Arts

Celebrate Green Friday in Los Alamos!

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ART CENTER News:

Feel like shopping a bit on Black Friday, but don’t want to brave the crowds, long drives, and craziness?  

Why not shop locally instead and celebrate Green Friday? Of course we encourage you to start with the 2013 Affordable Arts here at Fuller Lodge Art Center, and then move on to explore some of the “hidden” options for local holiday shopping in Los Alamos: the Co+op, PEEC, the Historical Museum gift shop and more.

The Art Center’s Affordable Arts show is a local holiday tradition. The Gallery Gift Shop spreads into the Exhibition Hall to create Read More

Winterfest 2013 Celebrates the Season

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Light Parade 2012. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
 
Staff Report
 
One of the 20 “Best Small Towns to Visit” (Smithsonian Magazine, May 2013), Los Alamos is also one of the best places in New Mexico to bring the holiday season to light with a number of festive events beginning a week before Thanksgiving, on Nov. 22, with the Affordable Art Sale.

The Affordable Art Sale at the Fuller Lodge Art Center takes place Nov. 22–Jan. 4. This is a great opportunity to start holiday shopping, with art created by local and regional artists and affordably priced at $250 and under. Call 505.662.1735 Read More

Linda Lomahaftewa Exhibit Opens at Than Povi

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Ancestral Bird # 6, monotype, Chine Colle, mixed media by Linda Lomahaftewa. Courtesy photo

ARTS News:

Than Povi Fine Art Gallery will inaugurate today a new series of one-person exhibitions of historical and contemporary importance. The inaugural exhibition features monotypes by artist and teacher, Linda Lomahaftewa.The exhibition will be on view through Jan. 10. 

A reception for the artist is 5-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6. This event is fre and is open to the public. The prints on view are selected from four distinct portfolios inspired by the artist’s travels, social and political Read More

Holiday Events in Taos

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Staff Report

TAOS—Many people are opting to reduce stress associated with the holidays and spend them at a new destination such as Taos, New Mexico especially with the Town’s unique “Yuletide in Taos” events taking place Nov. 29–Dec. 31.

Taos was named one of Yahoo’s! top five “Best Destinations for Your Christmas Vacation” in the U.S. (November 2013) and one of Travel and Leisure’s top picks for “Best Places to Spend Christmas” (October 2013).

Beginning Nov. 23, shoppers can start their holiday shopping while saving on sales tax with tax free shopping at participating downtown stores. Tax Read More

UNM-LA Ceramic Artists Go to the Dogs

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Lara Sandling Bennett displays the 2014 Los Alamos Friends of the Shelter calendar along with her ‘pots for pets.’ Courtesy photo
 
UNM-LA psychology professor Carol Furchner displays her ‘petroglyphs for pets’ to be sold to benefit progams of the Los Alamos Friends of the Shelter. Courtesy photo 

By TORI LEE

UNM-Los Alamos ceramic artists have gone to the dogs ─ at least their pottery and ceramic artwork goes to the Los Alamos Friends of the Shelter for the benefit of dogs and cats in need of homes.

UNM-LA ceramics instructor Barb Yarnell and her students Read More

Arts Council’s Holiday Fair a 46-Year Tradition

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Raku turtle by Renee Wiley. Courtesy photo
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
 
Santa Fe Artist Erika Eckerstrand worked for an awning company for seven years when an injury made her change careers. Almost five years ago Eckerstrand started her own business, creating a line of tote bags, messenger bags, purses and wallets.

Messenger bag by Erika Eckerstrand. Courtesy photo

 What makes Eckerstrand’s bags unique is that they are made from an industrial woven vinyl, similar to what is used for outdoor furniture.

“It’s different,” she said. “It’s not your traditional kind Read More

Girl Scouts Host Craft Sale Saturday

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GIRL SCOUT News:

The Girl Scouts are hosting a craft sale Saturday, Nov. 23 in the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church gym.

The even opens 9-9:30 a.m. for Girl Scout shopping then is open 9:30 to noon to the public. There will be food and crafts made by the girls to help raise money for their troops.

Troop 10213 is collecting non-perishable food, which is going to benefit Cassandra Sparks, a scout working on her Gold Award Project in Los Lunas. Read More