Arts Scene: October 2023

Otero Arts is hosting a Plein Air Workshop led by Santa Fe artist, Anita Louise West , Oct. 12 – 14 in Alamogordo, White Sands area, Tularosa and Bent. Class is …

What's Going on in OCTOBER?

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'Heart of the Gila' at the Silco on Wednesday

At 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 4 the "Journey Down the Gila" film will be shown at Silco Theater on Bullard Streeet in Silver City. Tickets can be bought in advance on the …

It's a good day to visit the fair: some highlights from the first two days

Southern New Mexico State Fair events continue through Sunday, Oct. 1 including livestock shows, rodeo, midway, food and much more. Visit snmstatefairgrounds.net for information.

October 2023

Mesilla Valley Maze opens Sept. 30

Continuing a fall family tradition of pumpkin patches and corn mazes, the Mesilla Valley Maze opens at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, at 3855 W. Picacho Ave. The maze will be open 11 …

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Songs of Social Justice and Protest

Friday, Oct. 6 is a good day for a poignant evening of music, songs of social justice and protest, as performed by Burt and Susan Mittelstadt and hosted by the Social Justice Committee of the …

Southwest Women’s Fiber Arts Collective participates in Weekend at the Galleries

SW Women’s Fiber Arts Collective (SWFAC) is pleased to participate in the Silver City Art Association’s 25 th Weekend at the Galleries with the Holiday Fiber Arts Sale. This free annual …

Jazz on the Sands

White Sands National Park will host a concert for its second Full Moon Night event of the year on Friday, September 29, 2023, at 7:00 pm. In partnership with Western National Parks …

Historic WWII Aircraft to Visit War Eagles Air Museum

The War Eagles Air Museum at Dona Ann Airport to host historic World War II aircraft. The C-47A Skytrain troop transport named That’s All, Brother is the airplane that led the …

Virtual Gallery

Agave Artists Gallery

Agave Artists Gallery in Mesilla is a cooperative gallery featuring contemporary art in multiple media: oil, acrylic, water media, fabric, paper, assemblage art, photography, mixed media, pastel, …

Arts Scene/Gallery Guide

Please join us in visiting southern New Mexico artists in their web-based galleries. While we can’t yet go to these galleries and studios and spend our time perusing the amazing work of …

Lisa Alden

Lisa Alden has always loved art and has been creating since childhood. Before formal training in art she worked in hospitality and medical career fields and in 2000 earned a B.S. in chemistry from …

Maria Aragon

Maria Aragon is a self-taught artist working mainly in oil paint on either canvas, artist's board or paper. She is a symbolist who combines figures from the West, including the Americas, with symbols …

Jean-Robert P. Béffort

Jean-Robert P. Béffort is a mixed-media assemblage sculpture and collage artist who lives in Silver City and operates a 4,000 square-foot contemporary studio and art gallery called …

Mary Beagle

Mary Beagle has primarily worked with oil on canvas; her paintings reflect her love of native and Latino cultures and celebrations. She incorporates geometric or native designs into her compositions …

Margaret Bernstein

Margaret Bernstein was meandering through a profession of words, interviews and teenagers when, on a whim, she fell suddenly into experimenting with paints and brushes in Las …

Victoria Chick

Victoria Chick established her painting studio near Silver City after a 40-year art career as studio artist, registered art therapist and a combined 15 years as adjunct instructor at the University …

Ruth Drayer

Ruth Drayer's work is non-objective; she is painting color and color relationships and has developed her own technique. Rather than beginning with an idea, Drayer textures her blank canvas with a …

Lois Duffy

Lois Duffy has had a studio and gallery in Silver City’s downtown historic Yankie/Texas Art District for 23 years. She paints large acrylic paintings of surreal and realistic subject matter. …

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