Interest to Artists | Northwest New Mexico Arts Council

When: January 18-20, 2013
Location: Sorrel Sky Gallery, 828 Main Ave., Durango, CO 81301
Cost: $250 per person
Minimum Class Size: 4 Maximum Class Size: 10
Call 970-247-3555 to register.

Description: Learn how to capture the magic of glistening snow and looming winter storms from Michael Lewis. Michael will teach color, composition and technique. Supply List will be provided upon registration.

National Juried Exhibition: The Mitchell Gallery, St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD: May 28-June 15, 2014

Less is More: Small Works in a Great Space. Accepting entries in all media. $2,000 Cash awards. Juror: Domenic Iacono, Director, Syracuse University Art Galleries. Entry cost: $40 for up to three JPEGS. Submission deadline: January 31, 2014. To read the Less is More exhibition prospectus: themitchellgallery.org/prospectus.php

Artworks selected in a national juried competition by artist-juror Stewart Nachmias will be featured in a full-color catalogue and exhibition at Alexandria Museum of Art, along the Red River in the heart of central Louisiana, September 6-November 23, 2013. Visual artists over age 18 working in all media, including but not limited to painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital art, video, textile art, and printmaking are invited to submit. All artworks MUST be original and completed in the last two years (2011 or later). $2,000 in cash awards. $35 entry fee for 2 entries, $20 per additional entry. For more information, please call 318-443-3458 or view the complete prospectus: www.themuseum.org/Events_copy1.aspx

Open call to New Mexican women artists All entries for jury must represent original works (painting, sculpture,mixed media, photography and textile only). Please submit up to 5 high resolution jpegs of works.

“HOUSE OF CARDS, Version 2.0”

an adaptation of the original New Mexico Arts’ Art in Public Places-commissioned installation made for the Centennial Project Space in Santa Fe last winter.

San Juan College open study area (outside the Library, above Mary’s Kitchen)
Monday, November 5 through Friday, November 16, 2012
You are invited to attend the opening reception,
Room 1614 (adjacent the study area), Monday, November 5, 6–8 PM.

You are also invited to participate in (along with your class, if applicable), a panel discussion surrounding the artwork’s theme: deconstructing the Indian souvenir industry. Room 1622 (subject to change, depending on interest) Wednesday, November 7, 6–9 PM.

We are launching the New Mexico Art Glass Trails project. It promises to be an exciting opportunity for local artists, galleries, community art centers and others who promote art glass in our state to benefit economically from the program. We need help getting the word out and identifying likely participants. We are hoping that local arts councils can assist in these outreach efforts and help us connect. At this point we need contact names and email addresses sent to glasstrails@tiganm.org so that everyone can be informed. I have attached a file that describes the project (also embedded in this email). Thanks for your help in supporting this project.

Help us put glass on the map in New Mexico! We want to include as many artists, galleries, schools, resources and events as possible. We can’t include you if we don’t know who you are. So if you are involved in any way with art glass in New Mexico, please send an email to glasstrails@tiganm.org and you will receive program information as soon as details are available.

Led by TIGA: Taos Institute for Glass Arts, this exciting collaborative project is made possible in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts. Our shared goal is to put our New Mexico glass artists on the map and bring the art market to them. The New Mexico Art Glass Trails initiative will produce a guide for exploring art glass destinations throughout the state with suggested tours based on geography or area of interest. The printed brochure and supporting map will identify specific locations where glass is featured and will emphasize the artists and galleries who contribute to New Mexico’s robust studio glass movement. The Glass Trails website will ensure that timely and current information is always available and it will provide the opportunity to offer information about the participants along with associated art images. In addition, the website will provide those artists who have an online business model the opportunity to have their art images displayed with active links to supporting websites.

The New Mexico Art Glass Trails is modeled after the New Mexico Fiber Arts Trail, a pioneering state led, arts-based economic development and cultural tourism effort focused on the fiber arts industry. The new Glass Trails project recognizes and celebrates the unique contributions that New Mexico artists have made during the growth of the studio glass movement over the last 50 years. Statewide, there are over 200 glass artists currently carrying on a tradition of glass innovation that began on Santa Fe’s Canyon Road in 1968. Glass as art takes many forms, utilizing traditional techniques such as glass blowing and stained glass and venturing into the world of sculpting, casting and fusing, with combinations of these and other techniques. Today, we can see the influence of ancient pueblo traditions displayed in contemporary glass mediums by exciting young Native American artists. The numerous artist studios and cooperatives, contemporary art galleries, museums, educational institutions, exhibitions, resource suppliers, and industry supporters have enhanced New Mexico’s reputation as a leader in glass innovation and artistic expression.

The guide will be distributed at Visitor Centers and Chambers of Commerce locations in all regions of the state and through New Mexico Arts as well as the New Mexico Tourism Department. Additional marketing and promotional support will come from cultural tourism sites, participating businesses and associated websites, industry specific organizations, and targeted out of state venues.

For more information about the New Mexico Art Glass Trails, please contact the project director, Toni Hippeli, at TIGA (575 613-6484) or email toni@tiganm.org. Watch for news updates and announcements as well as a formal call for artists. Informational outreach visits are being planned for communities with interested artists. Publication is anticipated for the Spring of 2012.

About TIGA

TIGA: Taos Institute for Glass Arts is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization located at 1021 Salazar Road, Taos, NM, 87571, (www.tiganm.org). TIGA’s mission is to expand the understanding and appreciation for the Contemporary Glass Art Movement through classes & workshops, lectures, demonstrations, special events and exhibitions. TIGA serves and integrates the needs of artists, students, collectors, architects and designers.

AZTEC - Artists who are paired with a business will have space to show and sell their art. If you are an artist and would like to be paired up with a business please contact Jessica at (505) 334-3014. We will list website and social media links for any artist that provides them at for the “MAIN AVENUE ART WALK & OUTDOOR CEILIDH” (Sept. 30, 5pm-8pm) see below. If you would like to be a featured artist for the event, they call Jessica Polatty at 334-3014 or email her at uva68@hotmail.com

Some locations may be able to have 2 artists and we could put 3-4 artists in the main avenue courtyard as well (artist would need their own tent in the courtyard for weather). We have 10-15 businesses participating. First come first serve!

Main Avenue Art Walk & Outdoor Ceilidh (Aztec, NM)
September 30, 2011
5:00pm - 8:00pm

As part of the Aztec Highland Games & Celtic Festival celebrations Main Avenue, Aztec will be home to an Art Walk and outdoor ceilidh on Friday night. Ceilidh (pronounced kay-lee) is a Gealic word meaning "gathering" and generally involves music, dancing, and celebration.

Many of our Main Avenue businesses in historic downtown will be staying open late to house a local artist for our art walk. In addition there will be Celtic music and dancing in the Main Avenue court yard for all to enjoy. This will be a fun and free way to showcase our unique downtown area and kick off the weekend's activities.

Artists who are paired with a business will have space to show and sell their art. If you are an artist and would like to be paired up with a business please contact Jessica at (505) 334-3014. We will list website and social media links for any artist that provides them.

Book Design Contest

Attention all book designers, producers, publishers, authors, and editors: the Southwest Book Design & Production Awards for Excellence is accepting entries for its second annual competition.

These awards recognize creativity and quality in book design and distinction in production. The awards help raise the bar and set standards of book excellence throughout the Southwest.

NMBA members and nonmembers may enter the competition. Eligible books

Two awards will be given per category: Finalist and Winner. One outstanding book will receive a Best of Show award.

If you have questions about categories or any other aspect of the competition, please email Mary at office@nmbook.org.

Finalists will be announced April 2011. Winners will be announced at the NMBA Annual Meeting and Gala, June 2011, in Santa Fe, NM.

The full brochure and entry form can be downloaded by clicking here, or go to our website home page, the bottom left corner.

The final deadline for receipt of books, entry form, and check is February 11, 2011.

Wee Gallery of Fine Art will host the 1st Annual Fine Art Show and Competition. We are seeking out the greatest Artist from around the world to compete for gallery representation, ribbons, and $5000 cash and prizes.

July 15, 2011 - Deadline for entry (Entries must be postmarked by this date).

Visual & Performing Artists, Fine Crafters, Art & Performance Venues, and Art Organizations of the Four Corners

Handmade: Guide to the Arts is seeking artist interested in purchasing a listing in our Artists Guide for the Four Corners. To be eligible you must live or work within the Four Corners. Our goal is to raise awareness of the cultural life of the Four Corners and educate the general public as well as tourists about the vast pool of artistic talent here. We are expanding our available listings to include not only visual artists and venues but also performing artists and performance spaces, as well as arts organizations. Attached is our Rate Card and you can visit http://www.handmadeartistguide.com for more information. The deadline is November 30, 2010 to appear in our 2011 Annual.

In addition to the regular listing there are advertising opportunities including the inside front and back covers as well as the back cover. With the purchase of an ad the advertiser will receive a free listing. Also all artist’s listing will appear on our website in their respective medium galleries with images of your work and contact information and links to your personal websites.

Please call Michael Bulloch at 505.716.6057 or Debra Mayeux at 505.320.6512
for more information or to purchase an ad or listing.
Or visit our website at http://www.handmadeartistguide.com

Congratulations to Farmington youth, Aubrey Maslen (2009-Stawberry) and Savannah Lesser (2010-French Vanilla) for winning back-to-back national “Art On Labels” Torani contest. Torani is the number one specialty syrup in North America working with the Afterschool Alliance to design a special label sold nationwide in coffeehouses.

The arts council worked with students to develop designs that were selected from hundreds of entries and presented the winners with a check for $200. Torani Syrup principal owner, Lisa Lucheta presented the winners with their framed artwork and bottles of the Torani syrup. Participants in the Farmington Public Library and Boys & Girls Club afterschool programs were treated to a Torani Soda party with pizza.

Call for Entertainers at Cleveland Millfest 2010

Spots are available for individual musicians and dancers; duos and trios at the Cleveland Millfest. This event takes place Saturday and Sunday, Sept 4 and 5, 2010 from 10am to 5pm. The event takes place at the Cleveland Roller Mill Museum in Cleveland, NM, 44 miles se of Taos, NM on NM Highway 518.

These entertainer spots are for 30 to 45-minute sets with 15-30-minute breaks between presentations. Entertainment begins at the Millfest at 10 am on Saturday. The last set available will be at 4pm. Entertainment begins on Sunday at 11 am with the last session being at 4pm. Entertainers are paid a stipend of $60 per set per person. We can pay up to a maximum of $180 per group of 3 or more entertainers. Musicians and entertainers may at their own volition choose to jam or team up together as they like to create a musical or dance experience. However, the Millfest can pay for only one set per entertainer per day.

Special dance or other presentations are usually scheduled for 12 pm each day so these times may not be available.

Parking is available in the Millfest parking lot. Entertainers can pickup their stipends at the reception desk in the mill after their presentations. Schedules of events are posted throughout the Millfest grounds. Between 2000 and 3000 persons typically attend this 2 day event.

For more information please contact Dan Cassidy at 575-447-2646 or dancas@nnmt.net.

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Sidewalk Chark Art!
Amateur People's Choice *$100: Myles Leo Garnanez
sponsored by the Northwest New Mexico Arts Council

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“HOUSE OF CARDS, Version 2.0”

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