Arts

Friends Of Los Alamos Pride Seek Volunteers

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North Star Psychiatric Services owner Dr. Brian Haigh at LA Pride 2018 with a volunteer-built, smoke-spewing dragon he helped fund. Courtesy photo
 
At LA Pride 2018, private donations were used to purchase T-shirts and fabric paint, inflatable pool tubes for the ‘make your own float’ station, and balloons and bubble solution for the ‘over the rainbow’ bubble challenge, among other materials for festival activities. Courtesy photo
 
FLAP News:
 
The Friends of Los Alamos Pride (FLAP) invites the community to join in the organizing of Los Alamos Pride Week 2019. Los Alamos
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Daily Postcard: Black Bear And Cubs In Frijoles Canyon

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Daily Postcard: The young black bear that first began frequenting the developed area in Frijoles Canyon at Bandelier National Monument a few years ago is now grown and a mom with two cubs of her own. The park hopes she will teach her offspring the necessary wariness of humans that she learned only through several years of adverson techniques applied by diligent park rangers. The public is reminded that the survival of any wildlife, especially large wildlife like bears, in any park is largely dependent upon human visitors and park staff. Never feed wildlife or leave food where animals can get it. Read More

NMSA Offers Full-Major Creative Writing & Literature

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Courtey/NMSA
 
NMSA News:
 
SANTA FE ― New Mexico School for the Arts (NMSA) will now offer Creative Writing and Literature as a full Major, alongside current majors of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts, beginning fall 2019.
 
Applications for the inaugural cohort are open and 20 New Mexico 9th graders will be accepted into the program.
 
Applicants to NMSA are screened solely on measures of passion, promise and aptitude in the arts; formal arts training and academic background are not considered in the audition process. As a statewide residential school, NMSA accepts
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Roger Montoya Of Moving Arts Espanola Shares Program Success At Los Alamos Rotary Club Meeting

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Roger Montoya, co-founder and artistic director of Moving Arts Espanola (MAE), spoke Tuesday at the Rotary Club of Los Alamos. Montoya described the growth and success of the nonprofit since it opened its doors in 2008 to the children and youth of the Española Valley and the surrounding communities. MAE provides ‘high quality, affordable performing and visual arts education’ plus free meals and academic support for ages 3-18. MAE programs promote ‘the creative, physical, academic, social and emotional health and well-being’ of its many participants. As part of the presentation, Montoya Read More

Scenes From 24th Annual Los Alamos Photographer’s Show Opening Event In Gallery At Mesa Public Library

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The 24th Annual Los Alamos Photographer’s Show opened Monday evening in the gallery at Mesa Public Library. The show features the images of 26 photographers exhibiting 154 photographs of exotic animals and locations from all over the world and at home. The show rums through April 27. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

The gallery was well attended Monday for the opening. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Doris Ford stands by her photo of a Blue Footed Booby taken in the Galapagos Islands. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Janet Harry views a photo entitled ‘Got Read More

Get Fancy With Those Easter Eggs This Year!

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Candle wax is used to decorate an Easter egg. Learn how to create intricate designs on eggs during the Pysanky Egg Dyeing Class Saturday at the Fuller Lodge Art Center. Courtesy photo
 
FLAC News:
 
Ever used the white crayon out of a box of Crayola’s to create a ghost image on an Easter egg that only shows up once it is set in dye? That is the idea behind the Pysanky Egg Dyeing Class. But this technique is far more elaborate!
 
From 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Fuller Lodge Art Center, 2132 Central Ave., local artist Linda Zwick will treat her students to the fun but delicate process of Pysanky.
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