Arts

Canvas & Cocktails At Fuller Lodge Art Center Jan. 2

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ART News:

Start the new year immersed in creativity and fun and bring a friend or a few to ‘Canvas & Cocktails’ 7-9 p.m., Jan. 2 at Fuller Lodge Art Center.

Join the Art Center’s Tribute to the Masters while enjoying a Friday night out on the town trying something new. Pairing a drink with art has always made for a grand time, and instructor Trish Ebbert is there to help participants get creative, a little messy, and have some fun.

Students will create a piece in the style of Gustave Klimt with all sorts of creative freedom involved. The event is $30 and attendees may bring in food Read More

NMSA Upcoming Performances Announced

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NMSA News:

The fifth annual Winter Dances are 7 p.m. Jan 23-24 and 2 p.m. Jan. 25 at the James A. Little Theater 1060 Cerrillos Road in Santa Fe and also Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 in Albuquerque.

The performances feature:

  • “The Rally from Quarry” by the legendary Meredith Monk;
  • “The Huddle” by post-modern dance pioneer Simone Forti;
  • “CLASH,” choreographed by NMSA Department Chair Adam McKinney;
  • “ A Trick of the Light,” a contemporary work by Las Cruces native Joshua Peugh (staged by Los Angeles-based contemporary dance company BODYTRAFFIC); and
  • “Not Another Nutcracker,” a mixture of classical ballet
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Screening Of ‘The Dust Bowl’ Dec. 28 Precedes Opening Of Major Traveling Exhibit At Mesa Public Library

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Promotional poster for ‘The Dust Bowl.’ Courtesy/PBS

 MPL News:

The Library will screen the Ken Burns film “The Dust Bowl,” free, as a lead-in to a major exhibit which will open in early January. “Dust, Drought, and Dreams Gone Dry,” a national traveling exhibition about the causes and aftermath of the historic Dust Bowl period, will be on display at Mesa Public Library from Jan. 7 to Feb. 20.

“Dust, Drought, and Dreams Gone Dry” will be accompanied by a series of free library programs, including lectures and film screenings. The first film screening, of the Ken Burns Film “The Read More

LAAC Creates Holiday Window Displays At CB FOX

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Window display created at CB FOX on Central Avenue in downtown Los Alamos by Jan Donelly. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Window display created at CB FOX on Central Avenue by Jan Donelly. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos

The large plate glass windows at CB FOX Department Store triggered a vision for Los Alamos Arts Council Executive Director Marlane Hamilton.

Hamilton said she thought for years the windows would be perfect for a holiday display, similar to the ones featured at department stores in New York City. So when Jan Donelly joined Read More

LALT Launches Assisted Listening System Fundraiser

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By JOHN GUSTAFSON
LALT

Los Alamos Little Theatre has announced a fundraising effort to support the purchase and installation of an assisted listening system in the Performing Arts Center, the facility in which LALT theatrical productions are staged.

“We have heard from many patrons over the years that their enjoyment of our productions would be greatly enhanced with an assisted listening system,” LALT President Gracie Cainelli said. “This system generates a signal that can be picked up directly by most hearing aids. They can be found in many facilities in Los Alamos County, Read More

NMSA Theater Student Selected 2015 YoungArts Finalist

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YoungArts Finalist Jasper Keen performs. Courtesy photo

NMSA News:

Jasper Keen, a junior theater student at New Mexico School for the Arts, has been selected as a 2015 YoungArts Finalist.

New Mexico’s first-ever finalist – and the only finalist in New Mexico this year – Keen will receive an all-expense paid trip to Miami Jan. 3-10 to take master classes with world class theatre professionals. 

The National YoungArts Foundation identifies and supports the next generation of artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts; assists them at critical junctures in their Read More

Holiday Laser Light Show At NMMNHS Planetarium

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NMMNHS News:

Celebrate the holidays with the sights and sounds of laser concerts in the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) Planetarium.

Two laser systems will fill the planetarium dome with choreographed light, allowing the music and light to envelope the viewer. More than a million laser-generated hues and colors poetically express each timeless track.

For only four afternoons, families can see favorite holiday songs transformed into a feast for the eyes in Winter Holiday Celebration. This is an ideal program for people of all ages with laser characters, animations, Read More

National Hispanic Cultural Center: ‘AfroBrasil: Art and Identities’ Opens In Albuquerque

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Poster for AfroBrasil: Art and Identities. Courtesy/NMCC

NMCC News:

The National Hispanic Cultural Center is proud to announce its latest Visual Arts Exhibition, AfroBrasil: Art and Identities, in which AfroBrazilian artists and their colleagues from other countries address the complexities of Brazil’s heritage and its impact across frontiers and oceans.

The exhibit may be seen 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, and runs through August 2015. The Center is at 1701 4th St. SW in Albuquerque.

Today, Afro-Brazilian art and identities continue to saturate the core of Brazilian Read More

Creative District Community Chalkboard Erected On Central Avenue In Downtown Los Alamos

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The Los Alamos Creative District has placed a community chalkboard on Central Avenue near CB FOX Kids as a way to foster community involvement in various topics. Fuller Lodge Art Center Executive Director Ken Nebel is in charge of posing questions – the first of which is ‘I go downtown because…’ The chalkboard was designed and constructed by the County’s Public Works Department. Chalk is in containers attached to the chalkboard and the community is invited to write their answers to the questions. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com  Read More