Sally Russell Workshop

One Time- October 13-17,2008
Art of the Flower Workshops- 10AM-4PM- M-F Sally Russell teaches drawing, painting the art of painting flowers in her bold style, using any medium, oil, acrylic and watercolor. She will teach the art of mixing color, using only 6 basic colors to get all the hues needed in nature. This fall we will paint on the patio from the gorgeous Gallery gardens. Sally will give you her secrets for Art Marketing Success. $375.00 per person for the week. Contact:

Sally Russell
Inhale O2 Oxygen Bar
The Farnsworth Gallery Taos
133 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte
Taos, New Mexico
sr@taosnet.com
575 758-0776

Drawing Group New Home

Next week Oct. 9th the Thursday drawing group will be meeting at our new location. The Harwood Museum will be allowing use a space to hold the group. The space is up the alley, to the right of Lenny Foster's Living Light Studio. Anyone wishing to help move us to the new location please contact me @ taosart@gmail.com The group will still be meeting at 6:30-9:30
Thank you Ken and Sara for putting up with us as long as you have!

New Posts

Sorry, I have not been able to post new posts for fellow artists recently. I have been in and out and upside down. Hopefully things will settle down soon.
Happy Fall Arts. Sooooo much going on.
Be well, Nancy

Drawing group home needed.

If anyone knows of a space that would be suitable for the Thursday drawing group please let me know ASAP. We have been spoiled at Ken's place, he has been a great and generous host. He has let me know that the space will no longer be available and has given me a month to find a new home. This group has been meeting for over 35 years and we can't stop now. Please email me at taosart@gmail.com with any suggestions.

RANCHOS DE TAOS / TALPA ANNUAL STUDIO TOUR;

Michelle Crisman will participating in the studio tour this year visit http://www.ranchosarts.com/ for more information

Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 20 and 21
Saturday 10am to 5pm
and Sunday, noon to 5pm.

One Day Portrait Intensive Workshop with Elizabeth Jose

Join Elizabeth in her studio for a structured day of demonstrations, supported exercises and tips to help improve your portrait painting skills.

Focusing on drawing the head, getting a likeness and realistic skin tones.

Tuesday 30th September – 9.30 – 4 PM
$95 includes model fee, tuition and lunch
$65 discounted fee for TAO members

Spaces are limited so call or e-mail NOW
575-751-0149 – elizjose@gmail.com
In association with the TAO Artist’s Studio Tour

Seamus Berkeley Workshop

Lorrie Bortner at Ranchos Trading Post

Lorrie Bortner and her husband Thomas J. Johnson are showing at the Ranchos Trading Post, middle room, through November 1.
Paintings include Lorrie's Rural Women series, funded in part by a grant from the Puffin Foundation, Ltd.
lorriebortner@yahoo.com
http://www.lorriebortner.com/
(575)751-0493
Lorrie continues to give art lessons and art parties for all ages. And creates murals on commission

TAO General Meeting

Sunday, September 14th at 3:00 pm

Kit Carson Electric, Conference Room

Located on Cruz Alta Rd.

This is an IMPORTANT meeting because it is our last official meeting before the tour. There are items to pick up so please attend. Even if you are not a tour member, you are encouraged to come and participate. Those of you who have your wood board finished, bring it to the meeting. We hope to place them around the room for all to see. Lets talk about what to expect on the tour...any pointers for your fellow artists.If you are one of the few who have not picked up your display board or other materials, this is your chance to pick them up

Sagefarm Contemporary

104 Dona Luz will be exhibiting 'In Progress', a series of seven paintings to be painted live in the gallery during the month of September by Taos artist David Hinske. Hinske is returning to Taos from a critically praised exhibition in Memphis, TN in August. His paintings will also be featured at the re-opening of the Book Cadillac Hotel in Detroit, MI on October 1st. Please join us at the opening reception for the artist on
Saturday, September 13th
from 5-8pm.
For more information, please call 575-751-3733.

Symmetry, Order, Perfection and Beauty

Seven Paintings at UNM
August 24th to September 13th , 2008
Public Reception: Thursday, September 11th from 4 to 6 pm

Seven large paintings by Cydney Taylor hang in the UNM-Taos Art Lobby. The paintings are from her first body of work, an eighteen year focus on colour as subject. Each painting represents a different series of work, each using a different visual format to explore ideas about symmetry, order, perfection and beauty. The common function of the formats was to hold colour without visual distractions. Motifs of hue, color saturation and tone are used for visual presence. Taylor’s work embodies timeless painting concerns first seen in the sixties and seventies. The show runs until September 13 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the UNM-Taos Klauer Campus.

AUTUMN LANDSCAPE WITH INSTRUCTOR: MICHELLE CHRISMAN

PLEIN AIR PAINTING IN THE SATURDAY & SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 & 14 ~ ALBUQUERQUE, NM
In this 2 day course, Michelle will teach the basics of outdoor landscape painting, based on the principles of the French Impressionists and what they taught artists about the visual world and how it works: clarifying light source direction, light/dark patterns, defining beautiful shapes & exciting compositions, assigning correct values, color temperature & how it can work for you; how to mix color with a limited palette, visual pathways & focal point, and how to capture the effects of light, atmosphere and mood with the medium of paint. This class will also help the painter who is well-grounded in the academics of Plein Air Painting, but who wants to clarify & bring forth their own voice & bring excitement & drama to their work. All painting mediums and skill levels are welcome. Michelle is a plein air oil painter residing in Taos, NM. She was featured in the June 2008 issue of Southwest Art Magazine in a special article on Plein Air Painting. She also teaches for the Taos Historic Museum Foundation every summer and is represented by 7 galleries throughout New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona. TO REGISTER, CALL HARWOOD ART CENTER: 505-242-6367

the taos gallery events

Sept 26-27: TAO Studio Tour featuring gallery artists at the taos gallery, 103 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm.

October 3-4: TAO Studio Tour featuring gallery artists at the taos gallery, 103 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm.

October 4: "the taos gallery Celebrates Fall Arts" Reception, 103 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, 5:00pm - 7:00pm.

October 9: DVD Release Party for Seamus Berkeley's new DVD: "The Fundamentals of Painting." the taos gallery, 103 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm.

October 10 - 12: Seamus Berkeley Portrait Painting Workshop. Contact the taos gallery for detailed information: 575.758.3911.

October 15 - November 1: Photography Show: "Continuing the legacy of Mildred Tolbert through the art of Anna Bush and Carol Mell." the taos gallery, 103 Paseo del Pueblo Norte.

October 18: Conversation and reception with Anna Bush, part of the "Continuing the legacy of Mildred Tolbert through the art of Anna Bush and Carol Mell" Photography Show at the taos gallery, 103 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm.

Painting Demonstration

August 30

4-7 pm

Wilder Nightingale Fine Art

Taos landscape painter, Peggy Immel, will be giving a free oil painting demonstration this Saturday. Everyone is invited to attend.

Catch this show before it's gone! "Reflections & Revelations II:

New Work by Joan Fullerton and Dawn Chandler”

Stables Gallery, Taos Center for the Arts. Taos, New Mexico.

Opening Reception: Saturday, August 9, 2008 5:00 - 7:00

Show runs August 9 - September 3.

Please also join us at the gallery for these events—-

Painting workshops with Joan Fullerton - August 23 - 24-

The Art of Yoga, lead by Aura Garver - Thursdays, August 14 & 28, 6 - 7:30pm-

Poetry readings, curated by Thomas Buckley - Wednesdays, August 13, 20, 27, 7 - 8pm

For more details, please visit http://www.taosdawn.com/

Take this Class!!!

Ed Heffernan is teaching a drawing class at the Chrysalis school, cost for class will be around $200 including model's fees, money will be donated to the Chrysalis Alternative school for field trips. Classes may start next week, Tues and Wed at 3:30-5:30. Contact Adair at adair@taosnet.com for more information or to sign up for the class.

Heffernan studied at The Chicago Art Institute. If you never have taken a class from Ed, now is the time, you will not regret it.

Grande y Pequeno: New Work

Opening Reception
Saturday, September 27th
3 – 6pm
September 27th to October 26th
Farnsworth Gallery
133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos, NM 87571
575-758-0776
Sally Russell features new work from the summer – fabulous pinks, burgundies and flames of the garden. Backed by the deep blues, violets and contrasting greens of the sky and foliage, these larger than life floras fill the room with their essence. She works in Oil, Watercolor and Monoprints. Sally suggests brightening up the walls inside or outside under portals and on garden walls with color to continue the hot summer into cool, cool winter.

In Progress

Sagefarm Contemporary (104 Dona Luz) presents "In Progress" - seven paintings by David Hinske to occur from start to finish in the gallery beginning now and finishing mid-October. Patrons may pre-purchase at a reduced price, which increases each day the paintings progress. Three(Now only Two) still available! 575-751-3733. http://sagefarm.blogspot.com/

"Honoring Betsy's Legacy."

4 to 6 p.m.

Friday August 8th

The Gallery on the Green

Taos Country Club.

This exhibition will feature the playful work of Betsy. In her eight years as Local Color columnist for the Taos News, Betsy Carey showed her love and support for the Taos art community by interviewing over 200 artists, never judging their work but rather exploring each artist’s unique creative process. This exhibit finally offers Taos an opportunity to honor Betsy’s own personal journey as an artist, to experience the qualities in her artwork that reflect both her true nature and her approach to life – direct, honest, bold and playful.

Also showing will be the taos gallery artists' interpretation of Betsy's Taos and will hang through October. Artists include: Leigh Gusterson, David Sprague, Tom Rogers, Nancy Delpero, Carlos Barela, Steven Gootgeld, Bill Hudson, Mark Asmus, David Vedoe, MaryAnn Warner, Michael Protiva, Issa De Nicola, Richard & Tupper Hawley, Seamus Berkeley, Mary Dolph Wood.and other artists.

Call to artists Arts and Crafts event in Lincoln, NM

We are having an arts and crafts event in Lincoln, NM on Sept. 6 & 7th.

The artist fee is only $35.00 for two days and we do not take any commission.

All proceeds benefit our non-profit group called Partners in Preservation of Lincoln State Monument.

We are trying to help preserve the historic buildings that are part of the the New Mexico State Monuments division. Some of the buildings were donated to the state but are in need of dire repairs and the state cannot afford to take care of them all.

So our group was formed to help with this project.

Thanks for your help in this matter.

Sue Harkness Soden 575 937-1441 or email at weaselprods@yahoo.com

Josie Lenwell Exhibit

Rio Costilla Valley Studio Tour

Visit http://www.riocostillastudiotour.org/ for a complete listing of Artists and Photos of their Work – Up to date Map as Well!

Date of 2008 Tour: September 6 and 7th, 2008, 10 to 5 each day.
JAROSO, COLORADO- AMALIA, NEW MEXICO.

This year, on September 6 & 7, they deck the studios with their latest work and welcome the visitors from near and far. Their doors are opened wide. You are invited to see their work, explore their creative process, and purchase these carefully crafted wares. We feature a diverse group, fine art studios and artisan markets to please a wide variety of tastes. Oils, pastels, sculpture, ceramics, furniture, iron work, glass, jewelry and jams, jellies, chutneys, wildflower fields, artisan breads and home baked goods are a few of the items they offer to visitors.

Situated at the confluence of Northern New Mexico, and Southern Colorado, it is the only event of its kind that crosses the line between two states, unites them and bridges cultures. Along the meandering course of the Rio Costilla, weaving its way to the Rio Grande, and melded into the fabric of our work are found long lost European influences, and Native traditions reborn in art. On this tour you will travel along old country roads to scenic flats of high valley sage and chamisal onto mountainous forests. Just the journey is a destination. Sometimes called the Valle Vidal or the Southern End of the San Luis Valley, our tour stretches from Amalia, New Mexico, to Jaroso, Colorado. It is an enchanted tour in an enchanted land.

We are celebrating our 10th year! We thank those of you who keep coming back, and have become our friends and patrons of our work; and we welcome you also, stranger who has yet to find your way here. We invite you to mark those dates on your calendar, get out in the fresh air, and come celebrate the arts. You just might find something special or at least have memories of a day that will bring a smile to your heart when you return to where you live. This tour is free of charge and open to the public.

Jane Kircher 719-672-3063 kircher@fone.net
Michael or Sarah 719 588-4973 mschraud@yahoo.com

Miriam Garay Foronda's Retrospect Show

At the Southside location of the First State Bank for the month of August Mariam's oils and monoprints includes pieces completed from 1998-2008.

Visit Absolute Arts for more invormation about Mariam

Benito Trujillo Open Studio

Join Benito Trujillo at the Questa studio tour, Sat. & Sun August 2nd and 3rd.
Visit stop #16, off of B-044 Mile marker # 28, just north of Questa. Benito will be drawing portraits of visitors in his studio during the tour.

EARTH ALTARS Workshop

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the wind longs to play with your hair. Kahlil Gibran
Join Rivers & Birds for an artistic workshop celebration in honor of Earth
EARTH ALTARS, A workshop inspired by the ephemeral nature-based art of Andy Goldsworthy. Creating artistic forms from nature, we will celebrate our relationship with the natural world and through this process affirm our kinship with our Mother Earth.
Workshop Duration: One and half days
Time: Friday, August 8, 7-9:30 PM at the Bareiss Gallery, Saturday all day out in nature (time and place to be determined by the group on Friday).
Cost of Workshop: $100.
For more info or to RSVP: contact Rivers & Birds at 776-5200 or email: riversandbirds@gmail.com
Facilitators: This workshop will be lead by SD Youngwolf, Jivan Lee, and Roberta Salazar Rivers & Birds Mission is to provide experiential education which teaches the interconnection of all life and which inspires individuals as leaders for Earth stewardship and peace.

First Place Sculpture

SD Youngwolf of Taos just returned from participating in the 2008 Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market

This mask was the first place winner in the Sculpture category. The highly competitive show, was June 20, in Indianapolis, IN.

Sandy Chestnutt Artist Opening

The Rhythm of the Brush

Mary Ann Warner

Nancy Delpero

The Rhythm of the Brush

a two person exhibition

May 15th to August 15th

San Geronimo Lodge

This Sunday Afternoon

Artist Reception

July 27 2-5

To see other work by Nancy or Mary Ann visit

the taos gallery

575-758-3911

Clarence Medina at the Contemporary Hispanic Market

From Chimayo to Taos and along the Rio Grande, Clarence Medina’s paintings take you on the “high road tour to Taos” honoring his rich heritage. Always a popular artist at The Contemporary Hispanic Market in Santa Fe, the artist will be available to meet and greet at booth 17 on Lincoln Ave.
Free event
Contemporary Hispanic Market
July 26 & 27
8am-5pm
Booth 17
Lincoln Avenue
Santa Fe
www.clarencemedina.com

"In the Artists Studio"

Tune into KVOT AM 1340 On Thurs. 24th at 1:00 PM. I (Nancy Delpero) will be chatting with Rich Nichols, on his regular weekly radio show.

Libby Hart Benefit website

Visit http://www.welovelibby.com/ It is an on line benefit sale.

There is wonderful work by many great Taos and Denver artists. Laura Robb, Walt Gonske, Mark Daily, Quang Ho, and Dorothy Lampl to name a few who have donated work to this site. Also there is some great work by Libby.

Call to Artists

Young, Old & In-between!
Cash Prize Offered!
Please Note: The Taos Suicide Prevention Coalition is seeking a logo to help promote our suicide prevention/awareness activities.
Did you know that Taos County has one of the highest suicide rates in the State of New Mexico?
Did you know that during the past three years 45 individuals have lost their lives to suicide in Taos County?
Did you know every 16 minutes, someone in the US dies by suicide and every 17 minutes someone else is left behind to make sense of it?
Did you know that suicide is preventable?
For more information, you can call the Fred Fund on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 758-8340, or you can call Carlos D. Miera at Tri-County Community Services (TCCS) at 758-5857. UNM students can call Amy Chavez-Aguilar at 737-6200. Youth artisans can call Sonya at the RMYC 751-1420 Ext. 12.

Contemporary Chicano Art

George Chacon Invites everyone to Come celebrate his Second
Contemporary Chicano ART Market aqui en Taos
SAT & SUN
July 26 & 27
10 am - 4 pm
502 La Lomita,Taos, NM
575 758 1316
Come view his latest art and enjoy “Una copa de vida y te de yerba buena"

"People & Houses"

Paintings in Oil & Acrylic by David Vedoe

A Show focusing on various ways Art can cast a light on our Built Environnment
Each painting will be accompanied by a brief Description by the artist

Show dates
July 3 - August 9, 2008

Cafe Loka Art Space
112 Camino de la Placita
(The Corner of Ledoux Street)
505-758-4204

CONTACT:
DAVID VEDOE FINE ART & BUILDING DESIGN
#5332 N.D.C.B.U TAOS, NM 87571 USA
OFFICE: 5 7 5 7 5 1 7 7 6 2
CELL: 5 7 5 7 7 9 3 7 8 9

http://www.art-architecture.blogspot.com/

New TAO merber Mary Lela Gilbert

New TAO member, Mary-Lela Gilbert has several original paintings and prints available, now showing at the Northside Health and Fitness Center, just north of Taos in El Prado. Two examples are Buffy an original oil on a metal round and Kiva Ladder a print of a pastel.

Sage Farm Contemporary opening reception

Sagefarm Contemporary (104 Dona Luz) will be having an opening reception for encaustic artist Mary Long-Postal on Saturday, July 5th from 5 - 8pm. Mary's work is simultaneously personal and reflective of the human condition.

TAO required meeting and Sponsor info for tour

The next TAO meeting is July 13 at 3:00 at Touchstone.

It is a required meeting for our 128 Tour Members to pick up their panels and see the how the display units are going to look and work. It is also the deadline for Sponsors to be listed in our 32 page tour catalogue we have six levels of sponsorship: Sky-$1,000or more (placement on back cover, logo, link on TAO website) Summit-$500, (logo link on TAO website) Mountain-$250 (link on TAO website) Foothills-$150 (Name, name,address, phone number, email address) Mesa-$100 (name, address, phone number River-$50 ( name, address). Sponsor's dollars not only generate their listing in the catalogue and website, but actually will be spent on further advertising to promote the tour and thus further promote the sponsoring business....two forms of advertising for the cost of one!

Chris Morel Workshop

The tradition continues!!! The annual Fall Workshop has become a tremendous success. I wish to invite you to participate in this great plein air painting workshop.I will again teach my 3 day Plein Air workshop in the mountains outside of Taos NM, September 24-26, 2007. It will take place in the heart of the beautiful Sangre de Cristo Mountains just 19 miles south of Taos. The workshop is for all skill levels from beginner to professional. We work outside all week. I will do demos to show you how to get started and then we will all get going. I'll focus individually on helping you improve from whatever skill level you are to the next. To reserve your space at 575 587-0359 or visit http://www.morelart.com/ for more information.

Alescondra Gapihan Show at Loca

Stop by Cafe Loka to see the stunning artwork of the extremely talented barista of Cafe Loka. It is not to be missed.

George Chacon latest happenings

George Chacon is currently showing at the Peoples Bank in Taos town proper. Visit and see some of his latest art. It will be up till June 30th

Also go by the Taos Youth and Family Center and see the 85 foot mural I am doing of the wonders of water, I have youth involved by teaching them to paint fish, I am there usually from 2:00 pm on. Kids 8 and older are welcome to participate.

Southwest Art June issue

Congradulations to Dorothy Lampl and Michelle Chrisman.

Check out the June issue of SW Art.

See a wonderful feature article on Dorothy Lampl and also Michelle Chrisman as one of the Plein Air Painter's featured artists.

You go girls.............

Michell Chrisman Taos Historic Museum workshop

Plein Air Painting- 3 Taos Historic Sites

SummerLocation: Taos, New MexicoWorkshop

Dates:

Saturday, July 19 -Sunday, July 20, 2008
9 am—4 pm

Contact Person: Sara Turner
http://www.taoshistoricmuseums.org/

Improve your skills in composition and color with Michelle Chrisman in Taos!Summer Plein Air Painting at 3 Historic Sites in Taos, New Mexico: The Blumenschein Home and Garden, The Martinez Hacienda, and the Taos Morada under Taos Mountain.

To Register, Call: 575-758-0505

TAO monthly meeting

Sunday June 1st

3PM

Touchstone

Behind the Laughing Horse Inn

visit http://www.taosartist.org/index.html for more information

"At home along the Rio Grande"

Clarence Medina

Opening Reception Saturday May 31, 3 - 6 pm

Farnsworth Gallery Taos announces a second annual one person exhibition, Clarence Medina. This major exhibition of new works "at home along the Rio Grande" by this prolific plein aire painter from Dixon will include over 40 new works. Clarenceʼs passion and love for his northern New Mexico home is evident in the brilliance and vision of his work.
Come meet Clarence at the artist's opening reception, Saturday May 31st, 3-6 pm at Farnsworth Gallery In Taos, 133 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte

Modeling Sessions May 22 to June 4

All sessions are open to all local and visiting Artists.

Thursday
05/22/2008 6:30-9:30
The LIFE DRAWING GROUP will be meeting at 748 Ranchitos Rd. The model this week is Danea. There will be two models, the other is Danea's baby who is not far away from being part of our world.. Hope to see you there. Call 776-1137 for more info Note: There will be no drawing session on May 29th.

Fridays 1-4 Alla Prima Fridays
Call The Nichols Gallery for information on who the Alla Prima group will be painting and where they are meeting 758-2475.

Saturday
5/24/08 10:00 - 1:00
TSOPA PORTRAIT GROUP
TSOPA Portrait group and friends are meeting this week at the Chrysalis School. Our model's name escapes me, but the are an interesting model. Directions: Kit Carson East to Anglada's building, take a left on Evergreen. The school is down the road on the left.

Sundays

12-3

Melissa Moe runs a long pose SCULPTING ONLY SESSION with model. Call her for more information 776-8637 The group meets in Arroyo Seco.

Mondays
SHORT POSE PAINTING SESSION as the weather has changed and folks want to be outside painting the session is cancelled until further notice. Contact Michelle Chrisman at 613-0443 or mpchrisman@earthlink.net for more info and to be put on her mailing list.

Wednesdays 10-1
Melissa Moe runs a long pose SCULPTING SESSION with model. Call her for more information 776-8637 The group meets in Arroyo Seco.

Memorial for Betsy Carey

There will be a gathering at the Taos Country Club Monday, the 19th at 4 PM. I hope all of Betsy's Taos community will be able to join together on Monday and Honor Betsy as she has honored and supported our community. Bring food for a buffet that does not require heating.

Erotic Art

A reception this Friday evening: Second Aannul 'Erotic' Art Show at Touchstone. It's a benefit for TAO. Check it out. Contact Touchstone for more info. (575) 758-0192

Modeling Sessions May 15th to May 21st

All sessions are open to all local and visiting Artists.

Thursday

05/15/2008 6:30-9:30

The LIFE DRAWING GROUP will be meeting at 748 Ranchitos Rd. The model this week is Shannon. She is a wonderful model and a delight. Hope to see you there. Call 776-1137 for more info

Note: There will be no drawing session on May 29th.

Fridays 1-4 Alla Prima Fridays

Call The Nichols Gallery for information on who the Alla Prima group will be painting and where they are meeting 758-2475.

Saturday

5/17/08 10:00 - 1:00

TSOPA PORTRAIT GROUP

TSOPA Portrait group and friends are meeting this week at the Chrysalis School. Our model is Chooch, always a lot of fun.
Directions: Kit Carson East to Anglada's building, take a left on Evergreen. The school is down the road on the left.

Mondays

SHORT POSE PAINTING SESSION as the weather has changed and folks want to be outside painting the session is cancelled until further notice. Contact Michelle Chrisman at 613-0443 or mpchrisman@earthlink.net for more info and to be put on her mailing list.

Wednesdays 10-1

Melissa Moe runs a long pose SCULPTING SESSION with model. Call her for more information 776-8637 The group meets in Arroyo Seco.

Thank you Betsy Carey

We are all sad to hear that Betsy Carey died this past week. She was a selfless contributor to the Taos art scene best know for the Local Color column in the Taos news and the Art shows she hosted at the Gallery on the Green at the Taos Country Club. Betsy's interests also were spread among a variety of human rights and political causes, if there was a cause worth fighting for, Carey stepted up to the green. Visit the Taos News for more info.

Spring Outdoor Landscape Painting Workshop

May 24-25 at Harwood Art Center in Albuquerque with Michelle Chrisman . It is beautiful and the weather is perfect this time of year in ABQ. This class will help you jumpstart your landscape painting skills for the summer! ABQ has some amazingly lovely and historic areas not known to those who don't know ABQ! Email mpchrisman@earthlink.net or call Michelle 613-0443 with any questions or more info.

Workshop New Paintings — New Ideas

If you are new to painting or have been painting for some time, then input on your work with new ideas for composition, starts, color and values along with personal observations can help you move toward renewed expressiveness. Seamus Berkeley will present information to the group as a whole, as well as one-on-one instruction that will deal specifically with your work and your new direction. May 20th-23rd. Visit Seamus Berkeley's website or call 575.758.3911 for more info

SD Youngwolf- New Paintings and Masks"

At Seco Pearl through May 31, and the opening reception is Friday, May 9, 6 PM. The show is composed of abstract as well as figurative paintings and gourd and papier mache masks.

Grand Opening of Sagefarm Contemporary Gallery

Saturday, May 10 between 4-7 pm for the grand opening. Several of the artists will be in attendance. 104 Dona Luz -call for details. 575-751-3733.