Berg Park, 400 Scott Avenue, Farmington, New Mexico

2019 Riverfest Art Show

Featuring some of the Four Corners most talented artists presenting diverse work in multiple mediums, the Northwest New Mexico Arts Council encourages you to visit the Fine Arts Tent and support the artists! Admission is free. Artists include, Marilyn Taylor, VEnaya Yazzie, Patrick Hazen, Toledo Sculptures, Karen Ellsbury, Andrea Landon, Dianne DAyhoff, Elizabeth Shull, Catherine Thomas-Kemp, Steven Begay and Narbone Begay, Lindsay Waite and Ambrose Teasyatwho.

Opening hours will be hosted by the River Reach Foundation VIP event on Friday evening. Saturday will begin with a call to Plein Air Artists, with some art offered in a silent auction throughout the event. Sunday begins with the Recycle Fashion Show hosted by Piedra Vista High School and Farmington Waste Management, enter your fashion and win some prizes!

This project is supported in part by the New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and by the National Endowment for the Arts. Special thanks to City of Farmington, River Reach Foundation, Piedra Vista High School, Farmington Waste Management, Any Event Rental, Dugan Production Corp and Merrion Family Foundation.

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NWNMAC Choice at the GATEWAY TO

IMAGINATION JURIED ART SHOW.

Riverfest Fine Art Show 2017

May 26, 27 & 28
Farmington Berg Park

RIVERFEST 2016 POSTER

tent map

POSTER

Riverfest 2015
May 22nd, 23th & 24th Photos

Sherrie Van Sickle

Congratulations NWNMAC Choice and $200 Award

Jan A. Goldman for In the Beginning (Pastel) from Farmington
Sherrie Van Sickle for Gold Dredge II (Watercolor) from Farmington

Art Sale

Photos from this year's High Desert Fine Art Festival

Martha Elchert Plein Air Winner

Winona House People's Choice

Winner of Commemoratire Poster

Riverfest Fine Art Show – Farmington, New Mexico

River Fest

Event Dates: 5/23rd, 24th, 25th, 2014

Indoor juried fine art fair to be held in conjunction with the 28th annual Riverfest. Juror for this event is Randy Follis an internationally recognized western artist from Aztec, NM. Thousands of visitors attend this annual celebration along the Animas River in Farmington, NM. Open to all artists residing in NM, CO, UT, or AZ. The fair promotes original art in various mediums with all artists on site. Apply to be a part of this fun event! One artist will have art featured on the Northwest New Mexico Arts Council Riverfest poster.

Plein Air Art Show

Plein Air Painters of the Four Corners. The winner of Riverfest was Dwight Lawling

RiverFest May 24, 25, 26, 2013

Prizes from 2013 High Desert Fine Art Festival

Richard Mordecki - People's Choice 2013	Corinne Ven Der Plogg - Best Booth Award 2013

Award Winners in 2012

People's Choice 2012	Best Booth Award 2012

2012 Gateway to Imagination Juried Art Exhibition
Northwest New Mexico Arts Council Winners

98 artworks selected from 334 submissions from artists across the country. The Northwest New Mexico Arts Council was among one of the several awards presented at the 2012 Gateway to Imagination National Juried Art Competition held at the Farmington Museum at Gateway Park in Farmington, New Mexico. About 98 artworks were selected by the Juror, Hugh Wilson, from 334 submissions from artists across the country. Mickey Ginn Congratulations to local artists, Fran Mayfield and Mickey Ginn for being selected as 2012 NWNMAC winners and each received a ribbon and a $200 cash award.

About the Juror: Hugh Wilson, a figurative painter, who works from life is the juror for this year’s art exhibit. He lives and paints in communities for several months at a time, developing intimate relationships with his subjects. He lived with Tuaregs in Algeria, migrant workers in Niger, traveled in a camper through working–class America and followed the Hispanic farm workers from Yuma to Salinas. Hugh spent the fall of 2011 in the remote islands of Vanuatu.

Mr. Wilson graduated in 1991 with a BA from Duke University and received his MFA from the New York Academy of Art in 2004. His work has been shown in Algeria, France, New York and Montana.

Commemorative Posters for Purchase $20.00 or $10.00 with membership If you would like to use a credit card for payment, please call 505-327-0076.

2014 High Desert Fine Art Festival Poster by Betty Reed	2014 Riverfest Fine Arts Show Poster by Kennith W. Gordon	2013 Riverfest Fine Arts Show Poster

Poster by Randy Follis	Poster by Karen Ellsbury	Poster by Michael Bulloch

Poster by Sharon Bulloch	Poster by Richard Mordecki	Poster by Venaya Yazzie