'The Nutcracker’ is coming

Borderlands Ballet Company (BBC), in conjunction with the Las Cruces School of Dance and Music (LCSDM) and Dark Circles Contemporary Dance, presents “The Nutcracker,” Friday-Sunday, Dec. …

Cryptography and Oasis

At the beginning of this month, the Dona Ana Arts Council is presenting quilts in two wildly different themes, Cryptography, and Oasis, created by art quilt group 4 Common Corners. 4 Common …

What’s going on in DECEMBER?

Desert Exposure would like to include your special events, from any southern New Mexico community. Please submit your event title, time, location and contact information to editor@desertexposure.com; …

Arts Scene

Stewart Grange has created Krazy Katz in time for the holidays. What started with a neghbor’s one-eyed cat expanded to a collection of reasonably priced fanciful Katz. Just a Little off the …

State issues health emergency order regarding respiratory viruses

The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) issued a public health emergency order Dec. 1 “in response to a surge of pediatric cases and hospitalizations of respiratory viruses, including …

‘Christmas at Pemberly’ is a holiday delight at Black Box Theatre

So many people love “Pride and Prejudice,” and everyone loves good theatre. That makes Black Box Theatre’s (BBT) current production of “Miss Bennett Christmas at …

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Horses Being Horses

Back in September we witnessed an event we’re not likely to ever see again, the passing and celebration of the life of service of Queen Elizabeth II. It’s unlikely we will ever see a …

Hidden Life

The first heavy frost recently signaled the end of the bustling garden season, and I’m glad for the respite from battling the prolific weeds from this summer’s monsoon rains. However, we …

La Casa Holiday Bazaar is Dec. 2-4 at Convention Center

La Casa, Inc. domestic violence program’s 31st annual Holiday Bazaar, is Friday-Sunday, Dec. 2-4, at the Las Cruces Convention Center, 680 E. University Ave. Hours are 4:30-7:30 p.m. on …

Mesilla, Las Cruces Christmas tree lightings are Dec. 2, 3

The City of Las Cruces and the Town of Mesilla will light up the holidays this weekend with separate tree-lighting ceremonies. The tree lighting in Mesilla will begin at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, …

Virtual Gallery

Virginia Maria Romero

Virginia Maria Romero is a visionary artist with works in public and museum permanent collections, as well as numerous private collections throughout the United States and abroad. Romero’s …

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 …

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