Category: Art
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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.”
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White Sands Full Moon Jazz Concert TONIGHT (September 17)
Join us the evening of Tuesday September 17 at 7:00 pm for the park’s Full Moon Night concert featuring the Rio Grande Revelers.
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New Mexico Film Office Announces Feature Film “Hello Out There” Filmed in New Mexico
The film follows Minnie, a young journalist sporting a neck brace, and her cousin, fresh out of rehab, as they embark on a road trip across New Mexico.
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Inventing the U.S. Capitol Building
The U.S. Capitol building, the worldwide symbol of American democracy, got its beginnings on a piece of paper on the Caribbean island of Tortola, sketched out by a temperamental doctor in his early 30s.
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NMSU to host writer and poet at Nelson-Boswell reading series
La Sociedad para Las Artes at New Mexico State University will host a public reading event for writer Karen Brennan and poet Joni Wallace as part of the Nelson-Boswell Reading Series, which invites visiting writers to NMSU to share their work with the community.
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Las Cruces Reads: Annalee Newitz and “Weaponized Stories”
Stories can be a lot of things, as journalist and novelist Annalee Newitz writes in “Stories Are Weapons,” but in the end they are powerful instruments that can be used for good or evil, to comfort the afflicted or afflict the comfortable.
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Community Development hosts Creative Industries first of three workshops September 13
The County’s Community Development Department will host three public workshops on the elements of Creative Industries, CI through October.
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NMSU film professor to be honored by NM governor
Ross Kagan Marks has been nurturing future filmmakers as a professor in the Creative Media Institute at New Mexico State University for more than 14 years, all while directing award-winning feature films.
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Public Art Presentations Planned for East Mesa Recreation Complex on September 10
Artist finalists for the proposed art project at the new East Mesa Public Recreation Complex will present their design concepts to the Quality of Life/Las Cruces Public Art selection committee on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024.
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First Saturday Movie Marathon to Feature Music of Freddie Mercury
Las Cruces Public Libraries has set its fall schedule for First Saturday Movie Marathon, and it begins Sept. 7 with motion pictures that include the music of Freddie Mercury and Queen.
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“Dunes & Dreams” Exhibit Opens at Branigan Cultural Center Opens September 6
Booher’s photographs capture the majestic gypsum dunes at White Sands National Park. An opening reception for the exhibit, with photographer Emmitt Booher in attendance, will take place at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6.
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NMSU Department of Art hosts award-winning graphic artist talk Sept. 3
Award-winning graphic designer Yeohyun Ahn will give a talk at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3 in New Mexico State University’s Devasthali Hall.
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Las Cruces International Film Festival host First Concert this Fall: Los Lonely Boys
The Las Cruces International Film Festival will host the “Texican rock ’n’ roll” band Los Lonely Boys this fall in advance of the 2025 LCIFF.
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Clyde Butcher Photography Exhibit Opens at Museum of Art
The Las Cruces Museum of Art will open its newest exhibit, “Clyde Butcher: Lifeworks in Photography,” on Sept. 6 showcasing 45 photographic prints by the renowned large-format, black-and-white photographer.