Two great events sponsored by Los Alamos Art Council
Photo: Jewelry by Liberty Blueskyes
By Nancy Coombs
On Saturday, you can tiptoe into your holiday shopping without feeling guilty when you find more items to keep for yourself than to give as gifts.
The 35th Annual Fall Arts and Crafts Fair presented by the Fuller Lodge Art Center offers a “Gateway to the Holidays” shopping experience with a spectacular showcase of talented artists and craftspeople.
This year, Fuller Lodge Art Center is holding its Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20 at the Crossroads Bible Church, 97 East Road.
The event features more than 60 artists Read More
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This week’s preview is sponsored by www.fyila.com
Rotary Flower Bulb Sale 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 20, Crossroads Bible Church
SKI SWAP 1-4 p.m. Saturday Oct. 20
The sale Read More
CO-OP News:
The Los Alamos Cooperative Market will host the opening of a photography exhibition from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17.
The show, dubbed “Camino de Paz y Cooperación,” is a collaborative effort between the Co-op and local photographer Minesh Bacrania and depicts the close connection between Camino de Paz, the Montessori-based school and farm located in Santa Cruz, N.M. and the Los Alamos Co-op.
Bacrania was contracted to deliver in a photo-journalistic style the story of how the 7th-9th graders at the school produce food and other products. The exhibit depicts Read More
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By Bonnie J. Gordon
The Los Alamos Community Winds will open their concert season with “A World of Music” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20 at White Rock Baptist Church.
“This is a typical Winds concert in that we are performing a variety of music,” Winds Artistic Director Ted Vives said. “We started looking at people’s suggestions for music and I saw that there was a wide variety of locations around the world represented. The theme grew out of that realization.”
The concert theme is particularly appropriate because this performance by the Los Alamos Community Winds is part of the 11th Annual Read More
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Laniece Miller of the Pajarito Chapter of EGA arranges items for the needlework display. Courtesy photo
EGA News:
From Oct. 8-26, the display case at Mesa Public Library will feature embroidered artwork stitched by members of the Pajarito Chapter of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America.
The EGA is a national educational organization dedicated to promoting and preserving needle arts. You can see a number of different types of needlework in the display.
The local chapter meets the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m. in Gibson Fellowship Hall of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Los Alamos.
Each meeting
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MIFA News
An exploration of the dawn of world cuisine as we know and consume it today is set to open Dec. 9 at the Museum of International Folk Art with New World Cuisine: The Histories of Chocolate, Mate Y Más.
New World Cuisine explores how foods around the world developed from mixing the old and the new, and how many of the tastiest dishes and desserts came to be associated with New Mexico.
High resolution media images may be downloaded from the Museum of New Mexico Media Center here.
The mixing of peoples and foods—the fusion of cultures and traditions referred to as mestizaje—began Read More
NMA&CD News:
The White Rock Artists & Artisans Market is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, Oct. 7 in the outdoor space of The Hive at 134 N.M. 4.
The Market features local artists selling jewelry, Native American pottery and photography, along with many items for the upcoming holidays.
Stop by, have a look and support the community’s local artists and artisans. Read More
