Calling All Artist’s For 2023 Zozobra Art Exhibit At ZozoFest
Courtesy photo
ZOZOBRA News;
SANTA FE — Before we know it, Zozobra will be here in Santa Fe to make his dramatic return so it’s time to break out those pencils, markers and paintbrushes. Santa Fe’s biggest narcissist wants YOU to make him even more infamous.
This towering tyrant just can’t help himself. He keeps coming back year after year, much like the worries and woes that haunt us. As an artist, you have the answer to fighting his gloom –– by creating your one-of-a-kind artwork in the image of the Santa Fe icon everyone loves to hate.
As the date draws closer to Zozobra’s annual date with his Read More
Daily Postcard: Crow Dines On Cherry On North Mesa
Daily Postcard: A crow dines on a cherry while perched on the rim of a birdbath recently in a yard on North Mesa. Photo by Linda Hull Read More
Fr. Theophan: Tiny Victories
Splitting little pieces of apricot, Fr. Theophan made this cross. Courtesy/Fr. Theophan
By Fr. Theophan Mackey
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church
Los Alamos
After the last fiasco of wood checking, I split my little pieces of apricot and made a cross this morning. Once again, I was taking a break from the work that I am supposed to be doing and have been slogging away at for the past few weeks. It’s simple and plain, but it’s something I could finish in an hour and be done with, instead of having to prep clay, wedge, throw, clean-up, then trim and dry and fire.
A lot of art takes a lot of time, not even taking Read More
Concert Features Los Alamos Performers, Composer July 14
Accomplished French hornist, church organist, music director and educator Daniel Nebel. Courtesy photo
Los Alamos composer Frances Meier. Courtesy photo
Community News:
On Friday, July 14, there will be a noon concert at the United Church of Los Alamos, 2525 Canyon Road, featuring a piece written by Los Alamos composer Frances Meier.
The piece is for French horn and piano and entitled “New Mexico Mesas”. It will be performed by Daniel Nebel, horn, who commissioned it for his senior doctoral recital; and Meier on piano. It has been published by Corniworld Publications.
The work is in three movements, Read More
Posts From The Road: Big Timber, Montana
Big Timber, Mont.: Clouds hover over Big Timber, Mont. in June while we attended the Pleasure Way rally at a campground just south of town. The town is small with a population of about 2,000 and is the county seat of Sweetgrass County. The ranching and western lifestyle are evident throughout Big Timber. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Pleasure Way RVs: Pleasure Way camper vans line up along the Boulder River at the campground in Big Timber, Mont. The calm water in the pond creates a reflection of the vans under clear skies at a previous campout. The rally is limited to about 25 vans, which makes Read More
New Mexico History Museum Makes Collections Of Artist Gustave Baumann Available To Researchers
Artist Gustave Baumann with his marionettes, Santa Fe, N.M. Courtesy/Palace of the Governors Archives
NMHM News:
SANTA FE — New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) has become a new resource about the life and work of internationally acclaimed artist and printer Gustave Baumann for art collectors and students of Southwestern history. Born in Germany, Baumann eventually settled in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1918, after periods in Chicago and Indiana. He died in 1971.
In 2021, the Ann Baumann Trust donated a substantial collection of Gustave Baumann’s documents and photographs to NMHM. As part of its Read More
Daily Postcard: Cholla Cactus Bloom Near Black Mesa
Daily Postcard: The cholla cactus are in bloom throughout the region including this pretty one viewed last Sunday afternoon near Black Mesa in the valley. Photo by Marc Bailey Read More
Roswell Daily Record Presents ‘The Roswell Incident’
Roswell Daily Record News:
ROSWELL — This year, top UFO journalists, investigators, screenwriters and ex-government officials in the field gather to present facts, theories and new ideas about scientific discoveries and the UAP phenomenon at the Roswell Daily Record’s Roswell Incident event in the Roswell Convention Center during the UFO Festival June 30 through July 2.
Attendees can expect detailed presentations and panel discussions covering contemporary fields of study including disclosure, contact and propulsion theory, as well as UAP events from around the world. Speakers include Read More
Amy Mills Wins Artwork By Renae Mitchell At Pride Festival
By KELLY DOLEJSI
FLAP
Why does a roaring lion symbolize LGBTQ+ pride? Renae Mitchell, who designed the logo for Friends of Los Alamos Pride’s (FLAP) annual Pride Fest merchandise this year, said members of the Pride community first came up with the slogan, “Fight for Your Pride”.
“It centered on a play on words that is both powerful and sincere,” Mitchell said. “I tried to capture this message in this illustration of a roaring lion who welcomes all with a colorful mane but will face intolerance
Daily Postcard: View Into Valles Caldera From Rim
Daily Postcard: Looking down into Valles Caldera National Preserve from a high-elevation grassland on the caldera rim. Photo by Caitlin Daly/NPS Read More
‘The Hour Of The Wolf(Man): A Retrospective By Michael Andryc’ In Step Up Gallery An Mesa Public Library Ends July 5
‘Wolfmen Howling at the Moon’ by Michael Andryc. Courtesy/Step Up Gallery
STEP UP GALLERY News:
Wednesday, July 5 is the last chance to see more than 60 pieces of art by Michael Andryc at Step Up Gallery in Mesa Public Library. A collection spanning 50 years of acrylic paintings, illustrated manuscripts and giclee prints amazes, shocks and inspires a chuckle from most attendees to the exhibit.
Andryc, an Albuquerque resident, calls his work “Sophisticated Primitive” Contemporary Folk Art Pop. Come and meet his alter-egos: Wolf(Man), Frog, Son of Frog and not the least of which is Andryc’s Read More
Daily Postcard: Pastel Sunrise And Distant Rain Clouds
Daily Postcard: A pastel sunrise with a variety of distant rain clouds seen this morning during a walk in White Rock. Photo by Nancy Ann HibbsBucks Wade And Graze In Cool Waters Of Ashley Pond
A couple of young bucks are spotted wading and grazing in the cool waters of Ashley Pond Wednesday morning in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Roger Goldie
Young bucks munch on plants while cooling off from the summer heat Wednesday morning in Ashley Pond. Photo by Roger Goldie Read More
La Tierra y Las Palabras: Three Poets Approach American West July 23 At Teatro Paraguas
Ken Hada
TEATRO PARAGUAS News:
Teatro Paraguas is presenting La Tierra y las palabras: Three Poets Approach the American West, a poetry reading with Aaron Rudolph, Ken Hada and Alex Z. Salinas.
The reading is part of the ongoing Poetry at Paraguas series and takes place at 5 p.m. Sunday, July 23 at 3205 Calle Marie in Santa Fe.
Alex Z. Salinas is the author of full-length poetry collections WARBLES and DREAMT, or The Lingering Phantoms of Equinox, which received a starred review in Kirkus Reviews. His debut book of stories, City Lights From the Upside Down, was featured in the National Book Critics Read More
Amateur Naturalist: A Glowing Summer Solstice
By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos
“Summer Solstice” is the name given to the longest day of the year. The sunlight created during this day can do so much. This is particularly apparent when the sun has just risen in the early morning. Sun light now comes almost horizontally rather than vertically from the sky above.
In addition, plants have just completed their spring time growth and their leaves are in perfect condition. The horizontal sunlight passes through leaves and they glow in different ways.
Leaves can be said to be conducting photosynthesis in this sunlight. However, they also have become a form Read More
New Mexico Museum Of Art To Host ‘With The Grain’ Panel Discussion July 7
NMMA News:
The community is invited to join New Mexico Museum of Art for an in-gallery discussion on the art and artists featured in the exhibition “With the Grain”.
The discussion will explore the relationship between the artists, their materials and the traditions of wood carvers in Northern New Mexico.
This is a free event, 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, July 7 in the St. Francis Auditorium at 107 West Plaza Ave. in Santa Fe.
This is a great opportunity to learn more from the experts about Hispanic carvers in Northern New Mexico and their art. Read More
Daily Postcard: Yellow And Pink Colored Rose Grows Tall
Daily Postcard: A yellow and pink colored rose grows tall in a garden on Grand Canyon Drive in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Video: The Long Run Rocks Los Alamos Summer Concert
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Video of Eagles Tribute Band, The Long Run, from Colorado rocking the massive crowd gathered Friday, June 23 at Ashley Pond Park for the Los Alamos Summer Concert. Video by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com Read More
New Mexico History Museum Supports Next Generation With Native American Artisans Portal Youth Show
DCA News:
Help New Mexico History Museum and the Native American Portal Artisans celebrate the work of young Native artists!
Tthe annual Youth Show will be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 15-16,in the Palace of the Governors Courtyard. Admission to NMHM will be free both days!
The Youth Show, an extension of the Native American Artisans Portal Program, is held twice a year. The young Native artists featured in the Youth Show range from five to seventeen years old, representing a burgeoning wave of creativity in a variety of mediums. They are often the children and grandchildren of Portal Program participants. Read More
Eagles Tribute Band ‘The Long Run’ Packs Summer Concert At Ashley Pond Park
Eagles Tribute Band from Colorado, ‘The Long Run’ poses for a quick photo with VIP sponsors before the show gets underway Friday for the Summer Concert at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
The Long Run’s Adam Rey performs vocals and guitar Friday at the Summer Concert at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
The Long Run’s Reece Morse performs vocals, keyboards and acoustic guitar at Friday’s Summer Concert at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
The Long Run’s Mark Trippensee performs vocals, drums and percussion. Photo by Read More
