. 7:
• “Up Against the Wall,” jointly curated by Rubin director Kate Bonansinga and UTEP graphic design faculty. Artists are Fang Chen, Seymour Chwast, Paul Davis, Alice Drueding/Joe Scorsone, Milton Glaser, Brad Holland, Yossi Lemel, Luba Lukova, Alejandro Magallanes, Mirko ILIC Corp. Lanny Sommese, James Victore, Lourdes Zolezzi.
• “Solidarity and Struggle” complements “Up Against the Wall” with 16 historic posters from Mexico’s foremost political workshop, Taller Grafico Popular (borrowed from the University of New Mexico Art Museum collection) and several copies of the illustrated political magazine El Hijo Ahuizote (borrowed from C.L. Sonnichesen Special Collections Department of UTEP’s University Library).
• SunKoo Yuh creates ceramic sculptures composed of tight groupings of various forms to imply narratives suggesting socio-political critique. Korean art and Buddhist, Christian and Confucian iconography also inform some aspects of his imagery.
Showing Aug. 26-Dec. 11:
• “Contra Flujo: Independence and Revolution” in the L and Rubin galleries. The exhibition, meaning “Against the Flow,” features seven contemporary artists from Mexico City who use new media to explore the centennial of the Mexican Revolution and the bicentennial of Mexico’s independence. The artists in this exhibition create pieces that directly engage and challenge the discourse of progress. Featured artists include Marcela Armas, Ivan Abreu, Arcangel Constantini, Gilberto Esparza, Ivan Puig, Rogelio Sosa and Laura Valencia.
• “Border 2010: Photographs by Alejandro Cartagena and David Rochkind” in the Project Space. Photographs by the award-winning photographers have been selected from Cartagena’s People of Suburbia and Rochkind’s Heavy Hand, Sunken Spirit. All were created within the past few years and depict the people and places of Mexico, with a particular focus on its northern border.
Opening reception for both exhibits is 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26.
The Rubin Center offers a wide range of summer programs for children, families and youth. Registration information: rubincenter.utep.edu.
San Elizario galleries — Three galleries are now open near the San Elizario Plaza on the Mission Trail. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Information. 851-0041.
• Main Street Gallery, 1456 Main. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Information: msgallery.net.
Currently showing is “The American Dream” collective exhibit. Featured artists include Rudi Leidelmeyer, Stephanie Conroy, Margaret Heath, Nina Cobb Walker, Al Borrego and Candy Mayer.
• Golden Eagle Gallery, 1501 Main. Currently featured are works by Mario Parra, Al Borrego, Laurel Roberts, Pauline Raedeke, Nasario Olvera, Romi Saenz, Hawkins, Miguel Varela, Warren Smart, Annette Paajanen, Yamina Gant, Bill Rakocy, Francisco Miranda S., Betty Ott and Marjorie Carrasco.
• Horseshoe Gallery — 1500 Main.
Information: 345-5594. Artists featured include Ralph Rodriguez, Bob Adams, Connie Weaver, Judy Hampton, Mario Parra, Jim Pritchett, Stephanie Conroy, Nina Walker, Wendy Reyes, Pauline Raedeke, Maria Branch and Andy Martinez.
Sasahara Gallery — The new gallery is at 7100 Westwind Drive, Suite 135, features fine art paintings, jewelry, sculpture, photography, prints, cards and portraits. Art classes offered. Hours are 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Information: 584-4222 or sasahara.gallery@live.com. Web: sasaharagallery.com.
Gallery artists are Bob Adams, Sally Bakey-Avant, Jeanne Campos, Teresa Fernandez, Winfrey Hearst, Marco Milazzo, Shirley Morgan, Carmen Navar, Rami Scully, Corinne Spinnler, Reggie Watterson, Ben Avant, Gerardo Campos, Marji Carrasco, Jose Clemente, Manny Guerra, Candy Mayer, Josefina Monson-Giessinger, Linda Noack, A. Stein, Miguel Varela and T Yetter.
The next “Second Saturdays at the Sasahara” events is 3 to 5 p.m. Aug. 14 — “Meet the Artist” reception.
Artwork is being taken through Aug. 1 for the gallery’s Humane Society Benefit noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11. Ten percent of proceeds from sales should go towards the Humane Society. Reception is 3 to 5 p.m.
Sun Bowl Art Exhibit 2010 submissions — The International Museum of Art, 1211 Montana, is taking submissions through Sept. 29 for its annual international juried competition to run Nov. 5-Jan. 4. This year’s judge is artist Oween Rath. Deadline to turn in accepted entries is Oct. 20. Top three prizes are purchase awards, and the paintings become part of the Museum’s permanent collection.
Entry fee: $45 for submission of three photographs or slides to be considered. Information/prospectus/entry forms: 543-6747, 543-9222 or iavatx@aol.com. Web: InternationalMuseumOfArt.Net.
Sunland Art Gallery — The El Paso Art Association co-op gallery is in Sunland Park Mall, second level across from The Greenery, with 30 El Paso artists represented. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Information: 584-3117 or sunlandartgallery.com.
Showing Aug. 2-30: “Figuratively Speaking II” group show, featuring figures, people and portraits. Featured artists include Judy Hampton, Dee Olga Min-Young Phillips, Marji Carrasco, Carmen Navar, Rudi Leidelmeyer, Barbara McClain, Maria C. Appelzoller and Sherry Blake.
Opening reception is 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 6. Artists will be present and refreshment served. Manny C. Guerra will sketch charcoal portraits for a small fee.
Individuals or groups interested in having a show at the gallery can call 833-0636 or 474-0053.
Susan Eisen Gallery — 5857 N. Mesa, Ste. 19. Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Various media featured,. Information: 584-0022 or susaneisen.com.
UTEP Union Gallery — Second floor, UTEP Union East. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday. Information: 747-5481 or utep.edu/events.
Showing through Aug. 14: “Las Otras Batallas,” a photographic exhibition featuring the works of graphic journalists from El Diario de Juarez.
Las Cruces/Mesilla
‘5000 Flowers’— The 9th annual 9-11 commemorative exhibit is Sept. 3-25 at the Branigan Cultural Center’s Shannon Room, 500 N. Water Street in Las Cruces. The non-political exhibit, sponsored by the GFWC Progress Club, features work of all mediums with a floral emphasis. An opening reception is 5 to 7 p.m. at the center Friday, Sept. 3, as part of the First Friday Ramble. Information: (575) 522-8243 or (575) 541-2155.
This year’s show features the first of two large towers covered in painted flowers and poetry. Small blocks of wood were painted with 10 flowers each and placed on the wooden towers that replicate the World Trade Center. Each tower holds 2,500 flowers. The second tower will be finished for the tenth anniversary show in September of 2011.
Branigan Cultural Center — Branigan Building, 501 N. Main, (Downtown Mall) Las Cruces. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday. Admission is free. Information: (575) 541-2154 or las-cruces.org/museums.
Showing Aug. 6-21 in the Main Gallery: “People of Chiapas” photographs by Linda Montoya, in the Main Gallery. In 1984, Montoya visited Chiapas, Mexico and photographed the people. She returned in 2003 and sought out the same people. The exhibit documents the changes she found.
Montoya presents a gallery talk about her experience at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14.
Showing Aug. 6-28 in the Richardson Gallery: “Chiapas: People, Architecture, and Landscapes,” photographs by Susan Bryant, in the Richardson Gallery. Bryant belongs to an organization that works to establish relationships with several groups of indigenous peoples in the rural areas of Chiapas. This work is part of a series of images that she made during trips to Chiapas in 2004 and 2005.
Bryant will give a lecture, “Volunteer Work in Chiapas” at 1 p.m. Saturday Aug. 7.
Opening reception for both exhibits is 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 6, during the First Friday Ramble.
The monthly “History Notes” program is 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12. This month’s topic is “Early Schools in Las Cruces.”
The permanent display, “Las Cruces: Crossroads of History,” features a comprehensive look at the history of Las Cruces and the Mesilla Valley spanning the past 400 years through photographs, documents, artifacts and narrative.
Cutter Gallery — 2640 El Paseo (at University), Las Cruces. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Information: (575) 541-0658.
Opening reception for watercolorist Dan Stouffer is 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14. Stouffer is famous for his paintings of national parks and other natural landmarks in the Western states, including White Sands and the Organ Mountains.
Stouffer will host a watercolor demonstration 10 a.m. to noon that day. Call for reservations.
Dia de los Muertos exhibit submissions — Branigan Cultural Center in Las Cruces is taking submissions through Sept. 24 for its 2010 juried exhibit celebrating Day of the Dead to run Oct. 19-Nov. 27 Artists may submit up to three entries via CD or email. Include artist name and artwork title with jpeg. No perishable items (foods/liquids) allowed in galleries. Works must have been completed within the past 2 years and have not previously been shown at the Branigan Cultural Center. Mail to: Branigan Cultural Center, Attn: Día de los Muertos Exhibit, PO Box 20000, Las Cruces, 88004 or mkshannon@las-cruces.org. Information: Mary Kay Shannon, (575) 541-2219.
Las Cruces Museum of Art — 491 N. Main (Downtown Mall). Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday. Information: (575) 541-2137 or las-cruces.org/museums.
Showing through Aug. 21:
• “Jewelry As Art,” contemporary fine art jewelry and metal sculptures by New Mexico State University MFA candidate Kathleen Carricaburu. Carricaburu has taught silver-smithing at the Kimball Art Center, and her work has been exhibited throughout her home state of Utah.
• Remembrance: An Artistic Tribute to the Organ Mountains,” works by Jess Reinhard and Eric McKinley. Reinhard will present a series of watercolors. McKinley specializes in printmaking and jewelry, and his work incorporates the “familiar imagery from magazine ads and children’s books.”
Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery — 2470-A Calle de Guadalupe in Mesilla, across from the Fountain Theatre. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. New works displayed every three months. Information: (575) 522-2933 or mesillavalleyfineartgallery.com.
August’s featured artists are watercolorist Mayanna Howard, and oil painter Hal Fore.
Preston Contemporary Art Center — 1755 Avenida de Mercado (end of Calle de Mercado). Hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; by appointment only Sunday and Monday. Information: (575) 523-8713 or prestoncontemporaryart.com.
Showing through Sept. 25: The 2010 Summer Exhibition featuring six artists of various media Ho Baron, sculpture; Judith Content, fiber; Richard Heinsohn, painting; Tom Millea, photography; Lewis Ocepek, mixed media; and Valente Francisco Saenz, painting.
Content discovered the textile arts while a student at San Francisco State. She creates hand-dyed, pieced, quilted silk wall pieces for corporate and residential environments. Her current work explores a contemporary interpretation of the traditional Japanese dye technique called arashi-shibori.
Heinsohn uses the language of abstraction in painting to allows him to express fascination with the mysteries of life and to convey this intrigue to others. He applies large amounts of paint with his hands, pieces of wood and improvised tools. He sometimes includes objects like wood scraps, worn-out gloves or discarded toys. He was recently selected as the “Critic’s Pick” in the Nashville Scene for his solo exhibition at the Estel Gallery.
Millea was one of the very few photographers to reintroduce platinum printing, an older process that basically had to be reinvented with the introduction of new chemistry.
Printmaker Louis Ocepek uses both conventional and digital media to create relief constructions, digital prints and illustrations. Other artworks include screen prints created by successive overprinting of multiple stencils.
Sculpture Ho Baron’s body of work of more than 300 pieces includes sculptures at the Baltimore American Visionary Art Museum, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso Museum of Archaeology, and El Paso Public Library.
Saenz uses richly hued acrylics to paint geometrical forms, as well as historically referenced imagery, both mystical and philosophical.
Tombaugh Gallery — First Unitarian Universalist Church of Las Cruces, 2000 S. Solano. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Information: (575) 522-7281 or uuchurchlc.org.
Showing Aug. 1-27: “Re-emergence: The Old to New,” works by the Las Cruces Chapter of the Society of Layerists in Multi Media. The international organization first incorporated in New Mexico in 1982. Artist members concentrate on layering art through media and meaning. Opening reception is noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 1.
The gallery is taking proposals for its 2011 exhibition schedule through Sept. 1. Details: tombaugh-gallery@zianet.com.
Other Southern New Mexico
‘5000 Flowers’— The 9th annual 9-11 commemorative exhibit is Sept. 3-25 at the Branigan Cultural Center’s Shannon Room, 500 N. Water Street in Las Cruces. The non-political exhibit, sponsored by the GFWC Progress Club, features work of all mediums with a floral emphasis. An opening reception is 5 to 7 p.m. at the center Friday, Sept. 3, as part of the First Friday Ramble. Information: (575) 522-8243 or (575) 541-2155.
This year’s show features the first of two large towers covered in painted flowers and poetry. Small blocks of wood were painted with 10 flowers each and placed on the wooden towers that replicate the World Trade Center. Each tower holds 2,500 flowers. The second tower will be finished for the tenth anniversary show in September of 2011.
Branigan Cultural Center — Branigan Building, 501 N. Main, (Downtown Mall) Las Cruces. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday. Admission is free. Information: (575) 541-2154 or las-cruces.org/museums.
Showing Aug. 6-21 in the Main Gallery: “People of Chiapas” photographs by Linda Montoya, in the Main Gallery. In 1984, Montoya visited Chiapas, Mexico and photographed the people. She returned in 2003 and sought out the same people. The exhibit documents the changes she found.
Montoya presents a gallery talk about her experience at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14.
Showing Aug. 6-28 in the Richardson Gallery: “Chiapas: People, Architecture, and Landscapes,” photographs by Susan Bryant, in the Richardson Gallery. Bryant belongs to an organization that works to establish relationships with several groups of indigenous peoples in the rural areas of Chiapas. This work is part of a series of images that she made during trips to Chiapas in 2004 and 2005.
Bryant will give a lecture, “Volunteer Work in Chiapas” at 1 p.m. Saturday Aug. 7.
Opening reception for both exhibits is 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 6, during the First Friday Ramble.
The monthly “History Notes” program is 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12. This month’s topic is “Early Schools in Las Cruces.”
The permanent display, “Las Cruces: Crossroads of History,” features a comprehensive look at the history of Las Cruces and the Mesilla Valley spanning the past 400 years through photographs, documents, artifacts and narrative.
Cutter Gallery — 2640 El Paseo (at University), Las Cruces. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Information: (575) 541-0658.
Opening reception for watercolorist Dan Stouffer is 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14. Stouffer is famous for his paintings of national parks and other natural landmarks in the Western states, including White Sands and the Organ Mountains.
Stouffer will host a watercolor demonstration 10 a.m. to noon that day. Call for reservations.
Dia de los Muertos exhibit submissions — Branigan Cultural Center in Las Cruces is taking submissions through Sept. 24 for its 2010 juried exhibit celebrating Day of the Dead to run Oct. 19-Nov. 27 Artists may submit up to three entries via CD or email. Include artist name and artwork title with jpeg. No perishable items (foods/liquids) allowed in galleries. Works must have been completed within the past 2 years and have not previously been shown at the Branigan Cultural Center. Mail to: Branigan Cultural Center, Attn: Día de los Muertos Exhibit, PO Box 20000, Las Cruces, 88004 or mkshannon@las-cruces.org. Information: Mary Kay Shannon, (575) 541-2219.
Las Cruces Museum of Art — 491 N. Main (Downtown Mall). Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday. Information: (575) 541-2137 or las-cruces.org/museums.
Showing through Aug. 21:
• “Jewelry As Art,” contemporary fine art jewelry and metal sculptures by New Mexico State University MFA candidate Kathleen Carricaburu. Carricaburu has taught silver-smithing at the Kimball Art Center, and her work has been exhibited throughout her home state of Utah.
• Remembrance: An Artistic Tribute to the Organ Mountains,” works by Jess Reinhard and Eric McKinley. Reinhard will present a series of watercolors. McKinley specializes in printmaking and jewelry, and his work incorporates the “familiar imagery from magazine ads and children’s books.”
Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery — 2470-A Calle de Guadalupe in Mesilla, across from the Fountain Theatre. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. New works displayed every three months. Information: (575) 522-2933 or mesillavalleyfineartgallery.com.
August’s featured artists are watercolorist Mayanna Howard, and oil painter Hal Fore.
Preston Contemporary Art Center — 1755 Avenida de Mercado (end of Calle de Mercado). Hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; by appointment only Sunday and Monday. Information: (575) 523-8713 or prestoncontemporaryart.com.
Showing through Sept. 25: The 2010 Summer Exhibition featuring six artists of various media Ho Baron, sculpture; Judith Content, fiber; Richard Heinsohn, painting; Tom Millea, photography; Lewis Ocepek, mixed media; and Valente Francisco Saenz, painting.
Content discovered the textile arts while a student at San Francisco State. She creates hand-dyed, pieced, quilted silk wall pieces for corporate and residential environments. Her current work explores a contemporary interpretation of the traditional Japanese dye technique called arashi-shibori.
Heinsohn uses the language of abstraction in painting to allows him to express fascination with the mysteries of life and to convey this intrigue to others. He applies large amounts of paint with his hands, pieces of wood and improvised tools. He sometimes includes objects like wood scraps, worn-out gloves or discarded toys. He was recently selected as the “Critic’s Pick” in the Nashville Scene for his solo exhibition at the Estel Gallery.
Millea was one of the very few photographers to reintroduce platinum printing, an older process that basically had to be reinvented with the introduction of new chemistry.
Printmaker Louis Ocepek uses both conventional and digital media to create relief constructions, digital prints and illustrations. Other artworks include screen prints created by successive overprinting of multiple stencils.
Sculpture Ho Baron’s body of work of more than 300 pieces includes sculptures at the Baltimore American Visionary Art Museum, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso Museum of Archaeology, and El Paso Public Library.
Saenz uses richly hued acrylics to paint geometrical forms, as well as historically referenced imagery, both mystical and philosophical.
Tombaugh Gallery — First Unitarian Universalist Church of Las Cruces, 2000 S. Solano. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Information: (575) 522-7281 or uuchurchlc.org.
Showing Aug. 1-27: “Re-emergence: The Old to New,” works by the Las Cruces Chapter of the Society of Layerists in Multi Media. The international organization first incorporated in New Mexico in 1982. Artist members concentrate on layering art through media and meaning. Opening reception is noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 1.
The gallery is taking proposals for its 2011 exhibition schedule through Sept. 1. Details: tombaugh-gallery@zianet.com.
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