Arts

Open Studio For Abiquiu Artists Features Work Of Three Neighbors

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Examples of work by the three artists participating in Open Studio for Abiquiu Artists. Courtesy photo

ART News:

In the first Open Studio for Abiquiu Artists, three established artists collaborate with new work, in sculpture, jewelry and painting.

The event is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4 and Sunday, Oct. 5. To reach the Open Studio, take US 84, to HWY 554, turn onto CR 155, go 2.6 miles to CR 159.

Doug Coffin, Joseph Hall and Walter Nelson have extensive exhibition records from long established careers. Coffin is a sculptor, painter and mixed media artist. Hall makes wearable and abstract Read More

Meet Becky Nystrom Participating In 2014 Los Alamos Artists Studio Tour

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Art work by Becky Nystrom. Courtesy photo

Art work by Becky Nystrom. Courtesy photo

ART News:

This year’s Los Alamos Artists Studio Tour is Oct. 11-12 and the Los Alamos Daily Post is featuring a “Get to Know Your Artist” series leading up to the annual event.

Each of the 16 artists participating in the tour will be showcased prior to the beginning of the tour to allow our readers an opportunity to learn about them and their work.

Meet Los Alamos artist Becky Nystrom:

My artwork is stippled, created with dots using Prismacolor markers. The large originals are scanned, then copies
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Meet Bettina Hehlen Participating In 2014 Los Alamos Artists Studio Tour

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Art cards designed by Los Alamos artist and photographer Bettina Hehlen. Courtesy photo
 
Necklace and earrings designed by Los Alamos artist Bettina Hehlen. Courtesy photo
 
ART News:

This year’s Los Alamos Artists Studio Tour is Oct. 11-12 and the Los Alamos Daily Post is featuring a “Get to Know Your Artist” series leading up to the annual event.

Each of the 16 artists participating in the tour will be showcased prior to the beginning of the tour to allow our readers an opportunity to learn about them and their work.

Meet Los Alamos artist Bettina Hehlen:

The confluence

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Meet Heather Ward Participating in 2014 Los Alamos Artists Studio Tour

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‘Doe, A Deer’ by wildlife and pet portrait artist Heather Ward. Courtesy photo

‘Focus’ by wildlife and pet portrait artist Heather Ward. Courtesy photo

ART News:

This year’s Los Alamos Artists Studio Tour is Oct. 11-12 and the Los Alamos Daily Post is featuring a “Get to Know Your Artist” series leading up to the annual event.

Each of the 16 artists participating in the tour will be showcased prior to the beginning of the tour to allow our readers an opportunity to learn about them and their work.

Meet Los Alamos artist Heather Ward:

Nature is my inspiration.
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Sec Sandoval Chalk Walk Draws Unique Pieces

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Lynn Okimura of We Talk Chalk, a Los Angeles-based company specializing in chalk art that appears to be three-dimensional, sets up a piece at Ashley Pond during the Los Alamos Arts Council’s Sec Sandoval Chalk Walk Saturday morning at Ashley Pond. The majority of the piece was made prior to the event and is on canvas. The scene is made out of a combination of paint and chalk.Creating this image was a ‘team effort,’ Okimura explained. The image attempts to capture the essence of Los Alamos. Photo by Kirsten Laskey
 
The finished product. Photo by Kirsten Laskey
 
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Inspiration Flows At ‘Artful Celebration: Municipal Building Art Open House’

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Petr Jandacek admires art work being proposed for the County Municipal Building’s West Plaza at Thursday’s ‘Artful Celebration: Municipal Building Art Open House,’ event, hosted by the Art in Public Places Board. The event included guided tours of art work on display throughout the interior of the Municipal Building and a meet the artists area where they discussed examples of their proposed work for the building’s west plaza. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos County Chief Financial Officer Steve Lynne visits with artists during Read More

Tradition And Change In Córdova Is Theme Of New Exhibit At Historical Museum

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‘Tradition and Change in Córdova, New Mexico: The 1939 Photographs of Berlyn Brixner & The López Family of Wood Carvers’ opened Friday at the Los Alamos Historical Museum. Berlyn Brixner, a young photographer, captured the village of Córdova on film in 1939. He went on to join the Manhattan Project to invent and use the ultra high speed cameras that captured the explosion of the Trinity Test in 1945. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Gloria López Córdova demonstrates her craft. López Córdova has won numerous awards for her work, including the Governor’s
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Municipal Building’s West Plaza ‘Call For Art’ Draws Innovative Submissions

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Artist Bill Wiener with a model of his submission of a 3-D Zia sculpture combined with an atom. ‘Los Alamos is the only place in the country for this sculpture,’ Wiener said. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Artists, Art in Public Places board members, County staff and the public gathered Thursday for a special event at the Municipal Building. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Artist Peter Swedenborg with a model of his submission. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Artist Eric Thelander holds a model of his submission. Read More

Meet Fran Stoval Participating In 2014 Los Alamos Artists Studio Tour

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Stained glass art work by Los Alamos artist Fran Stoval. Courtesy photo

ART News:

This year’s Los Alamos Artists Studio Tour is Oct. 11-12 and the Los Alamos Daily Post is featuring a “Get to Know Your Artist” series leading up to the annual event.

Each of the 16 artists participating in the tour will be showcased prior to the beginning of the tour to allow our readers an opportunity to learn about them and their work.

Los Alamos artist Fran Stoval. Courtesy photo

Meet Los Alamos artist Fran Stoval:

Fran Stoval, Looking Back and Stepping Forward

When I was a little girl, drawing Read More