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Last Updated: April 16, 2008 - 11:27 AM
Visual Arts Listings: March 12-18
By Charlotte Jusinski
Published: March 12, 2008
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OPENINGS
Don’t be a monster, dance up to El Dorado Elementary. It’s for the kids. (Joel Nakamura, “PartyZilla”) |
BACA STREET STUDIOS
926 Baca St., 820-2222
Is your mate emotional? Easily malleable? Selfless to the point of cluelessness? Let it slide, he's just a Pisces. Especially for the fishy creatures of the zodiac, Liquid Light Glass presents its Pisces Show, which features glass fish, painted fish and wearable fish. The best part? They don't smell like fish.
Reception 5-8 pm Friday; through April 1.
CANYON ROAD CONTEMPORARY ART
403 Canyon Road, 983-0433
In a group show featuring paintings and painting-sculpture hybrids, gallery artists Steve Bogdanoff, Heidi Goodyear, Jason Roberts and Jean Wallin exhibit their work in various styles.
Reception 5-7 pm Friday; through March 21.
JANE SAUER GALLERY
652 Canyon Road, 995-8513
These aren't Barbara Lee Smith's fabric collages are made of teeny strips of cloth layered over a base of synthetic fiber, then riddled with tiny stitches of multicolored thread. Stand back from the piece, however, and landscapes with a relaxed impressionistic air rise from the cacophony of material.
Reception 5-7 pm Friday; through April 7.
SANTA FE CLAY
1615 Paseo de Peralta, 984-1122
Finally, an art show for the crazy cat ladies of Santa Fe. In a show that honors an often revered, often reviled creature, the artists of Santa Fe Clay explore the possibilities of the cat. Whether it's the Egyptians' deity or the evil black streak across one's path, there's no avoiding the feline (see SFR Picks).
Reception 5-7 pm Friday; through April 12.
SANTA FE CLAY
1615 Paseo de Peralta, 984-1122
This summer's clay workshops will be conducted by old hats and new blood, and all of the resulting art is on exhibit. Check out the work of nine clay artists, then ponder the opportunity to study with them come summer!
Reception 5-7 pm Friday; through April 21.
SANTA FE MODERN HOME
1512 Pacheco St. A-105, 992-0505
This furniture and homewares store is a gallery in itself. When the emotional abstract paintings of Pamela Markoya are thrown into the mix, it's enough to make a modernist cheer. Oh but there's more - jewelry by Kezha Hatier is perfect to bring home as a souvenir of one of the hippest home hubs in town.
Reception 5-7 pm Friday; through April 11.
TURNER CARROLL GALLERY
725 Canyon Road, 986-9800
In the first installment of its New Gallery Artists to Watch series, Turner Carroll gathers artists from the Americas, from New Mexico to Peru. Sculpture and collage, abstract expressionism and gauzy realism, it's all here. And make sure to keep an eye on it.
Reception 5-7 pm Friday; through April 8.
UNTRAINED BOXCAR GALLERY
Railroad crossing at Paseo de Peralta, 660-4551
The most fascinating art space in Santa Fe is back open again for a weekend of RUST. When nature and industry clash, there is dynamism, confusion, and, indeed, oxidized metal. Man made the metal, nature made the oxygen; so who made rust?
Reception 5-9 pm Friday; through March 16.
VERVE FINE ARTS
219 E. Marcy St., 982-5009
If only there were more artists like Vincent Cianni and David Scheinbaum; these two dynamic photographers both aim to document the world as we know it, as well as break down stereotypes. Cianni's honest, gritty photos of street skaters in New York are paired with Scheinbaum's thoughtful depictions of the New Mexico hip-hop scene.
Reception 5-7 pm Friday; through May 10.
NOW SHOWING
Hippa-to-the-hoppa, Verve Fine Arts don’t stoppa. (Vincent Cianni, “Nelson, Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn”) |
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AD COLLECTIVE
1235 Siler Road, 699-9320
No, not that awful Pat Benatar song- Hit Me With Your Best Shot is a collection of photographs from people all over Santa Fe. Participants ranging from professional photographers to Average Joes were asked to submit one, and only one, image. Polaroids, inkjet creations, fancy gelatin silver prints and more create a huge array of mediums and ideas that represent the life and times of Santa Fe's image-makers. Visitors are invited to bring their own single image to tack up on the wall. Through March 16.
ANDREEVA GALLERY
217 W. San Francisco St., 982-7272
Valentine's Day is long gone but there are still plenty of excuses to indulge in romantic floral still lifes and lush landscapes rendered in oil. Gallery artists Kevin Gorges, Grace Kim, Kurt Anderson and others give it their all. Through March 15.
ART GALLERY, ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE
1160 Camino Cruz Blanca, 984-6104
The students at St. John's College aren't the only geniuses on campus. In the annual faculty and staff art show, the biggest Johnnies of all show off ceramics, watercolors, oil paintings, pastels, photography and more. Through April 20.
ATRIUM SOUND SPACE, COLLEGE OF SANTA FE
1600 St. Michael's Drive, 473-6502
Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse is a perennial favorite among those who know the morose literary lady well. Michael Dotolo felt moved to create a four-channel sound installation as an homage to Woolf. Through April 10.
BACK STREET BISTRO ARTSPACE
513 Camino de los Marquez, 982-3500
The oil paintings of Madina Croce depict serene landscapes and still lifes with ease and beauty. Get lost in some great scenery while downing the Bistro's world-famous soup. Through March 15.
BLUE RAIN GALLERY
130 Lincoln Ave., 550-9574
Norma Howard's paintings are created with painstakingly layered woven basket-like brushstrokes of watercolor paint, which create a soft-edged scene that depicts her native Choctaw and Chickasaw heritage. Through
March 21.
CHARLOTTE JACKSON FINE ART
200 W. Marcy St., Suite 101, 989-8688
For those who choose crimson as their favorite hue, love comes in the form of The Big Red Show. Everything's red, whether it's limestone slabs on the wall or pipes coming out of the wall. Through March 17.
COLLEGE OF SANTA FE FINE ARTS GALLERY
1600 St. Michael's Drive, 473-6508
Two Albuquerque artists go head-to-head in Karl Hoffman vs. Trevor Lucero. Hoffman's expressionistic, geometrically-concerned canvases are bursts of color and impulse. Lucero, meanwhile, assembles a large painting out of hundreds of smaller canvases, then layers still more information on top of that, all to explore the American West. Through March 29.
DIOGENES CLUB
510 Galisteo St., 690-5095
One may know Ty Anderle by his bright horses from the "Trail of Painted Ponies,"¯ but there's lots more up his sleeve. Saddle up and head over to see his radically colored folk art, huge mixed-media canvases, painted recycled objects and wooden bowls. Through March 23.
EVO GALLERY
554 S. Guadalupe St., 982-4610
Wind and water carve lines and crevasses into mountainsides, a process that Vicky Colombet is there to contemplate. The result is paintings that appear weathered by the elements, eroded by the passage of time, abstract in subject matter but delicately composed on the canvas. Through March 29. Also: Drive past Evo Gallery at night and the flashing TV screens inside will probably be an eye-catcher; those are Steina's creations. She likes the immediacy of video: What she records is what the viewer sees. Through May 15.
GERALD PETERS GALLERY
1011 Paseo de Peralta, 954-5700
When right-handed painter Harold Gregor broke his most useful wrist in 2004, he had to learn to paint left-handed. The now-ambidextrous artist turns ordinary landscapes into extraordinary worlds of color and prismatic illusion with hues that play off each other like light through a broken window. Through March 15.
HIGH MAYHEM STUDIOS
1703-B Lena St., 501-3333
While rocking out at WilLee's or hip-swaying at El Farol, sometimes one wishes for a personal photographer to capture just how cool one looks. Enter Alexis Brown. In her exhibit, Larger than Life, she catches people in candid music-inspired moments doing what they do best: being themselves. Through March 14.
JANE SAUER GALLERY
652 Canyon Road, 995-8513
Geoffrey Gorman's amazing mixed-media animal sculptures are pieced together from trash such as rusty wire, torn rags and moss. The sculptures are then left outside to elegantly disintegrate - so get a look before they're gone for good. Through March 25.
JOHNSONS OF MADRID GALLERIES
2843 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 471-1054
The works of Mel and Diana Johnson, as well as pieces by various gallery artists, are a feast for the eyes at this Madrid gallery. Historic Madrid photographs, courtesy of the Huber family, are also on display. Through March 28.
JOYCE ROBINS GALLERY
201 Galisteo St., 989-8795
Joyce Robins has joined contrasting ideas in this invitational exhibit of five artists, all of whom create with natural, organic cycles and elements in mind. Through March 31.
LEWALLEN CONTEMPORARY
129 W. Palace Ave., 988-8997
Sharon Booma is most concerned with process. Like a Zen master, she lets paintings become a whirlwind of instinctual movements. The final product is a panel with the weariness of corroded metal. The anomalous touches, like blue spots in a yellow sea, add a mysterious feel. Through March 30. Also: Bernard Chaet has one of the most important names in American modernism, but his work draws from French impressionism and classical oil landscapes. His use of color and textural shifts make everything, even a scene of his family playing Scrabble, a masterpiece. Through April 20.
MANITOU GALLERIES
123 W. Palace Ave., 986-0440
New Mexico is one of the most naturally beautiful places in the country, so it's no surprise that a slew of artists have beefed up the landscape painting queue here. In a group show of landscape painters, we see if they choose to include nuclear power plants or satellite dish arrays. Through March 21.
MONROE GALLERY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
112 Don Gaspar Ave., 992-0800
On the set of every movie, there's a photographer snapping photos for use in publicity. Over the years, some of these shots have become iconic images of actors and directors, while others are unknown treasures, glimpses into glitzy, gritty lives of silver-screen celebrities. More than 50 photographs show the process of Making Movies. Through April 20.
MOV-IN GALLERY
1600 St. Michael's Drive, 982-0389
For those who think YouTube is the be-all, end-all of digital video entertainment, get ready for that bubble to burst. The Perpetual Art Machine, a traveling video installation that has toured 10 countries, arrives in Santa Fe in all its interactive glory. Through April 11.
OWINGS-DEWEY FINE ART
76 E. San Francisco St., 982-6244
Back in the 1930s, when Santa Fe was on its way to becoming a real-life city but was still clogged with dust and horse-drawn carriages, many artists were charmed by the rustic setting and chose to create some art here. Prints and drawings from the '30s are emblematic in depicting the renaissance of the Southwest. Through April 11.
PERSPECTIVES FINE ART
855 Cerrillos Road, 660-6181
This brand spankin' new gallery focuses on antique and tribal art from around the world, as well as contemporary modern works by up-and-coming artists. The very first show features paintings by James Lofton and Dennis Flynn, as well as sculptures by Carlos Carulo. Through March 28.
PEYTON-WRIGHT GALLERY
237 E. Palace Ave., 989-9888
Slip into the past with Art of Devotion, an exhibit of masterpieces of Spanish colonial devotional art from the 16th to 19th centuries. Through April 30.
POP GALLERY
133 W. Water St., 820-0788
The somewhat creepy, always surreal images of Lynden St. Victor make viewers expect an anime-like computer-generated hottie chick around every corner. Through Feb. 28. Also: The Roaring Twenties call out again through the paintings of Clifford Bailey. His caricature-like depictions of musicians, women in flapper dresses and slimy poker players are best viewed after consuming some contraband from the speakeasy. Through March 31.
SALON MAR GRAFF
25 Big Tesuque Canyon, 955-0471
When John Mar Graff decided to open his spacious house to local artists, the result was anything but ordinary. For the latest exhibit, currents, six Santa Fe digital artists show videos, prints and video sculptures. Through March 15.
SANTA FE PUBLIC LIBRARY
145 Washington Ave., 955-6792
It's just A Matter of Form to James Hamilton, whose assemblages and collages are on display this month. Through March 31. Also: Roger D Jones went to art therapy for two years to try to lose weight. He didn't budge the scale, but he did discover a love and talent for watercolor painting. When he's not at work as a physicist, amateur musician or running his brainchild, Qforma, he creates visual jazz. Through March 31.
TAPESTRY GALLERY
4 Firehouse Lane, Madrid, 471-0194
Hopefully the weather this weekend will be nice enough for a drive down the Turquoise Trail - if so, stop in Madrid to view the handwoven tapestries by Albuquerque artist Dinna Loraine Contractor. Through April 15.
ULI'S BOUTIQUE
208 W. San Francisco St., 986-0577
Among the Uber-fashionable digs at Uli's, Annie Lindberg's assemblages create an aura of natural wonder. Fascinated with birds and nature, Lindberg's work explores the magic in the everyday. Through March 21.
UNDERGROUND GALLERY
100 W. Marcy St., 983-0430
Blood, when used in conjunction with paper, eventually changes the paper's landscape as the iron leaches out to stain the fibers. Rocky Lewycky knows this, and uses it to explore the nature of art through time. Through March 25.
WELLS FARGO BANK
241 Washington Ave., 820-6336
To cash a check is a pleasant experience anyway, but it becomes even nicer with the creations of Judy Just and Barbara Gagel. The mixed-media paintings depict both abstract forms and concrete images to create a sense of movement, journey and realization. Through March 31.
WHOLE FOODS GALLERY
753 Cerrillos Road, 670-6649
Eldorado artist Cate Goedert livens up the shopping experience with her exquisite photographs. Peace and serenity pervades her images of horses, windswept and almost pensive; paired next to her Dolls: Sacred and Profane series, the objectivity of thrift-store finds makes the animals all the more moving. Through March 30.
WORKS ON PAPER GALLERY
229 A Johnson St., 989-1189
Sonja Berthrong has a fixation on an object rarely noticed and often taken for granted. More than 100 images, all 10-inch squares, feature her Chair Friends. Restaurant chairs, antique chairs, hotel lobby chairs, any kind of chair she could capture, she did. Through March 30.
MUSEUMS
UnTRAINED artists explore the creative possibilities of the rails. (Joe Ethridge IV, “Train 2”) |
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GEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM
217 Johnson St., 946-1017
No one knows New Mexico as "The Land of Entrapment" like painter Marsden Hartley. Between 1918 and 1924, Hartley lived in Santa Fe and painted the New Mexico landscapes in his search for a modern American aesthetic. After World War I, Hartley expatriated to Berlin, but couldn't get the red rocks and blue skies out of his mind; his New Mexico Recollections series, created in Germany, are a complex portrayal of his connection to America. Forty-two of Hartley's paintings are on display for the first time, in all their complicated glory. Through May 11.
GOVERNOR'S GALLERY
411 Old Santa Fe Trail, 476-5072
Back when it paid to be an artist, Depression-era Works Progress Administration employees took part in government-funded projects to bolster culture, art and economic stability. Easel paintings, small sculpture and 329 photographs of rural and industrial life in New Mexico are both historically fascinating and aesthetically pleasing.Through May 18.
IAIA MUSEUM
108 Cathedral Place, 983-1777
The eerie, sacred mounds of Oklahoma's Choctaw nation are historically and spiritually significant. Voices from the Mound features artwork, from Choctaw Indians of Oklahoma and Mississippi, that hopefully lifts the tribe into the visual-art world's consciousness. Also: Accompanying the work of her tribal contemporaries is Choctaw painter Valjean McCarthy Hessing's artful depictions of Native American life from 1965 to 1997. Her death in 2006 ended a life full of pride for her people and their way of life. Through May 26.
MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE
710 Camino Lejo, 476-1250
Pueblo artists Tammy Garcia and Evelyn Fredricks twist traditional ideas of Native American art into large-scale contemporary bronze works. Through April 27. Also: The style of Santa Fe jewelry can easily be defined as huge hunks of turquoise and Native American trappings, but where did it all originate? Native Couture highlights the work of Dicky Pfaelzer, a trendsetter and jeweler of the highest regard. The exhibit shows that while Southwestern jewelry has changed over time, the mainstays - squash blossoms, bears or crosses - are timeless. Through June 7, 2009.
MUSEUM OF INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART
706 Camino Lejo, 476-1200
Needles and Pins: Textiles and Tools proves that the tools and processes used in crafting togs also can be works of art. Fabrics permeate our lives, from the clothes we wear to the cars we drive. Through April 13. Also: Quilts made by the African-Americans of Gee's Bend, Ala., aren't the time-consuming masterpieces of the Pennsylvania Dutch - rather, they were made from old clothes and were needed to keep warm. These quilts are finally being recognized as true art and are in Santa Fe as part of a nationwide tour of museums. Through May 11.
NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF ART
107 W. Palace Ave., 476-5072
Intricacy and stress are the two main threads that run through the juried show Art on the Edge. Susan Donatucci's installation stretches panty hose to the limit by loading them full of paper pulp and plaster and hanging the pendulous cocoons from the ceiling; Helene Pfeffer has created sumi ink paintings on 1,092 pieces of torn paper and pinned them to the wall. In a show that will certainly keep viewers on edge, the seven featured artists exhibit varied strengths and visions. Through April 13. Also: There's a certain happy simplicity to the daisy, a flower long used to represent peace and utopian ideals. Contemporary artists come together to explore the daisy as a symbol of the anti-establishment movement and a shift in the social norm. Plumes of smoke in a picture of Baghdad have been changed into painted daisies by Erika Wanenmacher, and Yumi Roth's installation of 100 porcelain daisies is more than just aesthetically pleasing. Through May 11.
PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS
105 W. Palace Ave., 476-5100
Walk into nearly any home in Santa Fe and you'll find retablos - small images of Christ and the saints used for devotion and protection. In churches similar paintings were called ex-votos. Nineteenth century examples of the works make a trip to the museum an opportunity to venerate the divine. Through April 20.
SITE SANTA FE
1606 Paseo de Peralta, 989-1199
Icelandic artist Steina is regarded as a pioneer in the bleak landscape of digital imaging art. Her installation in her hometown of Santa Fe is a chronological survey of her work from 1970 to 2000, and includes both video-screened and kinetic sculpture. Through May 11.
WHEELWRIGHT MUSEUM
704 Camino Lejo, 982-4636
Celebrate the Wheelwright's 70th birthday with Native American Modern, an exhibit that features important works from 1960 until now. Paintings, baskets, fetishes and figurines run amok. What better way to pay homage to these artists than to gawk? Through April 20.
EVENTS
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OPEN STUDIO, OPEN MIND
Kids can explore various mediums in the weekly Open Studio, alternating each session between pastels, acrylics and inks.
2:30-4:30 pm Wednesday, March 12. Free with museum admission.
Santa Fe Children's Museum, 1060 Old Pecos Trail, 989-8359
A PC HEAD COVERING
By putting a paper bag over their heads and running around, kids can seriously injure themselves. Just a reminder to cut holes in the paper bag mask when sending kids to create an elaborate, creative mask.
2:30-4:30 pm Thursday, March 13. Free with museum admission.
Santa Fe Children's Museum, 1060 Old Pecos Trail, 989-8359
BANG ON THE TIN ALL DAY
For once, shoving a hammer into a child's hand is productive. Kids tap, tap, tap away on tinwork... and create art while doing so.
2:30-4:30 pm Friday, March 14. Free with museum admission.
Santa Fe Children's Museum, 1060 Old Pecos Trail, 989-8359
THE WORLD IS A CANVAS
In a painting workshop designed especially for the wee ones, kids ages 4-12 can bring a photograph of their favorite place and paint it on wood. Who knows, maybe the next Georgia will emerge.
9:30 am Saturday, March 15. Free.
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, 217 Johnson St., 946-1007
DOT DOT DOT, NOT AN ELLIPSE
Those trillions of teeny little dots all over the canvas aren't the result of a sneeze. It's pointillism, and kids can create their own dot-worthy painting at this historically enhanced workshop.
1-4 pm Saturday, March 15. Free with museum admission.
Santa Fe Children's Museum, 1060 Old Pecos Trail, 989-8359
GIVE A LITTLE BID
For the fifth year running, the El Dorado Elementary School hosts its Auction de Eldorado. Lots of stuff is up for grabs, and all proceeds will help pay for physical education instructor Stacy Fulgenzi's salary.
12 noon-4 pm Saturday, March 15. Free.
El Dorado Elementary School, 2 Avenida Torreon, 446-6702
ARTSY IMMERSION
Acequia Madre Elementary, Santa Fe's only public arts-immersion school, holds its 14th annual auction fund-raiser to help pay for various extracurricular activities that keep Santa Fe's little ones well-rounded and mentally engaged.
5:30 pm Saturday, March 15. $15.
Hilton of Santa Fe, 100 Sandoval St., 690-7576
ANY EXCUSE TO PARTY
The CCA needs cash, and what better way to get it than to invite all of Santa Fe to a grand fete? Live and silent auctions, featuring the best artists, restaurants and amenities our town has to offer will benefit Santa Fe's cultural brainchild. Wash down the week with some $5 martinis while masked revelers dance around the Cirque de CCA.
6-11 pm Saturday, March 15. $35.
Center for Contemporary Arts, 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338
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