Arts

Atomic City Children’s Theater to Hold Auditions for 2015 Junior Theater Festival Field Trip

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ACCT News:

Atomic City Children’s Theater (ACCT), the Los Alamos Public Schools’ award winning after-school theater program, is excited to announce auditions for its Junior Theater Festival (JTF) field trip to Atlanta, Ga.

Auditions will be held 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6 and are open to all students between the ages of 8-18 in the Los Alamos or White Rock area. Students wishing to participate in the field trip should come to the Mountain Elementary School gym. Registration begins noon.

JTF activities begin with an adjudicated performance. Afterwards, students receive positive feedback Read More

DALA Free Dance Week Sept. 8-13

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Young DALA dancers. Courtesy/DALA

DALA News:

Dance Arts Los Alamos is offering a Free Dance Week Sept. 8-13. Dancers aged 3 through adult who are new to DALA are invited to take any class of the appropriate level at no charge during this promotional week.

“Whether dancing for fun, aspiring to a professional career, or supporting a healthier lifestyle,” DALA School Director Jonathan Guise said. “Dance Arts Los Alamos offers an engaging and supportive environment to explore an amazing form of expression. I invite you to join us and see the new Dance Arts Los Alamos. Even if you would like to just watch Read More

‘Tower of Magic’ By Local Playwright Tess Light Opens Friday

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Felix (Scott Reynolds) takes in the view. Photo by Steve Wolfel
 
Solstitia/Sue (Katrina Koehler) spends time with her brother Quartus (Tyrrell Cummings). Photo by Steve Wolfel
 
By KATE RAMSEY
Los Alamos Little Theater

For most of us, our lives are filled with routine. It usually involves getting up at about the same time every day, going to work, coming home and eating dinner, unwinding after a busy day and going to sleep.

This routine is repeated and repeated day in and day out. We try to find things to do that we enjoy, but how many of us really try to fulfill our dreams? There are a select Read More

Art With A Bang: The Work of Evelyn Rosenberg

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‘Quilt with Fringe,’ a metal sculpture by Evelyn Rosenberg, is one of the detonographs on display at Mesa Public Library. Courtesy photo
 
Cover of ‘Detonography: The Explosive Art of Evelyn Rosenberg.’ Courtesy photo
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

The explosive art of Evelyn Rosenberg is on display through Sept. 30 in the Upstairs Gallery at Mesa Public Library.

There will be a reception and Authors Speak talk by Rosenberg 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, where she will sign copies of her book, “Detonography: The Explosive Art of Evelyn Rosenberg.” Read More

New Mexico Museum of Art Taps Carmen Vendelin As New Curator of Art

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Carmen Vendelin

NMMA News:

Carmen Vendelin was recently the Curator of Art at La Salle University Art Museum in Philadelphia, Penn. Previously, she was at the Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, and at the Art Institute of Chicago.

She has more than 13 years of museum experience, 10 of those curatorial. Her area of specialization is 19th and 20th century American and European art with particular emphasis on the years between the 1870s and World War II. At the New Mexico Museum of Art, she will be working mainly with collections before 1955.

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Fire Hydrant Painting Competition Underway

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Shi Broadwell hard at work Monday painting a ‘Beauty and the Beast’ library theme on a fire hydrant near Mesa Public Library as part of the competition underway for which the winner will be revealed during ScienceFest. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Shi Broadwell concentrates on her design. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Shi Broadwell’s design begins to take shape. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

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Los Alamos Artist Elena Yang Displays Work In Santa Fe

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Los Alamos artist Elena Yang with her art work. which is on display through September at the Starbuck’s at 106 W. San Francisco St. in Santa Fe. See more of Yang’s work at www.elenayangartwork.com. Courtesy photo

Art work by Los Alamos artist Elena Yang is on display through September at the Starbuck’s at 106 W. San Francisco St. in Santa Fe. Courtesy photoourtesy photo

Staff Report:

The work of Los Alamos artist Elena Yang is on display through September at the Starbuck’s at 106 W. San Francisco St. in Santa Fe.

“Art has always occupied a prominent part in my identity

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NMSA Offers Rare ‘Luted Crucible’ Casting Workshop

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An ancient metal casting technique called ‘luted crucible.’ Courtesy/open-source-gallery.org

NMSA News:

SANTA FE – The New Mexico School for the Arts (NMSA) is pleased to announce that its Visual Arts Department will be offering a rare glimpse into the ancient metal casting technique called “luted crucible” through a five-day workshop led by Guest Artist Piers Watson, of Le Village, Larroque, France, through Sept. 12.

The term “luted crucible” refers to the connecting or “luting” of two elements (in this case, the mould that contains the beeswax object to be cast and crucible Read More