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CHARLOTTE JACKSON FINE ART
200 Marcy St., Suite 101, 988-8883
The early works (that's 1970-1980, for those not in the know) of Mala Breuer are on display this month.
Reception 5-7 pm Friday; through May 31.
DOROTHY ROGERS FINE ART
418 Cerrillos Road, 955-1984
The Mad Framer's got Robin Williams, and now Julia Roberts also exhibits in Santa Fe. Of course we're not talking about the movie stars-these are their visual arts counterparts and, according to some, they are far superior. Roberts shows hand-pulled prints of various methods and sizes, focusing often on two of her favorite subject matters: nudes and ethnic pots. A dichotomy for the ages.
Reception 5-7 pm Friday; through June 14.
FORD SMITH FINE ART
135 W. Palace Ave., 988-3732
In celebration of its namesake artist, the gallery will hold its
May Soiree
for Ford Smith. New contemporary landscape paintings will be on display, as well as six new limited editions.
Reception 5-8 pm Friday.
GERALD PETERS GALLERY
1011 Paseo de Peralta, 954-5765
There are a few images that define the West: the Saguaro cactus, Native Americans on horseback, huge puffy clouds in an impossibly blue sky. The Gerald Peters Gallery chronicles 200 years of art that aims to define the American West as an aesthetically pleasing place. Those 200 years seem to have worked.
Reception 5-7 pm Friday; through June 7.
JAVA JOE'S
2801 Rodeo Road, 474-5282
Gracing the walls of the original JJ's location are the abstract acrylics of Jay Alderson. "Reflective, with a taste of surreal and insightfully compelling personality that captures the soul's well-being," as Alderson says.
Reception 5:30-7 pm Friday; through May 31.
JOHNSONS OF MADRID GALLERIES
2843 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 471-1054
At one of the most reliably active galleries south of Canyon Road, Johnsons once again celebrates Madrid's First Saturdays art walk with an opening, music, refreshments and the work of more than 150 artists in three expansive rooms. Featured artists this month include Deidre Adams, Joan Saks Berman, Carolyn Pedersen, Ford Robbins, Tim Roundy and Mary Sweet.
Reception 1-5 Saturday; through June 30.
LEWALLEN CONTEMPORARY
129 W. Palace Ave., 988-8997
The grand opening of Lewallen's new Modernist Division features Russian masterworks from the impressive collection of the late Louis Kaufman and his wife, Annette. Louis was a world-renowned violin player as well as art connoisseur, and Annette will be on hand at the reception to autograph copies of his memoir,
Fiddler's Tale
, which she helped him write.
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Emily Mason's breathtakingly vibrant paintings have earned her a spot as one of America's finest color abstractionists, and for good reason. Her works-seething with light and visceral in their anomalous brush strokes-are perfect for spring.
Reception 5:30-7:30 Friday; through June 1.
LINDA DURHAM CONTEMPORARY ART
1101 Paseo de Peralta, 466-6600
Painter John Andolsek says his paintings come from "a place somewhere between shared collective experience and individual existence," that they are "manifestations of psychological spaces that are particular yet remain unspecific." Sounds like he'll fit right in with the Santa Fe crowd.
Reception 5-7 pm Friday; through May 17.
MANITOU GALLERIES
123 W. Palace Ave., 986-0440
First Fridays only come along once a month, and Manitou is always an energetic participant. Glass works by nine artists are
Crossing Boundaries
.
Reception 5-7:30 pm Friday; through May 16.
MARIGOLD ARTS
424 Canyon Road, 982-4142
'Tis the season to hike around and take in the wildlife; artists Ruth Tatter and Glen Smith are in the spirit too with a show of wildlife portraits. Featuring familiar animals like sparrows and owls, as well as more exotic lions and parrots, the works invite the viewer into their world.
Reception 5-8 pm Friday; through June 4.
NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF ART
107 W. Palace Ave., 476-5072
SITE Santa Fe helps along the wave of the future with its Young Curators program, which is celebrating its 14th annual juried exhibition. High school students from northern New Mexico were asked to create a piece of art in response to a written work of their choosing, and more high school students chose 25 artists to feature in the exhibition. Art of all mediums and subject matter are included, and the program is invaluable for the service it provides to young adults hoping to pursue art.
Reception 5-7 pm Friday; through June 8.
PATINA GALLERY
131 W. Palace Ave., 986-3432
California artist Patrick Shia Crabb draws inspiration from neolithic and ethnographic artifacts. He has always viewed his medium, clay, as a historically important substance. His colorful and intricate vessels and wall hangings are reminiscent of many cultures, yet retain a quality all their own.
Reception 5:30-7:30 pm; through June 1.
>>> PHOTO-EYE GALLERY
376 Garcia St., 988-5152
On a super-sunny day on the beach sans sunglasses, colors fade away and all that's left is harsh sunlight. Maria Luisa Morando re-creates this effect by deliberately overexposing her photos of figures on the sand, simplifying the world into specks and gentle color gradiations. Chaco Terada has been working with sumi inks since childhood, and has developed a process of printing and layering to create multi-dimensional silkscreens. Rounding out the trilogy, Lisa M Robinson's photographs appear simple and serene at first, white snowy landscapes of outcroppings and rocks. Upon closer examination, however, the photographs are complex and tense (see
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Reception 5-7 pm Friday; through June 20.
ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE ART GALLERY
1160 Camino Cruz Blanca, 984-6104
The first natural forces that come to mind for most are hurricanes, earthquakes, wind, that kind of stuff. The artists of the Forum for Science and Art, however, urge us to consider thermal dynamics, gravity, electromagnetism, and other forces slightly beyond our realm of comprehension.
Reception 5-8 pm Friday; through May 25.
TOUCHING STONE GALLERY
539 Old Santa Fe Trail, 988-8072
Keiichi Shimizu breaks from the tradition of wheel-thrown forms of other Tanba potters and creates his vases and vessels out of geometric slabs. His pottery, as a result, is refreshingly modern, with clean lines and thoughtful asymmetry, yet it still keeps a foot in Japanese tradition.
Reception 5-7 pm Friday; through May 28.
VENTANA FINE ARTS
400 Canyon Road, 983-8815
Twenty-five years isn't so long when we're talking about centuries-old adobes, but for a gallery in Santa Fe to last a quarter-century is an impressive feat indeed. Gallery artists help celebrate Ventana's 25th anniversary.
Reception 5-7 pm Friday; through May 12.
WILLIAM SHEARBURN GALLERY
129 W. San Francisco St., 2nd Floor, 989-8020
Let's give a warm Santa Fe welcome to William Shearburn and friends, migrants who have chosen to bestow upon our fine city a branch of their St. Louis, Mo., gallery. With plenty of great artists and that fine Midwestern hospitality, a group show will acclimate them to the high desert.
Reception 6-8 pm Friday.
ANDREW SMITH GALLERY
122 Grant Ave., 984-1234
When photographer Baron Wolman signed on to do some rock 'n' roll photography for a fledgling music magazine, he had no idea he would create 21 historic covers for Rolling Stone Magazine. Janis Joplin, Johnny Cash, Frank Zappa and Jerry Garcia are only a few of the celebrities Wolman photographed. Original magazine covers, along with silver gelatin prints of the featured photographs, are on display. The opening will be followed by the Wailers' concert at the Santa Fe Brewing Company-sadly without Bob Marley, another of Wolman's charges. Through June 15.
ARTISTAS DE SANTA FE
228 B Old Santa Fe Trail, 982-1320
Sandra Duran Wilson's psychadelic paintings are grouped together in an exhibition entitled The Doors, but it's not an homage to Jim Morrison and the boys-her paintings are created on actual doors. Through May 14.
ATRIUM SOUND SPACE
1600 St. Michael's Drive, 471-6011
Spencer Neale, a Junior at the College of Santa Fe, spent three weeks of the summer of 2006 recording and contemplating "found sounds, environmental ambiance, piano improvisations and vocal interactions with the real world." The collective work has brought him to the realization that
The Silence of These Infinite Spaces Terrifies Me
; perhaps it can terrify others as a sound installation project at CSF. Through May 8.
BACK STREET BISTRO ARTSPACE
513 Camino de los Marquez, 982-3500
With the number of landscape artists out there, there's gotta be something to it. Working in oils and pastels, artists Marlene Larson, Carla Muth, Carole Whitmore and Lowery Williams prove that to be swept away in the beauty of the natural world is easier than ever.Through June 2.
BOX GALLERY
1611-A Paseo de Peralta, 989-4897
David Nakabayashi's paintings are as densely packed as the syllables in his name. Bright colors pop against objects like stones, rusty old machinery, tree branches and more. A water jug pirouettes with some pliers. A dude floats around in the sky next to a telephone pole-and somehow it all makes sense. Through May 3.
CHALK FARM GALLERY
729 Canyon Road, 983-7125
The oil paintings of Polish artist Vigen Sogomonyan are full of vibrant color and play with light. The robed figures he paints seem to glow from within. Through May 4.
CHARLOTTE JACKSON PROJECT SPACE
7511 Mallard Way, 989-8688
Our Hungarian friends might say, "Festmények -ból alak és orült emberek van félelmetes!" Loosely translated, that means that impressionistic Hungarian art is awesome. Presenting more than 60 masterworks from Eastern Europe, this rare exhibition brings together the best of Hungary's art created before the anti-communism revolt in 1956. Through May 31.
CHIAROSCURO CONTEMPORARY ART
439 Camino del Monte Sol, 992-0711
Jim Dine's carefully rendered prints of humans and still-life objects breathe on the page. Polly Apfelbaum often arranges her painting-sculpture-installation hybrids on the floor, exploring pop culture in all its manifestations. Bebe Krimmer's vast canvases are inspired by astronomy and combine many media to explore the great beyond. Through May 3.
CSF FINE ARTS GALLERY
1600 St. Michael's Drive, 473-6508
The graduating seniors of CSF's studio arts program are a versatile bunch; their senior show contains everything from a site-specific installation to animation to large-scale pieces created from objects and images from nature. Hungry explores all aspects of the hunger of humanity: our complicated relationship with food, our addiction to pop culture, our yearning for childhood simplicity, our want for a savior and our (willing?) disconnect from nature. Through May 2.
DWIGHT HACKETT PROJECTS
2879 All Trades Road, 474-4043
When does racism stop being offensive and start being glorified? Peregrine Honig approaches this difficult question with
Fashism
, an uncomfortable melding of fascism and fashion. The headscarf of Aunt Jemima? Pretty. A bejeweled lynching victim hanging from an earlobe? Charming. These paintings make the viewer squirm. Through May 24.
EIGHT MODERN
231 Delgado St., 995-0231
Ever wonder where those favorite thrift store boots have walked in the past? Memory is inextricably tied to clothing, and mixed-media artist Nancy Youdelman explores that concept as she seeks to transform vintage garb with photographs, letters, found objects and plant material. Youdelman connects garments to memories, thoughts to concrete objects, and has been doing this for almost 40 years. Through May 18.
EVO GALLERY
554 S. Guadalupe St., 982-4610
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.
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With eerie floating green orbs, lines of spectacular color making up a sunset, and slightly creepy alien-like formations in white marble, the work of Anne Marie Jugnet and Alain Clairet is perfect for the Land of Enchantment. Through
May 24.
GEBERT CONTEMPORARY
558 Canyon Road, 992-1100
Vera Sprunt's wishful thinking has led her to create photography-painting hybrids featuring shiny, enigmatic pools of water. Between the shimmery tropical flowers and the clarity of fresh agua, it almost makes one want to get out of the desert.
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Perla Krauze, like many residents of the Southwest, is fascinated with the ruggedness and the delicate minutiae of the world around us. This multimedia show chronicles travels to Mesa Verde National Park, White Sands National Monument and beyond; Krauze took rubbings, photographs, made sketches, created panels and sculpted forms to express her feelings about the place. Through May 16.
HARRY'S ROADHOUSE
96B Old Las Vegas Hwy., 670-8310
The sculptural paintings of L Scooter Morris are a conglomeration of light, color, texture, and emotion, giving a 2-D surface an appearance of depth. It's eye candy dessert after awesome grub. Through May 7.
HIGH MAYHEM STUDIOS
1703-B Lena St., 501-3333
Ever have the urge to drink out of those gold-plated porcelain cups on display? Do you want to ride that ancient Indian stone horse or otherwise engage physically with fine art on exhibit? Luckily, Damon and Sabrina Griffith urge their viewers to make friends with their puppet creations, to take them off their pedestals and act out scenes. The two, who are originally from Pittsburgh, make puppets meant to be played with, not just admired. Through May 1.
HUNTER KIRKLAND CONTEMPORARY
200-B Canyon Road, 984-2111
Joan Bohn kills her little darlings. Before you call the authorities, take note that it's a common artistic goal: to destroy what's best in the artist's work so that she may be able to find something better. Bohn's delicately crafted oil panels are the result of the destruction of what was already beautiful in hopes of finding something gauzy, etherial, unearthly. It seems she's succeeded. Through May 5.
JAMES KELLY CONTEMPORARY
1601 Paseo de Peralta, 989-1601
Nic Nicosia is used to working with models and sets for his photography; this time, however, he's decided to try something new. He chucks balls of paint at a wall, draws with a piece of graphite on the end of a pole and swings a pencil on the end of a string to create a large, unique drawing that contrasts with selected photographs. Through May 3.
JANE SAUER GALLERY
652 Canyon Road, 995-8513
Bell jars usually cover stuff like porcelain dolls and puff pastries, but Tim Tate isn't into the ordinary. He's installed cameras and tiny screens inside bell jars to record viewers' every move. When a meandering human gets too close sensors let off buzzing sounds and Geiger counter noises. Images of the viewer in question as if that viewer is trapped in the jar.
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Cottage chic is all the rage, and Joseph Shuldiner's rustic, yet refined masterpieces fit right into that aesthetic. He pieces together branches, leaves, handmade paper, and other organic materials to create soothing palettes with the appeal of a forest yet the order of a Frank Lloyd Wright windowpane. Through May 6.
KARAN RUHLEN GALLERY
225 Canyon Road, 820-0807
Janet Lippincott helped forge a way through northern New Mexico at the cusp of the art movement from the '40s to the '70s. Early on, she worked primarily in drawing, then moved to abstract expressionism, and even got sidetracked into bonze sculpture for a time. The exhibit is shown in conjunction with the Meyer East Gallery's show of Elmer Schooley's work; Lippincott and Schooley, both visionaries in the Southwestern art world, died within days of one another in 2007. Through May 22.
LANDFALL PRESS GALLERY
1589 San Mateo Lane, 982-6625
This printing press has a huge inventory and the ability to produce both traditional art prints and lithographs, as well as those that bend the mind a little bit. In their incredibly diverse show,
Facing West
, art isn't limited to what you can put in a frame. Through June 30.
LLOYD KIVA NEW GALLERY
108 Cathedral Place, 983-1222
The kachina dolls and etched pots of Native American art is left in the dust by new works from Norman Akers. Diagrams of reproductive organs, instructions on using a microscope, and maps of the US are layered with dozens more images and colors, create a fascinating piece of work with unavoidable social undertones. Through April 28.
THE MAD FRAMER
1572-B Center Drive, 570-0827
The first show at this alternative art space features the work of Elizabeth Daggar and Robin Williams (no, not that Robin Williams, though this one's just as cool). Daggar's work depicts the semi-heartless, fascinating, moves-too-fast world of cities (specifically New York, Paris and Amsterdam) in drawings, paintings and photos. Williams' cerebral line drawings flow easily, depicting faces and buildings in bold contours. Through May 22.
MARION CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS
1600 St. Michael's Drive, 473-6341
Featuring photographs from the Marion Center's collection, as well as works donated from the Andrew Smith Gallery, this College of Santa Fe hotspot always offers a dazzling display of photography. Through May 16.
MEYER EAST GALLERY
225 Canyon Road, 983-1657
Visionary Elmer Schooley created huge canvases covered in tiny dots, and eventually brought to life expansive landscapes. He played with texture and light; the little bumps rose off the canvas, and the sunshine of his depicted world bounced between landscape elements to create a visually engaging masterpiece. The exhibit is shown in conjunction with the Karan Ruhlen Gallery's show of Janet Lippincott's work; Lippincott and Schooley, both pioneers in the Southwestern art world, died within days of each other in 2007. Through May 1.
MONROE GALLERY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
112 Don Gaspar, 992-0800
The iconic photograph "Street Execution of a Vietcong Prisoner" is an immediately recognizable depiction of the brutality of the Vietnam War. The unassuming man who snapped that picture, the late Eddie Adams, left behind a vast legacy of photography and political awareness. He covered 13 wars, won a Pulitzer Prize and is one of the most published photographers in US history. The exhibit coincides with the release of
An Unlikely Weapon
, a documentary film about Adams' life and work, and what he viewed as his burden of responsibility. Through June 27.
NEW CONCEPTS GALLERY
610 Canyon Road, 795-7570
The photography of Woody Galloway, Bill Heckel, Steven Jackson, Judy Y Mundy, Rodman Sharp and Emily Zants takes viewers from the African plains to Southwestern churches and back. Through May 20.
ROCK PAPER GALLERY
2854-C Hwy. 14, Madrid,473-4244
Featuring high-end art and sculpture, as well as reasonably priced odds and ends (think antique photographs and bell jars), this Madrid stop is a must-see on the Turquoise Trail. This spring, Jane Rosemont's eerie, beautiful, poignant, detailed, macro, crazy photographs show us
Secret Keepers
and ask,
Isn't It Iconic?
Through May 31.
SANTA FE CLAY
1615 Paseo de Peralta, 984-1122
Don't despair; clay can be, and is, far more interesting than that gross globby mass that Demi Moore got all sexy with in
Ghost
. New artists Naomi Cleary, Myung-Jin Kim, Vince Palacios, Shoko Teruyama and Kensuke Yamada take the medium to all new heights with unconventional shapes and glazes that trick the eye. Through May 17.
SANTA FE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
6401 Richards Ave., 428-1501
Naked people running around outside at night is usually a good reason to call the cops. The more benevolent, however, consider calling Siegfried Halus. The esteemed photographer captures models at night, when they glow like beacons, eerie as apparitions. Through April 30.
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It doesn't take a geologist to appreciate the beauty, emotion, and sheer mystery of weather-torn rocks. Exposed to wind, rain, and more, some rocks resemble sponges, others torn paper, still others the rough side of a tuna steak. In a photography show entitled
Stone Skins
, rocks are treated like human faces. No matter what emotion they evoke, it's guaranteed to be different than what one expects a rock to express. Through May 3.
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN
86 Old Las Vegas Highway, 983-2700
Española Valley artist Diana Breyer has become world-famous for her colorful, often playful depictions of the Southwest and its inhabitants, both human and animal. In an exhibit with her son, who creates birdhouses out of recycled materials, Breyer hopes her new works on scrolls will bring a peace and a smile to her fans. Through May 21.
URSA
550 S. Guadalupe St., 983-5444
Chad Manley is
Punkt
. Not Punk'd, that's the crappy Ashton Kutcher show.
Punkt: Art and Art Furniture
features swirly ottomans too cool to park your feet on. Through May 4.
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 aim to document the world as we know it and 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. Through May 10.
WILLIAM & JOSEPH GALLERY
200 Canyon Road, 982-9404
As an object both of simple necessity (how else would pants stay closed?) and hipster coolness (the more the better!), buttons are iconic, simple and, as the saying goes, totally cute. Taos artist Tom Rogers appreciates the button for what it is and paints it in an intimate, detailed style. Through June 1.
ZANE BENNETT CONTEMPORARY ART
826 Canyon Road, 982-8111
Printmaking isn't just a walk through mud or the press of a button on the computer. Five contemporary printmakers show their skills this spring. The intricate nature-inspired creations of Marc Bosworth and Karina Hean, the playful (and perhaps sinister) works of John Boyd, blocky graphic prints by Mitchell Marti and ghostly portraits scratched by Steve Campbell are diverse examples of the versatility of print media. Through June 3.
CCA
1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338
Train disasters, shipwrecks, car bombs, war, consumer culture, the housing market…Ahh,
The Beauty of it All
. This slightly ironic, mostly bittersweet show of watercolor paintings by artist Kim Russo is comprised of "disaster paintings," rendered caringly and delicately, and not without a distinct political agenda. Through May 11.
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From caveman drawings in European grottoes to Campbell's Soup cans immortalized, painting plays a role in humans' understanding of their environs.
In Hair of the Dog
, seven artists explore the practice of paint by dropping art history hangovers with non-traditional mediums. From Brandon Soder's multimedia exploration of the
Last Supper
to Rebecca Holland's colorful, cast sugar polyurethane, there's a paint fatigue cure for everyone. Through May 25.
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE EDUCATION ANNEX
123 Grant Ave., 946-1034
Students from Monte Del Sol High School will exhibit their art in a high-profile venue-not too bad for kids still en route to a diploma. Through May 2.
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 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.
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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
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
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
There's a certain happy simplicity to the daisy, a flower long used to represent peace and utopian ideals. Contemporary artists come together in
Flower Power: A Subversive Botanical
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.
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.
TWO CENTS, AND THEN SOME
The New Mexico Arts Commission will hold a budget-planning meeting to talk about that boring, yet necessary, number-crunching stuff. A meeting agenda will be available 24 hours beforehand.
1-3 pm Thursday, May 1. Free.
Center for Museum Resources, 725 Camino Lejo, 827-6490
AID FOR AIDS
A silent and live auction of art from more than 40 acclaimed Santa Fe-area artists will benefit the New Mexico Community AIDS Partnership. We are about to get our tax returns back, after all-so spend it philanthropically.
6-9 pm Friday, May 2. $10.
Lloyd Kiva New Gallery, inside IAIA Museum
108 Cathedral Place, 758-8282
SAY A LITTLE PRAYER
On hand to discuss
When Thought Becomes Prayer; When Prayer Becomes Jewelry
is Cochiti/Zuni artist Jolene Eustace. She also shows her new work.
11 am-4 pm Saturday, May 3. Free.
Case Trading Post Museum Shop, Wheelwright Museum
704 Camino Lejo, 982-4636
IT'S A SMALL, SMALL EARTH
For 29 years, the Little Earth School of Santa Fe has been providing a well-rounded education to wee ones through fifth grade. For this year's annual art auction, the school has an ambitious goal of raising $50,000 for scholarships and operating expenses. Help make it happen by bidding generously!
6-8 pm Saturday, May 3. $25.
Hotel Santa Fe, 1501 Paseo de Perallta, 988-1968
THE PLACE FOR LACE
Lace looks ridiculously difficult to craft. Find out for sure whether it's as hard as it seems at a lace-making demonstration by the
Enchanted Lace Makers
.
1-4 pm Sunday, May 4. Free with museum admission.
Museum of International Folk Art, 706 Camino Lejo, 476-1211
COLORS OF THE WEST
Acclaimed New Mexico artist Diana Breyer shows a slide presentation of her work and is available to answer questions. You could actually touch her (if you ask)!
2-4 pm Sunday, May 4. Free.
Tropic of Capricorn, 86 Old Las Vegas Hwy., 983-2700
TWO MORE CENTS
A public meeting to review submissions for the New Mexico History Museum will be held-perhaps slightly more interesting than talking about the budget. A meeting agenda will be available 24 hours beforehand.
8:30 am-1:30 pm Monday, May 5. Free.
Bataan Memorial Building, 407 Galisteo St., 827-6490
>>> BAD TOURIST! NO TURQUOISE!
All this adobe architecture, concha jewelry and turquoise-encrusted cowboy hats…is it all just a commodity? Cultural historian Shanna Ketchum Heap of Birds attempts to answer this question in a lecture on Santa Fe style and tourism (see
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6 pm Monday, May 5. $5.
Tipton Hall, College of Santa Fe, 1600 St. Michael's Drive, 424-5050
