Arts

Hillstrummers Irene Powell Performs Hula Dance

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Hillstrummer and Hula dancer Irene Powell performs in honor of her late mother in July at the BESC. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen

 
COMMUNITY News:
 
On the last Friday of the month the Hillstrummers at the Betty Ehart Senior Center strum their ukuleles to the merriment of the crowd, in celebration of monthly birthdays.
 
During July, Hillstrummer and Hula dancer Irene Powell did a celebratory hula dance in honor of her late mother Alice Armour.
 
“My mother Alice Armour was a hula dancer, born and raised in Hawaii, she took lessons from a large Hawaiian woman,”
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New Mexico Museum Of Art Receives Gift

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Emil James Bisttram, The Flaming One, 1964, oil on canvas, 48 x 34 in. Promised gift to the New Mexico Museum of Art from William Dailey and Nicole Panter Dailey. Courtesy photo
 
NMMA News:
 
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Museum of Art, The William Dailey Trust and Dr. Nicole Panter Dailey are pleased to announce the irrevocable gift to the Museum of eight works of art by members of the Transcendental Painting Group (1938-42).
 
The Transcendental Painting Group (TPG) was formally established in Taos, New Mexico. The group was committed to innovative new directions in Modern American
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Ironweed Productions Presents Water By The Spoonful

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Ironweed Productions News:
 
SANTA FE ― Ironweed Productions presents Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegría Hudes as part of a collaboration with Teatro Paraguas and the Santa Fe Playhouse to bring her three-play cycle, The Elliot Trilogy, to Santa Fe.
 
Ironweed’s production, directed by Valli Marie Rivera, will run Oct. 3 through Oct. 20.
 
Poignant, shocking and blisteringly funny, Water by the Spoonful is a riveting, Pulitzer Prize-winning play that grapples with the cost of war and addiction on human lives and explores the healing and redemptive power of family …
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SFCC Visual Arts Gallery Presents ‘Odd Nature’

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SFCC News:
 
SANTA FE ― Santa Fe Community College’s Visual Arts Gallery presents the exhibition, “Odd Nature,” which opens with a reception 5-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13. The show continues through Oct. 10.
 
Karina Hean, Visual Arts Chair and full-time instructor at the New Mexico School for the Arts based in Santa Fe, has curated the exhibit. She is part of a collaborative team with members from the U.S. and Europe. The team features two designers, a musician and nine visual artists representing practices that include painting, drawing, printmaking, letterpress, book arts, video,
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2019 Festival Of Trees Event Set For Nov. 16

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‘Fishin’ is one of many trees auctioned from the 2017 event. Courtesy photo
 
CYA News:
 
The annual Festival of Trees has been announced for 2019.
 
Champions of Youth Ambitions (C’YA) and the Los Alamos Retired and Senior Organization (LARSO), have selected Nov. 16 for the 16th annual fundraiser.
 
The themes for community trees for 2019 are “Science,” and “CommUNITY.” Individuals, businesses and organizations wanting to participate by donating trees or ornaments can contact the programs at 505.695.9139.
 
The funds benefit youth and senior programs in the community.
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Daily Postcard: Pottery Replica In White Rock

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Daily Postcard: One of the six Native American pottery replicas installed in the spring of 2016 along the N.M. 4 corridor through White Rock. This piece photographed Saturday afternoon adjacent to the White Rock Visitor Center, is part of the art project first suggested by the White Rock Master Plan Implementation Committee when the Visitor Center was still under construction. The project concept involved a historical progression of pottery styles associated with San Ildefonso Pueblo, from prehistoric to contemporary. The concrete pot forms were produced by the same firm that made the Read More