Arts Association Annual Group Show at Branigan
The Las Cruces Arts Association will host its 44th
annual Group Exhibit in the Shannon Room of the Branigan Cultural
Center during the month of March. An opening reception for the artists
will be held on Friday, March 3, from 5-7 p.m. The mixed-media art
exhibit will feature works by more than 25 Las Cruces Arts Association
members. For more information about the show or membership in the
association, call Carol Kennedy at 541-9565.
"Rocketland," focusing on rockets, spaceports
and the future of space, continues at the Branigan Cultural Center
through April 1. The center is located at 500 N. Water St. in the Las
Cruces downtown mall. For more information, call 541-2155
Art Museum Showcases Students
Artwork by students from the Las Cruces Museum
of Art Studio Programs will be on display in the Director's Gallery
from March 3-April 1. The public is invited to a free opening reception
for the artists from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, March 3, concurrent with
the Friday night Ramble at the downtown mall supported by several
galleries and museums.
Studio Art Program classes are held throughout the
year in quarterly sessions for adults and children. They include classes
in ceramics, weaving, digital photography, drawing and painting, clay
sculpture and mixed media. Afternoon and evening classes are available
for adults, and children's classes are offered after school and on
Saturday mornings, with a special Spring Break Arts Experience March
20 -24.
The Main Gallery of the Museum is showing "The
Art of Space" through April 8. The Las Cruces Museum of Art is
located at 490 N. Water St. in the Las Cruces downtown mall. For more
information, call 541-2137 or visit www.museums.las-cruces.org.
Call for Artists
Artists living and working in New Mexico and the
El Paso area are eligible to submit work for consideration for a
solo or collaborative exhibit in the Director's Gallery of the Las
Cruces Museum of Art in 2007. Deadline for submission of a proposal
package is May 12. There is a $30 submission fee for each artist's
packet. An outline of requirements is available at the museum or
by contacting curator Joy Miller, 541-2221 or jmiller@las-cruces.org.
The museum is also seeking submissions for "The Spirit of Las
Cruces Biennial Exhibition," a juried exhibit scheduled for
June 2-July 22, 2006. Works in all media by residents of Las Cruces
and Dona Ana County are eligible. Monetary prizes will be awarded.
Submissions must be postmarked by March 17; submission fee (up to
four entries) is $30, payable to City of Las Cruces. Entry forms
are available at the museum.
What's on View
The Tombaugh Gallery in the Unitarian Universalist
Church of Las Cruces is showing the paintings of Yvonne Postelle
from March 1 through March 31, with an artist reception Sunday, March
5, from 12-2 p.m. Postelle has had advanced art studies at UTEP,
and her paintings have received awards from El Paso Art Associations
shows, Sierra-Providence International Art Exhibits, Sun Bowl International
Art Exhibit, National League of American Pen Women, Mesilla Valley
Art Exhibit and Black Range Art Exhibit. Her work has been greatly
influenced by the painting of Monet after a tour of his gardens in
France. The gallery is located at 2000 S. Solano; for more information
call 522-7281 or see www.uuchurchlc.us.
Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery, 2470-A Calle de
Guadalupe in Mesilla, will feature artists Hal Fore and Ken Stinnett
in March. Fore paints in oils, mostly people and local landscapes and
local subjects. His works are colorful and vibrant, showing a quirky
sense of humor and obvious appreciation for the area. A New Mexico
native, Fore was raised in California, where he attended the San Francisco
Art Institute. Wildlife and landscape photographer Ken Stinnett has
lived in the Southwest and the Chihuahuan Desert for the last 45 years.
An extensive background in biology and ecology informs his natural
history photography. Stinnett's photography has been featured in numerous
books and regional and national publications including New Mexico
Magazine, Texas Monthly, Consumer Reports, National
Geographic and Audubon. For gallery information, call
522-2993.
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