Hopping Mad About Art
Las Cruces 12th annual ArtsHop on Sept. 9 benefits young artists.
When the calendar page turns to September, art enthusiasts begin thinking ArtsHop, an evening of gallery-hopping—with food—every year on the first Friday after Labor Day. The 12th annual ArtsHop will be Sept. 9, 5-9 p.m. Besides exposing gallery-goers to the latest in local art, the event benefits young art students, 40 middle-schoolers enrolled in the Dona Ana Arts Council's (DAAC) summer Career Art Path (CAPS) program. The Branigan Cultural Center and the Las Cruces Museum of Fine Art will display artwork from CAPS students from 4-6 p.m.
For the DAAC's 12th annual ArtsHop, 10 galleries will be participating and many local restaurants and caterers will be providing light hors d'oeuvres. All participating galleries will provide $100 gift certificates as a door prize. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door and are available at all the galleries as well as the arts council offices located in the historic Rio Grande Theatre at 211 N. Downtown Mall, 523-6403.
The inspiration for ArtsHop came from Sally Cutter of the Glenn Cutter Gallery, when she and her husband Glenn visited Santa Fe's art crawl. "Our art in Las Cruces has always had the warm flavor of the Southwest, and sometimes back then, people were not really aware of it," she recalls. "Having an event where art, arts education and food joined together was something we in Las Cruces could do very well."
From that first year when four galleries participated, ArtsHop has grown to include galleries throughout Las Cruces and Old Mesilla. This year's participants will be:
Downtown
Blue Gate Fine Art Gallery, 311 Downtown Mall, 523-2950, will feature artist Bill Seager, a retired NMSU geology professor, who does representational paintings of the relationships of earth's forms. Refreshments.
Las Cruces Museum of Art and Branigan Cultural Center, 490 N. Water St., 541-2221, will feature the 2005 Career Art Path Student Show, with a special reception starting at 4 p.m. The museum will also be showcasing artist Trine Bumiller, a contemporary artist who explores astronomy and other sciences in her work, and the sculpture of Laura DeFazio in both two- and three-dimensional media. In the Branigan, photography from Heather Henshaw, "The Invisible People in Your Neighborhood: Putting a Face to Homelessness," and Sterling Rantham, "The Salvation of Don Juan Revisited," will be featured. Refreshments by The Bean Espresso Bar and Bakery.
White Raven Studio, 425 W. Griggs, 525-9543, presents clay sculpture and functional clay dinnerware by Lydia Hammerman, digital photography by Roy Lohr, and contemporary mixed media pieces by Mari Broenen. Refreshments by International Delights.
Rising Sky Artworks, 415 E. Foster, 525-8454, will feature ceramics by Richard Rising, turned wood from by Richard Spellenberg, acrylic paintings by John Pittari, recent creations by Dorothy Rising, and stoneware by Cally Williams. Refreshments.
Hadley Centre Galleries
Connie Hines Interior Design, 523-1809, will feature watercolors by Michelle Arterburn, black-and-white series by Robert Carlson as well as his new wine prints, paintings by Manuel Nunez and contemporary landscapes by Sallie Ritter. Refreshments by Cafe Paisano.
Glenn Cutter Jewelers and Gallery, 524-4300, will present "The Five Painters": Earlene Barnes, Janet Jackson, Sandy Mayti, Susan Connelly and Kathleen Squires, with a variety of impressionistic landscapes, old adobes, figurative work, rooms, flower gardens, still lifes and scenes from Mexico and New Mexico. Light hors d'oeuvres by the Double Eagle Restaurant.
Patio Art Gallery, 541-7401, features Annetta Hoover's show, "Mesilla Fiesta," plus figurative work by Carolyn Bunch, etchings by Winfred Hearst, landscapes by Anne Ford, mosaics by Anthony Pennock, still lifes and egg tempera by Julie Ford Oliver and jewelry by Janny Pezaro. Food by Dickerson Catering.
Mesilla Art Galleries
Julienne Jewelry, 2926 Calle de Guadalupe, 639-1858, will feature a demonstration by Anton Bodar, a blown-glass jewelry designer. Other jewelry artists include: Maya, Ed Kennedy, David Cole, Gilbert Nelson, Wendy Witchner, T.K. Conner, Mary Francis and Julienne Hatfield. Refreshments by Santa Fe Express and Blue Teal.
Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery, 2470A Calle de Guadalupe, will showcase art by Ray Baird, Carol Bernstein, Nanci Bissell, Pat Burnett, Klyf Brown, Rayma Claessen, Helga DeLisle, Alice Dressler, Hal Fore, Bert Gammill, Dory Harrington, Carotene Herbel, Mayanna Howard, Joyce Ann Key, Judy Licht, Carol Lopez, Sally Marsh, Hope Newhouse, Janet Parks, Caryl Porter, Yvonne Postelle, Hetty Smith, Ken Stinnett, Ruth Ann Sugarman, Dorothy Tuma, Bobbie Widner, Lucia Wilcox and Philip Yost. Food by La Posta.
William Bonney Gallery, 2060 Calle de Parian, will feature watercolors by Fred Chilton. Refreshments by La Posta.
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September 2005