Arts

Sculpture Exhibition to Celebrate Alan Houser

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MIAC News:

SANTA FE—The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) will honor world renowned artist and teacher Allan Houser’s 100th birthday with an outdoor sculpture exhibition scheduled for Aug. 3, 2014 through June 1, 2015.

“Footprints: The Inspiration and Influence of Allan Houser” will feature works by sculptors who were inspired or influenced by Allan Houser either as a student, mentee, protégé or artist.

The exhibition of up to 15 works will be on Milner Plaza just outside MIAC and shared with the Museum of International Folk Art.

In addition to works by Houser, invitations Read More

Arts in Public Places Board to Discuss Native American Pots for N.M. 4 Corridor

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COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos County Arts in Public Places Board  will meet at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 20, at the Tewa Center in San Ildefonso Pueblo.

Board members will meet with artists at San Ildefonso Pueblo to discuss plans and ideas for Native American pots along the N.M. 4 corridor in White Rock.

A quorum may be present but no board action will be taken.

All attendees must notify the Community Services Administrative Office in advance at 505.662.8241.
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Call for Artists Deadline Feb. 21 for Fuller Lodge Art Center’s ‘It’s Not Easy Being Green’

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FLAC News:

Friday, Feb. 21 is the Call for Artists deadline for the upcoming “It’s Not Easy Being Green” show at Fuller Lodge Art Center.

Pull out your green thumb and let your creativity do the rest. Explore both the color green and the potential of green living. Green can mean go, golf courses, envy or recycled materials. Be an inspiration to Kermit and all the Jolly Giants out there by playing on the importance of green.

To download the application, click here.

Inspiration: The Color

Not just blue + yellow…Green is the color of life, of fecundity. Jungle green, green Read More

Submissions Sought for Los Alamos Photography Club Show

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‘Telluride.’ Photo by Doug Coombs
 
‘Bernardo, New Mexico.’ Photo by Doug Coombs

Staff Report

The 2014 Los Alamos Photography Club (LAPC) Show opens Monday, March 3. This is an annual event sponsored by the Los Alamos Photography Club and exhibited in the Mesa Public Library Gallery.

The show begins with a reception at 5 p.m. Monday, March 3 in the Library’s Upstairs Rotunda. The public is invited to meet the photographers and enjoy refreshments provided by the participants and exhibit sponsors. The photographs will remain on exhibit through March 28 during Read More

NMDT-PC Presents ‘All About Love’

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Dancer Nicole Graham in ‘All About Love.’ Photo by Brittany Felton/Designed by Holger Waschinski

NMDT-PC News:

Celebrate Valentine’s Day at the ballet. New Mexico Dance Theater Performance Company (NMDT-PC), directed by Susan Baker–Dillingham, will present “All About Love” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, Saturday, Feb. 15 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16 at the Duane W. Smith Auditorium.

Tickets are on sale at Uli’s, or 45 minutes prior to performance times, and are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, and free for children age four and under. Read More

This Week at the Reel Deal

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Column by JIM O’DONNELL                                 
Reel Deal Theater

Friday we will be opening Robocop, and Winter’s Tale.

We will hold The Monuments Men for another week and due to its overwhelming popularity, we will probably hold The Lego Movie another couple of weeks.

I saw the dark, hilarious film, August: Osage County last night and was blown away by the performances in this film. Read More

Mesa Public Library’s Carol Meine Accepts Post in Jemez Springs

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Carol Meine to head up Jemez Springs Public Library. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Carol Meine, program specialist at Mesa Public Library, will leave her job Feb. 20 to become the new director of the Jemez Springs Public Library Feb. 21.

“I’m sad to leave,” Meine said. “Library Manager Steven Thomas and Assistant Library Manager Bernadine Goldman have been wonderful to work for.”

Meine has lived in Jemez Springs since 1994. She lived in Placitas from 1980 to 1990 before leaving the state for a few years. Meine and her husband Richard, both Read More

Quotes: The Authors Speak Series Presents Award Winning Romance and Mystery Author

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Darynda Jones, award winning romance and mystery author. Courtesy photo

LIBRARY News:

Quotes: The Authors Speak Series presents New York Times bestselling author Darynda Jones at 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 27 in the Upstairs Rotunda at Mesa Public Library.

New Mexico’s own Jones will be part of the new season’s Quotes series, visiting Thursday, Feb. 27 for the evening Authors Speak event and giving tips to teen creative writing classes at Los Alamos Public Schools Friday.

“The grim reaper gets a shiny cool makeover in Jones’s blazing hot debut…Fast-talking Charley’s wicked exuberance Read More

LAMS Hosts ‘Discover New Mexico Day’

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Los Alamos Middle School hosted a seventh grade event Friday called “Discover New Mexico Day.” Presenters from the surrounding area helped make the history and culture of new Mexico come alive. Mr. Suazo, left, and Ms. Jenkins of Puye Cliffs present ‘Puye Owinge-Where We Came From.’ Photo by Lelend Lehman/ladailypost.com

Guadalupita Ortiz presents a talk on ‘Retablos.’ Photo by Lelend Lehman/ladailypost.com

Santa Fe artist J.W. Segler. Photo by Lelend Lehman/ladailypost.com

Bandelier Superintendent Jason Lott presents an organizational Read More

NMSA Senior Competes for Presidential Scholar Integrating Science and Music

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Los Alamos native Mohit Lauer Dubey has been invited to apply to the Presidential Scholar Program. Photo by Manvendra Dubey

EDUCATION News:

Los Alamos native Mohit Lauer Dubey has been invited to apply to the Presidential Scholar Program. He is a senior at the New Mexico School of the Arts (NMSA), a state sponsored charter school in Santa Fe.

This is a prestigious honor that places Dubey in the top 0.067 percent of the graduating seniors this year, based on competitive performance in tests, academics and the arts. 

“Mohit is a perfect example of the synergy that can occur for students when Read More