CURRENT EXHIBITS [61]

In 1935 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt created the Works Progress Administration. Renamed the Work Projects Administration WPA in 1939, it employed millions of workers for public works projects. The Federal Art Project (FAP), operating from August 29, 1935 until June 30, 1943, was the visual arts arm of the WPA program.  Artists contracted through the FAP project created more than 200,000 works...   [more]

Opening: July 7th, 2012   10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

"… to the poet, all times and places are one; … no theme is inept, no past or present preferable. The steam whistle will not affright him nor the flutes of Arcadia weary him: … there is but one time, the artistic moment; but one law, the law of form; but one land, the land of Beauty - a land removed indeed from the real world and yet more sensuous because more enduring."           ...   [more]

Opening: July 7th, 2012   10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Highlights from the Harwood Museum of Art’s Collection of Contemporary Art is the first installation in the newly re-purposed Joyce and Sherman Scott Gallery.  Previously utilized for temporary exhibitions, the Scott Gallery will now showcase work from the Harwood Museum of Art's renowned collection of work created after 1965. “The Harwood Museum of Art has always been committed to celebrati...   [more]

Opening: July 7th, 2012   10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

During summer 2012 the Curator's Wall will feature a work by Mimi Chen Ting entitled Between Space 'n Time. This work, created in 2012, measures 192" x 54" and consists of four panels of acrylic, charcoal, and graphite on canvas. Artist's Statement Between Space n” Time, Mimi Chen Ting’s latest painting, is another step taken in her long journey as an artist. It is her habit, upon completi...   [more]

Opening: July 7th, 2012   10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

James Kelly Contemporary is pleased to present In the Absence of Others, an exhibition of new photographs and sculpture by Nic Nicosia. This will be Nicosia’s third show at the gallery. Nic Nicosia: In the Absence of Others, will open with a reception for the artist on Friday, June 29, 2012, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. The exhibition will continue through August 4, 2012. The show will consist of app...   [more]

Opening: June 29th, 2012   5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Nancy Scheinman is one of the most gifted artists working with collage in the United States. When one usually thinks of collage, one visions images retrieved from other sources, mostly on paper with a scattering of other rather flat found objects. Scheinman had developed a unique voice in this genre. She creates mixed media paintings consisting of small and large pieces of various materials interwoven...   [more]

Opening: June 22nd, 2012   5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Works by Sara D’Alessandro & Harriet Russell explore organic form in complimentary drawings and sculpture. Ms. D’Alessandro's works in clay are "imbued with highly developed textures and patterns" while Ms. Russell uses "paper, inks and paints to create and compose surreal images that come alive."   [more]

Opening: June 1st, 2012   9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Gabriel Perez, a native of Roswell, NM, who now resides in Las Cruces and Albuquerque, uses his southern New Mexico upbringing as a source for his art. His large and small scale works in the exhibit "Chicanismo" revolve around his "surveys of tacos and burgers" that "in a light-hearted way examine the concepts of Chicanismo or Mexican-American culture."   [more]

Opening: June 1st, 2012   9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Lynn Wiley exhibits large-scale watercolors inspired by plant life and colors of the desert. Now a resident of Las Cruces, Lynn Wiley’s large-scale watercolors are derived from her study of the ocotillo cactus. The images are without ornamentation so that they can be seen "as directly as possible... as you would see a landscape." Ms. Wiley's works have been featured in numerous exhibitions.   [more]

A selection of paintings and photographs from 1985 to the present will feature Burko's preoccuptation with water as a theme throughout her career. Images come from a wide range of sources; from the Pacific Ocean to Iceland's waterfalls, from the Wissahickon River in Philadelphia, the Delaware canal and Geddes Run Creek in Bucks County to Yellowstone National Park and the Everglades.   [more]

Richard Ryan's unique art forms explore the convergence of universal chaos and order through an inventive process of digital photography, single-frame isolation, and the application of animation software. His extraordinarily kinetic images suggest elements of mechanized motion and micro-organic dynamism that occur to the viewer simultaneously as enigmatic and familiar.   [more]

Jake Fischer’s paintings are tied to moments in time, when the artist utilizes a video camera to record his everyday surroundings. Using video stills as reference, Fischer articulates a minimal and subdued palette that is reflective of the nocturnal landscape he documents. Fischer’s imagery recalls moonless nights when only artificial light sources reveal slices of urban civilization.   [more]

Opening: June 15th, 2012   6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Modified Arts presents "video.mix" a group exhibition of new video works from both local and national artists. Participants include: Sean DeckertJenna DuncanMcLean FahnestockRyan LambElana MannSara SunAnimal Charm   [more]

Opening: June 15th, 2012   6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Monroe Gallery of Photography, 112 Don Gaspar, is pleased to present "People Get Ready", a major exhibition of 55 dramatic photographs from significant human rights struggles in history. The exhibition opens with a public reception Friday, July 6, 5 - 7 PM, and continues through September 23. The belief that everyone, by virtue of her or his humanity, is entitled to certain human rights is fairly...   [more]

Opening: July 6th, 2012   5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

The Institute of American Indian Arts plays an important role in contributing to a growing Indigenous diaspora specifically through the creative process, instilling the spirit of a contemporary community while at the same time maintaining a deeper attachment to autonomy, home and nation each student arrives with. More than 150 Iroquois artists have attended IAIA since 1962. Many of these individua...   [more]

Opening: January 20th, 2012   5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Peter B. Jones, an Onondaga master potter who works with both traditional and contemporary aesthetics, will present Prophecy, a timely exhibition pertaining to 2012 Indigenous prophecies and incorporating themes of ecology, creation, demise and the future according to Iroquois traditional teachings and other cultural beliefs. As one of IAIA’s first graduates, Jones will also initiate, through h...   [more]

Opening: January 20th, 2012   5:00 PM - 7:00 PM