Arts

Chamisa Students Participate In ‘Sprucing Up Sombrillo’

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LAPS Superinendent Dr. Kurt Steinhaus, ARTsmart Artist in Residence-Melinda Baker, Renee Mitsunaga, Debbie Smith and Megan Lee May 8 at Sombrillo. Courtesy photo

Chamisa 4th graders with their paintings at Sombrillo. Courtesy photo

EDUCATION News:

Chamisa Fourth Grade students, parents and staff celebrated May 8, with Sombrillo Nursing Home residents and staff.  

Chamisa Teacher Megan Lee and Art Teacher Renee Mitsunaga were awarded a LAPS Foundation Great Ideas Grant in the fall of 2014 for the integrated art project, “Sprucing Up Sombrillo”. After several Read More

Jim Gautier’s ‘New Mexico’s Historic Churches – A 27 Year Journey’ At Bond House Through Aug. 6

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Rancho de Taos, Taos County. Photo by Jim Gautier

Chamita, Rio Arriba County. Photo by Jim Gautier

ART News:

A solo exhibit…the photography of Jim Gautier “New Mexico’s Historic Churches – A 27 Year Journey” runs through Aug. 6, 2015 at the Bond House Museum and Gallery, Plaza de Espanola, 706 East Bond St. in Espanola.

The Bond House was built by Frank Bond in the early 1900’s and is a large structure of adobe built in a Victorian style. The museum houses many artifacts and images of Northern New Mexico, the Espanola
Valley and the Bond brother’s acquisition Read More

Registration Opens For Iconography Workshop

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Icon. Courtesy/St. Dimitri of Rostov Orthodox Church

SPIRITUAL News:

A traditional Byzantine-Russian icon-writing workshop will be held this June in Santa Fe. The workshop, which has been held for more than 25 years is an outreach of the Prosopon School of Iconology, founded by Vladislav Andreyev. 

The method taught at the workshop is a revival of the iconography style of Andre Rublev (15th-16th century). The Prosopon School emphasizes the spiritual aspects of the multi-step process of writing the icon.

The workshop is June 15 through 20 and taught by Prosopon School Instructor and Read More

Deadline Fast Approaching To Apply For 2015 Bandelier Artist In Residence Program

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Student Art On Display At Karen Wray Fine Art

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Work so new it’s still wet! This painting of a pepper was still a bit damp when it went into the show. Students at Karen Wray Fine Art displayed their work at the opening of their show Thursday. The show continues 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Wray’s studio, 166 East Gate Dr. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Instructor Allen Brown poses with some of his watercolors. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Student work in oil. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Karen Wray, second from the left, with some of her students. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
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Allan Houser Exhibit At MIAC Closes May 31

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MIAC News:
 
SANTA FE — When the exhibition Footprints: The Inspiration and Influence of Allan Houser closes on the weekend of May 30, it will be the final opportunity to view 20 monumental sculptures by 13 of the most celebrated Native artists who were influenced by Allan Houser.
 
This landmark exhibition at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) marked the 100th anniversary of Houser’s birth. To commemorate this landmark exhibition’s closing, the museum is presenting Farewell to Footprints 1-
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Dance Arts Los Alamos Spring Shows May 15-16

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DALA Advanced Hip Hop Students perform “Add Me In”, choreographed by Tina Anderson. Courtesy photo

DALA News:

Dance Arts Los Alamos (DALA) will present its 23rd Spring Recital this weekend, May 15-16, at Duane Smith Auditorium.

The evening performances are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 15 and 16. These performances will showcase the diversity of the DALA faculty as students perform in classical ballet, modern, jazz, tap, swing, musical theater and hip hop.

It is truly a mixed repertory experience and the audience will enjoy ballets with themes involving a murder mystery, a Read More

LAAC Presents 18th Annual Kite Festival May 15-17

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A high flyer at the 2014 Kite Festival. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Los Alamos Arts Council Executive Director Marlane Hamilton, center, with board members and volunteers busy Tuesday evening building kites at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Jeremy Varela
 

LAAC News:

Visitors of all ages will get a chance to let their imaginations soar this weekend at the 18th annual Kite Festival at Overlook Park in White Rock, presented by the Los Alamos Arts Council.

The festival begins Friday, May 15 with a kite flying demonstration and live music. Then Saturday, May 16 and Sunday, May Read More

World Famous Harpsichordist Performs At Noon Today

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Harpsichordist Kathleen McIntosh

LAAC News:

The Los Alamos Arts Council continues its 2015 Brown Bag Performance Series featuring world famous harpsichordist Kathleen McIntosh at noon today in the Pajarito Room at Fuller Lodge.

McIntosh performs widely, in festivals in Havana, Lima, Deia (Mallorca) and Tsuyama and with the Santa Fe Chamber Festival since 1996. A member of local groups Serenata of Santa Fe, Santa Fe Pro Musica and the Santa Fe Symphony, she also has been soloist with the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin in Moscow, Vietnam National Symphony in Hanoi, Solistas de La Read More