Arts

ACCT Presents Willy Wonka Jr. Nov. 21-22

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Courtesy/ACCT

ACCT News:

Greetings to you, the lucky finder of this Golden Ticket, from Mr. Willy Wonka! I shake you warmly by the hand! Tremendous things are in store for you! Many wonderful surprises await you!

For now, I do invite you to come to the stage of Smith Auditorium before the show and be my guest for one chocolate bar—you and all others who are lucky enough to find my Golden Tickets. You will be conducted around my chocolate factory, and be shown everything that there is to see.

But this is by no means the most exciting thing that will happen on the day of your visit. I am preparing other surprises Read More

New Mexico School for the Arts Hosts Open House for Prospective Students

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NMSA News:

New Mexico School for the Arts will hold an Open House for prospective students to the school 1-3 p.m., Dec. 6.  

Eighth, 9th and 10th graders interested in learning more about NMSA are encouraged to attend, as well as all current applicants. The event is at New Mexico School for the Arts, 275 E. Alameda Street in Santa Fe.

NMSA provides access to a rigorous mastery arts and academic high school education for youth with passion and aptitude in the arts, leading to post-secondary learning, careers in the arts, and lives that contribute to society. NMSA is a public high school and admission Read More

MOIFA Raises Funds To Restore Giant Giraffe

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Sculptor Felipe Archuleta with his giraffe creation, created in 1973. Courtesy photo

MOIFA News:

The Museum of International Folk Art is undertaking the restoration of this giraffe created by sculptor Felipe Archuleta in December of 1973.

Of the many imaginative animals he created (some currently on view at MOIFA in the exhibition Wooden Menagerie: Made in New Mexico) this giraffe is one of his first large-scale exotic animals.

Since its donation to the museum in 1973 by the Atrium Orbis Gallery Corporation of Santa Fe, this magnificent sculpture has brought smiles to thousands of museum Read More

LAAC Holiday Arts And Crafts Fair Saturday

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Photo by Jay Sturdevant, a Santa Fe based photographer. Courtesy/LAAC
 
High fired stoneware created by artist Jarrett West. Courtesy/LAAC
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

The Los Alamos Arts Council’s (LAAC) Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair is getting a bit of a makeover although its new look may seem familiar.

After several years of holding the fair at Crossroads Bible Church, the event is returning to the Los Alamos Middle School, which had hosted the event before construction of the new school began. This year’s arts and crafts fair is 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday. LAAC Executive

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Indian Country, The Art Of David Bradley

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Harvest Moon, Godzilla vs. Zozobra, 2009, David Bradley, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 in., Collection of Ed and Pam deZevallos, Houston, Texas.

ART News:

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

SANTA FE—David Bradley (b. 1954), Minnesota Chippewa, creates narrative artworks which tell stories and histories not often heard by non-Native people nor understood from a Native American perspective.

Saturated with a powerful Native voice and evocative visual descriptions of Indian experience, Bradley’s Read More

Christmas Arts and Crafts Fair Saturday, Dec. 13

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COMMUNITY News:

The Ladies Auxliary is hosting its annual Christmas Arts and Crafts Fair 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13.

The event is in the Parish Hall at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 3700 Canyon Road in Los Alamos.

Breakfast and lunch will be available for purchase. Breakfast is a Continental Breakfast and lunch is Green Chile Stew and Posole. This event is a great Christmas shopping opportunity.

For more information, call Gloria Lopez at 505.920.3143. Read More

Friends Of The Shelter At Annual Holiday Arts And Crafts Fair Nov. 22

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Scene from previous Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair. Courtesy/Los Alamos Arts Council

FOS News:

Friends of the Shelter (FOS) will be at the Arts Council Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22 at Los Alamos Middle School.

Molly and Maggie are looking for a permanent home. Courtesy/FOS

The Friends of the Shelter 2015 calendars will be available as well as a variety of small craft items including Pet and Petroglyph magnets and Pottery for Pets. Funds from sales enable FOS to improve the lives of shelter animals in northern New Mexico. FOS activities include promoting adoptions, Read More

New Mexico History Museum: Christmas, Fred Harvey, Las Posadas And More

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Photo by Hannah Abelbeck

NMHM News:

December events at the New Mexico History Museum begin Friday, Dec. 5, 6 p.m., with Free First Friday Gallery Talk: “Mapping New Mexico”.

As New Mexico morphed into the state we know today, its paper outlines changed the lives of those who called it home. Gather in the exhibition Telling New Mexico: Stories from Then and Now, where Librarian Tomas Jaehn will demonstrate those changes via maps, plus explain a cartographic error that determined who was American and who was Mexican. Free admission 5-8 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 7 is the opening of Setting the Read More