Arts

‘Solar Tree’ Wins Municipal Building Art Plaza Contest

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Municipal Building Art Plaza winner ‘Solar Tree’ by Eric Thelander. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

The Art in Public Places Board met Thursday night and voted unanimously to select “Solar Tree” from among the top finalists in the competition for an art piece to be installed in the west plaza of the Municipal Building at 1000 Central Ave.

“Solar Tree” was created by artist Eric Thelander who works out of an Albuquerque studio on large scale public art projects and private commissions. His “Solar Tree” piece is an 18’ x 12’ x 12’ steel and aluminum sculpture designed Read More

Atomic City Children’s Theater Shines In Georgia

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Atomic City Children’s Theater students on stage at the Junior Theater Festival. Photo by James Barker
 

ACCT News:

Students from Atomic City Children’s Theater in Los Alamos earned high praise at the 2015 Junior Theater Festival happening Jan. 16, 17 and 18 at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, Ga. 

The 14 students, ages 10-14 presented selections from Disney’s The Little Mermaid JR. for Broadway performer Phillip McAdoo (The Lion King, Rent); Disney Theatrical Group dramaturg and literary manager Ken Cerniglia and performer Morgan Rose (first national Read More

Summer Of Color On Santa Fe’s Museum Hill

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Monarch Butterfly Alights on Child’s Hand. Photo by Charles Mann

Monarch Butterfly on Cosmos. Photo by Sonny Tucker

MUSEUM News:

SUMMER OF COLOR

SANTA FE— Santa Fe appears to be awash in gradations of adobe brown yet it is a city of rich colors found nowhere else – as seen by the generations of artists who’ve made this city their home. And color in its many shades and hues comes to the fore this summer when some of the city’s leading cultural institutions located on Museum Hill coordinate a series of exhibitions and events.

Between Memorial Day and Labor Day, the participating Read More

Die Laughing At LALT’s ‘Murdered to Death’

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The full cast of ‘Murdered to Death.’ Photo by Laurie Tomlinson
 
Review by BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Some (okay all) of my family members are continually telling me I have no sense of humor. I prefer to think of myself as discerning where comedy is concerned. In any case, I’m generally a hard sell with comedy, so when I tell you I was rolling in the aisles and laughing my head off along with the rest of the full house at Los Alamos Little Theatre Friday for opening night of “Murdered to Death” it’s quite a compliment to the play and the performers.

The first of Peter Gordon’s Read More

Indian Country: The Art Of David Bradley

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Harvest Moon by David Bradley. Courtesy/Ed and Pam deZevallos Collection

MIAC News:

  • “To be an artist from the Indian world carries with it certain responsibilities … which I do not take lightly.” –David Bradley

SANTA FE — Indian Country: The Art of David Bradley opens at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) Feb. 15 and runs through Jan. 16, 2016.

On view will be 32 works of art spanning his career, including paintings, mixed media works and bronze sculptures.

David Bradley of Minnesota Chippewa, creates narrative artworks that tell stories and histories not Read More

Call For Entries For Taos Fall Art Fest’s ‘The Paseo’

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‘Glorious Canvas’ 2014 TFAF Poster Award. Courtesy/TFAF

TFAF News:

TAOS — Now, in its second year, the highly successful art festival, The Paseo, is seeking multimedia installation, performance, and projection artists to submit entries for the festival, which will be featured as part of the Taos Fall Arts Festival in September.

The deadline for submissions is Feb. 1.

The Paseo is a festival dedicated to bringing the art of installation, performance and projection to the streets of Taos.

Occurring Sept. 25-26, in collaboration with Taos Fall Arts Festival, The Paseo unites Read More

Face Jugs: A Southern Tradition

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Face Jug by Lanier Meaders, Mossy Creek, GA. Photo by Addison Doty/MOIFA

MOIFA News:

  • John Burrison Presents History Of This Southern Tradition Followed By Mike Craven’s Face Jug Demonstration

SANTA FE – Face jugs of the American South are the subject of a two-part public program 1-4 p.m. Sunday, March 22 at the The Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA).

The programs are in conjunction with the museum’s current exhibition Pottery of the U.S. South: A Living Tradition. Both events are by museum admission. New Mexico residents with ID are free Sundays.

The face jug is now Read More

Public Comment Deadline For Municipal Building Artwork Is Midnight Jan. 21

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COUNTY News:

The Art in Public Places Board held an open house Thursday in the lobby of the Municipal Building to showcase the proposals of the top three finalists for artwork that will be installed in the Municipal Building’s West Plaza, using APP funds.

Now the Board is seeking additional feedback using Open Forum. A handout with a description of each piece of art (including a photo) can be downloaded using the link below, and then citizens can leave comments for the Board. This is a topic of discussion at the APP Jan. 22 meeting at 5:30 p.m. in Room 100 of the Municipal Bldg. The Board Read More

Dan Guerrero’s ¡Gaytino! Coming To NHCC

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Dan Guerro. Photo by Luther Orrick-Guzman

NHCC News:

  • Mariachi to Merman, Sondheim to César Chávez—A True Fable in Story and Song

A gay Chicano moves from the back of the bus to the front of American pop culture in ¡Gaytino!, chronicling Dan Guerrero’s remarkable life journey from East LA in the 1950s to New York’s Broadway in the 60s and 70s and back again to Hollywood.  

Guerrero’s riveting solo show, touching, provocative, hilarious, and absolutely one-of-a-kind, comes to the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) Jan. 23-24 as the fourth production in the NHCC’s Siembra: Latino Theatre Read More

Los Alamos Snow Scenes From Tuesday’s Storm

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Snow covered the grounds around historic Fuller Lodge Tuesday in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

Someone carved ‘LOVE’ in the snow Tuesday near the Betty Ehart Senior Center. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

The bronze statue ‘Grandmother’s Joy’ by Fritz White in front of the Betty Ehart Senior Center at 1101 Bathtub Row. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

Pine tree near the senior center. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

Statues of J. Robert Oppenheimer and General Leslie Groves. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com Read More