Category: Art
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New Mexico Media Arts Collective kicks off lecture series with FREE webinar November 23
New Mexico is known for its groundbreaking technological advancements and iconic film, television, and media productions like “Oppenheimer” and “Breaking Bad,” and has long served as a hub for both creative and technological innovation.
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Fall Student Art Show Reception November 21
The newest exhibit from elementary school students in the LCPS district is set to be on display beginning Thursday, November 21 at 3:00 p.m.
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Mural Project Ribbon Cutting on Friday, November 15, 2024
The ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. on Friday, November 15, 2024.
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Veterans Day: Remembering World War I
“WE WERE YOUNG, THEY SAY. WE HAVE DIED. REMEMBER US.”
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Zoom Into Exhibit Walkthrough: “Dinner Party: Multicultural Crossroads in Clay” Today (11/7/24) at Noon.
Join us Thursday, November 7, from noon to 1pm to learn about the exhibit.
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Ned Blackhawk’s “The Rediscovering of America”
“We’re kind of living through this literary and cultural — and one might even say media — renaissance.”
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NASA and the Library of Congress Send Poetry into Space
The mission to explore Jupiter’s moon, Europa, was in the making for decades and imagined for far longer.
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Paint Night Classes Offered November 13 and December 11–Registration Open
The instructor-led classes provide a fun and interesting format using a step-by-step tutorial while painting.
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First Saturday Movie Marathon Features Madea Films
Three Tyler Perry “Madea” films will be shown on Saturday, Nov 2, 2024, in the Kiva Room at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library
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Call for Artists for La Buena Vida Park Project
The park is a popular neighborhood area for walking along the trails that wind through the natural landscape of the park.
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‘The Dinner Party: Multicultural Crossroads in Clay’ opens at Branigan Cultural Center November 1
An opening reception and awards ceremony, featuring artists and juror John Rawlings, will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, at the Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main St.
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Halloween Heartthrob: The “Chicken Heart” that Gobbled Up the Globe
Living on for decades through rebroadcasts, remakes, in syndication and on records, it snaked its way into the childhood memories of everyone from horror master Stephen King to comedian Bill Cosby, becoming a campy horror cult favorite.
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New documentary honors the exemplary military service of Native Americans
The New Mexico Film Office announced today the upcoming release of “Honor Song,” a powerful documentary highlighting the extraordinary contributions and sacrifices of Native American veterans throughout U.S. history.
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After-hours Movie at Branigan Offers a Few Scares on October 26–But Don’t Say the Name!
The movie will show at 6:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, in the Roadrunner Room at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, 200 E. Picacho Ave. on Roadrunner Transit Route 1.
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Unbuilt America: A Nation of the Imagination
Perhaps in another life. This vision lives only in the imagination, a story of architectural designs that went unrealized.
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The Season of Edgar Allan Poe: Autumn, Halloween and The Falling Darkness
Poe lingered for four days in a windowless hospital room, never regaining coherence. He died at 5 a.m. on Oct. 7. He was 40.
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Las Cruces Night Sky Becomes Color Theory–“Las Cruces Purple” in the Wild
I discovered this color fifteen years ago, and being a native of Las Cruces, wondered where the inspiration for this particular hue of purple drew its connection to Las Cruces. Now I know.
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New Mexico Film is Showcasing New Mexico Films on Facebook: “Trigger Warning”
In celebration of Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month, we are showcasing cultural stories that were filmed in the beautiful state of New Mexico.
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Finding Latinos in Film
In his epic “El Norte,” award-winning filmmaker Gregory Nava charted the tragic journey of siblings Enrique and Rosa from Guatemala to Los Angeles in pursuit of the American dream.
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New Mexico Film Office Announces Netflix Series “The Boroughs” Begins Production in New Mexico
New Mexico’s film industry continues to surge, shattering the $1 billion mark in total economic impact for 2024.
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NMSU Foundation announces ballet folklórico crowdfunding campaign
The New Mexico State University Foundation kicks off a new crowdfunding campaign this month to raise funds to support ballet folklórico at NMSU.
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New Mexico Magazine Highlights Local Arts Hot Spot: “The Hood Celebrates Art and Culture”
Thrift-store chic merchandise, including a vintage saltine cracker tin and a 1950s Royal Racer sled, cozies up to works by local artists displayed on white walls.
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The Great Pyramid of an American Architect
The Library’s Prints and Photographs Division holds original models and site plan sketches by Pei that give a sense of his thinking and process.
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NMSU students, alums to participate in Las Cruces’ first Metals Guild exhibition–opens October 11
Eight New Mexico State University metalsmithing students and three alumni will be showing their work at the Las Cruces Metals Guild’s first exhibition in October.
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Creative Media Institute OPEN CASTING CALL October 5
NMSU’s Creative Media Institute is hosting an OPEN CASTING CALL.
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Disaster Movie Marathon Scheduled for October 5 at Branigan
October is traditionally for horror movies. We’re looking at something even scarier, the sudden fight for life while going about a normal day.
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“On the Road to 100% Chaves”, an ANNA, AGE EIGHT INSTITUTE documentary nominated for Emmy Award
The Anna, Age Eight Institute, part of the Department of Extension Family and Consumer Sciences at New Mexico State University, has been nominated for a Rocky Mountain Emmy Award.
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Richard Morris Hunt: Architect of the Gilded Age
For impossibly wealthy industrialists, Hunt was the architect of choice in building, furnishing and decorating mansions that combined Old World aesthetics with American ingenuity and spirit.
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The Ballard Photo Studio: A Portrait of Community at the Branigan Cultural Center Opens October 4
The Branigan Cultural Center is excited to announce a new exhibit, The Ballard Photo Studio: A Portrait of Community, featuring more than 200 portraits and other photographic works by Las Cruces photographer Jim Ballard.
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Spooky Splash Movie Nights Scheduled for Friday Nights in October
There will be swimming and a Halloween-themed movie for a different age group each Friday night.
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NMSU to host noted Native American author in Nelson Boswell reading series
La Sociedad para Las Artes at New Mexico State University will host a public reading event for author Deborah Jackson Taffa and MFA candidate Rodrigo as part of the Nelson-Boswell Reading Series
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September 26 NMSU presentation by Carolyn Salas CANCELLED
Carolyn Salas, named a 2021 Artist-in-Residence at Google and most recently was commissioned by the United States Tennis Association and the Armory Show to create a new outdoor sculpture for the US Open.
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Poetry, Performance, and Art at the Museum of Art September 28
These events include a poetry workshop and an open mic event featuring poetry created during the workshop.
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NMSU Art Museum opens three new exhibitions Sept 27.
The University Art Museum at New Mexico State University is hosting three new exhibitions beginning Friday, Sept. 27. Opening receptions for “Carolyn Salas: Night Vision,” “Carlos Rosales-Silva: Border Destroyer,” and “Warhol & Friends” will be from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the UAM, 1308 E University Ave.
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City of Las Cruces Art Stop Public Art Exhibit Looking for Artists–SUBMISSION DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 30
The Art Bus Shelter art exhibit is looking for artists for the next iteration of this public art program.
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Sixth Annual Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film Awarded to “Cartooning America”
The Library of Congress, The Better Angels Society, Ken Burns, and the Crimson Lion/Lavine Family Foundation today announced the winner of the sixth annual Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film: “Cartooning America.”