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Meet Patrick Soran Participating In 2014 Los Alamos Artists Studio Tour

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Art by Patrick Soran. 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 Patrick Soran:

Patrick Soran

When I first became interested in woodworking many years ago, I found that it was a form of therapy after a day of work in the scientific arena. I am a Read More

Los Alamos Students Take Top Prizes At 2014 New Mexico State Fair!

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Jordan Duran, left, and Caemlyn Tripp, right, of Los Alamos High School with their art teacher Mary Grace. Photos by Stephanie Rittner

Eliana Rodriguez of Chamisa Elementary School and her art teacher Renee Mitsunaga. Photos by Stephanie Rittner

From left, Art teacher Renee Mitsunaga, Eliana Rodriguez, Jordan Duran, Caemlyn Tripp and art teacher Mary Grace. Photos by Stephanie Rittner

By STEPHANIE RITTNER

Three students from Los Alamos Public Schools won prizes for the artwork they entered into the 2014 Students Art exhibit at the state fair.

Eliana Rodriguez of Chamisa Elementary Read More

Participants Sought For Los Alamos High School Ballroom Dance Fundraiser

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Applicants Sought For Sec Sandoval Chalk Walk

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LAAC News:

The Los Alamos Arts Council is hosting the 5th annual Sec Sandoval Chalk Walk Saturday, Sept. 13, a festival and celebration of chalk drawing, the artistic process and, of course, all the local, creative, talented individuals who make Los Alamos an unusual and quietly exotic place to call home.

 

Join us for a celebration of art and community on the sidewalks near Ashley Pond in collaboration with The Los Alamos ScienceFest. Special prizes will be awarded to an entrant in each category selected by the judges. This is definitely an event for all ages, and aspiring

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Meet Joanne Kozuchowski Participating In 2014 Los Alamos Artists Studio Tour

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Art by Joanne Kozuchowski. 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 Joanne Kozuchowski:

Joanne Kozuchowski will tell you that her life as an artist did not truly begin until she left the confines of the city of Chicago in 2003 and moved to the Read More

Fire Hydrant Voting Underway Through 5 p.m. Sept. 12

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By Joanne Kozuchowski
Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce
 
Have you noticed the beautifully painted fire hydrants along the Los Alamos MainStreet corridor?
 
This past week, and just in time to coincide with ScienceFest, five local artists took part in painting some of our fire hydrants with their original designs. Now it is up to YOU Los Alamos to choose our winners!
 
There are seven fire hydrants painted around town:
  • In front of the Bradbury Museum. Painted by Livy Snyder
  • On the lawn at Fuller Lodge. Painted by Ken Nebel and Chris Judson
  • In the front yard area of the Fuller
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Beguiling ‘Tower of Magic’ a Must-See at LALT

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Hestia (Marilyn Johns) pulls Quartus (Tyrrell Cummings) out from under a porch. Photo by Steve Wolfel
 
Capella (Claire Singleton) and Zanzibar (Larry Gibbons) discuss their daughter’s future. Photo by Steve Wolfel
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

The Los Alamos Little Theatre opened its 71st season this weekend with Tower of Magic by local playwright Tess Light.

First produced in 2012, Tower of Magic is a winner of the Theatre Conspiracy’s New Play Contest, as well as second place in the seventh annual Southwest Playwriting Competition.

The play is built Read More

Pojoaque River Art Tour Sept. 20-21

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ART News:

The  21st annual Pojoaque River Art Tour is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 20 -21, with an Artists’ Reception and Silent Auction 5-8 p.m. Friday, Sept.19 at Than Povi Fine Art Gallery (next to Gabriel’s Restaurant).

Bidding will continue Friday evening and all day Saturday. Johnny Cruz and Nancy Grabowski will display work on the portal.

Located just north of Santa Fe, the Tour offers an intimate glimpse into the creative environments of some of northern New Mexico’s finest artists and artisans. Enjoy a welcoming visit with the artists and arts of the Read More

Los Alamos Public Schools Brighten Up State Fair

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Art by LAPS students on display at the N.M. State Fair. Photo by Stephanie Rittner
 
The display of art by LAPS students at the N.M. State Fair. Photo by Stephanie Rittner

LAPS News:

Renne Mitsunaga, art teacher from Chamisa Elementary and Stephanie Rittner, art teacher from Pinon, spent the day at the N.M. State Fair. They didn’t ride the Ferris wheel or eat cotton candy. They hung almost 200 pieces of Los Alamos Public Schools student art in the School Arts building.

Every year, school districts from around the state come together at the state fair to display student artwork. It’s Read More

Fire Hydrant Painting Continues Around Town

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Steven Calhoun of Los Alamos has an umbrella ready as artist Olivia Snyder of Santa Fe paints a fire hydrant on Central Avenue during intermittent showers Thursday. The Fire Hydrant Painting Competition is part up the 2014 Los Alamos ScienceFest, which kicks off today. Snyder is a junior at Santa Fe School for the Arts and is painting a ‘space geometric’ pattern on her hydrant near the Bradbury Science Museum. Calhoun is a senior at Los Alamos High School and said he is painting two hydrants near Ashley Pond with themes of Aspen Trees and Pine Trees. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More