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Mesilla Valley Maze holds family tradition

Each person has their own vision of an ideal fall day. For some, it might be drinking apple cider or their favorite pumpkin-spiced drink while getting cozy at home. For many New Mexicans, the ideal …

Balloons take flight over White Sands National Park

The skies over White Sands National Park will bloom with color when the 31 st annual White Sands Balloon Invitational launches its two-day celebration on Saturday, Sept. 21, followed by another …

Los Lonely Boys include Las Cruces in new tour

Could Las Cruces one day be home to an omnibus festival of film, live music and related events similar to South by Southwest in Austin, Texas? Austin is a larger city by far and SXSW is …

Arts Roundup

Blank Conversations presents The Woman in Black Blank Conversations Theatre Company presents the spine-tingling ghost story based on Susan Hill’s gothic novel, about a young solicitor who …

Entertainment

Symphony delivers dramatic, colorful season opener

From the moment conductor Ming Luke pounced onto the podium at the New Mexico State’s Atkinson Recital Hall, the Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra burst into their 2024-25 season with great …

Pumpkin Palooza Ushers in Autumn Fun

It’s officially Fall and the Las Cruces Parks and Recreation Department is hosting its annual Pumpkin Palooza fall event on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Frank O'Brien Papen Community Center. …

Making Space for your Face

If you’ve ever thought about being immortalized on the side of a truck, you’re in luck. The Axle Contemporary mobile studio/gallery is wrapping up its Southwestern New Mexico tour in Las …

At NMSU, ‘Dracula’ delivers batty camp

"Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors" is an eruption of high-camp, cross-dressing, clownish satire with an ensemble of inspired comic performers juggling multiple roles.
Virtual Gallery

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 …
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