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OPPORTUNITY

  • Photographic artists are invited to participate in the third annual Grant County photography exhibition titled “Magical Light.”  Exhibition dates are March 3 - April 1 at Light Art Space in downtown Silver City.  Ready to hang photographs will be due at the gallery Feb. 27. Contact Karen Hymer to participate at karen@lightartspace.com, 520-240-7075. Light Art Space is open by appointment only the months of January and February. Info: www.lightartspace.com.

 

SILVER CITY

  • Three artists have joined up to provide an art display at the Silver City Public Library opening from 3-5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3. Diane Cornelius, Thia Utz, and Beatriz Giraldo are the featured artists in the Public Library main room during the months of February and March 2023. They are all members of the Grant County Art Guild. Cornelius said, “depicting NM rivers, skies, mountains, and creatures is my passion. Using oils, acrylics and watercolor, I attempt to share the beauty of nature with others.” Utz is a local artist who enjoys oil and acrylic painting. She delights in capturing the light, shapes and colors of the natural world. Beatriz Giraldo enjoys painting and haiku inspired by the manifestations of Mother Nature and by her own introspection. Her highest intention is to convey to the viewer/reader the peace she finds through her painting and haiku, to offer a moment of pause and appreciation for the beauty in the world.
  • Feb. 11 is a don’t-miss day for downtown Silver City, with Chocolate Fantasia festivities plus downtown merchants offering Love Local discounts and specials. The Grant County Art Guild Gallery’s contribution includes multiple drawings for free art. Sign up is Feb. 11 only. Winners will be notified Sunday, Feb. 12. This month, the Guild is opening a new downtown Silver City venue, The Studio. The motto for The Studio will be “Create, Teach, Exhibit.” Classes and open studios previously held in the GCAG Annex have moved to this new location.

GCAG is pleased to welcome textile artist Donna Foley to its downtown Silver City gallery. Foley has been weaving for 30 years and is a well-known favorite in the local textile art community. A one person “farm to gallery” operation, Foley raises sheep, then processes, dyes and weaves their wool. Her gallery display will be ever-changing as she plans to show a rotation of tapestries and wearables. The GCAG Gallery is located at 316 N Bullard in Silver City, NM, in the historic Hester House (Look for the big purple building). Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. every day. Info: gcag.org.

DEMING

  • The February exhibit at the Deming Art Center features the creations of the

local quilting club, The Quilting B’s. On display are bed-size quilts, along with wall hangings, challenges, dolls, bead art and smaller quilted items. Many are on sale. This year's drawing quilt is a group project featuring colorful cactus appliques. The exhibit will be up through Feb. 27. There will be a time to meet the quilters, from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5. The Deming Art Center is located at 100 S. Gold St., Deming. Info: 575-546-3663 and at www.demingarts.org.

ALAMOGORDO/TULAROSA

  • “Shari Adkisson: A Retrospective 1994-2023, A Lifetime of Lovingly Created Works of Art,” is at Otero Artspace, located at 1118 Indiana St. (the corner of 12th Street and Indiana Avenue) in Alamogordo, and highlight her work from the 1990’s to the current day. Adkisson, a self-professed life-long artist, has experimented with a number of mediums throughout the years, including fiber, photography, ceramics, Gelli printing, collage, and digital art. All of the pieces that will be on display during the exhibition are special to the artist, and include art quilts she designed for the International AIDS Quilt Project and the International Quilt Festival, including one she was asked to design after 9/11, as well as photography, pottery, collages, and digital art.

A reception will be held 5-7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3.The exhibit is open from 1-4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday and continues throughout February 2023. Info: www.oteroarts.org or follow Otero Arts on Facebook.

LAS CRUCES

  • The Doña Ana Arts Council, has moved to a new address in the Las Cruces Arts and Cultural District to 230 South Water Street. For most of its first 50 years, the Arts Council was located at several street addresses in what would eventually become the ACD in 2018. “We are thrilled to be in such a great spot, and back, if you will, in the ACD,” said Greg Smith, outgoing DAArts Executive Director. The Arts Council is open from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Info: 575.523.6403 or director@daarts.org.  
  • For February 's The Love of Art Month Agave Artists Gallery welcomes new artist Linda Gendall. A celebration is coming up noon-8 p.m. on Saturday,  Feb 11 at 2250 Calle De San Albino. Info: 575-339-9870.
  • Gallery 925 presents “For the Love of Art – Painting and Photography Show” featuring artists Diane Alire, Diana Ayres, Nancy Frost Begin, Emmitt Booher, Savannah and Vikki Cordova, Kyle Cunningham, Linda Gendall, Shaunna Foster, Matt Henn, Candice Hogan, Cassandra Lockwood, Bonny Allen Rice, Jim Rodgers, Storm Sermay, David Sorensen, David Stevenson, Mel Stone, Gabriele Teich, Leslie Toombs, Victor Whitmill, Jean Wilkey, Nolan Winkler and Gail Ann Wodzin. The gallery is celebrating February with a show that presents a selection of New Mexico painters and photographers. The opening reception is 1-8 p.m., First Friday, Feb. 3, with artists and refreshments. The First Friday features free trolley rides from all open Mesquite galleries from 5-8 p.m. Work will be on display from Feb. 3 to March 5. Gallery hours are 1-5 p.m. Fridays and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Artist talks are 1-3 p.m. every Sunday. Gallery 925 is located in the Mesquite Historical District near the corner of Spruce Street.

Info: gallery925nm.com.

  • The New Mexico Watercolor Society Southern Chapter presents “For the Love of Art Exhibit 2023,” at the Frame and Art Center, 1100 S. Main St., Ste 108, in Las Cruces. A reception is from 4-6 p.m. at the gallery. Info: nmwatercolorsociety.org.
  • The Tombaugh Gallery features the art work of Song Finger. Song is originally from South Korea and currently lives in Las Cruces. She moved to the United States in 1971. She was passionate about being an artist and attended several art schools. She has worked in advertising and also doing freelance fashion illustration from 1981 to 2000. She has a wide variety of styles from portraits to modern art. The exhibit opens on Feb. 5 with a reception from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and continues through Feb. 26. Visit the Tombaugh Gallery at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 2000 S. Solano Drive. Las Cruces. The gallery is open 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday. Info: jelicht@gmail.com.
  • The Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Gallery, 2470-A Calle de Guadalupe, across from the historic Fountain Theatre, features two local artists for the month of February, Bonnie MacQuarrie and Arlene Tugel. MacQuarrie specializes in art tile. Originally from San Francisco, she is a graduate of San Francisco State University. Her work is influenced by Marc Chagall and Henri Matisse. Tugal likes the pure, glowing color that can be achieved with watercolor, her preferred medium. First American Bank in Mesilla, is well represented by gallery members who rotate the galleries artists’ work monthly. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Info: 575-522-2933, www.mesillavalleyfinearts.com.
  • Two exhibitions at the New Mexico State University Art Museum help usher in 2023 in collaboration with the Department of Art. They are focused on artists who teach.
    One, "Together Through as Within," is scheduled from Jan. 20 through March 11, features the work of staff and faculty within the Department of Art in NMSU's College of Arts and Sciences, where each educator is also an artist. A second exhibition running concurrently is "Ad Infinitum: Artists Against War and Imperialism,"scheduled from Jan. 20 through May 20. The show features war-era posters and artworks from the NMSU Permanent Art Collection in the Bunny Conlon Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery. The artwork highlights twentieth-century imperialism and its effects such as militarization, the nuclear arms race, the destruction of human lives and damage to the natural environment. The UAM is at 1390 E. University Avenue. Art museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
  • An exhibit at the Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main St., Las Cruces, “Vale la Pena” (It’s Worth It), features artwork by Gina Gwen Palacios. She is multi-media artist who draws upon her family history and Mexican American identity to create portraits of herself and her family’s lived experiences. The exhibit is up through March 25. The Branigan Cultural Center is open 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Tuesday to Friday and 9 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Saturday. There is no admission charge. Info: 575-541-2154.

Carlitta Harvey’s artwork is featured in a new exhibit at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces. “Rural Life in New Mexico: Paintings by Carlitta Harvey” is open in the Museum’s Arts Corridor. Growing up on a farm, Harvey’s inspiration and foundation as an artist were cultivated at an early age. She painting farm scenes when she was old enough to buy her own watercolors. Coming from four generations of farmers, and marrying a cattle rancher, her love of the rural life is apparent in her paintings. She frequently creates her work “plein air,” outdoors on site. There are 23 paintings in the show, which will be on display through April 2. The museum, at 4100 Dripping Springs Road in Las Cruces is open 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Info: 575


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